Birthday cake!

My daughter Sarah loves to bake, and she is quite good at it.  Last week I asked her if she might make me a German chocolate cake for my birthday.  I wasn't expecting anything fancy; how foolish of me.  I received a masterpiece!

Sarah turned to a former pastry chef at Chez Panisse, David Lebovitz, who now (among other things) writes a blog called living the good life in Paris.  He provided a recipe from a friend of his, Mary Jo Thoresen.  You can find the recipe here, but be forewarned, you will gain weight just from reading it.

The cake turned out perfect:

Here is a slice - just before I ate it:

Thank you Sarah!