She was baking it because it was his favourite.
It was for that reason she always got a kick out of preparing it. All up it only took her around an hour. Then, half an hour in the oven, let it settle and cool for a bit and voila! She knew how much he enjoyed the mix of chocolate and orange flavours. The two oranges were nice and fresh. She gathered the rest of the ingredients; cocoa powder, caster sugar, softened butter, eggs, self-raising flour, icing, baking powder, plain chocolate in pieces, double cream, and just a little dollop of apricot conserve. She set to.
Finally, it went into the oven and she spent time choosing the colour of the candles she would place on top.
He would have been eight.