Perfect Birthday Cake

Preparation info
  • Makes one 9 inch 23 cm ) 2-layer cake, about

    12

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Modern Baker

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2008

  • About

I’ve always loved the combination of yellow cake layers with a chocolate filing and frosting, and so this is my dream birthday cake. You can make the ganache filling while the layers are baking and assemble the cake as soon as they both cool off. If you prefer an all-chocolate cake, use the devil’s food layers instead.