Birthdays are only as special as the people who have them. If the person matters to me, then I go all out to make their day special. 21st of May was very special indeed. It was my daughter's eleventh birthday. All through the summer vacation, she had kept moaning about how none of her friends would be around for her birthday as they were all out of town. She kept telling me that she is sad as nobody is there for her to celebrate with. I couldn't stand her genuine disappointment. Finally I told her to just leave it to me and that I would make her birthday special. She trusts me with her life. How could I let her down?! The one thing that my daughter loves is baking. A few months back, a lady named Marina Charles, who runs baking and cooking classes in Bangalore, had written to me saying how much she appreciated my book " Tea for two and a piece of cake . " She was a huge fan of my writing and had read all my three books. She had mentioned that anytime I want to