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Restaurant: Max's (San Francisco)
Food description: Chocolate cake layered with chocolate fudge and buttercream
Food rating: 7 out of 10
Times ordered: 1

I'm ashamed to admit how much I enjoyed this cake even though it was really nothing special. I admit I can be a bit of a food snob and I prefer only the finest chocolates such as Valrhona or Guittard to cook with but dang this cake was good. It had a very comfort food appeal to it for me. The chocolate was rich and moist and the fudge added the perfect touches of richness. The buttercream was uhh buttery and creamy (sorry, I'm too enamored of the cake to be inspired.) All those layers together made me a very happy girl. This is the kind of cake I imagine grandmothers to make lovingly one afternoon while I play in they yard. Over the whole thing was a chocolate sauce that tasted suspiciously like Hershey's syrup but it just made the cake that much more nostalgic. Even though this cake was absolutely no frills it was simple and good which I'd rather have than all frills and no taste.