The purpose of a cake safe is to preserve the moistness of the cake for as long as possible. The novel idea was doubt developed by someone who had eaten some dry cake.
During the month of June I am blogging information about my grandparents, Edward H. and Jessie May Garlock. They are the main characters in my book: "Generations". It is necessary to preface the following antedotal story about my grandmother, by stating, she was the mother of twelve children.
On one particularly busy day she was going about her household duties when a knock came at her kitchen door. She answered with a baby balanced on her hip, (and no doubt a toddler pulling at her skirt). Standing before her was a young man who was nervously balancing an odd-looking metal container in one hand and a felt hat in the other.
He blurted out: "Maam, do you have a cake safe?" Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead, for it was a hot summer day and he was dressed in a flannel suit.
Without hesitation my grandmother replied: "Sir, there's no cake safe in this house."
The gentleman turned on his heel and quickly made his way down the lane, toward the main road. Grandma had not cracked a smile--but I'm sure she enjoyed replaying the scene in her mind throughout her mundane chores that day. I do recall that she with delight retold the story to me decades later.
How safe is a cake in your house???? :)
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