10-layer-cake

Today I'm helping a friend with the loving task of creating a 10-layer-cake for his daughter. She'll help him decorate the 3 layers that she's happily settled for (after weeks of talking of 10). Tonight, when she's asleep, he'll add the additional 7 layers. Included in these is a layer that he's baked in a spring-form pan so he can hide a dragon in the cake. I love it. Oh, yes, I'll add here that he's British and the recipe he follows for cake is: 3 eggs--weigh them. Then add equal parts flour, butter, and sugar. Add a little leavening (wouldn't need to in Devon) and bake! So I've brought out the scale. This afternoon I'll sneak over the 4 layers I'm making.