The Double-Layer Chocolate Cake I Make for My Son's Birthday

[elleng]

'When I called my son, Joshua, on his birthday last month, his first words were, “You’re a minute early!” And I was. But that was the only unpredictable part of our conversation. Every year, I call at 9:40 a.m. to recount the story of his birth. I tell him that it snowed lightly that day; that I could see the Statue of Liberty from the hospital room and that her torch was speckled white; that an instant after he was born, his father declared, “Not Ivan!” the name we thought we would give him if he turned out to be a he; and that the first thing he tasted was a drop of Champagne. If I had it to do all over again, I would include a crumb of cake — every birthday should have cake. And every one of Joshua’s did.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/magazine/chocolate-cake-sons-birthday-devils-food.html?

Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019312-chocolate-chocolate-birthday-cake

[AJT]

1. I am going to give this a try for my daughter's birthday.

It will definitely be hit or miss as I seem to have problems when it comes to baking.......or roasting or frying or sauteing or.....well cooking in general.

[elleng]

2. GOOD LUCK, AJT!

I DON'T bake, last I tried was for my daughter's 2d birthday cake and she's 33 now! And I used a packaged mix! But DID have to share this chocolate thing!