krzymomof4
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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 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 & 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, hav ing
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 my self.'
Alice smiled and thought to herself, 'God is good.'
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 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 & 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, hav ing
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 my self.'
Alice smiled and thought to herself, 'God is good.'
