I married a wonderful man. He laughs at my corny jokes. Puts up with my need for a good argument every now and then. And doesn't make fun of my poor cooking skills.
He asked for a white chocolate oreo cheesecake for his 28th birthday. So that's exactly what he got.
Never mind the fact that I completely misjudged how much cheesecakes grow when they cook and how they spill over into your oven if you don't cook them in the right size pan and then make your house smell like burned marshmallows...
He was very grateful. So it may have been the weirdest looking cheesecake ever, but it still tasted great!
Happy Birthday to my favorite man ever.
We also decided to throw Salem a little pre-birthday party before we travel this next week. We'll be at a friend's home on his actual birthday and will no doubt celebrate again, but I thought I'd oblige his request for a tiger cake while having my own kitchen. (because that obviously helped so much with my overflowing cheesecake...)
For some insane reason, I thought I could just whip out my fantastic art skills and icing-paint a tiger on top of a chocolate cake. Brandon suggested I practice drawing it with pen and paper first. There's a reason God brought this man into my life.
Because it turns out my fantastic art skills make tigers look more like high, worried, grandpa lions.
Hey, don't hate. I didn't major in Art.
Back-up plan...tiger stripes. How hard can that be?!
Obviously, I didn't major in culinary design either, but it turns out, Salem thought tiger stripes on a cake was beyond cool. He keeps talking about his Tiger Stripe Cake.
What would a tiger birthday be without unwrapping a stuffed animal tiger wrapped with striped wrapping paper? (well...christmas paper wasn't going to cut it, so I had to get creative! I'm not exactly living in the land of wrapping-paper-abundance)
Rounding out the night he and his new favorite friend proudly displayed their chocolate mustaches.
Looking forward to his actual birthDAY next week!
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I feel so sad we weren't there. And if you ever need some, there's solid red wrapping paper in our bedroom closet. Happy birthday, middle Chancler!
I like your cheesecake. It's like the middle aged version with a little lopping over the edge. Makes me feel ok about my fat rolls that also lop over things. You are a cake rockstar. I'm entirely jealous about all the fun people you have in your city by the way.
Well, you totally entertained me here for 10 minutes, watching Eden in her little program (she looked like a little angel), and reading your comments re: the program and the tiger stripes cake! So funny! Who would have thought that he would have thought a tiger stripes cake was so great! That was a great "thinking on your feet" move!
Love you guys! Viki
Happy early Bday Salem! We love you!! (Great job on the cake too, mom!)
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