The library held its first annual literary cake decorating contest for National Library Week. Five cakes were entered depicting scenes or characters from books. Library visitors voted on their favorite by placing tokens in boxes by each cake. Over 230 people participated in judging. The winning cakes were: first place for a "Fat Cat" cake by an ESL class with 84 votes; second place for an "Oh, the Places You'll Go" cake by an archivist with 55 votes; and third place for a "Blueberries for Sal" cake by an librarian with 50 votes. The cakes were enjoyed by visitors after the winners were announced.

1. 1st Annual Literary Cake Decorating
Contest Event – April 15, 2011
• In Honor of National Library Week, we thought it would be fun to have a “Book-themed”
cake decorating contest. All you need to do is bake a cake and decorate it to represent a
scene or character from a favorite book, be it a beloved children’s book or your favorite
adult book.
• We had Five cakes entered into the contest
• We are allowing anyone coming through the library to judge the cakes, and they would put a
token in the box of the cake they find to be the best. Judging ran from 9:30am-12:30pm.
• We had about 230 people participate in the voting/judging of the cakes.
• Winners are listed below
• At 1pm we announced the winners and began cutting into these beautiful creations and
shared them with anyone that came into the café. We had no cake left by the end of the
day.
• It was a very successful event, and I think all who participated had a good time.
• Please consider participating next year for our 2nd Annual Literary Cake Decorating Contest.
We’re hoping to get even more Literary Cakes to choose from!

2. 1st Place went to:
Cake #5 “Fat Cat” Decorated by ESL Class - Led by student Maria Vitoria Gomes
with 84 votes
2nd Place went to:
Cake #3 “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” Decorated by Colleen Previte - Archivist
with 55 votes
3rd Place went to:
Cake #2 “Blueberries for Sal” Decorated by Danielle Lamontagne – Ill Librarian
with 50 votes
Honorable Mention:
Cake #1 “Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West” Decorated by
Laura Wilson – Reference Librarian
with 28 votes
Honorable Mention:
Cake #4 “Little Bear” Decorated by Nadine Kenney’s ESL Class
with 12 votes

3. 1st Prize Cake “Fat Cat” ESL Class –
Cake Decorators

4. 1st Prize Cake “Fat Cat” ESL Class –
Cake Decorators

5. 2nd Prize Cake “Oh The Places You’ll Go”
Decorated by Colleen Previte –
Archivist/Special Collections Librarian

6. 3rd Prize Cake “Blueberries For Sal”
Decorated by Danielle Lamontagne –
ILL Librarian

7. Honorable Mention Cake “Wicked : the life and
times of the wicked witch of the West”
Decorated by Laura Wilson – Reference Librarian

8. Honorable Mention Cake “Little Bear”
Decorated by Nadine Kenney’s ESL Class

9. Honorable Mention Cake “Little Bear”
Decorated by Nadine Kenney’s ESL Class

10. Enjoying the Cakes!
Children from the FSU
Child Development Lab
– Enjoying some
afternoon cake!