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Charleston's Best Dessert is Closer than You Know!
Planters Inn is the only Charleston Hotel that serves the famous 12-Layer Ultimate Coconut Cake™ from Peninsula Grill
The 12-layer Ultimate Coconut Cake™ made its debut at Peninsula Grill on Valentine's Day 1997. For 22 years, this delicious cake has been served nightly at Peninsula Grill and earned rave reviews from Martha Stewart, Southern Living magazine, the TODAY Show, and many others!
Every cake is baked from scratch by one of Peninsula Grill's professional pastry chefs, and we hope you will enjoy a slice during your stay.
Thanks to the Ultimate Coconut Cake's™ overwhelming popularly, whole cakes are shipped to homes and businesses across the United States. Delivered overnight coast-to-coast! Surprise your friends & family with the delicious cake Chef Bobby Flay calls "the best in America" (July 2018) or enjoy a taste of Charleston after you return home from vacation.
“Best Cake in America.”
Chef Bobby Flay
“The richest filling, and the best ingredients…”
Martha Stewart
“One of the South’s Grand Desserts.”
Southern Living
“… skyscraper high… light as a cloud…”
Bon Appetit
“A little slice of heaven…”
The New York Times
“A notoriously good 12-layer coconut cake.”
The Wall Street Journal
“The famous coconut cake from the Peninsula Grill—oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Delicious!”
The TODAY Show
“No meal in Charleston is complete without the Peninsula Grill’s Coconut Cake™. It is just not to be missed.”
Good Morning America
“The Ultimate Coconut Cake™, with loads of buttery frosting and coconut, is so popular that it’s available through mail order.”
Food & Wine
“If the city could give a key to a cake, they might bestow the honor upon the Ultimate Coconut Cake™ at the Peninsula Grill.”
Harper's Bazaar
“Striped with fluffy cream cheese icing and enveloped in freshly toasted coconut, this mile-high 12-layer cake ships across the country and serves 16 grateful guests.”
Oprah magazine
“Don’t miss the decadent coconut cake served at the hotel’s Peninsula Grill restaurant… so beloved that it’s shipped across the country."
AFAR magazine
“The Peninsula Grill is deservedly famous for its scrumptious coconut cake.”
Vogue
“Do not forget to order the Ultimate Coconut Cake™ for dessert!”
Conde Nast Traveler
"The famous Ultimate Coconut Cake™ is certainly Peninsula Grill’s most popular menu item, dessert or otherwise, and it is certainly worth the hype (and worth ordering). The 12-layer Ultimate Coconut Cake is so well loved that it carries its own trademark, and is even available for online ordering.”
USA TODAY
“If you’re in the South — let’s say Charleston — and you’re in need of a decadent coconut cake, you probably won’t find anything better than what comes out of the Peninsula Grill. If you don’t live in the area and want to order one, not to worry because the restaurant ships nationally on a daily basis.”
Just Luxe magazine
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