Michael wrote:

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> My second question concerns a German chocolate cake. Is the
> cake portion of a German chocolate cake usually just a normal
> chocolate cake? I can look at recipes but there are so many ways
> to make a regular chocolate cake that it might be hard for me to
> tell. The reason I ask is that I want to make one and I'm wondering
> if I can use the Hershey's perfectly chocolate cake recipe and just
> locate a recipe for German chocolate icing.

You can do whatever you want. Cakes are pretty versatile. If you want
to make an easy Black Forest Cake Oekter sells a pretty good mix. For
something really interesting you might want to try a recipe that was
posted here about a week ago for a chocolate cake with sauerkraut in it.
I did not try that particular recipe but tried one similar to it that I
got from a friend many years ago. It is relay delicious. The sauerkraut
comes out more like coconut.