How do I admit my deconstructed cake was mostly a forgotten cake?
Funny'Is the cake coming separately?' the host asked.
I put a tub of buttercream and a bag of candles on the potluck table and said, 'It's deconstructed.' Then I remembered the cake was still on my kitchen counter, forty minutes away.
People laughed. Someone spread the icing on a biscuit. I let the joke carry me past the confession because the host had already put out fruit and another guest had brought dessert. Nobody went without a sweet thing.
Now the host has messaged asking whether she can put me down for another deconstructed dessert next time. She says the children liked assembling their own and wants to buy biscuits for it. I have accidentally become the creator of an activity.
I'm happy to bring icing and biscuits deliberately. Do I tell her what actually happened before accepting, or can a forgotten sponge quietly become a new recipe?