Old Dog:New Tricks
OLD DOG: NEW TRICKS © Symphisis 2021
On the Saturday – the eve of his 75th birthday, he made himself a birthday cake. Double layered sponge cake with a thick, middle layer of whipped cream and passion fruit icing over the top and sides. Using a fine tipped artist’s brush, he ran a line of mulberry juice across the top, through the centre point. He layered multiple, thin, slices of strawberry into the still-soft icing then inserted seven birthday candles on one side of the line and five on the other. Job done he put it into a plastic cake container which he placed in the fridge.