9+5=good amount of points at lunch, alma sat across from me, even though by then several other regular volunteers had arrived and offered to take her out for real food rather than subjecting her to the cafeteria fare. i can’t imagine how far gone i must have seemed to her, but i’ll never forget what she said as i prodded the chocolate mass parading as cake on my tray. what does the phrase "the chocolate mass parading as cake" mean in this excerpt? a food item called cake that doesn't appear to be appetizing a piece of cake that is decorated festively a piece of cake that is slipping off the cafeteria tray a large portion of cake