Happy Monday Phil and friends. Phil knowing how you like to cook I thought you might enjoy this one I got in my inbox this morning. You may have seen it before but I think it is hilarious and always get a good laugh everytime I see it.
THE BAPTIST WHITE LIE CAKE
Have you ever told a white lie?
You are going to love this, especially all of
the ladies 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 it 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, and helping
her son pack up for Scout camp.
When she took the cake from the oven, the
center had dropped flat and the cake was
horribly disfigured and she exclaimed, "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. She found it in the
bathroom - a roll of toilet paper. She plunked it in
and then covered it with icing.
Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it
looked perfect. And, before she left the house to
drop the cake by the church and head for work,
Alice woke her daughter 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 the daughter arrived at the sale, she found
the attractive, perfect cake had already been sold.
Amanda 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, 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.
She did not really want to attend because the
hostess was a snob who more than once had
looked down her nose at the fact that Alice 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.
:)