Wayne Thiebaud created luscious paintings of food from 1950s America, painting hot dogs, iced buns, and cakes good enough to eat. His splodges of thick oil paint perfectly resemble dollops of cream and icing, and his highly saturated palette adds to the uncanny effect. In this birthday WhatsApp card a towering birthday is topped with layers of perfectly swirled yellow icing and crowned with candles. There’s something extra about it, just like Thiebaud’s cake paintings.