On Juneteenth, Stephanie Hart will serve up a decadent representation of the African American flag: A green, black and red velvet cake frosted with a green cream cheese and drizzled with dark chocolate dyed black with food coloring.
“The red is the people, the blood of the people, the black is the skin of the people, and the green is the land of the people,” explained Hart, the owner of Brown Sugar Bakery, the beloved Park Manor bakery.
The bakery’s already sold over 1,000 slices of the cake, dubbed Heritage Cake, on pre-order. Brown Sugar Bakery will also serve up apple cobbler for the holiday, and Hart is working on a holiday candy, too. Walk-in visitors will be able to purchase sweet treats at the bakery’s East 75th Street location and its newer space on Navy Pier.
