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An ash-layered goat's milk cheese looks like a deliciously creamy and sweet chocolate-layered cake (without the chocolate). For example, a cross-section of Monocacy Ash (pictured, left) reveals a bright white cakey paste highlighted by a thin layer of vegetable ash. But unlike many ash-coated goat's cheeses, like the popular Humboldt Fog, Monocacy Ash from Cherry Glen Farm in Boyds, Md., comes in a smaller size and in the cylindrical shape of a Charolais. More importantly, it lacks the bitter aftertaste and acidity of many ash-coated goat's milk cheeses.