Hi everyone,
I made this cake for my nephew's birthday. It's a Double Chocolate Layer cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Frosting. I was wanting to try something new and this is it. I'm still deciding how I feel about it. I don't think I like it but maybe I can't decide because it just looks so odd. Maybe I really should try to find some classes to attend.
Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave any and all comments. Good or bad.
Lazy_Susan
Where is my fork????? I almost had to wipe the drool off of my monitor!!
I really like it. Esp the top design and it looks so yummy!
Do y'all think the chocolate pieces on top wouldn't look so dirty (they really aren't... it's the wax paper they were on) if I sprayed it with spray oil lightly? I think that is what is bothering me about it.
I would not spray oil on it, but I can see where you are coming from.. I think it looks good... 
Looks delicious!!! ...I don't think it looks odd at all.
For the next time I make a cake like this how can I prevent the chocolate pieces from looking like these do... They just don't look very smooth.
Thanks everyone. The cake was a big hit at the Birthday Party. No one except me noticed that the chocolate pieces looked dirty LOL My brother-in-law told me that he's not big on eating cake but that my cake was so delicious he couldn't stop eating it. He specifically said it was the bitter taste of the frosting 
I was so happy that everyone enjoyed it. I was afraid that they wouldn't like it. My BIL also asked me how much a cake like that would cost and I told him that without the chocolate pieces on top that I charge $35 and with $40. He was so nice and told me that it was worth double that Of course, I made the cake for free. That was my gift to the birthday boy. They have 2 more children that have birthdays real soon LOL I was informed that I would be doing those cakes as well!!!
I like the cake, Susan! The real test was the birthday boy and he loved it so there you go! 
Someone mentioned using acetate sheets; another similar suggestion would be to try using regular overhead transparency sheets. HTH!
I'm not sure I'm seeing the cake like you do. I don't see anything "dirty" looking at all. I just see a lovely cake with a lot of "wow" factor. And, if you're talking about your "leaves" having a matte finish, then yeah, the suggestions about using acetate or transparency sheets will solve that. Just put the "bottom" side toward the viewer. I also use laminating sheets for various things like that (FBCT, piping gel transfer, etc.). I happen to have a box of 100 and don't make a lot of laminates, so they're plentiful and handy. I think all that kind of stuff is close to the same substance.
IMHO, waxed paper is one of the most useless products in our kitchens. I have some, but can't remember why.
BTW...the white lattice in the leaves...is that a cutter or piping? It's lovely, whatever it is.
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