If you could request any birthday cake for yourself, what would it be?

@agitated_trash I actually learned to bake birthday cake from scratch for this very reason. I do lemon buttercream for my wife, devil's chocolate for myself.

Among the tricks I have learned are to use about 12% cornstarch with AP flour to make cake flour, and to always sift.

And always do the sugar to taste in the buttercream frosting - recipes are a guideline when it comes to sweetness, and you can use milk powder for body instead of more sugar.

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@agitated_trash from my wife's 44th birthday earlier this year. This was before I learned about the cake flour trick though, so it's a little dense. I also like to use cornstarch for the lemon "curd" instead of eggs; it keeps longer.

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Great job and happy birthday to her! 💛 Turning 43 this weekend and I want a different type of cake this year. Last year I made myself a hummingbird cake. I need inspiration and your photo is helping!

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