Best Secret at McDonald's

Birthday Cake

But somewhere along the way, the beloved worldwide brand quietly developed another offering that doesn’t fit into any of those standard categories. It isn’t listed on the menu, and it isn’t widely publicized to customers. But when you finally learn about it, as I just did, well, let’s just say it’s cause for celebration.

One McDonald’s staffer said, “I’ve seen them in the freezer, but I didn’t know we actually sold them.” However, another told me that the employees often enjoy them in the back whenever someone is celebrating a birthday. Sounds like McDonald’s best-kept secret to me.

https://www.allrecipes.com/mcdonalds-birthday-cake-12069151?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

McDonalds "Iced White Birthday Cake" ingredients:
Icing Sugar (sugar, Corn Starch), Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Invert Sugar, Shortening ([palm Oil, Canola Oil, Palm Kernel Oil], Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Citric Acid), Liquid Whole Egg, Water, Soybean Oil, Edible Image (tapioca Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Water, Sugar, Glycerin, Polyglycerol Esters, Algin, Modified Corn Starch, Canola Oil, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate [preservative], Red Cabbage Extract, Caramelized Sugar, Red Beet Concentrate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Emulsifier (water, Mono And Diglycerides, Modified Corn Starch, Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides, Potassium Sorbate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate And Xanthan Gum), White Fondant (sugar, Water, Glucose), Wheat Starch, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Milk Powder, Emulsifier (water, Sorbitan Monostearate, Polysorbate 60, Mono And Diglycerides, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Propionate), Natural Flavor, Baking Powder (sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Xanthan Gum.

Normal birthday cake:
Flour, eggs, sugar, milk, baking powder, butter, fruits (or/and coffee, chocolate).

I also enjoy cheesecake, and in my family there is an excellent recipe for it. Fortunately, last year at Thanksgiving we were able to make it without grains (especially white flour) so that I could eat it. The crust we made from pumpkin seeds I believe.

That would have ingredients like cream cheese, sugar, egg… vanilla I think? I’m forgetting what else. Maybe some cream. Pumpkin seeds of course. I don’t think there are that many.

I eat cake seldom enough that I don't consider how it could be healthier. Birthday cake, yum!!!

Though, I don't have allergies.

I also rarely eat cake.

Last dessert cake I ate was made from mint, arrowroot starch, and honey I think, and then pan-fried. Certainly rustic but wouldn’t call it healthy!

However, I did have oat cakes more recently. Those are delicious… only a pinch of salt, no sugar, but they taste as good as any dessert! I took ground oats and water and salt and fried them in olive oil. Butter works too.

I suggest making crisps for a good healthy dessert. I rarely feel nasty after eating them. Apple crisp is seasonal now, and so may be peach or plum depending on availability. I should try parsnip crisp one of these days—there are plenty of those around.