Rockingham Remembered
Short Stories II
White Lie Church Cake
Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love
this -- especially all the ladies who bake for church
events.
Alice was to bake a cake for the church ladies' group
bake sale, but she forgot to do it until the last minute.
She baked an angel food cake and when she took it
from the oven, the center had dropped flat.
She said, "Oh dear, there's no time to bake another
cake."
So, 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.
The finished product looked beautiful, so she rushed it
to the church.
Before she left the house, Alice had given her daughter
some money and specific instructions to be at the bake
sale the minute it opened, and to buy that cake and
bring it home.
When the daughter arrived at the sale, the attractive
cake had already been sold.
Alice was beside herself.
The next day, Alice was invited to a friend's home
where two tables of bridge were to be played that
afternoon.
After the game, a fancy lunch was served, and to top it
off, the cake in question was presented for dessert.
Alice saw the cake, she started to get out of her chair to
rush into the kitchen to tell her hostess all about it, but
before she could get to her feet, one of the other ladies
said, "What a beautiful cake!"
Alice sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess
(who was a prominent church member) say . . .
"Thank you, I baked it myself."