REVENGE TAKES THE CAKE
‘WINNER: BODY IN THE LIBRARY, SCARLETT STILETTO AWARDS, 2020
Barbra Foster’s kitchen dresser was lined with ribbons blue.
When it came to cooking contests, she knew them through and through.
Jams, preserves and chutneys, bread and spongy cake,
the entire town of Balsa said there was nothing she couldn’t bake.
“I get it from my mother,” said Barbra, rosy cheeked.
“Such a shame she died at 55, before she really peaked!”
Twenty years more on from Mum now, Barb knew what was the go,
and how to win (yes, yet again) the Balsa Rural Show.
With such a reputation of perfect scones and pie, of course the local paper sent a writer by.
Barbra plastered on a smile, her ample chest puffed out,
serving up a fluffy cake so the girl could have no doubt
that the legend lo
