Birthday Cake for Grandpa

This is the birthday cake we presented to my grandfather. Yes, this cake is for one person, but he is addressed by several different names: Sheldon by his wife, his sister, and his in-laws; Dad by his children; and Granddad by his grandchildren. His birthday was actually a few months ago, but this is the first time the family was able to come together to celebrate. My grandmother baked the chocolate cake and frosted it with chocolate frosting. I really liked the swirl design she did with the frosting, it added a special touch to the cake.

I did the white trim, lettering, and decorations  We decided to keep this cake low-key, as we knew we would have a large cake the next day, and I was focused on that cake. It was featured earlier this week. I also did not have much time to decorate this cake. My grandmother had it prepared before I arrived and I finished it. The cake is only a 9x13 inch, though we had a fairly large crowd, we knew everyone would be fairly full from the restaurant meal or would order a different dessert, so this is all we needed. For the decorations, I just quickly whipped up a little bit of white icing, and used a sandwich bag to pipe. I did a quick swirl border around the edges, wrote happy birthday, and added a happy face for good measure. My grandfather likes chocolate, so he really enjoyed his piece of cake.