Amy's Birthday...Celebration!

As you know, we take birthday's very seriously in my family.  My sister, Amy, has her birthday next week, but we celebrate early, of course!

So today we went for lunch at Magleby's!  It was very tasty!

Since we celebrate birthdays "to the max" I thought "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang would be the perfect song for today!

Lemon Cake and "I Thought About You"

Lemon cake is so refreshing!  I'd never had the Magleby's lemon cake before, but it had the perfect amount of tart and sweet!

Plus, lemon goes well with just about anything and adds zest to seafood, dessert, drinks, pasta, etc.  How did the humble lemon become so lofty?  I don't know, but I'm glad it did!

"I Thought About You" is the perfect song for a lemon cake!  And Frank Sinatra is the perfect singer to sing it!

Chocolate Cake and "Heaven"

Chocolate cake is divine. There's just no other way of putting it. And chocolate cake from Magleby's is confection heaven!

A lot of chocolate cakes have a bitter or acrid flavor. Or they may be too sweet (German chocolate cakes are an exception). Magleby's cake is fudgy and has the perfect amount of frosting.

Too much frosting is another downside to sub-par cakes, especially layer cakes. There's nothing like cutting into a two- or three-layer cake and finding out there's more frosting than cake inside. I'd compare it to a plate laden with gravy for a dollop of mashed potatoes.

Since chocolate cake is divine and divinity points towards heaven, today's song is "Cheek to Cheek" sung by Frank Sinatra. The opening lyrics, after all, are, "Heaven, I'm in heaven...."