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Victor Sack[_1_]

> wrote:

> I am wondering what people have to drink when they eat birthday cake
> with icing. The only things I can tolerate is milk, coffee or water.
> Soft drinks do not taste good, nor does iced tea or hot chocolate.
> Mixed drinks, beer and wine also seem like a poor choice.

I do not normally eat any kind of sweet cake if I can help it, but
sometimes I am compelled to have a bite, to appease a particularly
vicious birthday girl or boy. A sparkling Moscato d'Asti or even a good
Asti Spumante would go very well with many kinds of cakes and other
desserts. Depending on the cake, the right kind of beer can be the best
thing to accompany it. An Imperial stout (especially with chocolate- or
coffee-based cakes or desserts) or a fruit-based beer, such as a Belgian
framboise or kriek are definitely to be considered. In both cases, wine
and beer, it is not just their particular flavours that make them work -
it is also their palate-cleansing carbonation.

Victor