In the days and weeks and months leading up to her birthday, my girlfriend told me repeatedly that she wanted me to make her a cake, and she wanted a very specific one: box mix brownies, doctored the way I always do them, made into a layer cake with Pillsbury Funfetti frosting. I knew better than to assume she was kidding, but I also really like going overboard, so my task for myself was figuring out a way to put my stamp on a cake made of mass-produced products.
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