The chef Harold Moore’s signature dessert is his lush coconut cake: four layers, with creamy frosting and a coating of lightly toasted coconut. The spotlight started to shine on it when he was at Commerce in the West Village, which closed in 2015. Now the chief culinary officer for the Charlie Palmer Collective’s restaurants, he is also baking the coconut cake for charity with Mr. Palmer’s blessing. The price of the cake is donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Metro New York.
Coconut cake, $100 plus shipping or delivery; pickup also available, instagram.com/haroldmoore/.
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