TOO MANY CHOICES. That’s the moral of the story. When we put out the call for your favorite cakes to choose among for our first half-birthday of The Sister Project, you answered, and answered and answered some more. From carrot cake to chocolate, chiffon to mom’s doctored Duncan Hines, basic yellow to damn it, I don’t like cake, how about pie? you have given us more sweet suggestions than we could eat in a lifetime of birthdays. And that’s how it is with sisters, I’m told: You just keep the love and sweet ideas flowing. Me, I’m off to a party, and I’m bringing that delicious concoction you see up above. Because when in doubt: eat chocolate. Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions, and especially for not suggesting this.

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Chris' Sister's Worst Birthday Cake Ever, from Cake Wrecks

WE HAVE A SIX-MONTH BIRTHDAY coming up here on TSP, and we need your help. We want to celebrate. We want to feel special. We need a cake. (A cake that will make us feel special, unlike the example above, which no doubt made Chris’s sister, whomever she is, feel a little unappreciated.)

This one (from the Gallery of Regrettable Food) definitely won't work for our vegetarian sisters.

Cake baking is not for the faint of heart. Personally, I’m not much of a baker; there’s too much rigid following of directions involved: I get distracted, add a pinch too much of this or that, and all of a sudden, I’m making something you might find in the Gallery of Regrettable Food. Or worse, I start yelling at the kids when I should be piping frosting, and I end up with a disaster worth of nomination as a Cake Wreck.

We do talk a lot about bras here, so maybe this Princess Cake is appropriate?

I’ve been trolling the internet for ideas. (How in the world did writers procrastinate before Google?) Maybe it should be Pioneer Woman’s Strawberry Shortcake Cake. Maybe a Seven Sister Cake. My personal bakery fave, a Princess Cake? Or maybe one of the recipes we’ve already shared here.

But we suspect that you might have something better.

What’s your go-to, never-fail, crowd-pleaser birthday cake? From scratch, please. We’re a picky bunch of sisters, but we know you’ve got what it takes.

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