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German chocolate cake

German chocolate cake noun: a layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.

german chocolate cake: a layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting
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Noun

German chocolate cake (countable and uncountable, plural German chocolate cakes)

  1. (US) A layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.

Forms of German chocolate cake

pluralGerman chocolate cakes

Origin of German chocolate cake

From the earlier form German's Chocolate cake (1957), so named because it used a variety of chocolate developed by Samuel German, an English-American chocolate maker employed by James Baker's chocolate company (which also developed baker's chocolate).

Words formed from German chocolate cake

Questions about German chocolate cake

What does German chocolate cake mean?
German chocolate cake means a layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.
What part of speech is German chocolate cake?
German chocolate cake is a noun.
What is the plural of German chocolate cake?
The plural of German chocolate cake is German chocolate cakes.

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