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HAPPY 237th BIRTHDAY TO THE ARMY!

We hope that everyone had a great Father’s Day with Dad and  is ready for a wonderful summer!  As always, we’ll continue to celebrate birthdays all year round by delivering gourmet birthday cakes for your loved ones.  As part of our regular offering, we also deliver cakes to deployed soldiers through our Operation Birthday Cake program – we full support our military personnel overseas with donations and birthday cake delivery online.

That said, we couldn’t resist sharing this wonderful article on the Army’s 237th birthday. Mr. Buddy Valestro, of Cake Boss fame, created a tank of a cake! Literally!   They celebrated their birthday right here in NYC.  You can read the full article over at the Daily Mail, but you’ll find a picture of his creation below. That a great cake… but I doubt we could ship it!

A hearty Happy Birthday to the Marine Corp that turns 236 this November! Thank you for all of your hard work in protecting the American People through many, many years. To be sure, the corp has defended our American freedoms since the Revolutionary war as the Continental Marine Corp in 1775!

The Marine Corp was officially enacted as a military force by John Adams in 1798 with Major William Burroughs and a corp of 500 privates.

If you know a Marine – don’t forget to say thank you! and Happy Birthday!

Can’t politicians get anything right? We know that these custom cakes can run a pretty penny, but color our frosting shocked when we found out that our very own New York Gov. Cuomo spent $600 on a birthday cake!  Ok, it probably wasn’t him directly, but as reported by the Daily News, his birthday cake purchase was listed as an “office expense” on his campaign finance filing!  Sure – it’s in the shape of New York and has lots of features, but look, times are hard… do we really need $600 birthday cakes?  Bake Me A Wish! would have shipped him one for under $50.00! 

I mean really – that’s somebody’s paycheck for a week.

Check out the article by Celeste Katz here:  disregard those comments Celeste – I think you’re cool for pointing this out!

Photo credit:  creativecakesny.com

We ran across this article over the weekend that we wanted to share – two Bonnies in Minnesota have been sending the same birthday card to each other for 50 years!  Pretty amazing!  Well, honestly, they were following the instructions in side the card; but rather than be “thrifty”, as card suggests, they ended up re-signing the card, including a personal note and sending the birthday greeting in a fresh envelope.  The result?  50 years of signatures and memories that solidified a wonderful friendship through decades.

Click here to read the full article on the Journal Sentinel.

82 years ago today, Mickey Mouse appeared on the silver screen for the first time as Steamboat Willie.  I grew up with and am a big fan of Mickey; I’ve probably seen everything that he’s been animated in to.  He will always remain a symbol of fairness, kindheartedness and goodness in this world – an amazing feat for a cartoon!  I think my favorite character he was drawn into was a Bob Crachit in “A Disney Christmas Carol” – true type casting as for this special little mouse who touches millions of people.

So I ask you readers, if you could bake Mickey a cake, what flavor would it be?  I’m thinking…. New York Cheesecake.

Thanks for all the smiles Mickey!