The frosting is a “lazy” mix of melted butter, brown sugar and coconut — because sluggish bakers deserve nice treats, too.

Pipe daisy shapes onto ... Pipe ‘Happy Birthday’ onto the cake (or a message of your choice) and use the remaining royal icing to stick the piped flowers onto the top and sides of the cake.

My new favorite cake has a judgy name. “It’s called lazy daisy cake,” my friend Ursula Reshoft-Hegewisch said as she handed me a slice at a barbecue last summer. Ursula is a highly skilled ...