Probably most of us at one time or another would have to admit to telling some form of lie or at least distorting the facts. I received this in my email this morning and thought it might be worthy of starting the day for my neighbors.
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. S he
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 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 fe llow 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.'
