For the first time in 15 years, we were able to spend Thanksgiving with my in-laws in New Hampshire. My DH's birthday always falls around Turkey Day, so I took advantage of having lots of family around and made him a birthday cake. Yes, he has a cake decorator wife, but only gets a birthday cake every 5 years, or so, go figure.......
Poor guy, he also got about the simplest cake possible--a speed limit sign marking his 55th.
The cake is a 9x13x2 that would serve 24, french vanilla with vanilla buttercream. I did jazz it up by putting 20 long black sparkler candles in the numbers for serving--you know, the kind that refuse to go out......
