With a pallet knife put the buttercream on the top and sides of your cake. Drip some of the caramel sauce over the top and decorate it ... like Fakeaway, Chocolate and Midweek Dinners to inspire ...

Once it bakes, you can make the chocolate buttercream frosting to have it ready when it's time to decorate. I baked this ...

Most ideas suddenly seem unbearably dull compared to luscious, incredibly dark layers of devil's food cake divided by layers of salted caramel buttercream. Crunchy bits of salted pretzel add fun ...