Tracy's Birthday. (July 2002)

I think Tracy has bought more cakes from me than anyone else, with the possible exception of Ancil. So when she started reminding me two months ago that her birthday was July 1, ("Twenty four days left until my birthday, David." "Twenty three days left until my birthday, David." "Twenty two--" you get the idea.) I decided to make her a birthday cake too. I knew she loved Tweety Bird, so it was pretty easy to decide what to make for her.

The cake went pretty easy. It was a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing. I made the cake in the Wilton Tweety pan, bought at Fantes. (Where else?)

Problems: My only problem was the heat. July in Philadelphia is like August in Hell. I had to get the air conditioner out of the basement so I could bake without actually collapsing into a heat coma. And the icing started melting by the time I actually got it to the library to give to Tracy, but in all everything turned out great.