My dad always says "it's not a birthday cake unless it's chocolate!", and they had five kids, so I've always associated birthday cakes with chocolate cake. I've made other "flavors" for my son's birthday (key lime, peanut butter, etc), but chocolate is my favorite.
My dad makes the birthday cake comment often enough, that I even made it a block in my parent's quilt:
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