A big part of birthdays has always been the cake. We had the Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake, the one that nearly everyone in my generation seems to have grown up with. Two weeks before our birthdays we were allowed to get it out of the cupboard and commence negotiations with Mum about which one we could have. My aim was always to pick one with a fair bit cake so there would be some left over after the party (to remind me of my birthday during the coming week) and one with lots of lollies.
The importance of my birthday cake has continued into adulthood and the complexity of cakes has increased following my foray into the cake decorating world.
I always make myself the same flavour (which I forgot to take a picture of - sorry!) - dark chocolate espresso with coffee buttercream. I LOVE IT. LOVE IT. It's a very specific taste and not many people like it, which is probably lucky as otherwise I'd be eating a lot more cake off cuts from other people's cakes. As I only make it once a year for my birthday, I make it a little bigger then I need (ok, a lot bigger then I need) and I cut the remaining cake into single portions and freeze it for rainy days. Because no one else in my family likes the flavour, I can be assured it will still be in the freezer the next time I go looking for it.
This year, I wanted to try a cake design I had seen by Sarah Jane from Cake That! I didn't really do it justice, but it was good practice and it tasted great, so I forgave myself :).
Have a great week!
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