The Introduction Post

We celebrated my husband's 32nd birthday yesterday. We didn't have a big huge grand event, but of course there was food involved. The day before his birthday, I had to ask "what do you want to eat on your birthday?" Because...as we all know...your birthday isn't about what you get, how many presents, etc. It is about how well you eat on your birthday. You must eat well, and it better be food you really enjoy.

Well, we had plans of having quite a bit of family around so we opted for some easy comfort food. Which works out well, because my husband digs a lot of comfort food. I made my sloppy joes and baked beans. And of course we had chips to scoop up the rest of the sloppy goodness.

I have a recipe for sloppy joes that I have been making for a while. I got it from a friend of mine, and I have never gone back to manwich....and to be honest, I can't even tell you what manwich tastes like anymore. I'm not even sure how to spell it. The beans recipe came from the same friend and it is just as popular as the joes. It is simple...northern beans, sugar, ketchup, onions and bacon. It doesn't get more simple, but I have found the key thing...is to make sure you get good color on the onions and bacon. That really sets the flavor off. Mark was happy with the meal and was well satisfied.

Dessert - he told me just to make some lemon cake and my usual frosting. I kept probing him for other ideas. "Don't you want something a little different?" "creme brulee?" "chocolate lava cakes?" He shrugged me off..."no, just the cake is fine". I could tell that he didn't want to put me out. And I had to let him know that I wanted to make something different. Cake has been done. I was feeling a bit adventurous...and wanted something that we don't usually have. He was glad to hear that and opted for the lava cake. After all...he had been hinting about it for quite some time.

I made a triple batch and we went through a lot of them. I made them in muffin cups, so they were just small size. Aydan really liked the cake, as you can see from the picture above. We topped the chocolaty goodness cakes with some freshly whipped cream. Which is a must!