To New Yorkers, chocolate cake might mean crumb-dusted blackout, not layers of chocolate meringue and chocolate mousse with a thin glaze of ganache. But that is the signature dessert at the Best ...

The bakery sells 30 to 60 weekly; it’s a variation of the classic French dacquoise cake and is the shop’s top-selling item. “Dacquoise” is from the feminine form of the French word “dacquois,” meaning ...