This is a chocolate poundcake recipe with ganache icing and buttercream decorations. I've made this recipe twice now and both times it came out of the oven terribly uneven, etc., even with the baking strips. (Not trying this recipe again!) It is for my father and stepmom and they really don't care how it looks, but I do. So I decorated it at the last minute even though I wasn't planning to decorate it at all. I just couldn't stand it!! I don't have the right leaf tip either for holly. :(