You’ll have so much fun decorating this spooky, Halloween cake, you may not want to carve it up at all – well, until the first bite …The forest has always been a place of mystery. In fairy tales, it’s where children get lost, where witches build houses made of cake, and where transformations occur in the shadow of trees. But it’s also a place of deep, loamy quiet – a world that hums with hidden life. This cake draws on that dark magic: a tender chocolate sponge, earthy and aromatic with cocoa powder and olive oil, topped with a rosemary-infused ganache and strewn with textures that nod to moist soil, fallen leaves, moss, bark and fungi. It’s Halloween baking, but less fright night and more folklore. The aim is to evoke an enchanted woodland, dark, lush and a little eerie. Serve simply, with whipped cream. Continue reading...