Difference Between Chocolate Cake Flavors
Decorating By terabera69 Updated 9 May 2007 , 3:01am by terabera69
Can anyone tell me the difference between all the chocolate cake flavors. There is milk; german; dark; and devils food. How can you tell them apart besides the obvious--milk is smoother than dark which is bitter. So confused!!!
OH! I got this from deseretnews.com and it's a Dear Heloise!! 
German chocolate is usually a milder chocolate flavor and a lighter color than other chocolate varieties.
Devil's-food cake mixes have a stronger, richer cocoa flavor to them and are darker in color.
Plain chocolate mixes are usually a milk-chocolate flavoring.
Note: A lot of times, these varieties are different because of the frostings used. German chocolate cakes usually are served with a coconut-pecan frosting, while devil's-food cake has a fudge or white frosting. Plain chocolate cakes can have a variety of different frostings
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650203242,00.html
I am my no means a chocolate expert, but here is my best guess...
Milk - sweeter
Dark - more bitter, richer, truer chocolate
German - no idea!
Devil's - it's in the spices used I believe
Don't forget Mexican chocolate...I think it's the addition of cinnamon.
Here we go...
http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/History/Cakes/DevilsFoodCake.htm
Devil's Food Cake is also know as Red Velvet Cake, Red Devils Cake, Waldorf Astoria Cake, and $100 Dollar Cake.
A beautiful mild chocolate flavor cake that is startlingly red. The cake is traditionally complemented with a thick white frosting with different regions of the country using different types of frosting. The cake gets this bright red color from the large amount of red food dye used in the preparation. A light-textured chocolate layer-type cake with a deep reddish brown color. Devils food cake is usually thought of in terms of dark chocolate, but originally it was red. Today cooks, using modern processed cocoa, sometimes add a touch of red food coloring to bring back the authentic color. This cake is particularly popular in New Orleans.
Devil's food is my fav!
Thank you for all your responses. I have a better idea now when someone asks me to tell them the difference. I had no idea that red velvet was a form of chocolate. I also have never tried any. I always remember the armadillo made of red velvet in the move "Steel Magnolias". Sounded gross so I never tried it. Remember that movie!
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