The Washington times., 1921-02-15
CAKE CONTEST
CAUSES RUSH
Housewives All Over City Are
Entering Washington Times
Baking Competition.

Housewives living in all sections
Of Washington and representing
many stations in life are daily
notifying the Cake Baking Contest
Editor of The Washington Times
OF their intentions to submit cakes
IN the competition which will be
decided Saturday, February 26.
MANY ENTER COMPETITION.
Practically every mail delivered
since the contest was announced has
brought it's quota of brief notes or
postals, telling the editor to be on
the lookout for a certain cake. A.
number of housewives have given
their notification by telephone and
stfil others have called personally or
sent their notes by messengers.
Withal. Ii looks as IL the house,
wives of Washington intend to par
ticipate In this contest en- masse and
It looks as IL the judges-Mrs. Rose
0ouverneur Hoes, president OF the
washington Housekeepers' Alliance:
Miss Hannah Wessling, OF the States
Relations Service of the Department
OF Agriculture, and Maxine Huguet.
chef ut the Washington Hotel-will
have their work cut out for them.
All housewives who intend par
tictpating in this contest are re-
quested to notify the Cake Baking
Contest Editor so that he may be on
the lookout for their confections,
and also to give the judges an idea
Of about how many cakes they Will
have TO Judge. Send in your name
and address today.
FEBRUARY 70 CLOSING DATE.
The cakes entered in this contest
must be in The Washington Times
office by o'clock on the after
noon of Saturday, February rs. be-
cause the judging will begin prompt
ly at that hour.
Six prizes will be awarded by tho
Judges There will be two classes OF
cakes: those in which eggs are used
and those without eggs. The prizes
, in each class are $25 tor the best
cake, $l5 for the second best. and
$40 for the third best
Each cake must be labeled with
/ its name and information as TO
whether or not eggs were used in
II. as well as the recipe followed In
making It. Each cake must also
bear the name and address OF the
housewife submitting It. The names
the housewives will be removed
kom the cakes before the judges be-
their work. The decisions will
based entirely upon the merits
" the confessions.
No professional cake makers. nor
relatives OF the judges or employees
of The Washington Times will be
eligible to participate in this, con-
test. =!
Each cake will be- cut and ex-
amined as to its texture, compost
tion, lfghtness etc. and tasted to
determine its flavor and seasoning.
After the cakes have been judged,
alt OF them will be sent to the WASH
ington hospitals and children's insti-
tutions.
CAKES IN GREAT VARIETY.
Any size. variety or flavor Of cake
will be eligible. 1t may be a pound.
sponge or layer cake, DEVILS food.
angel cake, pan OF ginger bread. tea
cake or coffee cake. or just plain
cookies. Or 1t may be General
Leonard Wood" whatever that is
one housewife served notice today
that she intended submitting "Gen-
eral Leonard Wood" and expressed
the hope that It would be worthy of
the DISTINGUISHED name IL bore.
There are only eleven more days to
wait for the answer to the much
mooted question: What Washington
housewives bake the most attractive
and delicious cakes? Every house,
wife, or those who have been house,
wives, or those who want to be house.
wives, is eligible to enter this con-
test There are no restrictions as to
the number of cakes any contestant
may enter, and there are no restric-
tious as to the ingredients--anyk kind
of nour. baking powder, butter, lard,
sugar and havoring extracts that sat
i.fy the housewives will be just the
same to the Cake Baking Contest
Editor.