What word do you associate with German Chocolate cake?

For me, it’s love.

Every birthday, Grandma Larson would have her best friend, Anna Kuhl, bake a three-tiered German Chocolate cake. I looked forward to that cake each time.

It’s my favorite cake, especially when coconut pecan frosting tops it.

Homemade, of course.

Okay, I’ll be honest. I associate chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies and gooey rice krispy bars with love, too.

Primarily because Grandma made those goodies and toted them to our house when she and Grandpa visited.

After reading an article in the New York Times th...