7 hours ago, keychris said:Until I read this thread I'd never even thought it possible that birthday cake had a distinct flavour, or that it would sold in a bottle! What a strange world we live in - birthday cakes in my house are whatever the birthdayee wants - my eldest turned 13 a week ago and wanted chocolate mousse. I was like great, cool I'll make a beautiful entremet and he goes "dad no that would suck I just wanted chocolate mousse in a bowl" ... Ouch to my ego 🤣
Its probably more of an American thing. I see it mostly in ice cream, but occasionally in bonbons. Here is Susanna Yoon's (Stick With Me Sweets) interpretation:
https://yorkavenueblog.com/sweet-treat-birthday-cake-bonbons/
And this is my version that I mentioned in the original post. It is white chocolate ganache with actual birthday cake mixed in (frosting and all) along with a layer of vanilla buttercream icing:
