I almost wrote the title as “51st Birthday Cake” but I don’t think I’ve had 51 birthday cakes. It’s probably something close to that number, probably. But there were the college and post-college years where I didn’t have a cake for every birthday.
But here it is!
It’s what Vintage Cakes calls “the Classic”: Yellow cake with chocolate frosting.
Given that the cake is such a classic, I assumed I’d made the Vintage Cakes version. But I had not. The recipe had me whip cream into the batter, so the finished cake was very moist.
I used the classic confectioners sugar/butter “buttercream” recipe for the frosting, because that’s my favorite kind of frosting.
It was delicious!
Aside from cake, we had a nice lunch from Pollo Bravo which is my favorite good food/not fancy restaurant.
No pictures of the meal, but people present: me, Matt, mom, Aunt Pat, Linda, and Rick.