Mother-In-Law's Birthday

Supposedly we had planned to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday on her actual day (2nd week in September) but hubby was called up last minute on the day before for midnight work. We had to cancel our plan (to bring her out for dinner) and brought forward the celebration at home instead. We also decided to bake a strawberry cake for her ...hubby went around to get the strawberries while I bake the cake.

I used a basic sponge cake recipe, bake them in 3 pieces of 5.5" aluminum foil so that I don't have to do the level cutting for the layering. I was hesitating if a 6" cake is enough for our BIG family...

My first attempt on such frosting, trying my best to get the even frosting layers but definitely need more improvements. The frosting looks thick right but not really after all. After singing and cutting the birthday cake, the creaming was just nice for us. This is the first time ever that my hubby gave me a BIG THUMPS UP and he had two slices of it instead...which is rare. LOL... It is also the first time that we finished the whole cake with no leftovers...usually there would be some leftover in our previous birthday cakes whether store bought or home baked.

Happy Day!