So many cakes, so little time...

I've been searching for the ultimate gâteau for decades and while many have stolen my heart, one has finally taken the cake.

A fabulous chocolate layer cake.

I began a new post this week and while I was typing up my recipe for a chiffon cake, I realized that this cake love of mine sometimes veers into the realm of obsession. Years ago I met with the editor-in-chief of The Montreal Gazette at the time, Lucinda Chodan, and having just returned from Vienna, starting telling her a…