White Lie Cake
Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love this,
especially all of the ladies who bake for church events.
Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church
Ladies' Group in Tuscaloosa, but forgot to do it until the last
minute. She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and
after rummaging through cabinets, found an angel food cake
mix and quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, and
helping her son pack up for Scout camp.
When Alice took the cake from the oven, the center had
dropped flat and the cake was horribly disfigured. she said,
"Oh dear, there is not time to bake another cake."
This cake was important to Alice because she did so want to
fit in at her new church, and in her new community of
friends. So, being inventive, she looked around the house
for something to build up the center of the cake.
Alice found it in the bathroom-a roll of Toilet paper. She
plunked it in and then covered it with icing. Not only did the
finished product look beautiful, it looked perfect.
Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and
head for work, Alice woke her daughter and gave her some
money and specific instructions to be at the bake sale the
moment it opened at 9:30 and to buy the cake and bring it
home.
When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found the
attractive, perfect! cake had already been sold. Amanda
grabbed her cell phone and called her mom. Alice was
horrified-she was beside herself.
Everyone would know! What would they think? She would
be ostracized, talked about, ridiculed! All night, Alice lay
awake in bed thinking about people pointing fingers at her
and talking about her behind her back.
The next day, Alice promised herself she would try not to
think about the cake and would attend the fancy
luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a fellow church
member and try to have a good time. Alice did not really
want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more
than once had looked down her nose the fact Alice was a
single parent and not from the founding families of
Tuscaloosa, but having already RSVP?d, she couldn't think
of a believable excuse to stay home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper
crust old south and to Alice's horror, the cake in question
was presented for dessert!
Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the
cake! She started out of her chair to tell the hostess all about
it, but before she could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife said,
"what a beautiful cake!"
Alice still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the
hostess (who was a prominent church member) say, "Thank
you, I baked it myself."
magic xx
uch:
Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love this,
especially all of the ladies who bake for church events.
Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church
Ladies' Group in Tuscaloosa, but forgot to do it until the last
minute. She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and
after rummaging through cabinets, found an angel food cake
mix and quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, and
helping her son pack up for Scout camp.
When Alice took the cake from the oven, the center had
dropped flat and the cake was horribly disfigured. she said,
"Oh dear, there is not time to bake another cake."
This cake was important to Alice because she did so want to
fit in at her new church, and in her new community of
friends. So, being inventive, she looked around the house
for something to build up the center of the cake.
Alice found it in the bathroom-a roll of Toilet paper. She
plunked it in and then covered it with icing. Not only did the
finished product look beautiful, it looked perfect.
Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and
head for work, Alice woke her daughter and gave her some
money and specific instructions to be at the bake sale the
moment it opened at 9:30 and to buy the cake and bring it
home.
When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found the
attractive, perfect! cake had already been sold. Amanda
grabbed her cell phone and called her mom. Alice was
horrified-she was beside herself.
Everyone would know! What would they think? She would
be ostracized, talked about, ridiculed! All night, Alice lay
awake in bed thinking about people pointing fingers at her
and talking about her behind her back.
The next day, Alice promised herself she would try not to
think about the cake and would attend the fancy
luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a fellow church
member and try to have a good time. Alice did not really
want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more
than once had looked down her nose the fact Alice was a
single parent and not from the founding families of
Tuscaloosa, but having already RSVP?d, she couldn't think
of a believable excuse to stay home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper
crust old south and to Alice's horror, the cake in question
was presented for dessert!
Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the
cake! She started out of her chair to tell the hostess all about
it, but before she could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife said,
"what a beautiful cake!"
Alice still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the
hostess (who was a prominent church member) say, "Thank
you, I baked it myself."
magic xx
uch:
c: :heart:
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