December 21 evening
Lona and Hartley decided to have a festive Christmas get-together before they left the next day for Hawaii.
Lona made our mother’s Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Cake! Our mother made this cake for years and periodically one or the other of us will make it in respect of her. It’s fun!
I should note that after our mother’s passing I made the first one and I made it with Sara Lee Pound Cake (you make it the night before, slice the pound cake cross-wise into thin layers, add bananas and whipped cream between each layer, yum) instead of the homemade cake our mother produced. I just remembered! She made the two cakes (it ended up quite tall) in heart shaped pans and this was the pink plate she used.
But…everyone agrees the Sara Lee version is delicious!