The Birthday Cake

The dialogue always begins mid-January about what sort of birthday cake Ben would like for his birthday. It usually takes a few tries before he picks one he likes... but this year was a little different...

Leah: Ben, what kids of birthday cake would you like for your birthday?
Ben: Chocolate cake, with stwawbewwy fwosting... as pink as my stwawbewwy yogrit!

We had a great time making the cake for his party! :)

A friend of mine always has an amazing chocolate cake for his and his daughter's birthday, so I called and got the recipe for frosting... butter, powdered sugar & strawberries... yummy!!!

The Birthday Boy!

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Well, a few days before his birthday he was talking to my mom on the phone and she was asking him about what kind of cake he wanted once we got to Utah (we flew to Utah 2 days after Ben's birthday)...

Mom/Grandma: Ben, what kind of cake do you want for your birthday?
Ben: Chocolate cake with straw.... No, no, no... STWAWBERRY cake with CHOCOLATE frosting!!

So, here is the creation that awaited us when we arrived in Utah...

This is what happens when Culinary-School-Brother meets Army-Brother and they make a cake...

Strawberry Cake, Chocolate Dirt & Strawberry Blood.