The creative abilities of Bake-Off® finalists extend beyond the kitchen; they have a certain flair when asking for autographs as well!
* In 1960, Ivy Baker Priest, then the Treasurer of the United States, was the Bake-Off® Contest's guest of honor. She signed dollar bills for the finalists-since she was the only person legally allowed to do so.
* Television host Art Linkletter was the Bake-Off® Contest's emcee 19 times, making him the most frequent participant, except for contest founder Philip Pillsbury. Linkletter got a big kick out of circulating on the Bake-Off® Contest floor, and was seen autographing everything from program books to flour bags, to the occasional egg!
PICTURE: Alice Reese receives the Grand Prize award from host Art Linkletter at the 13th Bake-Off® Contest in 1961.
From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.