You can make a dripped effect with homemade chocolate ganache or use your offset spatula to carve swirls or waves into thick layers of frosting. The easiest way to make your cake look fancy is to ...

I made Beatty's Chocolate Cake, which Ina Garten said is the "most fabulous cake" she's ever made. The chocolate cake and buttercream frosting both feature a special secret ingredient: coffee.