Today I am turning 40!

Bam, so I am turning 40 today, wow. I am old, suddenly all these terms pop up, such as middle-aged, half time, mid-life crisis, not very encouraging, don’t you think? But I can’t change the fact that I am 40 now. So I figured, OK, so be it, I guess I will have to deal. When we were on holiday in Spain end of July, I asked my in-laws if we could pre-celebrate my birthday, they complied. We had paella, which was prepared by my brother-in-law (thank you again!) and since we couldn’t decide for a flavor, we went for paella mixta, so it had it all,  rabbit, chicken, and seafood. I was responsible for dessert (of course) and decided to make tarte tatin with apricots. We drank wine, which is a given in the wine region, we had a wonderful scenery with vineyards and a river, it was just so wonderful! Thanks to my in-laws for this wonderful experience: fue un placer, muchísimas gracias!

Featured picture and above picture by Daniel Cuervo

And since it is my birthday, I figured, why not introduce some of my favorite birthday cakes below. I made many of them for my own birthday and I thought, why not share. You all seem to have a similar taste, some of them have been on the top of most clicked and baked cakes, so cheers to that!

Chocolate banana cake

Tarte tatin with apricots and a hint of rosemary

Blueberry lemon cake

Raspberry chocolate cakePlum tart with cinnamon streusel

Cherry chocolate mousse cake

PS: I have updated the “about me” as now you can read 40 facts about me.