Morning lovelies! I'd like to know how you feel about birthday cake. I've been loving the simple look of rustic cakes like this Swedish chocolate cake from Top With Cinnamon (it's part flourless chocolate cake, part molten lava cake). Can you picture it topped with a cluster of birthday candles? It would have a sexy je ne sais quoi, like: "I was too busy being steamy and perfecting my Bardot-style eyeliner to bother with buttercream," right!?
On the other hand, it's no secret that I'm a frosting addict. Remember when I made 167 cups frosting at my desk to perfect this frosting color chart for the magazine? Classic birthday cake was my first celebratory dessert-love, it's hard to stray from that.
So what do you think? Are you a birthday cake minimalist or a classicist? Which would you rather slice into. Leave your pick as a comment! I'd love to know.
[Chocolate cake image from Top with Cinnamon; Cotton candy cake courtesy of Harrah's for Grub Street]
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