Gift box cake

Sometimes, if you are really fortunate, you may find that your neighbor is in fact your friend. Not just someone you nod to in the hallway or someone from whom you can borrow an egg or some milk in cases of emergency - but someone you enjoy spending time with. My neighbor is such a person. She is fun and kind and full of energy and good humor. And I am proud to call her my friend.

A couple of weeks ago we were talking about all the birthdays coming up in September (and all the cakes I would have to bake), and she remarked, that she wasn't expecting a cake for her birthday. I couldn't really tell her that her four year old daughter, the amazing Isabella, had in fact only a few hours before been sitting in my living room flicking through Peggy Porschen's "Pretty Party Cakes" and had requested that I make a gift box cake for her mother. How could I refuse?

The cake was a layered cake - three sheets of light sugar cakes, lemon sirup and two layers of Morten Heiberg's awesome chocolate mousse (the best ever!!!!) (http://dessertcirkus.dk/default.aspx?pageid=42)