by Village Insider on January 27, 2012
The “Tipsy Tavern” Pound Cake, created by Diane Decembrino of Sewell, New Jersey, won First Place in the Cock ‘n Bull Birthday Cake Recipe Contest. The “Tipsy Tavern” will be featured on the restaurant’s menu from February 14 through December 2012.
Look for the "Tipsy Tavern" Pound Cake featured on the Cock 'n Bull menu
Three dozen contestants competed on January 21 at the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant for the chance to have their original cake featured on the menu in honor of the 50th Anniversary. The judges for the contest included Kerry Burns of Town Crier Bakery, Cock ‘n Bull Executive Chef Kevin Nagle and award-winning pastry chef and teacher Debi Lang. The second place went to Donna Zalewski of New Hope, PA for her Apple Almond Cake. Christine Mitchell-Kenney of Upper Black Eddy, PA placed third for her White Buttermilk Cake.
Diane said that her cake was inspired by a vintage whiskey and molasses pound cake served in pubs since the early 1900s. Her recipe substitutes amaretto and brown sugar for those original ingredients.
“This change has given the cake a wonderful light almond flavor & perfect density that’s been a hit with our family and friends at many birthday and holiday parties,” said Diane.
The Town Crier Bakery will produce the personal-sized “Tipsy Tavern” Pound Cake for the Cock ‘n Bull’s dessert menu from February 14 through December 2012. If you were born in 1962, please join us in 2012 during your 50th birthday month to celebrate your special day with a complimentary dinner at the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant including “Tipsy Tavern” Pound Cake!
The Cake Recipe Contest kicked off an exciting year of 50th Anniversary festivities, new events, contests and promotions. For the full schedule and more details on this landmark year, please visit the Peddler’s Village website at http://www.peddlersvillage.com/promotions/50th-anniv/default.aspx or call 215-794-4000.
by Village Insider on December 9, 2011
Peddler’s Village celebrates its 50th year in 2012, featuring a year-long party, special birthday festivities, new festivals and family events, contests, promotions and signature 50th anniversary merchandise.
More than 25 million guests have visited Peddler’s Village with family and friends in the past five decades. Guests, old and new, can look forward to appreciating treasured memories with vintage photo and memory contests, memorabilia displays, community reunions and celebrations throughout 2012. The month of June is the Birthday Celebration Month, filled with events including a Customer Appreciation event, a Family Reunion and the most spectacular Celebration of Freedom ever!
Earl Jamison started Peddler’s Village in June 1962 with 14 shops and the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant on a 4-acre parcel of land known as “Antique Town” that included only a chicken barn, coops, and one antique shop. The Village now hosts 1.5 million guests annually, covers 42 acres and features 70 specialty shops, 6 restaurants, Giggleberry Fair family entertainment center, the Golden Plough Inn and 12 major festivals and events.
A major highlight of the year’s celebration will be the Peddler’s Village Rube Goldberg Challenge in honor of our 50th anniversary and founder Earl Jamison who loved Rube Goldberg machines. Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, the Peddler’s Village Rube Goldberg Challenge invites anyone to design and build a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task. The Rube Goldberg Challenge task for 2012 is to blow up and pop a non-inflated balloon in celebration of the Peddler’s Village 50th Anniversary. Rube Goldberg’s grandchildren and Philadelphia television personality Don Polec will make special guest appearances as celebrity judges of the competition!
Countless visitors over the decades have enjoyed the award-winning gardens of Peddler’s Village. In honor of our horticultural heritage, Peddler’s Village will launch the multi-year program 50 Trees for 50 Years. Please join us in 2012 as we begin the selection of 50 beautiful trees to enhance our Bucks County landscape.
The shops of Peddler’s Village will launch a 50 Weeks of Shopping campaign on January 1, highlighting their unique merchandise, services and locally made products with fun events and promotions that recognize the anniversary and thank our community of loyal shoppers.
For 50 years, families have chosen to spend their special moments at Peddler’s Village. If you were born in 1962, please join us in 2012 on your 50th birthday to celebrate your special day with a complimentary dinner in the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant.
The full year’s schedule and more details on this landmark year will be posted on our website at http://www.peddlersvillage.com/promotions/50th-anniv/default.aspx.
