My 50th Birthday Sarah Party

     I am part Dutch and will have a Dutch traditional Sarah Party for my 50th birthday.  My family will come over and we will have a Sarah cake and they will read poems they have written to celebrate my birthday.  If you are a man in Holland you get an Abraham Party when you are fifty and if you are a woman, you get a Sarah Party, named after Abraham and Sarah in the Bible.  People say that on your 50th birthday you have gained wisdom because you have so much life experience.  I remember my Dad having an Abraham Party when he reached 50.  An Abraham or Sarah cake is a large spice and almond cake shaped like Abraham or Sarah.

 This is a Sarah cake.

Made by Shoshana and Brigham Okano.