Late September is the beginning of the birthday season - hubby, my mum, my brother and Mark all within a fortnight. It's not the time to be starting any healthy eating programme, for sure. But it's excellent for flexing ones baking muscles.
And a fine excuse for snazzy candle purchases. They seemed more festive (not to mention less of a fire hazard, in this instance) than having one for each year. Though I realize to my shame that I have managed to spell out "Birthday Happy". How did that seem a logical placement when I was poking them in?
Fortunately, the birthday boy was far too polite to mention it. Either that, or too busy munching. And there just might be a slice left for my morning coffee today. Birthdays are clearly a very good thing.
What a gorgeous cake! And the perfect morning coffee treat. I bet it says Happy Birthday when you sit in front of it. It's just the camera perspective :)
K x
Posted by: kristina | 22 September 2010 at 12:26
birthday happy sounds great to me, and it looks divine, hope it made a delicious morning coffee treat x
Posted by: driftwood | 22 September 2010 at 12:29
I think you were probably reading logically from the front to the back.... it works. Yummy looking cake!
Posted by: Julia York | 22 September 2010 at 12:37
Lovely cake! And I love a snazzy candle.
I am overwhelmed with birthdays in September too. I feel like I haven't stopped gift-wrapping for weeks.
birthday happy to everyone!
Posted by: mooncalf | 22 September 2010 at 12:46
Happy Birthday to all. I rather love the candles and not only did I not notice the candle placement amiss, I am pretty sure I would do it exactly the same way.
Posted by: Rebecca | 22 September 2010 at 12:51
Just loving those candles!
Birthday wishes all round.
Posted by: Dragonfly | 22 September 2010 at 13:17
That cake looks so good! And the candles are very festive.
Posted by: Katherine | 22 September 2010 at 13:36
I think I shall designate it a birthday this weekend, having looked at this cake. there must be something round here that we've had a year.
Maybe those shoes...
Posted by: The Coffee Lady | 22 September 2010 at 13:54
That cakes would go down well here - yum. Loving the candles
Posted by: TheMadHouse | 22 September 2010 at 13:56
It's soon to be birthday season here too - I can't wait to "have" to make cakes!! Yours looks delicious! And the candles are absolutely fine! You just have to read the closest ones first!
Posted by: Petit Filoux | 22 September 2010 at 14:08
We're about to start our second run of birthdays for the year. This time it's two sons in the same week, my mum and my brother. The cake looks delicious.
Posted by: Gina | 22 September 2010 at 15:11
There is nothing like a good cake to keep everyone happy. The birthday candles are a great idea. The amount of regular birthday candles needed on my cake would cause the cake to collapse!
Posted by: simone | 22 September 2010 at 15:35
Happy Birthdays all round. We're entering a run of them too.
Oh, and when I had similar candles I put them in a ring all around the cake so the only way to read it sensibly was to rotate it. Whoops.
Posted by: dottycookie | 22 September 2010 at 16:04
Oh that looks delicious
August is birthday season around here. Hmm, I'm going to have to think of a reason for cake in September...
Posted by: UK lass in US | 22 September 2010 at 17:13
having all three of my children with birthdays within one week in september i know how you feel!!!
x
Posted by: wonderwoman | 22 September 2010 at 19:22
Oh, good cake. Good candles. Cake would be good tonight.
Hope everyone has a fabulous time x
Posted by: Emma | 22 September 2010 at 19:45
Definitely too busy munching and I'm not surprised, it looks so good. Happy birthday to the birthday boy, now I'm off in search of cake!
Posted by: harmonyandrosie | 22 September 2010 at 20:55
September is our birthday season too - my father-in-law, me, my mum, my grandma, my brother-in-law ... it's the best time of year! Love the cake too, and the candle positioning!
Posted by: domestikate | 22 September 2010 at 22:28
Its a pity they don't do bracket shaped candles..you know...
Birthday
(Happy)
Posted by: jackie | 22 September 2010 at 23:54
Still snickering about the Birthday Happy (in a loving way, mind you)...
All we've got at this time of year are half-birthdays, so I'll live vicariously through you and yours.
Posted by: Lynn | 23 September 2010 at 06:33
Happy Birthdays to everyone.
You know the month of September must be the month. It's the same in my husbands family. 6 birthdays in September.
Posted by: Gina | 23 September 2010 at 17:59
that looks like a very very good cake.
I resorted to baking rock buns so that I could satisfy my desire of baking and not ruin my training for the race. I hate rock buns so I wasn't tempted... that cake on the other hand...
aaarrgghh.
Posted by: Monica | 23 September 2010 at 18:55
it's funny how that birthday season thing works - ours is the last week of October and first week of November - seven birthdays and Halloween!
Love your cake stand.
Posted by: claire | 24 September 2010 at 11:32
What a beautiful cake -- it looks yummy. And reads perfectly too, for those of us that read front to back!
Posted by: Thimbleanna | 24 September 2010 at 14:00
It looks lovely. I don't think I would have noticed the order of the words either. "mMMm cake" would be the only think on my mind. A x
Posted by: little pink room | 24 September 2010 at 15:27