<p>Our midshipman, class of 2011, has a BD early in August. Last year I was "worried" about him not getting a cake for his 19th BD... this site told me DeLano Hall will send a cake (as long as it isn't on a weekend, then the cake needs to be on a Friday or Monday)</p>
<p>Here's the contact info:
DeLano Hall
1-516-773-5308
This is Mae Garr's #.... she will help you.</p>
<p>They send a cake to lunch muster (no fan-fare) & what is left over they share with adjoining tables.</p>
<p>Cakes are $18 & she will tell you who to make the check out to. It's really a nice "surprise" for them.</p>
<p>hmmm... we got our son a birthday cake last 30 Sept....and since he was a plebe he was not allowed to eat it. He got to look at it at lunch is about all. I'm not sure if I would even waste money sending a cake plebe year.</p>
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<p>Wow, your son must have had a real jerk (insert different word for a donkey there) as a table captain. For the new parents, this is not the norm...but seems to be some upperclassman who was on some power trip that day.... probably a "tool".</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I don't know what else to do. I will hope for the best. Everything else I have looked into is way to expensive, espeacially if he may not be even be able to partake in it.</p>
<p>Every year for my son's birthday and at other times of the year, I make a chocolate chip bundt cake that has no icing and I wrap it up and wrap it to a hard plastic plate add in paper plates, plastic forks and knife then send it by UPS with lots of peanuts in the box. He says that it is still moist and is in one piece. This is his favorite cake so I don't feel that he is missing out on the traditional cake at all. I think that his friends are happy when the cakes show up also.</p>
<p>You could try going that route and you can make sure that no one is making him miss his cake and he can invite who he wants to eat it instead of just who is sitting at his table.</p>
<p>Colleen...I was in the same boat last year. My son's bday is in early August and he was turning 18. I sent a box with 18 small gifts in it. Each gift represented something that had to do with that year in his life. I numbered each one and included a short couple of sentences that described the significance of the gift as it pertained to that year. They were all things that he could either use while at school or eat! It made the 18th even more special for both of us. It was quite therapeutic for me to reflect on each year and I know he really appreciated it. 18 is a big one and I just needed to celebrate it in a more memorable way and from a distance that can be a challenge. Seems like yesterday and here we are with his 19th coming up!</p>
<p>Must have been just my son's table then. All I know is I was a bit upset having gone to the expense of sending a cake to lunch and all he could do was look at it. I thought maybe it had something to do with his birthday being the same day as the Academy, but who knows.</p>
<p>suzannegra, wow. Your story saddened me so much. I tend to dislike the ridiculous & not getting the cake was certainly one of those instances. I am almost embarrassed for the young man who would not let the cake be cut. Positive there was no leadership lesson there to be learned except that your son now knows what type of leader he DOESN'T want to be. :rolleyes: Parents feel safe that this is not the "norm".</p>
<p>We had only one opportunity to send a birthday cake due to all the travels the kids do. So Plebe year was pretty much it. I loved that I could pick up the phone & order the cake. The ladies who take care of these are so nice. Anyhow, son's was delivered to his table at lunch & all shared. They even sang the whole happy birthday song which caused great embarrassment (much to my delight). </p>
<p>I love the special thing kawalla did. 18 is a special birthday. We just had a special 21 this past May. Time DOES fly!</p>
<p>Thanks Jam! Yes, the ladies at Delano are awesome; and I WILL send another cake this year....at least my boy knew I was thinking of him. Maybe I'll make up for last year by sending 2 this year :D</p>
<p>Ewwwww SuzanneGra...
Completely opposite experience w/bday cake....
It was early september, and everyone was happy about son's bday...since chocolate is a universal exchange medium. Anyway, son was accepted by upperclassmen that instant! they knew his name.
Then, after they finished their slice (about 13.5 seconds later), he reverted to some no-name plebe scum lowlife... in short, standard plebedom.</p>
<p>VERY sorry to hear about your experience. It is the ONLY example I've ever heard in quite a few cake stories. I hope it never happens again to anyone.</p>
<p>I have never ordered a cake, my 08 was inclined to fly way under the radar and preferred I not do that, my 2012 would probably enjoy it very much. agree with kp2001 unfortunate that the table captain was such a "tool"</p>
<p>My S turned 18 during indoc last year and I did NOT send a cake. Heck, I couldn't even TALK to him! My first phone call was the next day. I think I would forgo the cake and do the little presents idea, which I think is a great idea. Too much attention during meals is generally NOT a good idea during plebe year.</p>
<p>My s turned 19 during indoc this year. Before he left home he said please, do nothing that would call attention to him, so no cake, etc. Hope to make it up to him parents' weekend. Flying under the radar was the advice we got from most alum, but it's hard to break the bonds. As it turned out, some of the food we sent during indoc never got to him.</p>
<p>I think you guys are overestimating the amount of "care" the upperclass have about the plebes during the academic year. A cake at the lunch table for a birthday after Indoc is no big deal. Nobody is going to be singled out for something like that. Well, 90% of the time anyway. I agree about not sending a cake during Indoc, that would be a little different. I would also think about it a little bit if the birthday was before acceptance day, but after that I think my 90% rule would apply.</p>
<p>Our s's bday was between Indoc and Acceptance.
I wouldn't overthink how much attention it garners...
It's nice, almost all kids like chocolate.
Sweets and good food NEVER get wasted at KP (they are rare).
If you think your kids would like a piece of cake... heck, send it.
[SOMEbody's kid will get a piece, 99% likely yours will as well]</p>
<p>(but bets are off if you are sitting next to SuzanneGra's kid ;) -- everyone is STILL embarassed/irritated at THAT little incident (which hopefully is in the past, never to be repeated :( ).</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I think I am going to go the Chocolte chip cake route(thanks 2010bandcomom). That sounds the most intimate and something he can share with new friends. We already have several gifts to give him and we can't wait till Prents weekend to do our own celebrating.</p>
<p>Chocolate Chip Cake
1 yellow cake mix 1 box instant chocolate pudding (I usually use the large)
3/4 C water 1 (8 oz) sour cream
3/4 C oil 1 (6 oz) pkg. chocolate chips
3 eggs</p>
<p>Combine yellow cake mix, water, oil, eggs, chocolate pudding and sour cream. Mix well. Add chocolate chips. Blend. Grease bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. If you want you can sprinkle it with powdered suger after cooling. But if you are shipping it, the sugar will soak in and I don't recommend it.</p>
<p>Other than a cheesecake, this is the only dessert my son ever asks for. Hope you enjoy it.</p>