That’s right — vegans, beware. Because below, I am proving my awesome wife status with pictures of the Bacon Birthday Cake that made Lucas drool.
But first, an NKOTB throwback video for my baby on his 30th birthday:
Don’t even hate on my for the NKOTB love (which, BTW, I have professed before). I still think Joey looks slammin’.
Ever since we went to Portland and Seattle a few years ago, Lucas has been reminiscing about the Maple Bacon donut he had at Voodoo Doughnut:
So, when I brainstormed ideas for a unique birthday cake (he’s not really a buttercream frosting kind of guy), I turned to Google, which presented me with this gem: Bacon Gets Its Just Desserts.
I knew it could be a winner, and I was right.
I know, I know. I don’t eat a lot of meat, and the sight of this much bacon is a little off-putting for me, too. But you know what? The salty bacon with the sweet maple icing was incredible — and since this was more like a coffee cake than a cake cake, each bite was a mouthful of pecan-y, apple-y, bacon-y goodness.
But first, we had to eat a balanced meal, hand-picked by the birthday boy and right out of “Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite” cookbook. Burgers, beers and cucumber raita.
Good, but we’re a little biased because of the incredible meal we shared with friends over the weekend. I rocked the Bumpit and got my Snooki on.
We had an adorable eating partner.
And open minds — so when we saw these meats listed as taco fillings at the Mexican hole-in-the-wall restaurant our friends took us to, we said “one of each, please!”
So good — I even tried the head and the chicharonnes, although they were not my favorites. The food was super fresh and when we added grilled onions, cilantro relish and hot sauce…YUM!
And in case I haven’t scared all of you off with the meat-tastic post, I’ll leave you with this gem. Lucas loves to share his homebrew, but he asks his friends to return the bottles so he may reuse them. We got this package on our doorstep over the weekend — a lovely joke from one of his pals.
My 30th birthday is next month, and we’ll be celebrating it with a trip to Baltimore and Fitbloggin‘! Will you be there?
I will be at Fitbloggin
Happy Birthday to your hubby, but why are the New Kids wearing non-Boston sports gear?!
That bacon birthday cake is freaky! So odd! And YES! I'll be at fitboggin!!!
Love the bacon cake, sounds crazy!
BACON!!! Yummmy! I saw those donuts on Man VS Food and wanted one. This delicious treat you made sounds even better. BTW, enjoy fitbloggin'…wont be there.
I'm definitely going to make that cake for my hubby soon. He will LOVE me.
Holy Heaven of Chuck Norris, bacon is sooooooo incredible. Throw in a little NKOTB & “You've Got the Right Stuff…”
Oh man..bacon birthday cake! When I saw this, I just had to share it with my man! lol…Sounds interesting. I would be up for trying it, but not sure I could make it through an entire peice
Happy birthday to your mannn!
Yeah, girl! Let's celebrate our birthdays in Baltimore! Mine is the 28th, a week after Fit Blogging so I already have plans to celebrate there tooooo! Wow, same name and close to the same birthdays. We're practically twins.
Wow – that's some birthday cake!! My husband is a little skeptical of the idea, but I'm sure he'd give it a try
Oh, and so jealous that you went to Voodoo Doughnut! I've seen that place on a million food specials, and I really want to go!
My husband loves coffee cake, my husband loves bacon, and it's my hubby's birthday today… I read your description of it to him, and he said “that sounds like it could be really really good.” I think I might be making this cake this weekend.
The local cupcake bakery was harassed by local Tweeters into making a maple bacon cupcake! I guess it has quite a following now because she Tweets every time she puts it on the menu and people race down there to get one. I've yet to try it, but I admit I'm intrigued!!
I’m not surprised — I think the salt from the bacon pairs so well with the maple. Yum…
Ohmigosh that just looks and sounds so amazing!!