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ANNOUNCEMENTS
	1. The Seventeenth Annual Ohio Stadium Cake was displayed prior to the Ohio State v. Michigan State football game on October 20, 2007. Pictures of this year's cake are now on line. Click here for more details and to see the pictures.
2. The 2007 Ohio Stadium Cake Sketch, commemorating the Seventeenth Annual Ohio Stadium Cake, is an aerial view of the front of the Shoe. 400 numbered prints, each signed by the artist, was made available for a $10 donation to the Stadum Cake Scholarship Fund. Fewer than ten of these prints remain! Click here for ordering information and to see all the sketches. You can also order one of the few remaining prior sketches.
	3. The Ohio Stadium Cake was cited in Pableaux Johnson's new book, "ESPN GameDay Gourmet."
4. The Ohio State Office of Student Financial Aid awarded four scholarships from the Stadium Cake Scholarship Fund for the 2007-08 school year. The recipients were Gloria Doty, a Special Education major from Dayton, Melissa Fuson, a Music Education major from Marysville, Jennifer Janko, a Political Science major from Lakewood, and Timothy Olmsted, an Atmospheric Science major from Dayton. Congratulations to Gloria, Melissa, Jennifer, and Timothy!
5. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the Eighteenth Annual Ohio Stadium Cake, please contact the Ohio Stadium Cake Crew by e-mail at OhioStadiumCake@aol.com or by mail at: Ohio Stadium Cake 3307 Rockland Court Dublin, Ohio 43017
6. The Stadium Cake Crew has submitted a story for inclusion in the upcoming book Stories of the Shoe. Click on the link below to learn more about the book's forthcoming publication and for information on how you can submit your own story. Stories of the Shoe

History and Purpose

The Stadium Cake was devised in 1991 as a light-hearted means of celebrating the great tradition of Ohio State football. In the fall of 1991, a group of five dedicated Buckeye alumni constructed the first cake replica of the Horseshoe during the week of the Ohio State v. Iowa football game for display at their pre-game tailgate party in the north lot of St. John Arena. Why? Because one of those tailgaters proclaimed that it couldn't be done. Wrong thing to say to people who worship poisonous nuts!

Although they considered their creation a confectionery masterpiece, like all great artists, the bakers immediately began contemplating improvements. Their ideas and the drive for perfection gave rise to the new and improved Second Annual Ohio Stadium Cake, this time for display prior to the 1992 Ohio State v. Michigan game. Since then, the 200-plus pound cake has been constructed for display at the creators' tailgate party before and during one home football game each year.

By its third year, the annual cake had become such a big hit with Ohio State fans that the cake crew decided to take advantage of the cake's popularity to raise funds for Ohio State's general need-based academic scholarship, the Scarlet and Gray Scholarship Fund. From the third through the eighth year, the confectionery masterpiece was served following the game for donations to that fund.

In 1999, the Stadium Cake Crew established the Stadium Cake Scholarship Fund within OSU's general need-based academic scholarship fund, and the money donated by loyal Buckeye fans since that year has been deposited into the new fund. With the Thirteenth Annual Ohio Stadium Cake, the Crew raised enough funds to fully endow the Stadium Cake Scholarship as a permanent means of financially assisting worthy Buckeye students. Donations since have helped grow the fund to more than $70,000. Way to go Buckeye fans!

All ingredients and time for the Stadium Cake are donated by local businesses and members of the community, and accordingly, 100% of all donations go directly to the Scholarship Fund.

Contents

Seventeenth Annual Ohio Stadium Cake

The Stadium Cake Scholarship

Contributors

Previous Stadium Cakes

Cake Construction

Cake Crew

The Official Stadium Cake Sketches

Contact Information

Other Links

Contributors

Without the generous support of these organizations, and the volunteers who bake
and decorate the cake, this creative fundraiser would not be possible.
Please visit our sponsors' websites by clicking on the links below.

Kroger Company

Benesch Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Atlas Blueprint & Supply, Atlas Color Imaging

Rotunda's Ohio Capitol Connection

ALCOA

Short North Piece of Cake

IPG Logo

Insurance Partners Group

Springdale Logo

Springdale Ice Cream & Beverage Company

Gordon Food Service

Previous Ohio Stadium Cakes Click on the links to read more about each Ohio Stadium Cake.
Annual Ohio Stadium Cake	Date	Game Opponent	Game Score	Amount Raised
First Annual Stadium Cake	November 2, 1991	Iowa	Iowa 16, OSU 9	NA
Second Annual Stadium Cake	November 21, 1992	Michigan	OSU 13, UM 13	NA
Third Annual Stadium Cake	October 30, 1993	Penn State	OSU 24, PSU 6	$167
Fourth Annual Stadium Cake	November 5, 1994	Wisconsin	OSU 24, Wisc. 3	$360
Fifth Annual Stadium Cake	September 30, 1995	Notre Dame	OSU 45, ND 26	$500
Sixth Annual Stadium Cake	October 5, 1996	Penn State	OSU 38, PSU 7	$910
Seventh Annual Stadium Cake	October 25, 1997	Northwestern	OSU 49, NU 6	$830
Eighth Annual Stadium Cake	October 3, 1998	Penn State	OSU 28, PSU 9	$700
Ninth Annual Stadium Cake	October 30, 1999	Iowa	OSU 41, Iowa 11	$2,120
Tenth Annual Stadium Cake	November 4, 2000	Michigan State	OSU 27, MSU 13	$3,321
Eleventh Annual Stadium Cake	November 10, 2001	Purdue	OSU 35, Purdue 9	$4,482
Twelfth Annual Stadium Cake	November 2, 2002	Minnesota	OSU 34, Minn. 3	$9,037
Thirteenth Annual Stadium Cake	November 8, 2003	Michigan State	OSU 33, MSU 23	$10,813
Fourteenth Annual Stadium Cake	October 23, 2004	Indiana	OSU 30, Indiana 7	$15,087
Fifteenth Annual Stadium Cake	November 5, 2005	Illinois	OSU 40, Illinois 2	$13,810
Sixteenth Annual Stadium Cake	October 28, 2006	Minnesota	OSU 44, Minn. 0	$15,040
Seventeenth Annual Stadium Cake	October 20, 2007	Michigan State	OSU 24, MSU 17	$10,043
Total Amount of Scholarship Money Raised:				$87,220

Stadium Cake Crew

Christopher Conrad ('96, '98)
JoEllen Conrad ('96, '00)
MorraLee Holzapfel ('81, '85)
Beth Tucker ('87)
Kim Tucker ('87)
Mark Tucker ('83, '86)
Jennifer Wells ('05)
Brian Papesh (Illinois, '88)
Deb Papesh (Illinois, '88)

Contact Information

If you wish to contact the Ohio Stadium Cake creators or send a donation to the scholarship fund it supports (make checks payable to The Ohio State University), please use the following street address:

Ohio Stadium Cake
3307 Rockland Court
Dublin, Ohio 43017

Or, you may contact us by e-mail at OhioStadiumCake@aol.com .

Although the Stadium Cake makes its appearance only once each year, donations to the Stadium Cake Scholarship Fund are accepted throughout the year. In addition, you may order one of the Ohio Stadium Cake sketches. To find out how, click here.

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Last revised: November 4, 2007