Birthday Cake for my Eight Year Old

"I don't really want a cake", my son tried to tell me on the morning of his birthday. Perhaps the memories of the disaster I had dished out on his brother's birthday was still fresh in his memory. Unfortunately, it was fresh in my memory too, and I really wanted not to mess up.
I took really great care while making the eggless cake, divided it into strawberry batter and chocolate batter to make a zebra cake, and was delighted with the result.

The frosting was not over ambitious-I adapted a panna cotta recipe, and topped it with fresh strawberries. Quite satisfied with the result!