Having My Cake and Eating It Too!

For the last few years I have been a little unconventional with my celebratory confection and have set my birthday candle atop (or in the near vicinity of) cake pops, donut towers, cheesecake and even macaron pyramids rather than the conventional chocolate or vanilla layer cake.  While it’s enticing to experiment, there’s something to be […]

Tortes of the Times

It is said that birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake. Over the course of 40 years I have certainly heeded that advice while relishing in celebratory confections. As I mark a milestone this year I can’t help but take a retrospective look back at birthdays past reflecting on many things, […]