The Great Rare Books Bake Off
THE GREAT RARE BOOKS BAKE OFF
30 September - 8 October 2023
Monash has been challenged to a Bake Off and we need your help!
Penn State has engaged us in a friendly competition and the university with the most entries wins the Grand Champion Trophy.
Channel your inner chef and help Monash win The Great Rare Books Bake Off!
GET INVOLVED
1. Choose any recipe from either Monash or Penn State (below) that you’d like to bake.
2. Bake the recipe and take a photo or video of your finished product (baking fails welcome!).
3. Submit your entry by posting to your Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook between 30 September - 8 October 2023.
Include the hashtag #TheGreatRareBooksBakeOff and either #BakeMonash or #BakePennState depending on which team you are on. The institution with the most tags wins!
Remember: post between the dates above, use the hashtags, and make sure your account is public so your entry is viewable and your vote counts! If you don’t have a social media account or prefer us to post it for you, you can submit your entry by filling in our form.
Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram during those dates for regular updates.
THE RECIPES
Monash and Penn State have combed through our respective Special Collections and found some exceptionally enticing and delicious recipes.
Cooking International Conversions
Kitty’s Devil’s Food Cake
NEW!
Penn State
Chocolate Cream
COMING SOON!
Penn State
Chocolate Hedgehog
NEW!
Monash
Sources
Recipes sourced from:
PAST WINNERS
2022 Winner: Monash University
2021 Winner: Monash University
2020 Winner: Penn State
THE PRIZE
The university with the most participants in The Great Rare Books Bake Off will win possession of The Grand Champion Trophy to proudly display in their library. This handsomely engraved trophy, known to most as The Kudos Plate, is a vintage pie tin purchased from Apple Hill Antiques in State College, Pennsylvania on June 26th, 2020.
The pie tin was created in the early 1930s for the Mrs. Smith’s Delicious Home Made Pies Company, a business founded by Amanda Smith in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1925. Scholars generally agree that at some point between the tin’s initial creation in the early 1930s and the tin’s purchase in June of 2020, the pie which originally filled the tin was eaten by 1 or more unknown Pennsylvanians. While not verifiable, rumours persist that after that initial pie was fully consumed, the tin was used by its owners to create a number of their own homemade pies, many of which were likely also consumed before the tin’s acquisition by Apple Hill Antiques.