Death by Chocolate

Well, my dear friend and former babysitter Sarah Teigen is getting married on May 17th! I still can't believe it. Anyway, her bridal shower was last night and I was asked to make the cake. Knowing her complete LOVE of chocolate, this is what I came up with:

The bottom is a 10-inch 4-layer tier, and the top is a 6-inch 4-layer tier. The cake itself is chocolate. The filling is buttercream flavored with creme de cacao. I also used a moistening syrup on the layers that was flavored with creme de cacao.

The chocolate frosting on the outside came from Recipezaar. It was really very good. I decorated the cake with some chocolate covered strawberries, which I did myself, and some chocolate covered coffee beans, which I did NOT do myself.

The cake was a huge hit, although we ended up not even cutting into the bottom layer. I think everyone had filled up on the other tea party treats that were there. I'm just getting started putting my name out there as someone who does party cakes, etc, so this type of thing is definitely good exposure.