We'll have at least learned a little about project management and planning by my description of the process. This cake takes about 6 hours to prepare after you have acquired the ingredients and the utensils and have found a place to bake it. Second, is the project manager whose job it is to facilitate the project and to make sure it is carried out on schedule and within budget. So the first task it to put together at team, which the PI does, and then the team must write a proposal that describes the facilities available, the skills of the personnel, the responsibilities of the personnel, and a detailed budget and a plan that describes how and when you will purchase the necessary ingredients. One ingredient that you might have difficutly acquiring is chestnuts.
Canned chestnuts can be a bad choice.
The ones I used, which were in crumpled form, were no good. Maybe whole canned ones would be ok. Fresh is best. You may have to find fresh chestnuts via the web as they usually carried in stores around here near Thanksgiving and running into January. I'll accept them and fund them.