31.   The very bottom layer of the pastry cooked, but not the rest, giving it a cardboard texture.

32.   The wood chips are between the bottom two layers of foil, and perforations let the smoke envelop, and penetrate, the food.

33.   The wood is the bottom layer, the design is the middle layer, and on top is the sealer, usually three or four coats of polyurethane.

34.   The top layer solidifies before the bottom layer melts.

35.   This is the bottom layer.

36.   To combine them neatly, the bottom layer is frozen before the top layer is added.

37.   To finish off the presentation, Slinsky squirts piping around each bottom layer and spreads flowers on the table.

38.   Top with the remaining sheets of phyllo, brushing each with a little olive oil, and tucking in the sheets that poke out from the bottom layer.

39.   Using a pastry brush, drizzle half of the coffee mixture evenly over the bottom cake layer.

40.   When bottom layer has set, remove from oven and spread filling over it, smoothing top.