Chocolate with Banana, should've added nuts

When I got pregnant I was too tired to bake during the first trimester.  I did nothing but sleep.  I did some baking during the second trimester, but hubby got lazy and didn't take pictures of them.  Since giving birth I don't have much time to bake when hubby's not home to watch the baby for a good 3-4 hours straight (gives me time to prep, bake, cleanup).  I always want to bake but haven't, until now.  I was going to bake for hubby #2's bday, but he didn't show up to work that week, so he missed out.  I ended up baking for my bro's friend.  I didn't know what to make for her, but I was told she loves chocolate.  Who doesn't.  Then again she also likes my mango tart that I attempted, but that would be too much since I'd have to go out and buy mangoes and puree them, etc.  I had all the stuff for a chocolate cake in the house so I just went with that.  I ended up making a chocolate cake with banana butter cream icing. Maybe I should've added some nuts...

I made a small cake b/c I didn't anticipate a big crowd; so I had leftover batter.  I just made cupcakes for her - I should've made a big cake. My decision making is all off...

Now my decorating sucks, but I tried.  At first I didn't decorate the cake b/c I ran out of time making the cake.  I usually do all my baking at night, so it was getting late and I just said forget it.  I intended to decorate the next morning, but I ran out of time (dr appt).  I thought the cake would've been picked up before I got home, but not the case.  I had some extra time so I tried it - I can't write in cursive, so block letters it is.  I then thought it looked plain, so I added some dots to the side.  The original thought was a group of three dots, but it ended up being like 3 rows of dots "evenly" spaced.  The top of the cake still looked like it needed something, so since I bought the 100 tip decorating set, I decided to use a tip and make flowers or whatever.  Like I said, I'm not a good decorator, but it's good training.

The other suckie thing is, I ran out of cake boxes and my ink pad dried out  - so it was more homemade than professional looking. I want to make more cakes, but no one is asking for any.  The next time I look forward to baking is for my baby's baptism. I intended the giveaways for my baby shower to be cupcakes, so maybe at the baptism that's what my giveaways will be....