Welcome to the November Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up! Since both Deborah and I are celebrating birthdays later this month, I am dubbing this the Birthday Edition. That also gives us an excuse a good reason to have cake with our coffee, so pour yourself a cup, pull up a chair, and let us know what’s going on your life. 
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If we were having coffee, I would ask what your favorite type of cake is. While I generally love chocolate, my favorite cake is lemon pound cake. Last year my son made me the most amazing one for my birthday–there was lemon zest in the batter, a lemon glaze, and lemon frosting!
Oh so good!
If we were having coffee, I would ask if any family members share your birthday month. My daughter’s birthday is a few days after mine, so for many years my birthday celebration took a back seat to hers. At least I never had to go to Chuckee Cheese on my birthday.
Now sharing my day with her is a real treat!
If we were having coffee, I would ask if you try to take the day off on your birthday. I usually don’t, but since I have a BIG one this year I am trying to keep my work calendar clear in case I want to treat myself to a spa day.
Coco’s 4th Birthday
If we were having coffee, I would ask if you enjoy surprise parties. My husband pulled off a huge surprise party when I turned 30–I had absolutely no idea anything was in the works. I still don’t know how he managed it—or how he got our kids to stay mum.
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well I am usually a yellow cake chocolate frosting girl but that lemon cake does look good too. My hubs birthday is 2 days after mine so we usually celebrate all week long. Hope you have a fantastic birthday!
yellow cake with chocolate frosting sounds good too! Especially fudgy frosting ….
Chocolate PB all the way. 🙂
No family members share my birthday month, but friends & some if my husband’s family do & one of my mom’s best friends birthday is the same day as mine.
Never really had a surprise party, although sort of — friends in college surprising me with cake. I’m introverted & have always had a small circle of friends. I did pull off a surprise party for my husband once.
Happy birthday month!
Ooh, that sounds good. Is the PB in the frosting?
I love chocolate cake! Have a happy birthday!
Nothing beats chocolate cake for me! I hope you get that spa day!
Happy birthday month 🙂
I am a chocolate fan as well but had a lemon bread a while back and was surprised how much I liked it! I hope you have a great birthday. I do not care for surprise parties or surprises in general. Im boring.
Happy big birthday month! I have a big birthday this year, too; and I’m birthday buddies with Deborah (although she’s many years younger than me)! My dad’s birthday was four days after mine.
I’m a huge fan of chocolate cake with white icing, but white cake with white icing is a close runner up.
Thank you for the linkup!
So many Scorpio friends! We should get together for cake. 🙂
What a cute 4th birthday pic! My Mother’s homemade caramel cake was to die for. I’ve found nothing close…ever. We do get our birthday off at work. But, I usually swap it for a different day. Happy BIG Birthday month! Thanks for coffee.
I’m sort of torn. While I’d like to have the day off, I’ll get more “happy birthday”‘s if I’m at work. 🙂
I’d have to say my favorite cake is the traditional white “graduation” cake with white frosting (and I better be served a corner piece, thank you very much). My birthday (March 14) is all on my own, but the hubby’s (April 1) is two weeks later….and he pulled off a pretty big surprise shindig for my 40th…not sure how he managed one!
My hubby’s b-day is 12 days after mine. I had a surprise party for my 30th.
Happy Birthday to you. Hope you have a great moth.
I prefer pies to cake but I do like carrot cake and lemon cakes.
That pound cake looks super tasty! I love chocolate, but pretty much any cake would be tasty. My dad’s birthday is a couple weeks after mine, but I don’t remember ever sharing a birthday party with him. You definitely deserve a spa day for your birthday, so I hope you get to take one!
White cake with white frosting, boring I know but I love it! I have never had a surprise party. I am not sure how I would feel about a surprise party.
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I’m generally of the “if it’s not chocolate it’s not worth it” school of thought when it comes to desserts but that cake looks delicious!
Happy birthday month! I haven’t had a lemon pound cake in ages, so that sounds really tasty! I’ve had a day off on my birthday only once (but only because I scheduled vacation for that day, haha). I hope you have a good one!! I get flustered with huge surprises, but I always appreciate the thought that goes into it!
Happy early birthday! Homemade lemon pound cake is soo good! My sister and share a birthday month – August! I love big birthday surprises, though I kept things extremely low-key for my 30th last year. Thanks for hosting the linkup!
Happy Birthday! My favourite cake is cherry cheesecake, yum! I hope your husband manages to pull off another good surprise for you!
Happy birthday! I am a passionate lover of cheesecake and I love surprise parties! Such a great link up, Coco!