Happy Birthday to Me!

Today's my birthday! Because my birthday falls so close to July 4th, my parents once tried putting sparklers on my cake instead of candles. Theoretically, a simple sparkler isn't too toxic, but using them as decorations on food is a bad idea, since many sparklers use the same metal salts to produce colors as fireworks. Anyway, the ashes and unburnt metal flakes from the sparkler will fall on the frosting and make it inedible. The experience wasn't entirely negative. Ruining a cake is how I discovered my birthday favorite, Chocolate Angel Pie, which is what I will be enjoying today.