Who doesn’t love a good surprise? I love one. And this cake was definitely in the surprise category. First surprise: sinking cake!

Everyone was warning about the “diva eggs,” and rightly so. I’m not sure what I did wrong, but they really sunk in the middle. My solution: forget the cutting, and stick the filling right into the little hole.

I filled in with a layer of filling and berries..

Then another layer of filling..

Then covered it with the whipped cream and topped it with extra berries. It looks delicious, and hopefully it will be! We’ll slice it up tonight and see how this little surprise tastes.

*Find the recipe here. Thanks, Mary Ann!

**Tuesdays with Dorie is a group of bloggers baking through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours.