Chocolate cake is a cake flavored with cocoa powder, melted chocolate, or both, ranging in texture from light and airy to dense and fudgy depending on the recipe. It is not the same thing as German chocolate cake, a specific American recipe from the 1950s named for Sam German, who developed a sweet baking chocolate for Baker's Chocolate Company in 1852; the name credits him, not the country. Chocolate cake appears across many cuisines in local forms, such as Mexican tres leches variations and Brazilian bolo de chocolate, and commonly pairs with vanilla, coffee, caramel, nuts, and fruit.