Finally, more than one month later (time just flies!), I am publishing the recipe for my last birthday cake. I decided to call it Tender Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting and Berries because it is very soft, tender, almost velvety. The berries are a little touch of freshness and a nice memory from the late summer days.

After a very busy summer I have a very busy autumn as well. Unfortunately being too busy went together with getting sick: our whole family experienced not one but two stomach viruses between end of August and the day before my birthday… I was the first and the last one to suffer the illness so on my birthday I wasn’t able to eat what I wanted and in addition I had a massive headache, possibly due to dehydration and exhaustion… Continue Reading…