Keeler Tavern Museum’s Family Day, a fun-filled history extravaganza (free admission) on Saturday, June 13, will feature a cake contest. Bakers of all capabilities are invited to join the fun, bringing their creations to the Museum at 132 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT, by 10:00 a.m. that day to be enjoyed by the hundreds of attendees expected.
Submissions are invited from both amateurs and professionals. Professional bakers’ submissions will be offered in a silent auction that will occur during Family Day, with proceeds of the auction going to support Museum operations. Winners of the silent auction bidding will take home a professionally baked cake to enjoy.
Amateur bakers’ submissions will be judged on appearance and taste by a panel of prominent Ridgefielders: Weir Farm National Historic Site’s Cassie Werne; Ridgefield Library’s Executive Director Chris Nolan; Paul Gervais of the Ridgefield Arts Council; Liz Gagnon, Catering Manager at Nature’s Temptations; and Joel Third, President of the Museum’s Board of Directors. Prizes will be awarded to the amateurs, with the winners announced on Family Day between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m., after which their cakes will be served to event attendees.
The Keeler Tavern Museum, 132 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, presents three centuries of the region’s history through the lives of the families that occupied the site starting in 1713. It offers docent-led tours of its period-furnished Museum building February through December, and its Cass Gilbert-designed Carriage Barn, Garden House, and garden are venues for many public and private events. More information may be found at www.keelertavernmuseum.org or on the museum’s Facebook page at Facebook/Keeler Tavern Museum.
Photo Caption: Bakers are invited to compete in Keeler Tavern Museum’s cake contest at Family Day on June 13th--as they did for the Museum’s 300th Birthday--competing for recognition in two categories, professional and amateur.