Chocolate Layer Cake

Not all cakes were created equal!  It was my brother-in-law's birthday and my idea to celebrate was to make a homemade chocolate layer cake and have the familiy over for coffee and tea. 

I began by getting out my cookbooks and searching through the many amazing looking recipes.  A friend once told me that she bought cookbooks only to look at the photos and referred to it as "food porn".  I cleverly decided on a chocolate layer cake and thought, hmmm I don't have enough pans in the same size but I can just make it in one pan and have 2 layers only?  It was a nice thought!

The recipe seemed simple enough, ingredients I had as a standard in my pantry.  I began and thought it would be great as always....  An hour later and my cake had not risen?  That didn't stop me from making a delicious fudge icing.  Not enough cake to have two layers, that's ok one layer it is!  I iced the cake and sprinkled it with Turtle Crunch sprinkles and set the table. 

Coffee, tea and the table ready, assorted chocolates, cookies and other little treats galore!  Was it love at first bite?  Judging by the looks on the faces around the table I would say not.  It's not that it was terrible but that the texture seemed a little off.  I tried not to laugh and made the most of it, at least we had the company!