The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-20
ANGEL Foop vs.. BUTTER AND EGGS.

SAMGANIoN county, in which the CAPT
tai of the state of Illinois is situated, has |
been the scene of many an interesting con-
test. 1t was the home of LINCOLN, of
FINIAN EDWARDS and many other distin- |
gulshed men, not to speak Of those who
have resided there, whilst occupying public |
positions as state officers and legislators.
DOUGLAS aid TRUMBULL, LOGAN and NOR
RIsoN, CULLoM and SWEET, and all the dis
tinguished practitioners before the bar OF
the supreme court of the great common
wealth, have make Ethe welkin of old
Sangamion ring with eloquence. Bitter
were the conflicts in the politics of the past.
But there has just been contest at
Springfield before which all others must
'pale their Intellectual fre'-a contest
leaving nearly six hundred women to
mourn, and agitating the population as it
has has never been agitated before. 1t was
cake contest at the county fair. Among
the prizes offered was handsome piano for
the best jelly cake, and there were six
hundred competitors. A committee of
three worthy ladies duly inspected, sam
pied, weighed, touched, tasted and handled
awarded the blue ribbon to dainty speci-
men constructed on new and original de-
sign. 1t was unlike it's rivals in possessing
distinct flavor, dreamy and delicious. 1t
was made of angels food with rich
strata of jelly between layers of the cake
That was all. OF course the materials and
the baking were according to the queens
taste. But after the premium had been
awarded, the 500 ladies who had been left
in the vocative sufficiently recovered from
their establishment to prepare protest, not
against the successful candide tie taking the
piano, but against the committee for allow
ing her cake to compete at ALI The cake
was very pretty, very nice, ETC., but it was
not jelly cake according to the universal
acceptation of the term. 1t was an inter
loper 1t was like pugilist's blow-below
the belt. 1t was push shot, a
muff, misdeal. And now the total
population of Sangamon county is
divided into two classes-those who
think that Jelly cake must be
made with butter and eggs, and those who
think that any kind of cake with layers of
jelly is jelly-cake. DELMoNIoo, who has
been written to on the subject, declares
with oracular wisdom that ''as various
kinds Of cakes are made in layers, with
jelly between, and cal ed jelly cake, so
angel food thus made can BE- called Jelly
cake, though jelly cake, generally known
as such, is one made with butter and eggs"
1t is safe to say that attached to the offer
of a premium for jelly cake at the next
Sangamon fair there will be rules and
specifications for the construction thereof.
Indeed, just as we are writing the word
comes through the mail that committee of
five ladies has been appointed to call ma
tional congress of cooks in three sections,
one of professional bakers, another of pro
fessonal caterers and the third of amateur
cooks or housewives, to fix uniform stan
dard for exhibitors of ''cake, bread and
other pantry stores" Meantime the piano
has not been turned over, but by favor of
the firm Offering the prize Senator Gull
LON takes the cake.