Does Germany have coconut trees?

As Bob Aiese already pointed out, Germany has no cocoa beans and it is entirely possible that the sugar being used is from sugarcane (and guess what ... Germany has no sugarcane plantations either :)). read more

Not in the wild, no. There are some in greenhouses, but they're part of displays in botanical gardens, not grown for their fruit. read more

The answer is simple: the cake isn't German. The name"German chocolate cake" came from Sam German, who developed a dark chocolate variant used for baking. The cake was named after him and is wholly an American product. read more

When I started this topic, my original intent was to locate the northernmost “coconut palm”, the archetypical representation of the tropical palm tree. However, its fun to see where this topic went with all the variations of the palm tree (and palmettos). read more