To Jannah...together

The Wedding Cake

I thought, it would be great if I made a surprise wedding cake for Deedi. The bakery was closed for a week, but, luckily, Grandma handed me the key, so I could sneak and make a wedding cake, not alone, I'll definitely need help, so I had reminded Lamees to come and help me, Nadain will cover up for me at home.

Lamees

"Okay, I have to go now, Ammi, Enough feeding me", I escaped from my mom's grip, she was feeding me all the puris saying that I am thinning day by day. Ya Allah, these moms you know...
"Arrae, finish it and go, why are you going this early?"said mom.
"I need to help Zaara, some wedding things, you know"
"Okay, I'll come too, Oh, I miss my Thaahira"

Mom and Thaahira were best friends, she misses her so much.

"You may come, why not? But I can't wait , I have to go, Now, Now, Now"
"Okay, go on, Haleema will arrive now, I'll come with her, Okay? "
"Good idea, Bye, Assalaamualaikkum"
"Waalaikumussalam"

I ran to Zaara's home, she was waiting for me,
"Assalaamualaikkum"
"Waalaikumussalam", she whispered.
"Why this shush voice? " I whispered too.
"We have to make this cake a surprise, Deedi must not know, she is sitting there", she tilted her head to the room.
I saw Rai Deedi sitting in the room and talking with her cousins.

"Fine, let's go"
"But there's a problem"
"What? "
"Deedi said that one of her friends wanted to buy a cake, Deedi insisted that I would make the cake for her, so that I get a tip"
"So, You have a work to do, and a surprise to do"
"Yeah", she said in an exhaustive way.
"It's okay, we will manage, In Sha Allah", I was full of energy, so I didn't feel any burden at all, thanks to Ammi for the puri.
Zaara smiled seeing my energy. She grabbed my hand and said,
" Let's do it"
And we went to the bakery.
Within minutes we both made the cake mix, she said that the egg whites has to be beated separately, so that the cake will be softer.
We poured the batter into the moulds and rested in the oven.
After a while, two cakes were out and ready.
I made the whipping cream for frosting as per Zaara's instructions, while she was busy cutting the cakes in layers.
Then I handed over the frosting part to Zaara, but....
"I can't find the palette knife for frosting", Zaara was searching for it under the shelves. I joined her in search. But...

" I can't find it too"
"Think think think", Zaara massaged her forehead with her fingers.
"Yeah, think think", I encouraged her. And then...
"Idea! We can frost with an ordinary knife too"
"Great, Let's start"

We finished the ordered cake, which was a white forest wedding cake.
Zaara was faster than I thought, Maa Sha Allah, she frosted the cake within seconds, and decorated it beautifully.
I couldn't help it, I said,
" Maa Sha Allah, Zaara, Fantabulous work", I clapped.
Zaara playfully made a curtsy bow and said,
"Thank you, ma'am"
We laughed. Zaara kept the cake in the fridge carefully and said,
"Let's do the surprise cake, now", she smiled like a crooked kid.
I couldn't help but laugh, her facial expressions are really so cute.
She hit me on my hip,
"Ouch"
"Come on, Let's do it"

We took the baked cakes and started to cut it.
Then we started frosting, this time, she made me frost the cake, Because I love to do it, but , unlike her,I am really slow in it.

Just as I was doing the frosting with knife, the door opened slightly with the clinking of bell, we both looked up.
"Goodness, Is that Rai Deedi's friend? ", I asked.
"I think so"
Then a Young lady came and took a peek at the door,
" Assalaamualaikkum"
"Waalaikumussalam", we replied.
The customer came in along with a smart young man, He just accompanied her.
"Hi, I am Hadiya, Raihana's friend",
"Oh, okay, can you please wait for half an hour, because we have just kept it inside to get it set", Zaara pointed the fridge.
"Oh, that's okay, Actually I wanted to gift it to Raihana itself, I'll just go visit her and come, then the cake will be ready, right? "
"Right", We said together.
The young man was looking at the cakes in the glass shelf. I am sure he is quite impressed, He couldn't take eyes from the displayed cakes.
"Ahem", Hadiya cleared her throat, to wake him up.
"Oh, Sorry, What? Where's the cake,Deedi? ", he said. They started to go.