I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.
Source: On The Group,, her 1963 novel about eight 1933 Vassar alumnae; in NY Herald Tribune, 5 Jan 64
-- Mary McCarthy, (Jun 21 1912-1989), US novelist, critic; She was noted for witty acerbic novels and writings about art and politics; wrote The Company She Keeps, 1942 and How I Grew, 1987.