sunday BBQ

so sunday was my birthday, it was a busy morning preparing all the salads etc, ed spending almost 2 hours trying to get that bloomin' BBQ to light while burning half of the dry and dead folage in our back garden, but we got there in the end and everyone was pleased to be sitting in the shade and sipping pims and lemonade in 32 degree heat. it was a great day and thank you to everyone who came and for the lovely gifts i received. and i got to wear my new spotty dress for the occation!
ed's cake was amazing. i asked for a gooey chocolate cake and that is what i got a wheat free chocolate cake from stephanie alexander's book the cook's companion: it had 5 bars of 85% lindt chocolate, no flour, topped with chocolate gnash, it is not sweet at all but bitter and is best eaten with strawberries or fruit, i know he slaved away making this for hours and it was worth it.