Chocolate Dome Cake with Cherry Sauce and Chocolate Lace

For several years, I have had the honor of participating in an event called Chefs’ Holidays, held each year at the beautiful Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. A few years ago, I was partnered with Master Chef Roland Henin — the corporate chef for the company responsible for the kitchens at the Ahwahnee and other national park hotels — and Hubert Keller, chef and co-owner of San Francisco’s celebrated Fleur de Lys restaurant. Given such illustrious colleagues, I knew I had to come up