This is a homemade birthday cake for my fifty something-th birthday. :) So what do you think?
I baked the sponge the day before yesterday, using the juice of ponkan oranges from our family orchard. And I brushed the sponge with the orange syrup and kept it in the fridge. ;)
This morning, starting at 6 am, I decorated it with whipped cream, orange peel garnish, one blueberry and a couple of rosemary sprigs.
I'm very tempted to say that all the garnish ingredients were from our orchard/garden. But to tell you the truth, they are except for the orange-colored orange peel. I tried to make the flowers and curled strings with the peel of ponkan oranges from our family orchard. But I guess ponkan is not a right kind... The peels broke off so easily and were not good for rolling like this.
Anyway, I'm happy with the way it looks. After eating almost half of it, I tried another design.
I had thought about going fishing or having an expensive lunch somewhere to celebrate my special day. But the weather is not good and mom might escape the house any time. So I'll stay home, relax, enjoy this cake and Amazon prime to reward myself.
Oh, and some cocktails after my parents go to bed tonight.
