Red wine chocolate cake; a reward for getting tree up

Yesterday I got the Christmas tree up (it is artificiial) and decorated

Today I got the rest of the place decorated (not a big deal, just put out the mercury glass candleholders and my stuffed Santa Claus that my grandmother made me.

Then I made a red wine chocolate cake (recipe below), also a winter squash soup. To go with it, I will make a spinach salad later.  All recipes from "The Smitten Kitchen"
( cake below )

( adult chocolate cake below )