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Chances are, you have your favorite, go-to birthday cake —

but how about enjoying the one everyone was eating on the day you were born?

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Let's take a walk down memory lane and look at all the biggest, best, and most popular cakes that have trended over the years.

So, what was the most popular cake the year you were born?

A light, dairy-free cake that looks a lot like Angel Food, Chiffon has the same spongy texture,

but this cake is made with both egg whites and yolks, along with fruit juice.

Invented by a guy with the perfect name of Harry Baker, Chiffon cake was popularized in 1948 after he sold the recipe to Betty Crocker.

German chocolate cake isn't actually German, says NPR, and was instead named for Sam German, the creator of a sweet baking chocolate aptly called German's Chocolate.

Even though the chocolate hit the market in 1852, it wasn't until 1957 that it became hugely popular when a Texas baker sent her chocolate cake recipe to a Dallas newspaper.

German's sweet baking chocolate was the key ingredient, and the cake was so popular their sales rose around 73 percent.

Chocolate cakes made with cola have been popular across the southern US for decades,

but in the beginning of the 1960s it was the West Coast's pink champagne cake that rose to the top.

The layers of this sweet, light cake were usually separated by a layer of coconut or

Bavarian cream then covered in fondant, for a delicious, unique flavor.

In 1966, America was all about the decadent Tunnel of Fudge cake, which popularized Nordic

The pan was almost discontinued by the company until Houston's Ella Helfrich used it for

her Pillsbury Bake-Off competition cake in 1966.

Her Tunnel of Fudge cake — with its chocolate-nut, Bundt-shaped cake and fudgy middle — came

in second, but it became so popular, Nordic Ware was making 30,000 Bundt pans a day to

Carrot cake got a major boost in the late 1960s when the cream cheese frosting we know

And let's be honest here — it's the frosting that makes it.

Couple that with an increasingly health-conscious country, and carrot cake surged in popularity.

It stayed near the top for years, too, because the carrots make it healthy, right?

The 1970s' Sock-it-to-me cake was a kind of coffee cake, and it looked pretty boring from

Cut into it, though, and you'll find a layer of brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecan filling.

The main draw, though, seemed to be simply that the name was a pop culture reference

to one of the biggest shows on television at the time, Laugh-In.

"Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me."

Some events define an era, and Watergate was one of those events.

It was so earth-shattering that it even spawned a dessert, a white cake colored bright green

with the help of club soda and pistachio Jell-O. Sounds weird?

It totally was, and it was also massively popular around the time of President Nixon's

According to Atlas Obscura, it was defined as a cake hiding a ton of nuts beneath a heavy

At least the Watergate cake usually came with a sweet center.

Jell-O was huge in the 70's, and the invention of the Jell-O cake put it over the top.

Integrating the cake and the Jell-O only requires poking some holes in the cake and pouring

It's both simple and tasty, so it's no wonder this slightly psychedelic cake was so popular.

A light cake filled with the sweet flavors of banana and pineapple, hummingbird cake

hit the big time with the February 1978 issue of Southern Living.

That's when Mrs. LH Wiggins' recipe was published, and for decades, it's remained their most

The origins of Tiramisu are shrouded in mystery, and so is its sudden rise to fame as America's

The word "tiramisu" first appeared in print in 1982, and the first recipe for the spongy,

chocolately, espresso infused cake was published in 1983.

Within a year, tiramisu was a national craze, right up there with leg warmers and Cabbage

In 1988, Pillsbury Bake-Off competition introduced another star to the dessert world with the

Julie Bengtson's recipe for a Devil's food cake layered with sugary pecans and whipped

cream proved that boxed cake mix definitely doesn't have to be boring, and that layered

In 1989, Pillsbury did something revolutionary: they put rainbow sprinkles in the cake batter

It's a pretty simple idea, but according to The New York Times, Funfetti kicked off a

Hey, it's got "fun" right in the name, so you know it's good!

Hard to believe, but once upon a time, nobody had ever heard of chocolate lava cake.

That changed in the early 90's when this warm chocolate cake with a gooey center became

what chef Sherry Yard calls "the viral dessert of the 90s."

It soon spread from coast to coast, and now just about every mid-priced restaurant in

America offers it as a delicious dessert option.

In 1995 you couldn't turn on the television without seeing commercials for Breyer's Viennetta.

Eater called it "the most distinguished ice cream cake of the 90s", and it definitely

Unfortunately, these days you have to go overseas to discover the decadence of mid-90's ice

cream cake, as Vienetta is no longer widely available in America.

According to food historian Kim Severson, red velvet dates back to the 19th century,

with the red part just a gimmick to sell more food coloring.

But the recipe took off after a cameo appearance in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias and led to

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