UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 13, 2004


                              Tasty Baking Company
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


        Pennsylvania                  1-5084                 23-1145880
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of    (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)     File Number)         Identification No.)



2801 Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                19129
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (215) 221-8500
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                                 Not applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 8.01.  Other Events
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         On December 13, 2004, Tasty Baking Company (the "Company") announced to
its  employees  the  amendment  of the Tasty  Baking  Company  Pension Plan (the
"Pension Plan") to freeze benefit accruals effective March 26, 2005. The Company
also amended the Tasty Baking Company  401(k)/Thrift Plan (the "401(k) Plan") to
increase  the Company  matching  contribution  and to create a new Tasty  Funded
Retirement Account providing Company  contributions  regardless of an employee's
participation  in the 401(k) Plan, which changes will become effective March 27,
2005.

         In connection with these changes to the Company's retirement plans, the
Board of Directors  amended and  restated the Pension Plan and 401(k) Plan.  The
Pension  Plan was amended to cease the accrual of benefits  for a  participant's
service after March 26, 2005. However, participants will be credited for service
after March 26, 2005 for vesting  purposes  pursuant to the terms of the Pension
Plan.  Each vested  participant  will receive his or her pension benefit accrued
through March 26, 2005 upon retirement from the Company.

         The  401(k)  Plan  was  amended  to  provide  for   employer   matching
contributions  equal to fifty percent of a participant's  elective  deferrals to
the  401(k)  Plan  up  to  a  maximum  of  four  percent  of  the  participant's
compensation.  The 401(k) Plan will also be amended to create a new Tasty Funded
Retirement Account in which the Company will make employer contributions into an
individual  account  for each  eligible  employee,  regardless  of  whether  the
employee makes elective  deferrals in the 401(k) Plan. These  contributions will
be equal to a percentage  of an employee's  compensation  and will increase with
the employee's age and years of credited service.



Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable




                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                TASTY BAKING COMPANY
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                                                (Registrant)


         Date:  December 16, 2004               /S/ David S. Marberger
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                                                David S. Marberger
                                                Senior Vice President and Chief
                                                Financial Officer