Competition win is the icing on the cake for Walsall residents
Residents from a Walsall care home have emerged victorious in a regional Christmas cake making competition.
The residents living at Anchor’s Harden Hall on Coalpool Lane won Anchor’s Christmas Cake Competition with a traditional Christmas cake decorated with candy canes and hot chocolate inside.
The competition forms part of Anchor’s Creative Christmas campaign which aims to highlight the positive impact creativity can have on people’s wellbeing during the festive season.
The competition was held at Anchor’s Madeleine House care home. Residents from other Anchor care homes nearby came with the cakes they made to see who would take home the title of best Christmas cake!
A team of Anchor colleagues then picked the best Christmas cake based on taste, presentation and resident involvement. In the end, they all agreed that Harden Hall’s residents had made the best of all the cakes, with Warren Farm Lodge and Broomfield Court taking second and third place respectively.
Resident Yvonne Langford was overjoyed at winning the competition, saying: “I was really excited when I heard there was a Christmas cake competition. I never in a million years thought we’d win, so this was a wonderful surprise.
“I’ve always enjoyed decorating cakes, almost as much as I enjoy eating them! I always take part in the baking sessions at Anchor’s Harden Hall, so it was a really nice way to get into the holiday spirit.”
Jane McDonald, Home Manager of Anchor’s Harden Hall care home, said: “Activities such as baking, and cake decorating are a firm favourite among our residents at Anchor’s Harden Hall We’re all delighted that our cake won this year’s Christmas cake competition.
“We have some really talented bakers and decorators here! Thank you to Madelein House for hosting us and congratulations to Warren Farm Lodge and Broomfield Court too!
“It is nice to have this competition as a way of boosting the Christmas spirit.”
