Step 1:
Create a masterpiece
Align ingredients on the table
Preheat oven to 450
      T-10 hours till surprise

Step 2:
Mix ingredients together
Proudly pour poppyseeds
Beep…oven ready for baking
      T-8 hours till surprise

Step 3:
Continually counting down the minutes
Restlessly reciting the recipe
Mother places the layers on cooling rack
      T-6 hours till surprise

Step 4:
“NO! STOP! NO!” I hear from the kitchen
Frantically flying into the room
3 pounds of yorkiepoo eating a layer of the cake…
      T-4 hours till surprise

Step 5:
Comprehending ideas, light bulb sparks
Shave the layer into a shape
Savagely scurrying for a knife
      T-2 hours till surprise

Step 6:
Created a masterpiece
Shavings of wreck layer sprawled on the ground
Time runs out… footsteps approach
      SURPRISE