A discussion of recent desserts in the casual outdoor conversation space under the Bradford pear tree caused me to realize a rare failure to properly document, and this post is a belated catch-up so as not to miss a single culinary endeavor from the Roediger House kitchen. When friend and colleague and UNC chum Chris was here back on August 19, the dinner was followed by the longtime family favorite of Texas sheet cake (which in the Winston-Salem area is also called Scotch Chocolate Cake). But I didn't commit it to the blog, so here I shall rectify that oversight. This was something my mother used to make pretty regularly, and I particularly remember her generously sending me back to college at UNC after a home visit with a whole pan of it to enjoy (and share, if I were so inclined). That's what the first bite of it that night transported me back to immediately: imagining the desk cubby where I kept my foodstuffs in Avery Dorm, and digging into the luscious chocolatey sweet marvels of this faithful standby.
"Scotch Chocolate Cake," [in my world, also known as Texas sheet cake]. Credited to Susie Timmons. From "Popular: Cake Request Gets 22 Responses," by Michael Hastings, Food Editor of the Winston-Salem Journal. [Published 06 October 6 2010 / Updated 16 April 2021]
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