You Say It's My Birthday and Doggy Birthday Cake

Well good gravy, today I'm forty-one

I was born in 1970, the last year Sally Field played a flying nun

Guess who was the same age in 447?  That’s right…Attila the Hun

I used to think this age was old

Like bread you forgot in the pantry with mold

I wonder if Penguins get cold

Remember how Dumbo was afraid of a mouse

Or when that thieving ho Goldilocks broke into the bear’s house

This age is scary, but also just right so being happy is what I will espouse

I’m lucky for a wonderful partner who I adore both asleep and awake

And at this age I know life is really about the fantastic friends you make

Whatever else is really just sweet icing on the cake

Doggy Birthday Cake (from www.bigoven.com)

Ingredients

1/3 cup of ripe mashed bananas

¼ cup of softened butter

1 large egg

1/3 cup of water

1 cup unbleached white flower

1 tsp baking powder

0.5 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

¼ cup chopped peanuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In mixing bowl, beat together mashed banana and butter until creamy.  Add eggs and water.  Beat well.  Stir in dry ingredients.  Beat until smooth.  Add nuts.  Spoon batter evenly into oiled and floured pan.  Bake for about 20 minutes.  Cool on wire rack for about five minutes, remove from pan, replace on rack and cool.