Stale/hard Carrot Cake

So you buy cake and the house is so full that you cannot turn in any direction as the people is ready to go for hajj and the cake you brought is stiff on the inside you still are expected to remember the sell by dates on the packaging and still have to wait for a response from the Food Team if I was in a different area I would have been helped via e mail or telephonic in a matter of hours thank you Food Team and here's the reference ***.