The Intelligent Cake Test
Years ago, when John and I were first dating, my mother taught me a
valuable lesson on how to “not sweat the small stuff”. It was on a Saturday
afternoon and John was coming to see me.
I decided to bake a chocolate cake for him. The cake turned out fine,
but when I spread the white frosting on it chocolate crumbs began rolling up
through the frosting. The more I tried to cover them, the more they spread.
There were chocolate crumbs every where.
I even had chocolate cake crumbs in the frosting that was still in the
bowl.
It was a total disaster. John would arrive at any minute. That was when
Mom came to the rescue. She told me to go get dressed, and she would fix
everything. When I came downstairs, John had already arrived. The cake was no
where to be seen.
Later Mom offered John some cake and coffee. To my horror, she came from the kitchen with
that awful looking cake proudly displayed on her beautiful cake stand. She had
done nothing to it.
She placed it in front of this young man that I so admired, and said,
“Now, John, you have been dating Donna long enough. It is time for you to take the Intelligent
Cake Test. Look at this cake. If you think that those chocolate spots in the
frosting are cake crumbs, that will prove that you are not very
intelligent. However, If you think that
they are chocolate chips, put there as a lovely decoration, that will prove
that you are a very smart young man.”
John examined the cake very
closely and said, “Those are the smallest chocolate chips that I ever saw.
Where ever did you get them?” Mom saved
the day and John won my heart.
