Fancy cake with Uncle Mark

The kids have enjoyed having Uncle Mark come visit, particularly because he loves to bake. They made this Linzer Torte together and gathered actual leaves to mold chocolate leaves for the topping.  The recipe (from a fancy cookbook Nathan bought at a library book sale) was a little too complicated--we ended up having to substitute our plain old frosting recipe because the one in the book didn't work at all!  But after much effort it came out beautifully, and it certainly was fun.