Buddy's Birthday Cake

Buddy requested a red velvet cake for his birthday.

Baked in the flower mold and frosted with cream cheese frosting:

Topped with chocolate ganache:

YUM!

Any red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting recipe will work.

This is the chocolate ganache recipe I use for my cooking workshops:

1. Heat ½ C. heavy whipping cream in DD stainless on medium heat until it is steaming.
2. Remove from heat and add 1 C. semisweet chocolate chips.
   Be sure chips are covered by cream.
3. Let sit for about 5 minutes. 
4. Stir well with whisk or heat resistant spatula until uniform consistency.
5. Let it cool until it is quite thick before putting on cake.