A ''sweet'' way to submit your resignation.

People often fantasize about quitting their jobs in some spectacular fashion. But British airport worker Chris Holmes actually did it when he submitted his resignation Monday via a cake he baked. The 31-year-old British immigration officer at London's Stansted Airport arrived for work with the large rectangular cake in a box and his resignation and handed them to the manager on duty. 

Holmes' resignation -- written in frosting atop "a spiced carrot cake with pecans and sultanas and coconut" according to The Guardian newspaper -- read in part: "Having recently become a father, I now realise how precious life is and how important it is to spend my time doing something that makes me, and other people, happy." Noting that it was his 31st birthday, Holmes added that he was resigning to "devote my time and energy to my family and to my cake business."

His managers and co-workers were charmed. "The people who tasted it say it was very nice," Toby Allanson, a spokesman for Border Force, told The Guardian. "He leaves with our very best wishes."

A photo of the cake -- posted to Twitter by his brother-in-law -- quickly went viral and served as a clever way for Holmes to promote his business -- Mr. Cake, an online bakery. In fact, the tweet -- below -- prompted so much traffic to Holmes' cake website that it was forced to temporarily shut down.

stuart jackson @ee_stu

So, my brother-in-law has resigned from his 9-to-5 job in spectacular fashion. Jerry Maguire meets Masterchef.pic.twitter.com/4JB1gPp1kj

8:28 AM - 16 Apr 2013