This year was Jason’s Golden Birthday. He turned 29 on December 29.
Jason isn’t one who enjoys going all out for his birthday, but he did request strawberry cake. I was more than happy to oblige. My favorite homemade cake recipe is one that I created sometime around 2004. I created it because I have always loved two of the three components in Angel Food Cake. I love the sugar strawberries and the whipped cream. I’m not so crazy for the sponge cake part. So, I took a yellow cake mix, baked it, and prepared the strawberries by cutting them into small bite-sized pieces and covering them with sugar. Once the cake had cooled and the strawberries had produced their syrup I poked holes throughout the cake and poured the liquid over it. Once the liquid was drained I spread the strawberries over the cake. I then took one small tub of Cool Whip and used a mixer to mix it with one tub of chocolate icing. I then iced the cake with it. I’m not kidding, it’s the best thing you’ll ever eat! (If you like that kind of stuff.)
Jason doesn’t like chocolate, so I created a strawberry version. I used strawberry cake mix instead of chocolate and fresh whipped cream (not mixed with any icing) as frosting. I cut the 9x13 cake in half and put the strawberries between the layers. Jason LOVED it. I thought it was wonderful until I wrote on it.
Our next move was to Henry Hudson’s for cheese fries. A few of Jason’s friends met up with us there.
Happy Birthday Honey. I hope you had as much fun as I did.
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