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SHE TAKES THE CAKE!

YOU could not have blamed her if the thought of cheesecake made her shudder – it’s a painful reminder of her husband’s alleged infidelity and her public humiliation.

But Sonia Booth isn’t done with cheesecake yet – quite the opposite, in fact. The 44-year-old mom of two has capitalised on the scandal that gripped South Africans late last year and turned it into a burgeoning business.

And front and centre is the baked treat that had her both vilified for airing her dirty laundry and heralded for not lying low and licking her wounds as her marriage fell apart.

Sonia relaunched her company, Marula Cheesecake Passion, on Valentine’s Day.

“It’s a perfect case of making lemonade from lemons,”

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