My son was invited to a friend’s birthday party. So I decided to phone up his friend’s mom and ask if I can “gift” her son a birthday cake. She, of course, accepted and said the party theme was ninja and that the birthday boy loves chocolate. So I made my classic 3-layer 6"round chocolate cake, with chocolate ganache, crumb coated in chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream and final coat in vanilla almond SMB. I made the fondant toppers about 3 days in advance to allow enough time to dry. I made the chocolate shards out of black candy melts the day of the party. Enjoy!