Willy Wonka Chocolate Cake

This super chocolatey cake was super fun to make. Shopping for all the different candy and chocolate was definitely not a chore. Ha! Though I went to several different stores looking for the rainbow whirl lollipop which is not to be found. I swear I see them all the time when I'm not looking for them, or maybe it's because I didn't go anywhere touristy. Maybe that's where I'm used to seeing them. Also, trying to find gold foil wrapped chocolate bars is virtually impossible these days. They are all wrapped in plastic now. Thankfully, I was able to get a PC dark chocolate bar that was wrapped in gold cardstock. I designed the Tommy turns 6 cover in Willy Wonka style, laminated it and glued it on top of the packaging.

In the end, the cake was a 3 layer chocolate cake with fresh whipped cream filling and chocolate ganache icing topped with a chocolate drip. Before it set I added all the candy and chocolate. Mr T and I delivered the cake and the car smelled like chocolate even afterward.

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