{"id":111611,"date":"2026-04-06T10:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/election-cake-bake-off-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:47:25","slug":"election-cake-bake-off-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/election-cake-bake-off-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Cake Bake Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for some sweet competition! Connecticut\u2019s Old State House is pleased to host its 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Election Cake Bake Off. Connecticut pastry chefs and bakers will go whisk to whisk to have their confection crowned the official Connecticut Election Cake of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Election Day in Connecticut once combined voting with parties, libations, parades, and\u00a0<em><i>cake!<\/i><\/em>\u00a0Stores sold special Election Cake ingredients to women who transformed them into spice cakes to serve to the crowds gathered to celebrate voting at the State House and other sites.\u00a0Help us revive this long-lost Connecticut tradition! \u201cElection Day Cakes are a great Connecticut tradition\u2014and a sweet reminder that voting is something to celebrate with both pride and community spirit,\u201d says Stephanie Thomas, Secretary of the State. \u201cI\u2019m especially excited to join our Kid Governor and Cabinet. Their passion for civic engagement and cake judging skills make them the perfect partners for this delicious celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut\u2019s Old State House has invited professional pastry chefs and bakers to create the official Connecticut Election Cake for 2026. Each competitor is challenged to create a delectable, non-partisan, election-themed cake that inspires voters and celebrates American democracy. Cakes will be judged based on presentation, creativity, and taste by a panel of judges. The winner of the bake off will be bestowed the honor of baking the cake for the annual birthday celebration of Connecticut\u2019s Old State House in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for some sweet competition! Connecticut\u2019s Old State House is pleased to host its 5th\u00a0Annual Election Cake Bake Off. Connecticut pastry chefs and bakers will go whisk to whisk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-111611","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Connecticut&#039;s Old State House","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/111611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/111611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111611"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=111611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}