What kind of cake for Harv's birthday? The analysis...

Harvey's birthday is today, March 5! He's 23 years old. We celebrate on Saturday the 6th. Harv has traditionally gotten a 1/2 sheet carrot cake, which is shared with the other boarders. This year I need a plan B cake. Why? Last week another horse at our barn turned 23, and his owner brought the most glorious carrot cake ever.  It was mounded with cream cheese icing and I gorged on the caloric gooey goodness.  Harvey got the cake part. It was just blissful, but  at this point Harv and I had our fill of carrot cake. What to do?

• A different kind of cake? I thought about red velvet cake. Light, moist, lovely to look at, but the flavor? I don't know. Maybe.
• Brownies? Nope. Theobromine in chocolate is bad for horses, and chocolate can causes horses to test positive in drug tests.
• Cookies? Not very birthday-like.
• Banana bread? Downright unattractive, and no icing.
• A healthy non-dessert?  Yeah, right.

Harv's 23rd birthday indulgence needs to be special. And I found the answer...

The answer: Petit-fours!!!

A 36 piece box of Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate Fudge, Red Velvet, Carrot Spice, Lemon Mist and Royal Vanilla hand-decorated Petits Fours from Swiss Colony!

Hopefully Bob will be around to videotape Harv enjoying a sample. I'll share that moment if we capture it.

Happy Birthday Harvster!