List Of Famous German Chocolate Cake References. Web in a large bowl, cream your butter and sugar together until light, about 4 minutes. In a large bowl or stand mixer, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until combined.

Add the yolks, 1/2 the sour cream and the vanilla to the cooled cocoa and whisk to combine. In 1852, an american baker named samuel german created a dark baking chocolate for the now famous brand, baker's chocolate. To make the cake layers, add the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.