WHITE LIE CAKE
Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love this, especially
all of those 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
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 for Scout camp.
When Alice took the cake from the oven, the center had dropped flat
and the cake was horribly disfigured. she thought, "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 the center of the cake and 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 Amanda 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 Amanda arrived at the sale, she found the attractive,
perfect cake had already been sold. She 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,
and 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 want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more
than once had looked down her nose at Alice because she 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."
Alice smiled and thought to herself, "God is good."
Sugar Syl says,
Go on & touch someone with a little sugar
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