By the time they got to the strawberry cake, it was plain that Mr. Greene's luck had changed.

I just sent down a strawberry cake by plane, and my relatives picked it up at the airport.

But a closer look shows that the marble is cracking, the gold leaf is fading and drifts of dirt decorate the draperies like gray frosting on a strawberry cake.

But the moist, sinful cake with chocolate layers and icing, the strawberry short cake covered with ripe berry slivers and the exceptionally velvety cheesecake were all sweet successes.

The town currently holds the Guinness Book of record for baking the world's largest strawberry cake in 2004.

Then we'll all try to find her and first one who does shall have three pieces of strawberry short cake!

The same ritual was followed for pumpkin pies, coconut pies, strawberry cakes, the list went on and on.

What is described as strawberry shortcake comes out as a strawberry cake with alternating strata of strawberries and a sweet filling.

"Got to keep my energy up," a Hellfighter said as he crammed a slice of strawberry cake in his mouth and limped through the vestibule dribbling pink crumbs.

He was able to satisfy those requests with things like dried-pear soufflé, lemon mousse and strawberry cake.