Bake Sale for Vickie

This bake sale was dedicated to my friend Ruth Wilson's maid Vickie. Vickie was 44 when she fell ill last December and decided to retire home in Manila for diagnosis. The diagnosis came as a shocker as the doctors found a golf-ball size tumor on the left side of her brain. Ruth and her family paid for all the surgical expenses for the removal of tumor, but as Vickie was on leave and could not return to Singapore to work (she would fail the medical exam upon entry), the post-surgical treatment accrued a himalayan mount of debt that she couldn't possibly pay off. Ruth's husband Dave is running a triathalon in a few weeks to raise support for Vickie, so, I organized this bake sale, along with the help of moms from Luke's playgroup at our condominium, to support the cause.
It was a lot of baking for 1 whole week for me (and probably others), but it was the most meaningful time I have spent in the kitchen ever.

Before Vickie fell ill.

Getting ready to go with a week's worth of non-stop baking...cookies, cupcakes, dessert cakes, challah loaves, dinner rolls, banana bread, shortbread...I guess I really have out-done myself (not without frustration though...).Chocolate Orange Cake
Lemon Almond Cake