HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!! We celebrated my mom's birthday last night. The last few years we have celebrated with a home-made dinner with a home-made German Chocolate cake to finish it off.

This cake has become a tradition for a few birthdays. It was Grandma Tessendorf that introduced me making it home-made. Grandma T would make it every year for Grandpa T on his birthday. One year, Marc asked me if I could try making this home-made version of the cake he LOVED!! I accepted the challenge and have been making them at least twice a year from then on. I have to say.... I can not purchase a box form of German Chocolate cake anymore now that we have been spoiled with this one.