the importance of a garnish: Chocolate cake

This is a compiled dessert of all the recipes from this week: chocolate sponge cake, lemon butter cream frosting, and zabaglione custard.

 This dessert is an excellent example of the importance of garnishes, as far aesthetics go. Look at the first one. Something just seems missing, right? Now look at the picture below.

something still seems missing, but that's because I ate some. The chopped lemon zest really brings the whole thing together, and fills in the empty space on the top.

have fun cooking, and enjoy your cake!