14 layers of amazingness!

Hey Javacupcakers! I’m super excited to be here and I hope that you enjoy my first post :)  Normally, I bake cupcakes because they’re fun and bite sized and so super cute but every once in a while, I find a cake recipe that I *have* to make because it’s just that amazing. Enter the 14 layer cake that has been saved in my “inspiration” folder since I found Bakerella way back when.  It looks a little intimidating but I promise you, it’s more than worth the time and effort.

Do yourself a big favor and run to the grocery store to buy 14 aluminum cake pans (note to self: do not send boyfriend to the store, because he will come back with 18 pie pans, just sayin’) and then get to work.  The recipe makes a lot of batter, I followed Bakerella’s directions and used the 12 layer recipe with 14 pans.  Each layer had about 2/3 cup of batter.  I found that the pans I sprayed with Baker’s Joy were easier to work with than the pans that were buttered with flour and parchment paper, but that’s just what worked for me.  I ran out of parchment paper, so, what seemed like it was going to be a fail, actually wasn’t that big of a deal.

It took about an hour to bake all of the layers and then about another hour to get the layers stacked iced with a delicious chocolate glaze, let the glaze set and then ice it with the most amazing dark chocolate buttercream.  Best 2 hours, ever.  PS. The satisfaction you feel after you cut into this cake and everyone ooohhhhs and ahhhhs at your amazingness, is unreal.  You will want to give yourself a big ol’ hug.   Cause it’s just that good.

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