Wow! This is a wonderful cake! I made this over the weekend for a large group and it was a hit. I made two substitutions. First, I had no espresso powder, so instead I substituted brewed coffee for part of the water called for in the cake recipe. We also substituted crunchy peanut butter for the creamy used in the filling. The cake came out perfectly. We didn't use the bamboo skewers and did not have any problem with sliding layers as we transported the cake across town. Perhaps it was the crunchy peanut butter in the filling? Thank you for the wonderful recipe!

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