June 11 German Chocolate Cake Day

German Chocolate Cake Day is observed by chocolate lovers annually on June 11. German’s Sweet Chocolate’s brand was named in honor of Sam German. The cake originated in Germany, it did not. The cake’s roots can be traced back to 1852 when American, Sam German, made a type of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker’s Chocolate Company.

Today, the most popular kind of cake is chocolate. There are many different types, including Black Forest, Devil’s Food, Flour less, Fudge, Ganache, German Chocolate, Lava, and much more.

Cakes have a rich culinary history. In Greece, cakes (or “plakous”) were heavy and flat, and people served them with nuts and honey. The Romans made cakes that were more like cheesecake or pastry, and presented them as offerings to the gods. In Medieval England, people used the words “bread” and cake” interchangeably to refer to anything made with flour dough.

Happy German Chocolate Cake Day.........