David Tamarkin

A moment of joy, right? Yeah. No, I'm not against it. I'm into it. But it does leave open the question, okay, so where does that leave the birthday cake? So where does that leave the birthday cake for you, Jessica?

I know a very good recipe for a coconut sheet cake. Oh. So that totally resonates with me. Sheet cake is birthday cake. Layer cake is birthday cake. And yet the older I get, the more my birthday cakes look like something you would serve at a funeral. I mean, I want I just want like really sleek, sexy, dark birthday cakes.

I know a very good recipe for a coconut sheet cake. Oh. So that totally resonates with me. Sheet cake is birthday cake. Layer cake is birthday cake. And yet the older I get, the more my birthday cakes look like something you would serve at a funeral. I mean, I want I just want like really sleek, sexy, dark birthday cakes.

I want like a flower, a single layer flowerless chocolate cake, maybe with even like maybe doubling down on the chocolate or tripling down on the chocolate by adding like a shiny glaze. I just want like I don't know. I just want something very, very intense and very sleek is the word that comes to mind.

I want like a flower, a single layer flowerless chocolate cake, maybe with even like maybe doubling down on the chocolate or tripling down on the chocolate by adding like a shiny glaze. I just want like I don't know. I just want something very, very intense and very sleek is the word that comes to mind.

Right. Yeah. I just want to have a sugarless chocolate cake. It's just basically like solid coffee.

Right. Yeah. I just want to have a sugarless chocolate cake. It's just basically like solid coffee.

You did not say that with much conviction. No.

You did not say that with much conviction. No.

Absolutely. I think the birthday cake should be dictated by the birthday person. I also think it's 100 percent OK and even a flex for the birthday person to make their own birthday cake.

Absolutely. I think the birthday cake should be dictated by the birthday person. I also think it's 100 percent OK and even a flex for the birthday person to make their own birthday cake.

And I know that. Oh, no. I know this is this idea out there that the birthday cake is made with love from someone else. But if you make your own birthday cake, it's sort of like an appreciation for yourself. It's an act of love. self-love, which are words I don't even like hearing come out of my mouth. But it's an act. I don't know. I think it's a real act of just giving yourself what you want.

And I know that. Oh, no. I know this is this idea out there that the birthday cake is made with love from someone else. But if you make your own birthday cake, it's sort of like an appreciation for yourself. It's an act of love. self-love, which are words I don't even like hearing come out of my mouth. But it's an act. I don't know. I think it's a real act of just giving yourself what you want.

And I think that's something that people need more practice doing, like leaning into getting what you want and doing it for yourself. Sisters are doing it for themselves on their birthday. They're making their own birthday cake. I'm into it.

And I think that's something that people need more practice doing, like leaning into getting what you want and doing it for yourself. Sisters are doing it for themselves on their birthday. They're making their own birthday cake. I'm into it.

You'd rather have a bad birthday cake made for you than make a good one for yourself.

You'd rather have a bad birthday cake made for you than make a good one for yourself.

I respect that. I just want a good birthday cake. So if no one's around, if you can't bake for me, I'm just going to bake it myself. Luckily, I'm married to a man who does know how to bake. So we don't have that problem.

I respect that. I just want a good birthday cake. So if no one's around, if you can't bake for me, I'm just going to bake it myself. Luckily, I'm married to a man who does know how to bake. So we don't have that problem.

You know, I think you talked to some interesting people about this subject. I don't know if you got to this topic, but you've told a couple people who bake other people birthday cakes for a living.