An interesting cake to bring to a class?

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I have a long day of group work at my uni, so I said I would bring some cake for all of us (15ish people).
I am, if I am to say so, quite good at baking interesting cakes, and would like to impress :)
But, it also has to be a bit practical: I have 1½hour commute to uni, changing trains and buses in rush hour, and also have to carry it around until the group work in the afternoon. 
I make a smashing cheesecake, as I also make cream cheese myself, but that is just too unpractical! It would have to be a cake that can easily be eaten out of the hand, or maybe in a napkin.
Then I thought of making red velvet cake (with freeze dried strawberries: I always feel a bit cheated that the color doesn't really reflect what's in it ;) ) I figured if I baked two very thin layers separately, I could keep one in the baking pan, and layer the other on top with the cream cheese frosting? 

I would like one that first of all looks really interesting (though I don't want to do sugar-paste), but of course is also delicious :)
Do you have any ideas? I would love inputs!

Karen · Accepted Answer

I don't know if any of these are appropriate for you to transport, but they are interesting.
Oreo cake.............,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..http://morganskitchen.com/?q=node/12
Daim Cake (Heath bar)..................http://morganskitchen.com/?q=node/17

Why don't you rather take a tart, so you don't have to worry about the icing, etc...

Chocolate pecan and pine nut tart....http://morganskitchen.com/?q=node/15
Maple macadamia nut tart...............http://morganskitchen.com/?q=node/10

wildflower · Answer

But  don't  you  think  that  people  who  don't  know  much  about  baking  cakes,  will  not  be  impressed  with  anything  you  bring.  They  will  mostly  be  impressed  that  you  even  brought  a  cake.  So  if  it  were me,  I  wouldn't  knock  myself  out  for  people  like  that.  
Take  a  Genoise  that  has  been  cut  into  several  layers  and  each  layer  brushed  with  a  special  syrup  and  finally  the  whole  cake  is  frosted  with  a  liquored  frosting.  Maybe  sprinkle  some  toasted  nuts  on  the  frosting  or  sides  of  the  cake.

Anonymous · Answer

Bake chocolate cake in a loaf pan, and slice the pieces about an inch thick. Mix peanut butter with powdered sugar and a teeny bit of milk for frosting, and make little chocolate cake-and-peanut-butter sandwiches! They will look cool and taste fantastic, and they're really simple.

Anonymous · Answer

I suggest vanilla cake. It is simple and tasty.

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