Joe's birthday is today! He is 29. In one more year he will officially be old. We've pretty much been celebrating since Thursday. Saturday we went to the Chicago International Coin Show out in Rosemont and then had dinner with Joe's parents. Of course I made a cake. This is a dark chocolate cake with hazelnut cream filling and fudge chocolate frosting. It was pretty tasty. I made the hazelnut cream filling with Frangelico, a hazelnut liquor, and chopped hazelnuts. After icing the cake in the fudge, I added a large pearl border on the bottom and a medium pearl border along the top edge to coordinate with the small chocolate dots on the bow. I made the bow in my last cake class. It is a 50/50 mix of gumpaste and fondant. I added a little bit of yellow to give it an ivory hue. I like the simplicity of this cake. It's just perfect for Formality Joe.
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