plumtreeblossom: (Mary Sue)
plumtreeblossom ([personal profile] plumtreeblossom) wrote2007-06-15 01:27 pm

The OMG We're So F*cking Sorry Cake

Yesterday, the caterers from Rebecca's Cafe were late. You know how Our Heroine gets when the caterers are late, and the blue streak jets forth from 'twixt her lips. The Board of Directors had to wait an extra 40 minutes for their VIP Deli Tray and their Sun Chips and their Assorted Jumbo Cookies. Rebecca's kitchen wasn't to blame, other than for hiring a lazy, surly, foot-dragging gollum of a driver. Not a happy camper anywhere in sight, least of all me. But the BoD eventually got fed.

First thing this morning, someone told me there was a box for me at the reception desk. "Cool, probably a bomb!" I said, but the big white box tied neatly in bakery string suggested other contents. The note on top was a heartfelt apology to me and a desire not to lose us as clients. We opened the box right there. Inside was a cake big enough for the entire staff.

And what exactly is an OMG We're So F*cking Sorry Cake? Start with a base of chocolate brownie, wherein dwelled chunks of creamy chocolate fudge. Next, a layer of gooey caramel sauce and a layer of creme brulee, topped by a layer of yellow cake with cut-outs where fresh whipped cream had been piped in (think Twinkie for royalty), all covered with butter cream frosting and crowned with sculpted flags of striped white chocolate and chocolate-chocolate. Though the cake probably has some other name besides OMGWSFSC, this particular cake had just one purpose: appeasement.

Everybody had cake for breakfast. Happy office! I've never been apologized to in quite such a distinctive, and admittedly effective, way before. All is forgiven. :-)

[identity profile] zzbottom.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You are a compassionate and forgiving heroine. I aspire to your echelon of kindness.
beowabbit: (Food: Christmas dinner at my sister's)

[personal profile] beowabbit 2007-06-15 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I aspire to your echelon of kindness.
I just aspire to eating a cake like that!

[identity profile] library-sexy.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Notice she told us about the cake after it was all gone......

[identity profile] eclecticavatar.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Use Milk Street, instead. They're never late!

[identity profile] chienne-folle.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
*grin* Sounds like a great apology!

So, is anybody in your office hoping that lunch will be late next time, too? :-)

[identity profile] weegoddess.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Now THAT's class. Rebecca's food sounds like a keeper. ;-)

[identity profile] kalliejenn2.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
goodness, now i'm *totally* hungry

[identity profile] strangeanimal.livejournal.com 2007-06-15 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a plan:

1) Order from Rebecca's
2) Put something in the path of the driver to make him late
3) Get cake.
4) Repeat.

[identity profile] oneagain.livejournal.com 2007-06-16 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
LOL. Thank you:)

[identity profile] oneagain.livejournal.com 2007-06-16 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Errr...ya know...if you could find out the name of that cake, it might make some of your readership *WAY* *HAPPY*...