Baking for Maia

I made this chocolate cake for a friend's 3 month old child's baptism party. I have documented my trial and error in a thread at the eGullet community ( http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=88605 ). I have gotten loads of help and a lot of feedback over there.

The first cake went all over the kitchen as I dropped it before getting it in the oven. After two or three atempts, I got something that I was pleased with. I learned that baking a cake sure is different from making loaves of bread.