This cake was not actually invented in Germany. The original recipe was sent by a homemaker in Dallas to a newspaper in Texas in 1957. It used Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate, which was created in 1852 by an Englishman named Sam German for the Baker’s...
So you're a vegan, but you haven't given up dessert. You can find delicious soy ice "cream" but you need cake to put under it! I mean, you can eat cake without ice cream, or ice cream without cake, but the two belong together.
All the cake...
This is an update of a traditional American favorite, even more chocolaty than you remember because the shell is painted with chocolate before the filling goes in. Serves 10.