Birthday Boy Cake #2

Mr. G had already gotten cake #1, which he took to work. Cake #2 was for the birthday dinner party we hosted for Mr. G's family.

This was quite the meal. I attempted to make almost everything from scratch. (First dinner for the new in-laws in our new place is kinda a big deal.) The lasagna had homemade sauce and homemade ricotta cheese (super easy and yummy!). The caesar salad had homemade dressing and croutons (eh on the dressing). I was going to attempt to make the noodles and bread from scratch, but decided that I should put the effort into the cake.

There is a New York style pizza place where we live that Mr. G is obsessed with. And they sell this devils food cake cheesecake. It goes something like this:

Layer of devils food cake
Layer of ganache
Whole cheesecake
Layer of ganache
Layer of devils food cake
Layer of ganache
Layer of devils food cake
Covered in ganache frosting
Topped with chocolate shavings

Need a picture:

This is one of the most decadent things I have ever made. Needless to say, it was the star of the night. Might have even out-shown the birthday boy. Ooops. Although I don't think he minded too much.

Now in the process of getting everything together for the dinner party, I may have forgotten to take a picture of the finished product. Fail. Did I mention this was on a Friday. On a Friday that I worked? I may have been running around a little crazy in preparation of everyone arriving.