Ultra-high-definition 4K UHD photorealistic photograph: a cozy, sunlit home kitchen with natural window light streaming from the left. Center stage is a small, frosted birthday cake sizzling in a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet on a gas stovetop; a few crooked, lit candles flicker, butter bubbles at the cake’s edges, and a delicate wisp of steam/smoke curls upward. Lifelike textures: glossy swirls of vanilla frosting with tiny frosting peaks, soft candle wax drips, the skillet’s matte patina, stainless backsplash with soft reflections, and a warm wooden countertop dusted with a few stray rainbow sprinkles. Around the pan: a tipped whisk with a slow drip of batter, a red oven mitt near the handle, cracked eggshells, and a wooden spoon—no labels or logos. Mood is funny and cheeky, like someone accidentally “cooked” the cake. Accurate lighting, rich depth of field; shallow DOF isolates the skillet and cake while the background tiles and utensils fall into creamy bokeh. Shot on a full-frame camera with a 50mm prime, f/1.8, ISO 200, 1/250; slightly low, countertop-level angle, rule-of-thirds composition with airy negative space above the smoke curl. True-to-life color and contrast, crisp micro-details, zero CGI look.

Add small on-image caption (clean, white handwritten script with a soft shadow, bottom-right, unobtrusive): “Cooked up another year—still delicious.”

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