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School's Out, Try for a Jackpot, Bake Angel Food Cake

See what's happening in Bensalem on Thursday, which is National Angel Food Cake Day.

  • Bensalem schools will be closed on Thursday for a professional development day.        
  • Parx Casino is offering a $5,000 weekly blackjack tournaments Thursday at noon. Free entry for all XClub card holders. First place is $2,500 cash, second-sixth places $500 cash each. Parx will host its weekend warm-up party from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday.                                               
  • YWCA Bucks County's 21st annual Breakfast with Friends fundraiser will be held Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at Spring Mill Manor, 171 Jacksonville Road in Ivyland. Cost is $50 and proceeds benefit YWCA programs and services to underserved children, women and families. Click here for more information.  
  • If you're looking for an excuse to bake a cake, now you have one: Thursday is National Angel Food Cake Day. For a twist on this light cake that's said to be the "food of the angels," try this recipe for a black and white angel food cake. 
  • You can burn some of the calories gained through angel food cake over-indulgence during a Zumba class Thursday at 7 p.m. at Bensalem Methodist Church, 4300 Hulmeville Road.

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