The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Who Can Bake
The Best Cake? !?
Times Wants to Know and
Will Give 500 to
Learn.

=, What Washington housewives
bake the most attractive and deli
cious cakes?
This has long been a much nooted
question in the National Capital and
The Washington Times hereby an
nounces Its intention to spend 500
to find the answer.
That Is TO say The Washington
Times will award prizes to the
housewives whose cakes are ad-
judged to be superior In looks. taste
and texture to others submitted In
an All Washington Cake competi-
tion.
The decisions will be rendered by
the judges on Saturday, February
20. This will allow the housewives
Of Washington sixteen days from
today In which to practice up for
the contest.
SO that every housewife may have.
an opportunity to enter the compe-
tition, there will be two classes of
cakes-those made with eggs and
those made without eggs.
During the late war many recipes
for making eggless cakes were
adopted by housewives throughout
. the country. and Il 10 contendod by
some that confeetions made with
out eggs are just as good a. II not
better. than those made with them
Therefore. to give the disciples of
both schools of cake baking full op-
portunity. there will be two classes.
The Washington Times will swArd
prizes Of $25, SIS, and &1o for the
nrst, second and third bsst cakes.
in which eggs are used. and similar
prizes for the flrst, second An1 third
best cakes made Without eggs.
20. MUST TfT14D 0SrUnlHG 4.
Every cake entered In the coaDs-
ttion must be accoRpanie1..h y, Nc
recipe the housewife f0no001 In
baking, II. The cake must also -
labeled with its naaas. an -
name and address Of the housewife
submitting 1t.
All the cakes INTENDED for this
contest must be sent to The Wash
ington Times Office in the Money
building on the afternoon OF Feb
rusry "a.
Each cake will be cut and tasted
by the judges.
After the decisions have been an
nounced by the judges. all the cakes
will be distributed to hospitals and
children's institutions in washing
ton for use on Sunday, February 27.
There will be no restrictions rs
TO size or variety of cake. They
may be a. large or small a. the
housewives care to make them. They
may be pound cakes. sponge cakes.
layer cakes, angel cake, devTs
food. ginger bread, or just plain
cookies.
The judges decisions will be
based upon the appearance, flavor.
texture, and lightness of the cakes.
The eggless cakes win not be
compared with those in which eggs
are used.
PROFESSIONALS BARRED.
No professional cake bakers or
relatives of employees Of The wash
ington Times or Of the judges will
be eligible to enter the contest
There will be no restrictions as
to the baking ingredients. The
housewives may use any materials,
such as -four, sugar. baking powder,
lard. favoring extract they prefer,
and they can. also determine Tor
themselves what weight they Will
make their cakes.
But
This is only a preliminary an
nouncement concerning The Wash
ington Times effort to find the an
swer to the momentous question:
what Washington housewives bake
the most attractive and delicious
cakes?" There will be many more
announcements concerning the con-
test. Housewives should follow the
contest closely and keep themselves
advised as to the conditions and the
hour at which they are expected TO
submit their confections to the
avid yuerciee of the Judges