Order the Big Slice of Cake
In the past, I've been known to rail against restaurants that don't commit to dessert. I'm sorry, but if I could make it at home — looking at you olive oil cake — then it's not worth my time. (Though how expensive is olive oil cake about to become with these tariffs?)
But I do make one exception. If a restaurant serves a Big Slice of Cake, I'm on board. Because nothing, and I mean nothing, is grander than a slab of layer cake. Psychologically, I think this is because unlike pie or an ice cream sundae, layer cakes are almost exclusively reserved for special occasions: birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, showers, that one scene in the 1996 cult classic 'Matilda.'
But I'm of the mind that there's no need for an occasion to enjoy a slice: Take it from me, the co-worker who has been known to bring an entire birthday cake to the office for no reason. Here are a few spots where you can go all-in on big cake. Image The chocolaty Guinness cake sits under a nearly inch-high layer of cream cheese frosting. Credit... Heather Willensky for The New York Times
There are a few cake slices I keep pictures of in my phone. The giant chocolate cake slice for two at Claud, and also the Guinness cake ($14) at Vinegar Hill House near Dumbo, which has been on the menu forever and a day and simply never gets old.
Sure, you have to venture to what the former Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni called a 'tucked-away restaurant' in 'a tucked-away neighborhood.' But it's so worth it, especially after you've tucked away into that $47 red wattle pork chop with Cheddar jalapeño grits that's been on the menu since the restaurant opened in 2008. (Albeit at about twice the price these days.) The crumb of the Guinness cake is light, yet rich and chocolaty, and sits under a nearly inch-high layer of cream cheese frosting. The fact that you can 'split the G' while forking at your cake is just the foam on top of the beer.
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