Happy Birthday Jeff!

Yesterday (Sunday) was Jeff's birthday! I've been keeping Jeff guessing for several days as to what I was giving him as a gift. He would ask me a yes-or-no question, and I would answer as vaguely as possible while still being truthful. Drove him crazy! He was so excited to actually find out what I was giving him that he made me stay up until midnight on Saturday night so he could open his gift as soon as it was "technically" his birthday. Truth be told, I didn't actually "stay up" - I fell asleep on the couch and he woke me up at midnight with his puppy-dog eyes and pleading voice. So I took pity and told him to get the present out and open it up.


Jeff loves all things spicy, so I gave him a hot sauce gift set - five hot sauces featuring habanero, jalapeno, chipotle, datil, and cayenne peppers. He was so excited!!


We have been enjoying trying out the hot sauces on various foods. First we did tortillas dipped in the sauces one at a time, and then fried potatoes, with different sauces on different bites. I like hot sauce too, and Jeff has been nice enough to share. They're all really yummy, but the habanero sauce is really really spicy, so I haven't really been too eager to make him share that one!

For his birthday cake, Jeff wanted something light and lemony. Together we decided on a lemon pudding cake, and I made it up for him last night. We ate it so quickly! It made an 8-inch cake, and the whole thing was gone within ten minutes. It was so delicious! It was light and moist and creamy and lemony and sweet, wow! The recipe is over at my food blog.