Have you ever told a white lie? You are going to love this, especially 

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 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 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 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 and bridal shower at the 

home of a fellow church member and just 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 hostes s 

(who was a prominent church member) say, "Thank you, I baked it myself." 

Alice smiled and thought to herself, "God is good."