Best Chocolate Cake in the Universe

We knew having the name The Chocolate Room meant we had to have the BEST chocolate cake in NYC. So, we set out on a mission. In the 18 months that we were building our shop in Park Slope, we were also creating our opening menu. We taste-tested the best chocolate cakes in NYC. We wanted our signature cake to slide off the fork in just the right way, and have a taste that left you only wanting more. The chocolate flavor had to be intense, but light. Chocolatey, but not too rich, or sweet. Together with our next door neighbor, Margaret Kyle, who was finishing her three year culinary education at ICE, we perfected our recipe. Each week we’d meet in our garden apartment at the kitchen table to eat… cake! Tough job, we know!

After a year of eating lots of cakes, we settled on what has become our signature Chocolate Layer Cake. The final product was modeled after Margaret’s grandmother’s recipe, with a few adjustments. Our creation is a three layer cake with the perfect density, and lightness. The flavors shine in the three different chocolates we incorporate into the cake, blackout filling, and frosting. We use Valrhona cocoa powder, and a variety of Belgian chocolates in the frosting, and always the highest quality of Madagascar vanilla. Coffee and sour cream are the surprise ingredients that bring the flavor and consistency to perfection. Put these elements together, and you have the most extraordinary chocolate tasting experience. Our chocolate frosting alone is to die for, but combining it with the cake and blackout filling truly takes it to the next level.

The best chocolate layer cake you'll ever taste

We sell our cakes by the slice in our Cobble Hill shop, and as whole cakes both in the shop, and online. We only and always cut each slice with a hot, clean knife. Over our 20 years of business, our cake has become one of our main attractions. Guests have been enjoying it year after year for special occasions, weddings, anniversaries, and celebrations. It’s been called “the best chocolate cake in the universe”, and given the prestigious rank of one of the top chocolate desserts in the U.S for Valentine’s Day by O Magazine. Enjoy it with a glass of milk, a cup of coffee, or as we do, with a glass of Malbec. Even if you don’t like chocolate cake, this cake will convert you! We love it so much with a small scoop of our creamy, coffee ice cream. Some of our guests indulge by adding our decadent hot fudge on top.

Every part of the cake is gold to us. What happens to the tops of the layers when we cut them to stack cakes? They don’t go to waste. We use them for cake pops that we add a little frosting and caramel, roll, and dip in chocolate. In addition to the cake pops, we’ve also created a Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding. We introduced this decadent dessert for Valentine’s Day, and have been serving it since. Warmed with our house made Madagascar Vanilla Ice Cream, and most delicious Mandarin caramel sauce, it’s a hit in our cafe. And we’ll let you in on a little secret! The cookies in our Cookies & Cream ice cream is actually baked chocolate cake. It’s what makes it soooo good!

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