Five Unique ways to celebrate your birthday

Birthday, the special occasion, on which you get everybody’s attention and blessings. You feel important and get showered with gifts and warm wishes from family and friends. It won’t be wrong to say that you get celebrity treatment from your near and dear ones, on this particular day. 

Nothing can be better than this feeling and you are on cloud nine.

Birthdays are meant to be made memorable. Instead of just partying out with friends, you can try out some unique and offbeat ways to make your birthday memorable. So the list goes on like this:

 1.Get a tattoo:

 

 For Christ's sake get a tattoo on the D day. It can be something related to your passions, any person, idea or whatever you want it to be. The tattoo will remain forever with you and so will your birthday memories.

  2. Plant a tree:

   

   Give birth to a new life on your special day. Plant a tree or sapling and take care of it and see it grow over the period of time. As you will see it evolve and grow, a sense of peace will take over you. This feeling is way better than celebrating in restaurants and big hotels.

  3.  Visit orphanage and do charity:

  

   You can go to an orphanage and celebrate with kids living there. Spread the smile on their faces by showering them with gifts. You are bound to feel happy and satisfied at the end of the day. What a better way to make your birthday memorable. Isn’t it?

 4.Set the caged birds free:

   Birds are born to fly and it is a cruel thing to cage them. Do a good deed on your birthday by setting those poor caged birds free, kept in the market for sale. When you see them fly out of the cage, you will set free a part of your soul too. Isn’t it a wonderful thing to do on your birthday.

5. Adventure sports: 

   Are you an adventure freak who enjoys the adrenaline rush? Then why wait? Try out some really cool adventure sports along with your buddies like bungee jumping, river rafting, rock climbing etc. These activities will provide you birthday memories to relish forever.

Food of Angel’s : Angel Food Cake

If angels ever ate anything then it must be definitely Angel food cake or Angel cake. This unique cake is tasty and healthy at the same time, making it perfect for both humans and angels. Compared to other cakes it has fewer calories, as no butter is used in it.

Its place of origin is United States Of America and it became popular in the 19^th century. It’s light and fluffy texture sets it apart from normal cakes and has made it everybody’s darling.

The main ingredients of this cake are egg whites, sugar, flour and tartar cream. The structure of this cake is given from egg whites. The egg whites are whipped properly to get a protein foam. Cream of tartar is also added to stabilize the egg whites solution.

Angel cake is usually baked in a tube pan, a pan round in shape with a tube shape structure in the middle, to take out cake’s base with ease. This is done due to its delicate structure.

The tube pan is not greased unlike other cake pans as the texture of the cake is very light. This indeed is another unique thing about this cake. The cake is usually drizzled with cake sauce like fruit sauce or a simple glaze. Some chefs use frosting as well.

So don’t wait further and try your hands at this unique and awesome cake which is the food of Angels itself !!

Autobiography of a cake

Life of every celebration is with me. I enjoy the limelight in every event and party as people associate me with joy and happiness. Without any further ado, let me introduce myself. Hi everyone !! I am your beloved cake. I take the opportunity to share the story of my life with you all.

The story of my birth begins when somebody decides to celebrate a certain event like birthday, anniversary, wedding etc. Sometimes people make me just to satiate their cravings as I am very yummy and delicious. I act as a soul food for them. Reasons of my birth are many. The list is very long.

First of all my spongy base is prepared. Its main ingredients are all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, butter and condensed milk. First of all flour, baking soda, baking powder are mixed together in a bowl. Then in another container melted butter, condensed milk, vanilla essence and sugar are mixed together to get a liquid paste. This liquid paste is transferred to a bowl containing mixed dry items and a batter is prepared.

In a greased pan this batter is poured and kept inside in a preheated oven for 35-40 minutes till it is baked properly. A rich aroma of baked flour and vanilla essence fills in your surrounding and gives pleasure to your senses. The process of my birth is half complete when my base gets ready.

My base is taken out of the pan to cool down. Once I cool down, my base is cut into equal layers. These layers are kept one above the other and are frosted with cream. Creams of different flavours can be used to give me variety. My name keeps changing with the change in flavour of the cream. I am created in different shapes, sizes and flavours. It depends upon the creativity of my creator. Once my frosting is done and I am decorated with cream and other elements, I become ready to be taken to the special event for which I was made.

I get placed on a decorated table in the centre of the party hall and receive everybody’s attention and appreciation. And then finally I am cut, with people hooting and cheering in joy. A small part of me is served on everybody’s plate. This is my story in which I witness joy and celebration of life and give people memories of a lifetime to cherish. My life is short but it is worth it. And that’s how it should be.