Well I have never actually baked a cake.... to be honest I'm not a girly girl oohing and aaahing over pretty pink things. Sometimes I wish I was I'm scatty and lost in my head most of the time. I was trying to convey that an SLE sets the goal "cake" and provides (and steals through force) the resources to make one "ingredients" and the IEI uses creativity and foresight to put it all together and give the SLE what he wants. The cherry represents

and desire to please SLE with a hint of decorative

.
Dum dee dum....