Birthday Cake

I've never been a flashy birthday sort of girl. While my sisters always loved parties growing up, I preferred a quiet dinner with family or friends. This year was no exception. In fact, for my 23rd year of being on this earth, I worked, attended a meeting, and ordered Chinese food with my boyfriend while we watched the NCAA tournament at my apartment. And honestly, I couldn't have been happier. My best friend however, thought it fit to make me a birthday cake nonetheless, in celebration of my existence. And in true tradition of my non-tradition, it was an unconventional, yet delicious, homemade vanilla birthday cake with raspberry-lemon filling and a white chocolate butter cream. It was so beautiful and tasty that it truly deserved an entire post. Unfortunately, I could not get her to surrender the recipe, so this is simply a treat for the eyes.