The making of the mountain cake - Mt.Kili

The Kili Conquerors - celebration time!

I wanted to commemorate my daughter's, nephews' and husband's immensely challenging feat of climbing Africa's highest peak - Mt. Kilimanjaro -that stands 5895 m tall.  I wanted to bake a cake that resembled a mountain - definitely a lofty aspiration for a novice, trial-and-error, at home baker.

I assembled a chocolate cake in layers to give the rounded mountain effect; coated it with chocolate icing, and placed an up-turned ice cream cone to form the peak. Finally, I added a slight drizzle of caster sugar on the peak to give the appearance of fallen snow!

 So here are the pictures that tell the story of the mountain cake! 

The first layer of chocolate cake

Covered with chocolate icing

Second layer (a smaller circle) placed on top of first 

Both layers covered with the icing!

Topped with a square piece of cake and ice cream cone on top

A drizzle of powdery snow!

Mt. Kili - standing tall at 5895 m

Cooling in the refrigerator!