Off The Eaten Path: Cumberland Island
One doesn't have to go far from home for an epicurean adventure.
Let Them Eat Cake
Save the best for last when you include this cake on a holiday or dinner party menu.
What’s a dessert if not a moment of celebration, a true self-revelatory moment where the goal is utter and complete indulgence. No one needs dessert. Generally, when a meal ends I am completely full and my belt needs to be loosened a notch or two. Yet the sight of a dessert menu, the mere whisper of stiffly whipped cream, tart lemony custard, or deeply hued caramels quickly leads me to forget my aforementioned growing waistline. In a flash, my strongest convictions crumble when I see two words…chocolate cake.
Here I share with you the greatest of celebratory desserts - revived from a faded index card - Mary’s Chocolate Cake. This particular cake comes from the recipe files of Mary Ferguson. Once a cook in the Greyfield Inn kitchen on Cumberland Island, Mary is now the managing partner of the Inn, and her baking is legendary. As I was compiling the recipes for my first foray into publishing, The Saltwater Table: Recipes from the Coastal South, I knew this dessert had to be included. This cake is easy to make and rustic in its assembly — essentially a perfect chocolate cake. It is so good that I can’t even write this paragraph without craving a slice.
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