American Chocolate Wedding Cake

I had been wondering when I would make this cake, and then I realised that I could make it for a friend's birthday. I had already decided long ago that I would not make the whole wedding cake, which has three tiers, requires 38 eggs and 1.6kg chocolate!
The top tier of the cake required a 6in round tin. Having looked unsuccessfully for one this size, I decided to make it 6in square using my multi size tin. It meant that the cake was slightly shallower than it was meant to be, but I thought 5 x 5 would make it too deep.
The mixture used no flour or butter, just chocolate, eggs, sugar and ground almonds. It was straight forward enough to make, but as it cooked, it created a crust on the top of the cake. Apparently this is because the sugar content is so high. It was rather like the top of a brownie.
I ended up removing the complete crust when it cooled as I knew It was too cracked to ice it. Thankfully it came off neatly!
The icing was made from butter and chocolate, and there was loads of it!
I decided to decorate it with fresias as they are the flowers that are in the photo. I was pleased with the finished product, and my friend was too. Not sure what the score was, but I  am pretty sure it is rich and chocolatey!