06/07/2023
to 4 months ago: we had the august opportunity to be a part of the 8th edition of the by Citi TV & Citi 97.3 FM. The over 150 participants got to snack on our yummy cake slices during the trip, while touring Ghana 🇬🇭 in a unique fashion. Long story (TESTIMONY) about this order below; I entreat you to indulge. 🙏🏾
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So the order was for 200 cake slices and due for delivery on the morning of Saturday March 4, by 6am. Considering the amount of work, time and ingredients required, I calculated and planned for all the mixing, baking, cooking, slicing and packaging involved. The Thursday prior, I had returned home at around 10pm from a long day but for some reason, I had this strong urge to begin work. Even though I was worn out, I was instantly overcome with a sense of energy I couldn’t fathom so I decided to yield to the prompting. I began with the banana and mango loaf cakes and went to bed. I woke up on Friday morning poised to begin a 14-hour bake-a-thon to finish up, but ECG had other plans. 😂 I reached for the light switch when I got the kitchen and your guess is as good as mine; there was no light. Ei! 🙆🏾♀️ But y’all know that God is faithful, right? So with confidence, I looked up at the unlit bulb, grinned and shook my head.
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Here’s how God worked it all out, PERFECTLY. When I began baking almost 3 years ago, I had no fancy equipment so I taught myself to mix cakes just right, using nothing but my eyes and muscle strength💪🏾. Also, most of the cake recipes I use don’t require electricity but 2 out of the 3 that required it, I had baked the night before. Now, about 2 hours after I got to the kitchen, the lights came on, but little did I know that this joy would be short-lived. As you can imagine, I heaved a sigh of relief and immediately put my mixer to work on the 3rd batch of cakes that required electricity, the vanilla loaf cakes. Would believe that as soon as I had creamed together the butter, sugar, and eggs, the lights went out?! Hhmmm… and that was how I realised that it was God’s promptings that had led me to begin work the night before! I finished off the vanilla cake batter by hand and then got to work on the chocolate and red velvet loaf cakes, also by hand.
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After all 15 loaf cakes had baked and cooled, cutting and packaging was the final leg of this operation. By this time, I had been on my feet for a good 10 hours and was still working in darkness. I bless God for my mother because her involvement at this point was invaluable. For about 4-5 hours, we sat around a table slicing the loaves in batches, individually placing each slice into a cellophane bag and labelling each bag with the appropriate stickers. After packing it all up in ready-to-go style, it was around 2am. I got barely 2 hours of sleep and then I had to get ready to set off for Tesano with delight in my fatigued eyes. The order was delivered without a hitch, even though I was left utterly drained. 😇
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🎵: Hewale Lala (Song of Strength) - Perez Musik
