Birthday cake for the win!

To celebrate my sister's birthday this year, I made a birthday cake to top all of my other creations.

This cake turned out pretty well considering how difficult it was to get the cake out of the rounds.  It was so sticky! And moist. I hate that word. 

This cake had shaved dark chocolate on top.

Dark chocolate mousse in the middle layers that was oh-so-fluffy.

And dark chocolate ganache poured all over the top of it.

I take it you're sensing a theme by now.

But, uncharacteristically, I went for a vanilla-cake inside. And it was the perfect contrast.

Enough with the pictures! Carl couldn't wait to dig in :)