| What kind of cake for Harv's birthday? The analysis... Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:23 PM PST Harvey's birthday is today, March 5! He's 23 years old. We celebrate on Saturday the 6th. Harv has traditionally gotten a 1/2 sheet carrot cake, which is shared with the other boarders. This year I need a plan B cake. Why? Last week another horse at our barn turned 23, and his owner brought the most glorious carrot cake ever. It was mounded with cream cheese icing and I gorged on the caloric gooey goodness. Harvey got the cake part. It was just blissful, but at this point Harv and I had our fill of carrot cake. What to do? - A different kind of cake? I thought about red velvet cake. Light, moist, lovely to look at, but the flavor? I don't know. Maybe.
- Brownies? Nope. Theobromine in chocolate is bad for horses, and chocolate can causes horses to test positive in drug tests.
- Cookies? Not very birthday-like.
- Banana bread? Downright unattractive, and no icing.
- A healthy non-dessert? Yeah, right.
Harv's 23rd birthday indulgence needs to be special. And I found the answer... The answer: Petit-fours!!! A 36 piece box of Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate Fudge, Red Velvet, Carrot Spice, Lemon Mist and Royal Vanilla hand-decorated Petits Fours from Swiss Colony! Hopefully Bob will be around to videotape Harv enjoying a sample. I'll share that moment if we capture it. Happy Birthday Harvster!  |
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