An Old Dowager’s Secret Vice

 Mrs K is an old dowager and some bigwig on the Church Council. We supply her with a standing order of cupcakes, ginger bread, banana bread and whatever cake takes her fancy on a weekly basis. She likes to think we don’t know that she pigs out on the whole lot during her interminable elevenses that could go on till four in the afternoon if she has a chance. She always says, “The church ladies absolutely LOVE your delicious bakes so I have just decided to have this standing order for our Thursday ladies and church and meeting!” We smile encouragingly and pretend we don’t notice that Mrs K is getting positively porky.

We also know that different ladies from the church take turns placing an order for a cake every Tuesday that they pick up on Thursday morning saying, “You know Mrs K, loves her cakes and would never forgive us if we pitched empty handed!” We never tell them that Mrs K has possibly eaten more cupcakes than kids at a party and is hiding her stash from the church ladies.

But now we face a serious moral dilemma, honest to Gawd! Mrs K has discovered our double white chocolate delight and now orders this cake maybe twice a week. While we appreciate her business we do not want to be responsible for the old darling’s death even though she tried to shaft us once by saying she wasn’t satisfied with our delivery. She simply should not be eating that much sugar. My cousin/manager says she is not going to be on the receiving end of Mrs K’s sharp tongue if she lets on we know she is eating the cakes herself. I’m scared of her too! We’re screwed. :(

PS: The double white chocolate delight is a chiffon cake that has melted white chocolate spirals, is sandwiched together with white chocolate sauce and iced with, yes you guessed it, white chocolate decorated with brown and white chocolate curls and a white chocolate mousse topping. It’s so extravagant ONE slice is enough to put one on a chocolate high and is incredibly unhealthy in big servings. What to do about Mrs K?