EXHIBIT 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Laurence Weilheimer as his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1) execute  for and on behalf of the  undersigned  a Form 3, 4 and 5 relating to
the awards of deferred stock units under the Tasty Baking Company Deferred Stock
Unit Plan for  Directors  in  accordance  with Section  16(a) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2) do and  perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the  undersigned  which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or
5 and the  timely  filing of such form with the  United  States  Securities  and
Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which,  in the  opinion of such  attorney-in-fact,  may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of or legally  required by the  undersigned,  it being  understood
that  the  documents  executed  by  such   attorney-in-fact  on  behalf  of  the
undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and  conditions as such  attorney-in-fact  may approve in his
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such  attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing  whatsoever  requisite,  necessary
and proper to be done in the  exercise  of any of the  rights and powers  herein
granted,  as fully to all intents and  purposes as the  undersigned  could do if
personally   present,   hereby   ratifying   and   confirming   all  that   such
attorney-in-fact  shall  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power
of  Attorney  and  the  rights  and  powers  herein  granted.   The  undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the  request  of the  undersigned,  is  not  assuming  any of the  undersigned's
responsibilities  to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange  Act.  This Power of
Attorney  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until the  undersigned  is no
longer  required  to file  Forms  3, 4 or 5 with  respect  to the  undersigned's
holdings of and  transactions  in  securities  issued by Tasty  Baking  Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  has caused  this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 13th day of April, 2007.




                                  By:  /s/ Judith M. von Seldeneck                                  
                                        Judith M. von Seldeneck