The Washington times., 1916-02-06

several OF Prof. Snyders lectures, heard
him talk on cake baking and went home
and followed his instructions. / had no
| idea my cake would win, for / have
seldom or never had any success in
cake baking.
"I prize the gas range most highly.
aNd for the sentiment / think / shall
| keep it in my kitchen as reminder
| of the biggest surprise OF my life.
have much bigger new gas range in
my kitchen and one easier to operate
| than the one | received In the contest.
/ think ] shall give the church my
big, new simple range so that anyone
| who knows how to cook can use IT."
Awarded Vacuum Cleaner.
Mrs. Katherine Puette, who was
awarded the vacuum clcaAer for the best
/ layer cake, was enthusiastic over her
victory. but not nearly so much as Miss
| Pennybacker, for winning oaEe prizes
! is no new sensation for Mrs. Puette.
| She has won u number Of them both
| for layer and loaf cakes. In fact, she
relied more heavily upon her several
loaf cake entries to win reward than
upon her layer cake.
Mrs. Charles whitehead. who led she
entire field in the bread baking division,
! also took her victory calmly, for she,
/ too Is repeater as a winner In baking
| contests.
| =
| popular one, judging from the applause
! giver her by other women membcTs Of
| Mt. Pleasant Church. who entered loaf
cakes in the hope of winning the gas
| range for the church Practically all
J OF the forty-ive other entrants in the
| loaf cake division complimented Miss
! Peunybacke.' Oh her cake and agreed
that the judges had made 40 mistake.
| Each OF the women who received re-
| wards was delighted and fiuttercd
about the hall in high glee. spreading
| the good news among their friends In
| the hall and making many telephone
| calls to their families and acquaint-
I anCes.
The Points Considered.
The women who entered cakes and
the other hundreds of housewives In
the hall when the Judging was done
learned a great deal by watching ProT.
Snyder and Mrs. Snyder as they went
about their big task OF selecting the
winners.
The points considered in judging tire
cakes were appearance, taste. grain,
texture, moisture, tenderness. spTtngl-
ness, and velvctness. In the bread di-
vision appearance grain, texture ,TiN-
ing of the ingredients k.eading and
baking were considered.
Each housewife who entered cake
was given a coupon with n number on
II. A number corresponding to this was
placed on the cake. In a closed lar
were placed duplicate numbered cou-
pons Contaiping the names and nd-
dresses OF tile entries. The jar was not
opened until after the cakes had hecn
Judged. Then Prof. Snyder and Mrs
Snyder ascnrtalned the names OF the
holders of the coupons.
From among the forty-six loaf
cakes. Prof. Snyder selected sixteen
OF the best, after poking holes in the
slices cut Off. testing the springtness
and moisture and sizing up the gen.
eral appearance. Then. as II ap-
pealing to the supreme court, he CALL
ed in Mrs. Snyder, who went over
all the entries, but failed to add any
to the sixteen selects. The two then
stood by the table on which the six
teen cakes rested and viewed the
cakes with most critical eyes.
How They Judged.
II They massaged, squeezed, and poked
the slices. They turned the pieces
over and over They tore the slices
into shreds and mashed the mass up
into a lump in their balled fists. First
they tore hunks from the slices, then
they broke off bites, and wound uE
by breaking off flakes, testing the
big and small pieces as they broke
them off. Not entirely satisfied, they
seized knives and cut into the cake!
again to test the uniformity of the
grain. The loaf cake required almos
i an hour for decision.
|
rowed the competition for first honorl
down to No. 61 and No. 7S. Cine anC
time again they tasted these cakes
cut slices from them, and laid then
side by side to compare the texture
grain. etc. ami finally agreed upoi
No. 61 as the winner, An hour later
after the jar was opened, it wa
learned that Miss Pennybacker wa
the holder of coupon No. 81, and Mrs
II. d. Ruddeman, of 1872 Taylor stree
northwest. the baker Of cake No. IS
The awarding OF the other prizes II
this class was almost as difficult a
selecting the first reward winner.
II Award Winner OPundcake.
Miss Penny hackers entry was
round pound cake, with a half incl
white icing on it, Prof. snyder sal
this was the first pound cake tha
ever won n baking contest i'm whiC
he served as judge. 1t was entere