Work birthday - Austin

Austin's only request for his birthday cake was "chocolate". I was feeling uninspired this weekend, and not really up to decorating a cake, so I decided to do a simple cake that tasted really good. I made the Black Magic cake (which is quickly becoming my favorite chocolate cake recipe) and covered it with a simple ganache. I would like to take this time to say that I love ganache and I don't know why it took me so many years to try my hand at making it. I guess I assumed it was very complicated, what with the fancy name and all, but it's just chocolate and milk and makes the most wonderful coating ever. I had some mocha buttercream left over from Amy's birthday cake , so I used that for border and making little swirls for the raspberries to sit on. 

This cake was so good it's not even funny. I brought it in to work and set it on the prep table in the back of house. Austin was baking and doing dishes in back, and every time I'd go back to get something, another piece would be missing. I guess that means he liked it!