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Re:The California roll was invented by a Canadian chef (2020) by weaksauce on Sunday January 08, 2023 @09:42PM (#34306065)
> german chocolate cake

it's german's chocolate cake... the guy's last name was literally german

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Re:The California roll was invented by a Canadian chef (2020) by mc32 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @09:44PM (#34306079)
Right, but it's not a cake originating in Germany.
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Re:The California roll was invented by a Canadian chef (2020) by weaksauce on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:52PM (#34314349)
correct but nobody would spell it German's chocolate cake if it was from Germany.
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Re:The California roll was invented by a Canadian chef (2020) by mc32 on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:15PM (#34316179)
I don't recall seeing it in the possessive/genitive case like that. Any bakeries I go to have it as 'German Chocolate Cake' even google will autocorrect "german's choco... to german choco...

Just like hardly anyone says "baked Alaska-Florida cake".

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Re:The California roll was invented by a Canadian chef (2020) by jsrcout on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:15AM (#34308732)
TIL. In my defense, the first one I remember having (on my birthday at age 4 or so) was made by a nice German lady who lived up the street from us, so I guess it was a natural assumption.
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