Out of curiosity...
Do you remember a German chocolate cake that grocery stores used to sell in the frozen food section? It had a plastic cover on it and I think it had a blue ribbon sticker on the top...I think it was actually called "Blue Ribbon".
Man, I loved those things and you can't find them any more! My grandmother always had one in her fridge and even after she died and I went off to college, I would buy them and keep them for a snack!
I don't remember that, but my Mama used to make a really GOOD German Chocolate Cake. They aren't that hard. The best part for me was always the coconut-pecan filling. Makes me drool just thinking about it.