Espresso Chiffon Cake

Happy Groundhog Day! On a completely unrelated note, today I forewent the makeup and made a 3 layer cake instead. I thought I would attempt to document this for you guys.

Let's begin! First of all, this is a three layer espresso chiffon cake with espresso-chocolate mousse filling, fudge frosting, and espresso buttercream piping.

My brother helping sift together the dry ingredients. :)

My best attempt to show egg whites whipping up and the other components of the cake before they're mixed together.

The batter and the prepared baking tin. 

Anddddd the finished product. I didn't take a picture of anything past the first tin because I started to do a million and one things while each one cooled and cooked (I only have one round spring form pan and I made a three layer cake).

Yes, it was dark by time I finished the cake. This one has many steps but the main time consumption was waiting for each to cook, cool completely in the tin, then reline the tin to bake another one. I also took the picture when we were ready to eat it for dessert. Sorry the bottom picture looks so awful. I have never been able to cut a cake and make it look pretty. If you want the recipes I used, just let me know!

love, xo