This is a novel, it’s multigenerational, and I can see a great deal of symbolism tied to this cake,” Wilkerson says. When black cake worked its way into one of these stories, it became clear that the dessert could weave together her different threads and characters. “You’ll know when.” From here, Charmaine Wilkerson’s continent- and generation-spanning story, the paperback edition of which hit shelves on November 29, unfolds as a family’s secrets finally come to light.Ī former journalist, Wilkerson’s debut novel came together as she scribbled short stories outside her nonfiction work. “I want you to sit down and share the cake together when the time is right,” Eleanor’s note reads. In the novel Black Cake, when Eleanor Bennett dies, her two adult children inherit a note, a USB drive holding an audio recording, and in the freezer, one of her classic black cakes - that rum-soaked Caribbean dessert that can take months to make and is often served at the holidays and other celebrations.
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