Cooking contest: ‘Bundts Across America’

Nordic Ware is searching for recipes that best celebrate 10 American holidays for its “Bundts Across America” contest, which ends Sept. 1.Each recipe entered into the contest will be judged on originality, taste, texture, visual appearance, use of ingredients and an essay describing how the entry represents in its own special way, one of America’s popular holidays.

Because there is a Bundt pan for every season, bakers will be encouraged to make good use of one of the many seasonal Bundt designs from Nordic Ware. Bakers will be required to capture the essence of the Bundt cake meaning no elaborate use of frostings.

Bakers must create recipes for one of the following popular holidays: Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas. Nordic Ware staff and a team of experienced culinary experts will carefully evaluate each recipe and pick 10 finalists.

The 10 finalists will participate in the national bakeoff contest to be held in San Francisco in October. The grand prize winner of the “2007 Bundts Across America” will receive $10,000 in cash. Rules and an official entry form are at www.nordicware.com.