The brand's proprietary ice cream is tops, too. The most popular flavors offer a slight hint of chocolate — cappuccino chip and toasted coconut. For the real deal, try chocolate peanut butter or Mackinac Island Fudge, vanilla ice cream with a classic fudge stripe.
Cake, Please
If it's chocolate cake you crave, the only place to go is Gallery Restaurant at The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge, 10000 Ballantyne Commons Parkway. Its Decadent Chocolate Cake, $7 per piece, features mocha milk chocolate mousse and espresso anglaise. You'll definitely want a glass
of milk with this one. "People see it and they want it," says pastry chef John Applegett. "It's very rich. The waiters say that people just keep coming and saying, 'I just want a piece of that chocolate cake!'" If peanut butter and chocolate is your heavenly match, seek out the
restaurant's Ultimate Peanut Butter Cup, $8, featuring house-made pretzels, hot fudge sabayon and salted caramel. It's the perfect combination of salty-sweet, peanut-butter goodness. Applegett says that the freedom to create is what's most appreciated at the
Village Bistro offers a three-layer cake known as "The Ultimate." WINTER 2010-2011
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