San Francisco Bi Centennial Cake

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20 SAN FRANCISCO BI CENTENNIAL CAKE The world's largest, tastiest and most beautiful birthday cake, 35,000 lbs., cost $100,000. Displayed in Rotunda of The Emporium Downtown. Thirty feet high, it is decorated with 2,000 lbs. of Royal Icing depicting scenes from San Francisco's 200-year history. Top- ped by a five foot phoenix, the City's symbol, surrounded by 200 electric candles. The rich fruit cake, pre-wrapped in cello, is extracted by removing the handsomely decorated panels, thus leaving decor virtually intact. Recipe in part: 2,625 lbs. flour, 665 dozen eggs, 2,310 SAN FRANCISCO TWIN BICENTENNIAL Ibs. sugar, 10,745 lbs. pineapple, 8,925 lbs. cherries, 4,620 lbs. pecans, and a 220 lb. “pinch of salt". 1776 1976

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Post Gard PEOPLE'S RIGHT? USA 100 “A SIGHT AND A TASTE TO REMEMBER” The giant cake endorsed by the San Francisco Twin Bicentennial, Inc. was mixed and baked by Thee of California. Sponsored by The Emporium. Produced by Centennial Cakes, 681 Market Street under direction George Molecey. Sugar decoration by Sharon and Steve Volk of "Creative Cakes by Volk”, Saratoga, Ca. His- toric research and art direction by Janet Bennett. PETITION FOR REDRESS 1978 Dear Falks, marian took us I to s . 7. I just I love it as it is reminds me of the Ny hustle and the rushing a lots of I people. The weather too chily for me. Era Mape alliollo, Edder Fraxe Mrs H. Hinton 1118 Mace are Card & display copyright 1975-6 by Centennial Cakes Co., San Francisco, Calif. 110469 وی ها و