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Secret Ingredients

June 30, 2022 15 Comments

By Jennifer Lai

For months, Kara tried to replicate her sister Bella’s Twilight Cake with red chocolate frosting and velvet-red batter. She’d nailed the frosting quickly after tinkering with the sour cream to sugar ratio. The cake, however, carried a salty, metallic essence that left Kara stumped. She’d added beets, jalapeños, even edible flowers. To no avail. After her thousandth attempt, Kara butchered her semi-sweet failure, hacking away, crazy-eyed and snarling, like Chucky. Caught up in her frenzy, she’d failed to notice the blood dripping from her finger until it stained the crumbs with a rich crimson hue. Curious, she sampled a morsel.

Bingo.

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Comments

  1. Coco says

    June 30, 2022 at 8:40 am

    Deliciously creepy!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Lai says

      June 30, 2022 at 5:54 pm

      Thank you Coco!

      Reply
    • Glenda says

      July 7, 2022 at 4:37 am

      Yuk!

      Reply
  2. Scott Brian Blanke says

    June 30, 2022 at 8:46 am

    Great. Should have called it ‘Vampire Cake’

    Reply
    • Jennifer Lai says

      June 30, 2022 at 5:52 pm

      Thanks Scott! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Yolanda Joosten says

    June 30, 2022 at 11:46 am

    What a great and unsettling ending!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Lai says

      June 30, 2022 at 5:52 pm

      Thanks Yolanda! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jim Ginshinan says

    June 30, 2022 at 2:11 pm

    What Coco said!

    Reply
  5. Jennifer Lai says

    June 30, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    Thank you Jim!

    Reply
  6. Tom Baldwin says

    June 30, 2022 at 10:13 pm

    Lovely story!

    Reply
  7. Jennifer Lai says

    June 30, 2022 at 11:16 pm

    Thanks Tom! 🙂

    Reply
  8. Michael Peach says

    July 6, 2022 at 9:52 am

    Good one!

    Reply
  9. Bob says

    July 7, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    I like how, even though you signal early where you are going, you find a clever way to get there.

    Reply
  10. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    July 16, 2022 at 10:44 am

    I had no idea where this was going, so was pleasantly surprised when she discovered the secret ingredient.

    Bingo!

    Reply
  11. Pamela Cartlidge says

    July 19, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    Amazing!

    Reply

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