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  • Ed62
    The Full Monte
    • Oct 2006
    • 6021
    • NW Indiana
    • BT3K
    #1

    Question for Dr. D

    Although I'm definitely not a cook or a baker by any means, I've wondered about something. What's the difference between German chocolate and Nestles or Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate? I'd like to have a piece of German chocolate cake.

    Ed
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    • whitecobra
      Established Member
      • Aug 2006
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      • 3 Miles from Disney in Orlando
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      #2
      Ed
      Guess what (ready for this)
      "German chocolate" is NOT "Germany Chocolate" it is more like "Smith Chocolate"
      "German" chocolate refers to the man who invented the delicious concoction

      His NAME was Sam German

      Also he used dark chocolate not semi sweet

      Enjoy

      Dr D
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        • Ed62
          The Full Monte
          • Oct 2006
          • 6021
          • NW Indiana
          • BT3K
          #3
          Wow, you learn something new every day! I always thought it came from a German recipe. Thanks for the info. You don't happen to have an extra piece of cake, do you?

          Ed
          Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

          For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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            • germdoc
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              • Nov 2003
              • 3567
              • Omaha, NE
              • BT3000--the gray ghost
              #4
              Nestle's chocolate is pretty good.

              German chocolate is sehr guht!

              My own personal favorite is Aztec chocolate. In between flaying victims and ripping out hearts with obsidian knives, they apparently made a mean chocolate truffle.
              Jeff


              “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire

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                • sacherjj
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 813
                  • Indianapolis, IN, USA.
                  • BT3100-1
                  #5
                  Most German or Austrian chocolate cakes are not very sweet and they are also dry. I LOVE German Chocolate cake icing, but hate authentic cake for it. I prefer a much richer, more moist cake.
                  Joe Sacher

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                    • LCHIEN
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                      • Dec 2002
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                      • Katy, TX, USA.
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                      #6
                      Originally posted by sacherjj
                      Most German or Austrian chocolate cakes are not very sweet and they are also dry. I LOVE German Chocolate cake icing, but hate authentic cake for it. I prefer a much richer, more moist cake.
                      Joe Austrian?
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                        • jziegler
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                          • Aug 2005
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                          • Ryobi BT3100
                          #7
                          My understanding that "Greman sweet" chocolate is a non-milk chocolate with a higher amount of sugar, similar to what a milk chocolate would have.

                          As for the German and Austrain cakes being dry, that seems to depend on the bakery. I was just in Vienna for a week (got back last week) and the cafe at Schonbrunn palace and the Aida cafe both had wonderful, relatively moist cakes. By all reports (I didn't eat there myself) the very famous Cafe Sacher has very dry cakes (but is the home of the famous Sacher torte). If they had been less full, I would have tried them.

                          Personally, I think that the best chocolate I havve ever had is Belgian. Neuhaus is a very good brand.

                          Jim

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                            • sacherjj
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2005
                              • 813
                              • Indianapolis, IN, USA.
                              • BT3100-1
                              #8
                              Hmm. Back when the Sacher family owned the Sacher Hotel in Austria, we tried many of the recipes and they were for very dry cakes, especially the tortes. Must have been just the style of the origin of those cakes. (I wish we were closer to that side of the family, as we would probably have more money. )
                              Joe Sacher

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                                • Alex Franke
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                                  • Feb 2007
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                                  • Chapel Hill, NC
                                  • Ryobi BT3100
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by germdoc
                                  German chocolate is sehr guht!
                                  LOL!

                                  So who was Sam Dutch Process?
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