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Eponymous Foods: All Chocolate

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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German Chocolate Cakes Origins

A 1955 article called County Cook's Corner described a German chocolate cake recipe provided by a woman named Sarah Liu. The main difference is that her icing called for more than double the amount of cocoa. A woman in St. Louis wrote that 30 years ago, as a bride, she was given a very similar recipe by her mother-in-law. She discontinued baking the cake during the depression because it was too expensive.

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