Chocolate Heaven

Another one. We made another cake. I spent all week baking the layers and wrapping them for the freezer. Friday night I made 5 double batches of chocolate butter cream icing (we still have leftovers). Saturday morning we began the great assembly. Becky was the designated "icer", I made sure she had enough product. She managed to squirt out all the little "kisses" without biting her tongue off. One thing we don't have is a shot of the finished product. Once we got to Wade and Kathie's house we added chocolate curls to the top, and the little horizontal edges of each layer. The chocolate curls and shaving were added free-form, they spilled over and we also artistically decorated the board around the bottom layer of the cake. It really was a sight to behold. But even better than looking at it, you should have smelled it! If you like chocolate at all, it was the best air freshener around.

The last shot shows how we delivered the cake - in the back of the van on a day when the temperature was about 108. We put the van in the garage, and turned it on (the garage door was open) about a half hour before leaving to let the AC cool it off as much as possible. We put the chocolate shavings in a container, in an ice chest. We loaded the little girls, and Mom. The middle seat of the van was put forward, with the cake sitting very heavily on the back of the seat with a folded towel and Becky's knees as shock absorbers. It tooks us about 45 minutes to get to the Melchin's house. We were very happy and relieved to deliver it safely. I hope it was delicious. At least I thought it looked yummy!