birthday cake

My birthday was pretty much on the downlow this year. My friends, parents and I went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner and then Alyssa, Laura, Jacob and I went to see Body of Lies. Not too shabby.

I decided to also make my own birthday cake because I didn’t want to buy one and I wanted to try something new. I made a yellow cake with whipped cream, strawberry filling, and freshly sliced strawberries. I topped it off with a chocolate ganache, which I had not done before. I wish I had trimmed the cake a little bit, so it wasn’t dripping down the sides of the second layer. As a result, it was not completely smooth all around, but it was still okay, though not totally beautiful. But I’m sure no one but me noticed these little flaws.

All in all, the cake was tasty, the dinner was delicious, and I enjoyed my birthday for the most part. Yay cake!

There are more views of this cake (well, one more view) on my Flickr page if you want to check it out.