Birthday picnic

The idea for a picnic came last minute. I didn’t have any grand plans in my head to celebrate my birthday this year – a pandemic, a few postponed trips, and other surprises thought me to slow down and not have many expectations.

I decided to have a simple yet exciting and delicious picnic celebration, therefore I made some arrangements, prepared the menu, and looked forward with anticipation. For my last year’s birthday, I made a meringue cake (Pavlova). This time I challenged myself with a crème brûlée mille crêpe cake. Reality is different from tempting food images in culinary blog posts, thus there wasn’t any photographic evidence of this year’s cake.

The nearby forest with a running river and a waterfall was my choice of venue. As it usually happens on my birthday, it was sunny and warm. Summer’s last words.