Happy Feast Day Angelas!!!!

My birthday cake from 2 years ago

arcy, I repeat, the purpose of these threads is to share photographs *we* have taken. Memes and pictures pulled off the net are not appropriate here. Photos we have not taken that are not credited are not appropriate here.

May I suggest that if you want to celebrate whatever day you wish with memes, that you start your own thread. Or perhaps take a photograph of your own to post here that represents what you want to celebrate. But just pulling stuff off the net is not what these threads are about.

I forget the name of this town in Oregon,but that is one big sand dune in the background.

Jim, we went to see the dunes when we were in OR...they're amazing!

Chocolate turtles that I made using a silicon Madeleine mold. They have caramel and pecans inside. I made the caramel using all cream and no milk. I also use no salt in these, as I do not like salty candy.

What's left over after my 60th birthday celebration a few years ago.

My son requested chocolate cupcakes for his 19th birthday this past December 10.

ETA just like his mom! He LOVES chocolate!🤓

Annie, thank YOU!

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WOW! Moni...that looks like a yummy mess!

The rest are so pretty!

Chocolate with cream cheese frosting!

Requested volcano cake, grandson's 8th birthday, in 2015. 2 chocolate cakes (2 - 9 inch pans and 1 bundt pan), with chocolate frosting. I skipped the dry ice for the "smoke". but he didn't notice.

Three layer chocolate cake from a recipe on the back of the Hershey's cocoa box. Taken several years ago. I was just thinking the other day about baking another one.

This was done as a joke. Our dog used to eat crayons when he was a puppy. His walks produced some interesting color. My middle child who was probably around 9 at the time used this inspiration to create his own Play doh and crayon presents around the house. Anyone remember the kitty litter cakes with Tootsie Roll surprises? We recreated the Tootsie Rolls surprise and substituted Nerds for crayons. This was a unique, but well received birthday cake from a few years back.

We picked up these cupcakes the other day. One was carrot cake, but the rest were chocolate. They didn't last long...

I hate to say what seeing all these wonderful treats are doing to my appetite!

Yummo!

I have to say that I received one of those kitty litter cakes (through the mail, no less) for my birthday. I was appalled and threw the whole thing, litter box and all, into the trash. It was the most unappetizing thing I've ever seen.

These were some delicious chocolate cupcakes I got for my birthday from my friends up at the farm. So sweet of them. Literally. :)

I read the title wrong - I thought it was National Chocolate Day instead of National Chocolate Cake Day. Here's a chocolate cake!

Jim - Could that be Florence? We went sand duning there one summer and it is indeed very cool.

Birthday cake for my 80th, last summer! Half of it was chocolate and the other white cake. I had slices from both sides :o)

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This is a cake I had made for a friend from Ohio that rode his bike cross country last summer. His wife joined us in NH for the end of ride and we hosted a wonderful lobster feed for them. ETA: the cake was German chocolate his favorite

It's not completely unusual to take the curve too fast, but it's the first time in years someone hit a car. It's typically a hit and run, but only for the"sleeping policemen", but this time, it also involved a vehicle. Met some neighbors tonight. It was a hit and run again. It's my "job" (self-appointed) to get the license plate. And I did. Cops are on it

What happened to your venturesome gene, murraysmom - sometimes trying a new thing offers some unexpected rewards and adds to our collection of experiences, knowledge and store of memories ...

... says ole joyful- who's never even seen a kitty litter cake: would it have much in common with a doggy litter cake, do ya figger?

ole joyful

Ole joyful, I'm glad you asked. I will let you be the judge of this. Remember that everything in that litter box is edible (well not the scoop) and might have been delicious in a different configuration. I just couldn't get past the poopiness of it! :)

Which would you have chosen? Especially having a cat in residence at the time?

Maybe I was being too sensitive about it, but I felt really bad that someone (a family member) would think this would be a welcome birthday gift. They were all the rage at the time but I never found them funny. Perhaps a session on the shrink's couch is in order?

Murraysmom I am with you. I would have done the same!

Moni

Thanks, Moni. There was nothing appetizing about it. Also it had come via Fedex so it was pretty jumbled up though I don't think there was any "prettying" this up to look less horrid.

and I'd take that cat to the vet, ASAP.

We have an annual neighborhood block party/potluck around Halloween, and a few years ago, someone brought one of those kitty litter cakes. The tootsie rolls actually looked a bit more...authentic. Kids loved it. Ugh.

Thanks for the pics, murraysmom ... the one in the box does look rather helter-skelter ... and the presence of the scoop (having been scrubbed, I assume) (or rinsed, at least) doesn't add to the landscape.

I'm wondering whether I'd be able to ignore the negatives enough to continue my desire to satisfy my "enjoyment" of cake.

Oh, yes - I neglected to ask ...

... did they manage to include some of the usual litter box aroma?

That'd almost certainly nix the deal in my eyes ... (well, nose, actually) ... I'm pretty well absolutely sure.

Hope you're enjoying your week - and finding some interesting and satisfying things to do.

ole joyfuelled ... also fuelled (sometimes) by (most kinds of) cake