A couple of weeks ago, DBH made some GF chocolate muffins for 'me', which was very kind of him, but...
I didn't like them very much. I tactfully asked if perhaps a little more fat and liquid would have helped, and were they perhaps a little lacking in cocoa? However, he said he really liked them as they were, so I said nothing further and only ate two of the dozen when they were handed to me on a plate and there was no escape.
It's my birthday on Sunday. I didn't want to make my own cake, so bought a (very nice) chocolate cake from Tesco that we have had before, and hid it at the back of the outside fridge. He found it this morning. I am out this afternoon, so he just came to me and said that he had really wanted to make me a birthday cake as a surprise, but had found the cake - which is a lovely thought, but...
He said 'I thought I would use that lovely muffin recipe to make a two-layered cake, since you liked it so much.' 
I didn't know what to say to that, so eventually managed a 'What made you think I liked it so much?' His reply was 'Well, you ate most of them' !!! 
I most certainly did not!
Self-delusional or what... 
Anyway, I think the problem will go away - into his stomach. I shall have to sneak out to the outside fridge when he has gone to bed and eat the Tesco cake by myself!
It made me wonder how many other people end up being given something for their birthday that really was intended for the recipient!
Lovely to have a DH though who makes cake. Have a lovely birthday. 
Cookery books and other books - are you keeping them ?
What has survived in your garden with minimal or no watering?
