White Lie Cake

The following was submitted by Betty Ferguson; she said she got them from “Agi-News” quite a few years ago.

White Lie Cake
Author Unknown
Alice was to bake a cake for a church bake sale in Tuscaloosa, but forgot to do it until the last minute. She remembered the morning of the bake sale. After rummaging through cabinets, she 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 knew there wasn’t 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 buildup 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 left specific instructions to be at the bake sale the moment it opened at 9:30 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. 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 while attending the fancy luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a fellow church member. She did not want to attend because the hostess was a snob who looked down her nose at Alice because she was a single parent and not from the founding families of Tuscaloosa. However, having already sent her RSVP, she couldn’t think of a believable excuse to stay home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper crust Old South, and things were going well. Then, to Alice’s horror, the cake in her nightmares was presented for dessert! Alice felt all her blood rush to her head when she saw her cake brought to the table!
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. Then she heard the hostess (who was a prominent church member) say, “Thank you, I baked it myself.”

Talking about Angel Food Cakes..... here’s a recipe I found in the Tradewind newspaper:

Overnight Angel Food
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 cups scant sugar
Sift six times.
Add:
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix well with mixer. Cover but do not refrigerate. Leave overnight. Next morning: Beat
1-1/4 cups egg whites, room temperature.
When foamy add
1 tsp. cream of tarter.
Continue to beat. When stiff, add
3 T. sugar
Continue to beat, when stiffer, add
3 tsp. baking powder
Fold egg whites into overnight batter, use a rubber spatula and fold until you can no longer see batter streaks. Empty into ungreased pan. Bake 350° about 25 minutes. (May use 2- 8 or 9-inch round pans or a 9x13-inch pan.)
Remove from oven. Turn cake upside down, support on cans for 20 minutes or until cool. Loosen carefully.

 Mr Common Sense
“My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by. Today I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of silence in remembrance, for Common Sense served us all so well for so many, generations.
“Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friends, Common Sense, who had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn’t always fair, and maybe it was my fault.
“Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
“His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch, and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student only worsened his condition.
“Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to  get parental consent to administer aspirin, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
“Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband: churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home but the burglar could sue you for assault.
“Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
“Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers: I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I’m a Victim.
“Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.”
- Author Unknown

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