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By Gabrielle.
It’s my birthday today! Ben Blair and I were discussing potential birthday desserts to celebrate with, and I narrowed it down to strawberry shortcake, mint brownies, a lemon tart, or glazed donuts. Do you have an opinion on the matter? You can click a checkmark above to add your vote.
Then tell me: Do you have a favorite dessert you eat for your birthday? Classic chocolate cake? Red velvet? Carrot? I’d love to hear!
P.S. — Since France really shines in the Tarte Citron department, I may or may not be favoring the lemon. : )
I’m a sucker for a good lemon tart . . .
Happy Birthday, Gabrielle! :)
Favourite birthday cakes in our family:
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting or pumpkin spice cake (also with cream cheese frosting).
Enjoy your special day today! :)
Can you find glazed donuts like that in France?? We have never seen them and Switzerland certainly doesn’t have any…if you make them, my kids want your recipe!
Happy day to you…I’d go with the strawberry shortcake :)
Sadly, no. But that didn’t stop me from putting them on my wishlist. : )
Mmmm! Happy Birthday! Hope it’s a marvelous year ahead!
If it were me, I’d have shortcake for breakfast, and lemon tart for dessert. Why not bookend the day in sweetness??!?!?!?
:)
The last few years, I’ve had one simple request: a PB & J Cake. My mom received this adorable cake pan shaped like a loaf of bread a few years back. So, she makes pound cake, then “slices” the cake in half, and makes a peanut butter frosting and a Jam layer and it is so good! And not to mention a little bit silly in just the right way, as I’m nearly 30. :)
Happy Birthday Gabrielle! Hope you have a fantastic day!
I would have to go with Strawberry Shortcake… or maybe Devils Food Cake
Dear Gabrielle, happy birthday! have you ever tried a Paris-Brest cake in France? that´s my favorite:) if you pass by a good patisserie, I recommend it.
I’m a total sucker for a glazed donut. Donut Plant on the Lower East Side is my favorite! Happy Birthday!
I’ll be in New York next week! Donut Plant, here I come.
Happy birthday! It’s my husband’s birthday, too, and we’ve baked a classic chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for him. Hope all the celebrations are wonderful!
Happy Birthday! I myself love a good banana cream pie on my big day.
Happy Birthday, Gabrielle! Cake batter ice cream is my favorite treat.
All great choices! Since it’s strawberry season, I had to vote for strawberry shortcake, but I think any of these make the perfect birthday treat. My birthday treats usually involve chocolate in some way (hello, triple chocolate tart!). Have an awesome birthday!
When I saw “mint brownie” it took me back to the BYU creamery mint brownies, but then I saw your picture of mint brownies and they were much classier. I think the best way to decide, is to get all 4, take a bite of each and decide which one you want to eat the rest of , then give your kids the leftover treats.
When in Rome (or France) do like the locals……
Go for the lemon and when you get back home (to the US) have the doughnut!!
I guess you’ve had your fill of macaroons : )
I think that sounds like a solid plan. (And yes, I didn’t know it was possible, but I might be a little macaroned out.)
Happy birthday! My favorite treat is brownies & ice-cream. Mmm!
Have a wonderfully happy, tasty birthday, Gabrielle! Those all look delicious, but I would probably pick the strawberry shortcake. It’s your day, though. I’m sure you will have fun whatever you decide :)
um…all of the above! one for each meal, and one for the day after ;) happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
For me, my lemon pie (chiffon one) or my honey&cinamon cake.
regards from Portugal,
Susana
Tough call, but I think I’d choose the strawberry shortcake, though the mint brownies are a very close second. My personal favorite is a chocolate pear cake I had many moons ago when I spent a summer in Nice, France. Heaven — the cake and the town! Joyeux anniversaire!
С днём рожденья ! I hope it’s a beautiful one.
My birthday dessert of choice is always cheesecake, preferably chocolate. Either that or brownie or or standard cake.
Happy Birthday! What a difficult choice – how about a taste of each ;) Enjoy New York next week – sorry I’ll be missing ALT NY this time around ;(
Hey, it’s my birthday today, too. Strawberry shortcake is one of my birthday favorites. I also love lemon pie/tarts. Since the tart is a local specialty that is what I would choose
Happy birthday !
I love either an ice cream cake or an eclair–yum! Happy Birthday Gabrielle!
Happy Birthday, Gabrielle! I vote for the mint brownies, so delicious, that is what I would choose for my birthday,which is actually next Friday, the 21st.
I’d go with the lemon tart, but they all sound food. We usually make ice cream cakes for birthdays here in Florida.
.happy.birthday.gabrielle.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had trifle for my birthday dessert. Cake, cream, custard, and berries…yummmmm. It wasn’t until quite recently that a friend of mine suggested I have pie for my birthday; I was born on 3.14-Pi day! Pie may become my new tradition. Of course, I could always have both! ;)
Happy Birthday Gabrielle! Lemon tart all the way…or maybe just a bite of each ;)
Happy Birthday, Gabrielle. My birthday is May 31 and every year I spring for strawberry shortcake. It’s the best way to celebrate me AND spring!
I hope your day is wonderful and your dessert is delicious.
Go citron! Doughnuts have been sold for the past few year at fast food type bakeries in France. They are all over my middle sized French town. I wouldn’t bother. Why not walk into a boulangerie, close your eyes and point to one .The chances are you will love it!
Wishing you a happy and healthy birhtday – looks like this will be an exciting year for you!!
Wish I had written this, but the sentiment remains:
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
― Neil Gaiman
Oh, and CHOCOALTE CAKE all the way :)
Love, Meredith
oh, Glazed donuts?!! We live in Hong Kong, and there is no such thing as a GOOD donut here. :) Yummy! I vote that you should at least have 2 of the 4! It is your birthday after all. Have a wonderful day!!
Just happy brilliant birthday to you!!! Exciting times!!!
Happy Day To You! Do the French have a typical birthday treat, like Americans do cake?
Gabrielle-
Have the very best Birthday and the very best year.
And EAT CAKE!
Wishing you an extra-special day!
Happy birthday! I hope the treat you chose was delightful.
I’m partial to caramel pots de creme or creme brulee with berries. Mmmmm…
What an extraordinary life you live and continue to create. Bless you! And Joyeux Anniversaire!!!
Ooo…we share a birthday! Happy Happy to you. I had peanut butter pie at a French bistro, which was good, but I’m dreaming of that lemon tart. It seems so spring-y and the French do rock the tarts. I particularly love mint brownies, though. I have this awesome recipe with brownie, topped by mint frosting (homemade, of course), topped with melted dark chocolate. They are divine served cold. Hope you enjoyed whatever you chose!
Happy Birthday! Lemon Tart! I hope it was spectacular!
Strawberry shortcake is my absolute favorite so I would totally be choosing that (I could eat it for days!!). For my birthday I almost always end up with apple pie a la mode which is an old stand-by favorite.
Donuts. Always donuts.