I got some nice presents and dinner

[Misanthropical]

My daughter bought me a necklace with a heart engraved with the word mom entwined with one that says daughter along with a poem that says what one teaches the other. The necklaces come apart, so we can both wear our heart.

She also got me a card with a huge pin in it that says #1 MOM and how I should run for President.

The boys bought me stuffed fluffy puppies, which are looking at me right now. Along with a card saying that I hear "me" "me" "me" enough from them, so now I can hear "you" "you" "you" for a change.

My husband gave me my combination birthday/Christmas present today. It was a strand of black pearls, black pearl earrings and a black pearl ring. I have wanted black pearls for the longest time and I finally got them. Yes, he is allowed to combine a gift if it's a gift like that.

We had dinner at my favorite restaurant "Olive Garden" where we had a wonderful waitress who picked up on my birthday, but also picked up on the fact that I would be far from amused if anyone sung to me. So, she got a bigger than normal tip for that.

I also have a Black Forest Cake that we will all be eating tomorrow, made by a real German baker. He said about the cake "This is a real German Black Forest Cake! Not that crap they make here in the states!" He is funny.

[Plaidman]

Holy crap, I just realized no-one posted a happy bday post for you :(. Happy birthday!

[Misanthropical]

Thank you. It was a fun birthday.

[42_42_42]

Happy belated birthday!

And a question. What is the difference between a real Black Forest Cake and "the crap" ones we make here in the US?

[Plaidman]

And a question. What is the difference between a real Black Forest Cake and "the crap" ones we make here in the US?

About fifty bucks.

[Misanthropical]

I will answer that question after we cut into it tomorrow and eat some of it. My husband picked it up and that is when the German baker tried to tell him the difference, but my husband was in too much of a hurry to hear all of it.


We weren't told that anything was going to be different when we placed the order, so we will see. I do love Black Forest Cake though! MMMMM!

Since I'm usually running all over hell to find my husband's favorite birthday cake every year. I have already placed his cake order for next month at that shop for German chocolate cake, which is Mr. Mis favorite birthday cake.

[Misanthropical]

About fifty bucks.

If we are going by price, the German baker charged us less than what we do pay if we actually get lucky and someone has my favorite cake in stock and can spell my name correctly. I'm sorry, but I refuse to have a birthday cake with my own name misspelled on it, thanks.

The cake the German baker made was bigger too, so we shall have to see what it looks like when it's been cut into and what it tastes like when I eat some of it.

Now you need to stop being jealous of my birthday cake! ;)

[42_42_42]

Thanks Mis! As a lover of BFC myself and as a baker, I am very interested! I am also somewhat amused that a German baker actually makes German chocolate cake, which is actually an American invention.

[Misanthropical]

We asked the lady who takes the orders if they make German chocolate cake and she said yes. I haven't talked to the baker to see how he feels about making them. I'm sure he will tell me a story about it when I go to pick it up next month.

[Food Lady]

I used to work with a lady who was from Germany and she would make that cake for your birthday from scratch. That meant buying fresh cherries and cooking them down, no cake mix, and real cream she whipped herself.

[Misanthropical]

Food Lady, I wonder if I can adopt her? :D

[42_42_42]

Well, from scratch goes without saying. At least when it comes to anything I make. ;) The closest thing to a "mix" I have in my house is White Lily self-rising flour which is used exclusively for buttermilk biscuits and pancakes.

[MaggieTheCat]

Happy Birthday, Mis. :) I hope your cake is wonderful. My husband's favorite is German Chocolate as well, I've made it the last two years for him. I will have to see about making a Black Forest Cake sometime, it sounds really good!

[JustaCashier]

:bday: (belated), Mis!

Mike

[trailerparkmedic]

Happy belated birthday!

:bday:

[Misanthropical]

Thanks guys! You're all very sweet.

Okay, from what I can tell the difference between an American Black Forest Cake and a German one is such:

The German One

1. Cherries are on the last layer of the cake instead of on the top of the cake.
2. Some sort of liqueur is used in the making of the cake.
3. The entire cake is a lot richer than the American version.

It didn't really go over that well with the family and we have all decided to stick with the American version from now on, but will praise the baker if we see him, as we do not want him thinking his hard work to make it and to make it at the last minute was for nothing.

[Bella_Vixen]

Happy (belated) birthday! :wave:®

[Misanthropical]

Thank you, Bella_Vixen!

Now for a weird story that happened today. I answered my cell phone to some woman singing Happy Birthday to me. I thought at first it was one of my friends who had just remembered that my birthday went by, but when the woman got to the part where you sing the person's name, it wasn't my name.

I told her I wasn't the person she was looking for, but I just had a birthday, so thank you for the song. We had a good laugh about it before she apologized and went to look for the correct phone number for her friend. How weird is that? :D

[Bella_Vixen]

That was cute, Mis. :lol:

[42_42_42]

Thanks guys! You're all very sweet.

Okay, from what I can tell the difference between an American Black Forest Cake and a German one is such:

The German One

1. Cherries are on the last layer of the cake instead of on the top of the cake.
2. Some sort of liqueur is used in the making of the cake.
3. The entire cake is a lot richer than the American version.

It didn't really go over that well with the family and we have all decided to stick with the American version from now on, but will praise the baker if we see him, as we do not want him thinking his hard work to make it and to make it at the last minute was for nothing.

Hmmm. Apparently the version I'm familiar with IS the "authentic one". Cool. BTW, the liqueur is Kirshwasser, a cherry liqueur.

[RootedPhoenix]

Happy belated birthday, Mis! :)

[Misanthropical]

42_42_42, thank you. my DH and I were debating if liqueur was in the cake. I knew it was! ;)

RootedPhoenix, thank you. :)