This is the summer of candy celebration cakes in our household, with most of the cake making kudos going to my 20 year old daughter Maggie. The first celebration of the summer was when Maggie’s brother Sam earned a certificate from our community college in health care. Sam loves Butterfingers and voila, the Butterfinger cake entered our home and made us very happy for a day or two.
Sam’s birthday showed up on the calendar a month later and we knew he had a special place in his heart for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Here’s Maggie with her peanut butter cup cake creation, before we entered into our short lived love affair with that cake. 
Showing little restraint, we devoured it in a day, although we were kind enough to share with a few folks outside the family. We do believe in moderation, we said indignantly, when asked by others for a few remaining crumbs.
And this weekend there is Father’s Day with a birthday celebration for that same Dad only a day later. We know he likes Pay Days, Milky Ways and gummy bears. Oh, our minds, our hearts, our taste buds tremble with anticipation.
What’s your favorite candy cake?
The Cos had a funny skit – really I think all his skits are funny – about Mothers Day and Fathers Day. He said that mothers had it best because they would get roses, perfume, candy and other such niceties while fathers would get a new pair of work gloves. Too true. Too true. Dad gets the short end of the stick from time to time so this Sunday when you hand Dad his gift, include some of his favorite candy along with the wool socks and lighter fluid. He is a man who appreciates more than just the utilitarian side of life, so let’s celebrate the side of him that likes the finer aspects.
My Dad likes chewy, gummy candy, like mint leaves, orange slices and jelly beans. Heck – he might even like the Jelly Belly motorcycle, if it came with some of their candies! I think I will include some treats with the gift I send him. He is hard to buy for, as I suspect many fathers are, but at least I know he will eat the candy and other foods I send him, bundled with a gift card to his local book store. He devours books about as fast as he devours candy, so it’s a good pairing. Let’s face it – as gifts go, food is a classic gift, and candy is the icing at the top of the cake of the food of life.
I haven’t used that many prepositions in one sentence for quite a long time. My work here is done.
What are you giving your father for Fathers Day? What kind of candy does your Dad like?
Life is like a box of chocolates by Mykl Roventine.
