Show f Frosting a Cake for Judges to Sample I l r yS i v r ri d. d r 4 A professional cake baker frosting one of the hundreds of cakes which were made up in the Experimental Kitchen Laboratory maintained maintained maintained main main- by C. C Houston Goudiss in New York City in the course of of I selecting the winners in his recent Cake Recipe Contest I By C. C HOUSTON GOUDISS N 1 A Y I am accustomed to seeing exhibits of delicious and interesting foods in the Experimental Experimental Exper Exper- I Kitchen Laboratory that I maintain in New York City But ButI Butin Butin in il all the years of its existence it I has never been a busier nor a aI amore amore I more inviting place than during the last few weeks when the home I economists on my stall staff have been busily testing and judging the many fine cake recipes submitted submitted submitted sub sub- by readers of this paper in our recent Cake Recipe Contest I Imagine if you can a big cheerful cheerful cheerful cheer cheer- ful and colorful kitchen filled with long tables upon which row I after row of handsome cakes were arranged proudly arranged proudly testifying to the skill of the homemakers who cherish the recipes from which they were made Every T Type pe of or Cake Entered A whole of white cakes with and without icing Chocolate and cocoa cakes of every possible type All manner of cakes fragrant fragrant fra grant and delicious spice ice cream honey caramel maple syrup nut date pineapple orange orange or or- ange lemon butterscotch jam banana raisin oatmeal cocoanut i and marble cakes Cakes baked in long sheets square cakes I round cakes layer cakes Old- Old fashioned cakes from grandmothers grandmothers' grandI grandmothers grandmothers' grand grand- I mothers' mothers recipe books Very modern modern mod mod- ern and up-to-date up cakes And even one that was said to have been a favorite with General Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert E. E Lee Ive I've never seen anything anything anything any any- thing to compare with the collection collection collection tion even at the biggest State Fair Do you wonder that the home economists on my staff required requited several weeks to pick the winners winners winners win win- ners For with such a wealth of exceptional cakes from which to choose selecting those for top honors was indeed difficult The cake bakers were trained for their work They followed the recipes precisely They measured accurately They checked oven tempera temperatures tures The scoring system was highly scientific And we can say with conviction that no matter how close the race the winners definitely definitely definitely even their closest closest closest clos clos- est rivals First Prize Winner The first prize of 2500 went to Mrs D. D F. F Kelly 1004 Charles St. St Whitewater Wis Second Prize Winners The five second prizes were awarded to Mrs H. H of 2427 F Fifth th Ave Altoona Pa R. R A. A Williams Rosemary Ave Detroit Mich Mrs C. C A. A Burns Box Oakland Miss Miss Sadie Cunningham Avonmore Avonmore Avonmore Avon- Avon more Pa and Mrs Laura Meyer Mey Mey- er Pleasant St. St Plymouth Wis Vis Third Prize Winners Mrs T. T H. H Fjone Flaxville Mont Mrs l Lester Ralston South Judd St. St Sioux City Iowa Mrs Harry A. A Kramer 16 Marin Mann Road Manor 1 Calif Mrs F. F D. D McDonald Route 1 Amherst Texas Vera Commodore Pa Mrs l George Ahlborn R. R D. D No 1 Mt Pleasant Pleasant Pa Mrs B. B A. A Robinson Box Emmett Idaho Jean Guthrie Campbell Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell St. St Kansas City Mo Mrs Walter Richter Bonduel Wis Mrs P. P C. C Blakely Alden Mich Honorable Mention Emogene Williams Damon Texas Mrs Simon Moen l Norma N. N D. D Mrs Dick Collins Masonville Masonville Mason- Mason ville yule Iowa Mrs B. B F. F Herman Box 1118 Crosby Miss Mrs Paul Lorenz P. P O. O Box Strathmore Calif Mrs S. S S. S Arentz Arentz Arentz Ar- Ar entz Simpson Nev Mrs l Vida Hilger Huger Box Rockland Mich Mrs 1 Grace H. H Peterson Box Amherst Wis Mrs Cecil Skinner Skinner Skinner Skin Skin- ner Bedford Wyo Mrs l Joe Furnace Furnace Furnace Fur Fur- nace West Vest Twentieth St. St South Sioux City Neb My 1 thanks and my compliments to every homemaker who submitted submit submit- ted a recipe I only regret that everyone who submitted a recipe could not win a prize |