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Wednesday, April 13. 2011

It's not "German Chocolate Cake"?

I always thought it was a German thing. Not exactly. It's Sam German's Chocolate Cake, and as American as Apple Pie.


I do not care for chocolate cake of any sort. I do like home-made chocolate frosting on a home-made yellow cake.

Posted by The Barrister in Food and Drink at 14:23 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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"I do not care for chocolate cake of any sort."

Fascist thug, Commie symp, moral reprobate. Pervert, I might add. The Virgin Mary weeps when little children don't eat their chocolate cake.
#1 Mrs Smith on 2011-04-13 15:49 (Reply)
There are two kinds of cake: chocolate and mistakes.
#2 Mike (Link) on 2011-04-13 16:01 (Reply)
This!

I'll make an exception for a good, rich carrot cake. Hey it's a vegetable.
#2.1 phil g on 2011-04-13 17:48 (Reply)
Always wondered that too, seeing how there weren't any cacao trees in Germany, when I was stationed there.

But, their Cocoanut frosting (funny, not many Cocoanut trees either) tastes good on chocolate cake...
#3 Fred Zeppelin on 2011-04-13 16:13 (Reply)
Well, there aren't many cacao trees in Switzerland, the Netherlands, or Hershey, PA either. As I vaguely recall, the local availability of fresh milk is a more important factor, since the cacao beans aren't particularly perishable.
#3.1 Bill Woods on 2011-04-14 06:06 (Reply)
There are no bad cakes, only bad appetite and poor taste. Like women, the worst I ever had was wonderful.
#4 twolaneflash on 2011-04-13 16:38 (Reply)
Women, the best I ever had were still crazy.
#4.1 Big___Al on 2011-04-14 05:53 (Reply)
i could eat all the chocolate in the world, and then ask for more chocolate
#5 buddy larsen on 2011-04-13 16:41 (Reply)
Next you are going to tell me that English muffins aren't English.
#6 tmitsss on 2011-04-13 17:27 (Reply)
I submit that it is probably "good" rather than"home made" cake and frosting that you prefer, Barrister, as home made is no guarantee of superior quality.

That said, I also don't care much for chocolate cake. In fact, I'm not much fond of cakes of any flavor except, perhaps, as vehicles for fillings and frostings.
#7 Michael R. Kesti on 2011-04-13 17:37 (Reply)
Another example of a cake with a misconstrued national label would appear to be Italian cream cake, which as far as I can tell is Southern US in origin. Also with coconut and pecan.
#8 Gringo on 2011-04-13 23:01 (Reply)
With the mention of carrot cake, I'd like to put in a mention for one of my all-time faves, the spice cake with cream cheese frosting. Tasty and somewhat unusual.
#9 BlogDog (Link) on 2011-04-14 09:20 (Reply)
Stop it! Stop it! It's too late to start baking now! Spice cake...yes, have to dream about it.
#9.1 jma on 2011-04-14 23:55 (Reply)

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