Cake!

We've spent the last couple of days hammering out the details for our Centennial Celebration Birthday Party on September 2.  My absolute favorite part of what we have planned is a birthday cake contest open to amateur bakers of all ages.  If I were 8, and not a Piatt, I would go crazy for this.  As a kid I loved contests.  If I had grown up in an area with county fairs I surely would have devoted lots of time to fair competitions.

Ceiling Fresco, Drawing Room, Mac-A-Cheek
This has nothing to do with cake, but I thought it might inspire
you as you decorate your cake contest entry.

Anyhow, back to the matter at hand, I hope you'll be as excited about this birthday cake competition as I am.  If you'd like to enter, or know someone who makes a mean b'day cake, you can get more information here.  If you can't tell a pastry bag from a profiterole, not to worry!  We'll also be giving away professionally baked cake, cupcakes, and ice cream donated by local business as well as recipe cards featuring a cake recipe (or "receipt" as it was called then) that my great grandmother (also named Kate) and her sister-in-law Bertie wrote in a book they called their Chicken Diary (it discussed the tails and successes of raising chickens as well as the various ways in which the chickens' eggs were used).

Whether you come for the cake, the competition or the celebration - I look forward to seeing you in September!