Despite its name, German chocolate cake isn't simply a cake named for its perceived country of origin. Its name actually stems from something else entirely.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overhead of sliced German chocolate cake - Arina P Habich/Shutterstock If you thought that German chocolate cake originated in ...

Spoiler: It's not actually German. German chocolate cake has been around for just about 68 years—and for all of those years, many of us just assumed the decadent chocolate, coconut, and pecan dessert ...

When my family had a reunion coming up, I asked my son and daughter, who now live out of state, “Are you coming to the family reunion?" “I’m not sure. What are they cooking?” is always the question ...

It may surprise you to learn that German Chocolate Cake is not actually German. (But don’t worry, it’s still very much chocolate and still very much cake.) And it’s also very Texan. Pecans aren’t ...

Over the next few days, the cake's flavors only intensified, growing more sweet, moist and chocolaty as time passed. So when I told my father-in-law, who would be visiting my home on his 70th birthday ...

For generations, Americans have been crediting the people of Germany with the rich, chocolaty deliciousness of the German chocolate cake. But thanks to a recent article in The Dallas Morning News, we ...

A slice of chocolate cake with three layers, a melty chocolate frosting, three raspberries on top, and powdered sugar sits on a white plate - farahadiba/Shutterstock Chocolate has been a part of human ...

A purely American invention, German chocolate cake starts with a sweet chocolate cake, then is filled with a caramel-coconut-pecan concoction. We transformed this luscious cake into sandwich cookies.

German chocolate cake photographed in The Dallas Morning News studio on Friday, April 6, 2018. (Rose Baca/Dallas Morning News/TNS) German chocolate cake photographed in The Dallas Morning News studio ...