Chocolate Oblivion

Your Chocolate Priestess is very lucky to live about half a mile from an amazing little bakehouse and cafe called The Scholar's Inn Bakehouse that she visits at least once a month with some female friends. Over the months she's had some great chocolate treats from them as well as some duds. This is not one of the duds.

This is a piece of the flourless cake that the Bakehouse offers called “Chocolate Oblivion”. It smells like a cross between fudge and brownies and if this photo is clear enough you can even see the layers — the top a ganache over a fudgy layer over a brownie like lower 2/3 of this. The lovely top has white feathery patterns on the darker ganache that I hope are also visible. This piece is 4.5 inches long and 1.5 inches thick and begins with a 2.5 inch across slice that of course narrows since this is a triangular shape. The piece has a lot of heft to it which seems very common in flourless cakes since they do not have a lot of air mixed in with them since they lack and yeast to make them rise. It tastes and feels amazing in my mouth. Exactly like a piece of fudge and brownie mixed together, delightfully bitter with a touch of sweet, providing a strong cocoa rush up my head and into my mind and soul from the very first bite. I cannot recommend this too strongly.  If you live anywhere near Bloomington, Indiana, you need to try this cake.

Sisters and Brothers, may you, too, take the time to slowly appreciate what the Divine and human ingenuity have offered you in chocolate.