Good question, I don’t recall ever getting an answer, but her cake was on regular rotation on the dessert menu at the Seaward Inn. I baked it weekly. It’s a perfect, old-fashioned cake recipe, complete with a cooked vanilla frosting. This cake delivers a perfect rich chocolate taste with a tender and dense cake texture. Guests would arrive at the Inn for their multi-week stays and immediately ask if Ginny’s chocolate cake was on the dessert menu for dinner that evening. This cake had a reputation and people looked forward to indulging. Now you can too. The recipe is below. For reference, I use Ghirardelli’s bittersweet chocolate and the cooked frosting recipe, using vanilla extract, instead of maple.
L.O.V.E the plate! And the fork with the fish scales?…does it say United? As in Airlines?
I love the plate, too. I have a whole set of this china. It’s Royal Dalton Flora Dora Green. I got it when I got married. 🙂
The fork is a United Airlines fish scale pattern. I have a drawer full of airline flatware. I love it. My mother got me started collecting it. One year for Christmas, Keith me a set of 6 each (knife, fork spoon) of the Concord’s business class flatware. It is very cool. 😎