She said "Oh dear, there's no time to bake another cake".
So, she looked around the house for something to build up the centre 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,
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