CAKE DOESN'T GO UNDER A CUT, IT'S CAKE
Okay, after reading moogle62's TSN bakery AU from start to finish again yesterday, it became apparent to me that I needed to make Eduardo's chocolate cake topped with strawberries. Moog, I didn't know whether to tag this as fanart or what. It's fancake.
AND MAKE ONE I DID, YOU GUYS. LOOK AT THIS FUCKING CAKE.
IT HAS DONE ITS JOB AS A SEDUCTION CAKE. YOU'RE RIGHT, MARK, EVERY LAME GUY GIRL ME IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT CHOCOLATE AND STRAWBERRIES ARE A GOOD WAY TO GET INTO SOMEBODY'S PANTS. THIS IS THAT CAKE. IT IS FROM HEAVEN AND HELL AT THE SAME TIME. UNF, CAKE.
SO OF COURSE I WILL SHARE THE RECIPE WITH YOU!
SINCE THE FOLLOWING RECIPE (FROM THE ETERNALLY INCREDIBLE INA GARTEN, WHO OWNS A CHUNK OF MY SOUL) DID NOT COME WITH DECORATING IDEAS, I BORROWED THEM FROM EDUARDO. HALVED STRAWBERRIES AND DARK CHOCOLATE SHAVINGS ON THE TOP, YOU GUYS. ALSO, INA'S FROSTING SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD - I DID A SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VERSION OF MY OWN INVENTION (NO COFFEE IN MY FROSTING). JUST DO BUTTERCREAM, YOU GUYS. OR REALLY ANY FROSTING THAT YOU LIKE.
AND IF YOU HAVE NINE INCH ROUND PANS INSTEAD OF 8 INCH ONES LIKE THE RECIPE CALLS FOR (LIKE I DID), MULTIPLY YOUR MEASUREMENTS BY 1.5. :)
YOU ALL NEED TO EAT THIS RIGHT NOW.