There's nothing like a birthday cake to evoke memories of good times and good tastes. Our earliest memories are the festivities to mark our coming into this world. Memories of favors or games may fade but cake ones remain strong. they kind of like what Madeleine's were to Marcel Proust.
The best ones are the homemade ones in my opinion These are the one from Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines, usually in a chocolate or devil's food. The best icing ? Homemade butter cream where the icing gets hard on the top forming a thin crust but remains buttery soft underneath.The decoration? Colored sprinkles to round it out. It's still a favorite of mine - unless you sub in the vanilla icing with fudge frosting.
Of course as we get older some of our tastes change. I've enjoyed strawberry shortcake or Grand Marnier infused sponge cake as a birthday dessert with family or at a friends. There were the birthday cannoli as well (trying putting a candle in one of those) and the birthday crostata. A fun one is the cupcake, really a mini version of the standard birthday cake bit a cake just for me and me alone.
Yes, there' s nothing like a fun birthday cake to bring back the good memories. Just the taste of mosit vanilla cake frosted delicately with homemade buttercream icing can remind one of the small joys in life. Not to mention the fun that came with it.
Happy Birthday to anyone celebrating today!!!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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