Dorchester Illustration no. 2299 German Sweet Chocolate
In 1852 Sam German developed a dark sweet baking chocolate for the Baker Chocolate Company. One hundred five years later Mrs. George Clay of Dallas, Texas, submitted her recipe for German’s Chocolate Cake to the “Recipe of the Day” column at The Dallas Morning News. Published on June 3, 1957, the recipe is a chocolate layer cake, filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. General Foods, which owned the Baker brand at that time, publicized the recipe across the country.
June 11 is National German Chocolate Day in America.
June 11, 2017, is also the date of the Dorchester Historical Society House Tour featuring the Ashmont/Carruth neighborhood. Save this date to see how homeowner’s have adapted their architecturally significant, 100 plus-year-old houses to modern living.
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