I created this recipe out of necessity! My Italian husband traditionally received a birthday cake each year as a child growing up in NY. Living in the Florida Keys, I contacted every bakery and restaurant that offered pastries to get someone to make him one, to no avail. The chefs knew how to make them, but said they were too time consuming for them to make and sell. So after trial and error, I was pleased to present this cake to my husband. Yellow pound cake torte layer soaked in rum, layered with cheesecake flavor pudding and mini chocolate chips, covered in stabilized whipped cream, I entered this in the King Arthur Flour Cake Contest at the Jacksonville (FL) fair in 2009 and came away with first place! One of the judges later told me she remembered these cakes as a child and I "nailed" it. Quite impressive, even to myself, as I am of Polish and German decent! Seven layers of decadence, my husband nicknamed this "the cake on steroids".