What\u2019s in a name?<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A quote from Romeo and Juliet by Willam Shakespeare (ca. 1600).<\/span><\/p>\n Pardon me if I take the liberty of changing the above mentioned quote a little bit. In my case, \u201c…That which we call a cake by any other name would taste as sweet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I am not a chef nor a culinary expert, but searching for different baking recipes is my hobby. I enjoy baking cakes and cookies. While I was searching for recipes, I came across an interesting one of \u201cGerman Chocolate Cake\u201d. With a picture so appetizing that I could not control myself and read the whole recipe. Among the ingredients, there was a lot of sugar. Thus, I decided that instead of experimenting with the cake myself as I was not sure about the final result, I planned to go to Germany. Yes, you read it right! I live nearby Germany, so it was not difficult for me to search for the scrumptious cake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I went to Aachen and looked for a bakery. It was a big bakery with lots of cakes and gourmet items. I went inside and asked the lady if she had the German Chocolate Cake. She looked at me with surprise as I very discreetly asked her about\u00a0 German Chocolate Cake. She showed me a few cakes but none of them looked like the picture I saw, with dripping coconut and pecan frosting. She asked me what exactly I was looking for. By this time we were both perplexed and confused. I don\u2019t know what she was thinking of me but I think she might be surprised to see a non-German so nationalistic that even for the cake it has to bear the name German.<\/span><\/p>\n I disappointed left the bakery, but the desire to eat a German Chocolate Cake has not disappeared. In the meantime, I met a friend of mine, who happened to be a German. We were discussing about food and I thought of asking her if she knows where I can buy German Chocolate Cake. To my utmost surprise, even she stared at me with the same astonishment as the lady at the bakery. I was speechless\u2026.. I quickly searched for the picture on my mobile phone and showed it to her. She said that they don\u2019t have any such cake in Germany. We searched a bit about the origin of the cake and found out that it was of American origin and the baker who invented this cake, his name was Samuel German. It was a moment of revelation for both of us.<\/span><\/p>\n Now I am planning to make it myself as I can not go to America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n References<\/em><\/p>\n What\u2019s in a name? \u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet\u201d A quote from Romeo and Juliet by Willam Shakespeare (ca. 1600). Pardon me if I take the liberty of changing the above mentioned quote a little bit. 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