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A Birthday Cake!!!

Yellow Cake with Buttercream and Praline Topping  Never have I thought of baking a cake for my birthday, not even in my dreams!!! Usually, for all the birthdays in our home, I leave the choice to JJ and mostly it ends up in a Black Forrest cake or some chocolate cake (all of us are chocoholic)…This time, for my birthday I decided to bake my birthday cake (my very first)…. When I told JJ about it, he said it was a wonderful idea but he had just one demand- no whipping cream frosting!!! I didn't ask for any further opinions, since I knew they (JJ & RJ) would unanimously cry out for a chocolate cake. I had a tough time in deciding a cake recipe….though I found many delicious and interesting recipes, but none to my liking!!! A few days back I was browsing through my favorite blog of Kitchen Mishmash and found the recipe of a cake with buttercream and praline….the moment I saw the photos of the cake on that blog, I knew that this would be my birthday cake….it had ever