Chef Rick's Cake

All the way from Germany,

here's my brother Rick's

Hummingbird Cake,

his submission for our

2018 Family and Friends Bake Off.

Two things to note,

the German flags

and

the little hummingbird

hovering above the cake.

No one has a better sense of

humor and fun

than my brother Rick...

He actually sent me pictures of his cake weeks ago.

But because of the colored layers,

 the obvious fake hummingbird,

and knowing how much Rick 

likes to jack me around,

I failed to realize

THIS was his cake.

I asked him today,

"Why the colored layers?"

He says originally is was supposed to

represent the colors of the German flag,

black, red and yellow.

"Major fail," his words.

Rick used a fairly standard cake recipe.

It's the frosting that made his cake,
German Vanilla Butter Cream Custard Frosting.
The cake was "just okay."

This is an old picture of Rick,
but one of my favorites.
Love you Bro!