Dear Dr. Sadie,
I'm a 55 year old woman. I have 4 beautiful children. The are getting married and having children of their own. I have a big, wonderful family, and I couldn't be happier. We come together for holidays, and it's wonderful.
Several years ago, I found a recipe for chocolate cake in a magazine. I made the cake, and my family LOVED it. I told a white lie, and said that I had come up with the recipe on my own. I'm not sure why I did that, as I'm a generally honest person. Unfortunately, the cake became "a thing." I am asked to make it at every holiday and for extended family gatherings. A niece even asked me to make a dozen of them for a wedding.
Now my oldest son is encouraging me to enter the recipe in a prestigious baking contest. I don't want to do this for obvious reasons. How do I get out of it? Do I come clean after all these years? Do I just cry modesty?
- Betty Crock-of-you-know-what
Maybe you should say, "guys, I really don't want to do this. I want to have this recipe just for us at the holidays. I will bake it for your birthdays, but it's just for us."
