The Washington times., 1916-02-06

| several OF Prof. Snyder's 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.
II prize the gas range most highly.
| aRd for the sentiment ! think ! shall
keep IL in my kitchen az II 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.
I think ! shall Civ" the church my
| big, new simple range so that anyone
who knows no" to cook can use II.
Awarded Vacuum Cleaner.
Mrs. Katherine Puettc. who was
. awarded the vacuum clcaaer for the best
/ layer cake. was enthusiastic over her
victory, but not nearly so much a. Miss
PennybaCker. for winning oake prizes
is no new sensation for Mrs. Puctte.
| She has won a number Of them 10Th
! for layer and loaf cakes. In fact. she
relied more neavily upon her several
| loaf cake entrI"s TO win u 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 a repeater as Il winner in baking
| contests.
Miss Pennyracker> victory =, tmed a
| popular one. judging from tn" APT iause
! giVer her by other women mrmhcrs Of
| Mt. Pleasant Church. who entered loaf
| cakes IN the hope OF winning the sa4
range for tho church. Practically all
! OF the forty-Hve other entrants in the
| loaf cake livision c"mplimentcd Miss
! Pernybackc.' OF her cake and agreed
! that the judges Lad made 40 mistake
| Each OF the women who received re-
wards was delighted and huttrr"d
! about the hall in high gl"e. spreading
| the good news among their friends in
| the hall and making many telephone
| calls 10 their families and acquaint-
! anC,s.
| The Points Considered.
The women who Crtercd cakes and
the other hundreds of housewives in
the hall when tie Judging was done
learned a great deal by watching rroI.
Snyder and Mrs. SNYDER sE they went
about their biz task OF selecting tn"
! winners.
cakes Were appearance. taste, grain,
texture, moisture. tenderness. S'T nEI-
ness, and velvc,ness. III the hreal di-
! vision appearance, grain. texture ,mi>-
ing of the ingredients. h.cad'ng and
! baking were considered.
Each housewife who entered cak"
was given coupon with a numoer on
1t. a number corresponding to this was
We're placed duplicate numbered Cor-
pons Contaipng the names and nd
dresses OF tile entries. The Jar was not
opened until after tho Ca3l"s had nee II
Judged. Then Prof. Snyder and Mrs.
SNYDER asc"rtained 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 springineS -
and moisture and sizing up the gem
eral appearance Then, as II ap-
pealing to the supreme court. he call
all the entries. but failed to aid any
TO the sixteen selects. The two then
stood by the table on which the six
teen cakes iested and viewed the
cakes with most critical eyes.
How They Judged.
II They massaEed squeezed, and pOked
| the slices They turned the pieces
over and over. They tore the slices
| into shreds and mashed the mass ~
| into a lump in their balled fists. FIst
they tore hunks from the slices, then
] they broke off bites, and wound VI
| by breaking off flakes. testing the
J 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 tn,
| grain. The loaf cake required aImos
| an hour for decision.
| Prof. Snyder and Mrs. Snyder mar
| rOwed the competition for first honor
| down to No. 6l and No. IS. Eme amC
| time again they tasted these cakes
| cut slices from them, ana laid then
| side by side to compare the texture
| grain, etc. AMI finally agreed upOI
| No. 6l a the winner. IN hour later
after the jar was opened. il wa
| learned that Miss IennNbaCkcr wa
the holder of coupon No. Gl. and Mrs
! II d. Ruddeman, of 122 Taylor stree
| northwest, the baker Of cake No. IS
| The awarding of the other prizes II
| this class was almost a. difficult Il
selecting the first reward winner.
| Award Winner oPundcake.
II Miss nybaCilrr'S entry was
| round pound cake, with half incl