I received this via emai today (one the few that is clean enough to share - lol). Enjoy!
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 & quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, &
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 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 aw ake 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 desse rt!
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."
God Bless America and everyone else!
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