National Chocolate Cake Day!!!

National Chocolate Cake Day

The earliest known recipe for a cake made with chocolate is Vienna’s famous Sachertorte. The story behind the Sachertorte is that it was created by chef Franz Sacher in 1832 for Prince Klemens von Metternich. Sacher’s cake creation contained a chocolate cake base topped with two layers of apricot jam and iced with chocolate.

Prolific 19th century American cookbook author, Eliza Leslie, included a recipe for chocolate cake in her 1847 cookbook, The Lady’s Receipt Book. Leslie’s recipe is notable not just because the cake itself is flavored with chocolate but also because she gives the direction to use “three ounces of the best and purest chocolate, or prepared cocoa,” giving the home cook a choice.

By the 1920s, the humble chocolate cake had become mainstream, and manufacturers began to sell the recipe outright. O. Duff and Sons released the first boxed chocolate cake, ready to eat – no baking required. And in 1947, Betty Crocker released a pre-made chocolate cake mix. Ultimately, making chocolate cake became more straightforward. Almost anyone could do it, even if they lacked experience in the kitchen.

In 1957 the first published recipe for German Chocolate Cake appears created in the United States using the “German’s” brand of chocolate, this cake covered in coconut-caramel frosting is featured in the Dallas Morning Star newspaper. This is my favorite type of chocolate cake.

Recipe from the 1957 Dallas Morning Star Newspaper

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