Birthday Cake {William}

I am a lover of chocolate. Especially if it's DARK chocolate. I could eat it all day every day and be the happiest little clam in the world. If only it made you thin....

Anywho.

My older brother turned 27 this past weekend. So, of course I had to bake him a cake. He told me "chocolate with chocolate. Nothing fancy." YEAH RIGHT! It's like he doesn't even know me! I can't do anything simple. I'm crazy and MUST be over the top all the time. It's really a curse, but whatever.

I hopped over to my trusty Pinterest and searched for "Chocolate Cake" and found this one. I knew it was meant to be the moment I laid eyes on it. My brother LOVES him some beer. So, yeah duh, I picked the chocolate Guinness cake with with homemade Bailey's Irish cream inspired filling with the best chocolate buttercream I've ever tasted in my life. Now it did make me a little sad that I wouldn't be able to eat the cake (the filling had Irish whiskey in it and I'm straightedge,) but that's okay. I really shouldn't eat cake as often as I do anyway. But still, it was a birthday cake!!!!

The cake was fairly simple to make and smelled fantastic baking. My whole apartment was filled with the heavenly scent of cocoa. But let me tell you, the butter cream was the best part. Seriously though, I have NEVER had a better frosting in my life. I will only make this buttercream from now on with every cake/cupcake I bake. It was that good. And I opted to not use the meringue on top, but I bet it's a nice touch.

It was a really great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. 

Enjoy!

Amour, Le Petit Oiseau xo

*all photos taken with my iPhone 5s and edited with VSCOcam*