Yesterday was son John $pencer’s birthday. I used several of the photographs from his first birthday 40 years ago in a blog post, but I didn’t use the one showing him with his birthday cake. I liked the-deer-in-the-headlights pose.
He agreed to a non-flash photo this time around, and his smile was my reward. I was amused to find he still has only one candle on his cake. He was fun at one, but his stories have improved dramatically.
The cake was put together with things I had in the house. The layers were devil’s food cake, chocolate moose tracks ice cream, and whipped topping. M & M’s were sprinkled on top, and we had just-made hot fudge sauce to ladle over it. The sauce would have made cardboard taste good.
Mehrling Muse 
Isn’t the truth…hot fudge sauce just can’t be beat. Happy Birthday $
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That looks like a superb birthday celebration. Here’s to many more for him, and the rest of you! 🙂
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💗💗
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The cake for his first birthday is HUGE Anne! Happy birthday for his 40th, this cake looks grand too and that sauce sounds wonderful!
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I don’t remember $’s first birthday cake as being huge. I think it was close to the camera. It was bound to have been demolished in a day or so.
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Happy Birthday!!! Hope all had a good time.
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Birthdays are always fun! Do you celebrate your birthday, Suki?
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Happy BIrthday! From a cute little boy to a handsome man. Well done, mom.
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Thank you, Darlene. Those were good years between 1 and 41.
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Hot fudge sauce, yes please!
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I can’t remember making hot fudge sauce before. This won’t be the last time!
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Recipe?
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I jotted down the ingredients. A can of evaporated milk, 12 ounces of chocolate chips, half a cup of sugar, one T. butter, and some vanilla.
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Thank you!
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Happy birthday to your son Anne. That cake looks really yummy.
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There is one large piece of cake left, which we are saving for son $. We bought more M & M’s at the store today, so he can have a handful to go with it.
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I haven’t had real hot fudge in years. You just reminded me to make it again. Thanks. Or not depending on my diet!
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Freeze most of it! We didn’t have a problem, because we demolished our sauce with the cake.
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I am sure ours would disappear in similar haste.
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I think one candle was all that cake could support. Too many would melt the ice cream. I would sacrifice the candles to have a cake like that – it sounds delicious!
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The fellows liked the cake. We all love chocolate.
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How nice to celebrate $’s birthday now by focusing on his one-year birthday. I love the deer-in-the-headlights look, probably thinking “when do they quit singing and taking pictures so I can dig in!”
(Well, as best as one digs in as a one year old.)
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Mmm, you make the *best* cakes with things you *had in the house*! John $ grew a bit; now the cake isn’t bigger than he is! 😀
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Maybe John $ outgrew his cakes. He certainly outgrew desserts. He doesn’t like sweets, making me think he isn’t related to me. He looks like people in our family, though. He does have a weakness for chocolate ice cream in the wee hours, and that’s why there was a layer of ice cream in his cake this year.
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I have a hard time understanding people who don’t like sweets. It’s my major downfall!
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My dad and his mother didn’t crave sweets like the rest of us. That trait definitely skipped a generation in me! I’m with you — sweets are terribly tempting.
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