Jolly Good Fellows
Despite the cold, it's also been another giant season of birthdays and those depicted here span October to March, and the concoction of many a novelty cake! The first is an enormous single cupcake, done by Lynn for Jason's father's birthday, and the second cake is the Espresso Chiffon Cake with Fudge Frosting picked up from the Smitten Kitchen's adaptation of Alisa Huntsman's Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes cookbook. We also enjoyed a genuine Viennese chocolate cake (an authentic gift from Austrian friends) and others to celebrate some benchmark anniversaries.
I myself have always been more a fan of fruit pies and chocolate mousse than cookies and cakes, but birthday's reliably scream for cake and candles are getting so fun these days, that how can you resist?