Place the cake on a serving platter and frost the top of the cake with clean, smooth strokes.

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Carefully (the tender meat falls apart easily) transfer the meat to a heated serving platter with a lip and keep warm.

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And while he offered to snap Ms. Homsey's photo with her camera after serving her birthday cookie platter, she says it'd have been smarter to film the celebration with his own device and offer to send a clip.

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