Ultimate Chocolate Birthday Cake!

I made this cake for my best friends birthday and it was so nice, I used the Tanya Burr Sunday cake recipe for the cake and the hummingbird cream cheese frosting for the icing.I then took inspiration from a cake I saw on Pinterest for the decoration.

Ingredients

Cake                                                 Icing                            Decoration

170g Unsalted Butter                       Unsalted Butter           Malteaser

170g Caster Sugar                            Cream Cheese             White Buttons

140g Self-raising Flour                    Icing Sugar                  Magic Stars

30gCocoa powder                             Cocoa Powder             Fondant Flowers

3 Eggs11/2 Baking powder

1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line two 21cm round cake tins.
2. Start by creaming together the butter and the sugar until it is light and creamy.Then add in the sifted flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Also add in the eggs and mix until combined and fluffy. 
3. Pour the mixture equally between the two tins and bake for        . 
4. Turn the cake out onto a cooling rack and allow to fully cool.
5. To make the butter cream, cream together the butter and the icing sugar until fully combined, slowly add in the cream cheese. Once these are all mixed together add in cocoa powder a little bit at a time, I didn't use an exact measurement for this I just kept adding until  I got the taste I wanted. 
6.  both cakes and place one of a cake board or cake stand, Ice with an even layer, place the second cake one top and ice the top of the cake and all the sides with a thin layer.(for the crumb coat) Then allow to chill.You will know it is done when you touch it and your finger remains clean.
7. Then ice again making this layer neat and smooth. Use an offset spatular to help create a smooth surface. 
8. This is now the time you can go wild and decorate! I found my decorating inspiration on Pinterest and changed some of the chocolate they used for ones my friend would prefer. I used white chocolate buttons, malteasers, magic stars and fondant flowers. I then added some silver glitter all over at the end!
9. Then add candles and celebrate!