Back on August 27th, once we'd wrestled our Filipino chicken adobo into dinnerbell submission, we took a brief break upstairs to steel our courage for the grandiose dessert selection that evening: death by chocolate layer cake, a towering monstrosity with three deeply-velvety fudgy layers, rich chocolate buttercream frosting, and drizzles of homemade hot fudge sauce with every layer.
This was the deadly real deal, for sure, that robbed us briefly of our abilities to communicate coherently. Its lethal legacy propelled me to make immediate offers to neighbors to share slices so that the evil temptation would not long endure in easy reach.
"Death by Chocolate Cake," by Ashley Manila of BakerByNature.com. [Published 15 September 2016]
"Hot Fudge Sauce," a recipe shared with me by former neighbor Jessica Atkinson.
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