Last Christmas my friend Amy gave me  a subscription to Bon Appetit magazine.  The cover photo on the very first issue I got was of the most fabulous cake.  My sister-in-law mentioned that she wanted to try it sometime.  I filed that in the back of my mind for later.   Well, her and my brother’s birthdays are close, so I decided to make it for the both of them at the same time.  I would say it was a success.

As I was adding the layers of cake, ganache, and cream, I grew amazed at the beauty of my creation.  I absolutely had to take a photo of the beautiful layers before covering them with the peppermint frosting:

The frosting itself was a thing of wonder - a sticky, almost marshmallow-y frosting with a cool peppermint flavor:

Here is the majestic creation after slices were cut and served at the birthday celebration:

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