To celebrate Bessie’s 14th birthday, we gathered as many candles as we could muster (43) and planted them in our favourite chocolate cake (was planning to link, but recipe appears to have been removed from the taste.com.au site – luckily we have a printed version!!).

She’ll still always be our baby.

As our next crafting activity, we’re planning on fashioning one giant perpetual birthday candle from all the remnants.

Note to self: source wick.

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