‘Impostors’ Contest Won By Real Bakers
Who says local folks don’t know how to lighten up these days?
Two Spokane bakers were winners in the “Great Impostors” recipe contest sponsored by Sunsweet Lighter Bake, a fat-free, fruit-based butter and oil replacement.
Cheryl Lyn Cameron, who had never entered a recipe contest, was simply hoping to be among the 50 finalists and get a T-shirt. Instead, she was one of five winners to receive a $500 spa getaway and a year’s supply of Lighter Bake.
Cameron, who works in human relations for Harpers Inc. in Post Falls, took in various creations for her co-workers to test. “Every day, people couldn’t wait to see what I brought,” she says.
But her winner was an old favorite chocolate chip cake recipe that she adapted and didn’t even bother baking before sending it in. “I think it’s better fat-free,” she says now after trying it out.
The other local winner was Betty Noel, a 72-year-old contest veteran who was a five-time Pillsbury BakeOff finalist and represented Washington in last year’s National Chicken Cooking Contest.
Noel revised her mother’s recipe for ginger cake, replacing a full cup of oil with cup of Lighter Bake. “For low-fat, it’s awfully good,” she says.
We’ll print both recipes in a future edition of IN Food, as space allows. For a free recipe brochure, call (800) 417-2253 or send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: “How To Be a Lighter Baker,” P.O. Box 1547, Stockton, CA 95201.
Cherry-table cause
‘Tis the season for Walla Walla sweet onions and Bing and Rainier sweet cherries, and the Children’s Home Society of Washington is again selling the treats to raise money to help at-risk children and families.
The agency will ship gift boxes of onions and cherries anywhere in the United States. Prices range from $26.95 to $33.95 for onions, depending on amount and variety, and from $35.95 to $51.95 for cherries; about $7.50 from each box goes to society programs.
To order or for more information, call (800) 817-5437.
Mudderly love
On another philanthropic note, if you pick up a pint of Duke’s Mud Pie ice cream from Dankens, 10 percent of the profits will go to VOA’s Crosswalk program for street kids in Spokane.
Dankens, a Seattle super-premium ice cream maker, donates a portion of the proceeds from each of its flavors to a different charity. Coming soon: Cougar Crunch, to benefit Washington State University.
While Dankens wasn’t available around here for a few years because of distribution changes, it’s back at Rosauers stores and hopes to expand to other supermarkets.
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