Department O1 - Cakes, Cookies & Cupcakes

Superintendent: Donna Cheney (217) 842-5817

Rules:

1. Please read the general rules for Domestic Arts.

2. All exhibits must be made by the exhibitor, no prepared mixes will be allowed, except in the Decorated Cake Classes, #720, #721, and #722; and Cupcake Class #738.

3. Only one entry is allowed from a recipe, dividing a recipe and entering in more than one class is not permitted.

4. Cake entries will be one-half (1/2) of a cake. Do not frost cut side of cake. Place cakes on cardboard covered with white paper, the same size and shape as the cake. Put in Ziplock bag.

5. Cookies—Five (5) must be displayed as follows: Wrap four (4) on a 6 in. paper plate, with fifth wrapped separately and placed on top. No icing is permitted on any cookie. Use Ziplock bag.

6. Doughnut—Three (3) must be displayed on a 6 in. paper plate.Use Ziplock bag.

7. Five (5) cupcakes will be judged on decorations only. They must be baked in cupcake or muffin pans.

8. President’s Cookie Jar entries must contain two dozen cookies consisting of 6 different kinds. Judging will be 85% on the cookies and 15% on the jar decoration. Contents of jar will be presented to the President of the Hancock County Fair, but the jar will remain the property of the exhibitor.

9. ENTRY FEE: fifty cents per entry.

Classes:
     

1st

2nd

3rd

Cakes without Shortening

 

710

Angel Food-No Icing

$5

4

3

Layered Butter Type Cakes

 

711

Red Velvet - Iced

$6

5

4

 

712

German Chocolate Iced

$6

5

4

 

713

Carrot Cake - Red

$6

5

4

 

714

Devil’s Food or Chocolate-Any Icing

$6

5

4

 

715

Nut - White Icing

$6

5

4

 

716

Yellow - Any Icing

$6

5

4

Loaf and One-Layered Cakes

  717 Chocolate Texas Cake Iced (6 squares)

$5

4

3

 

718

Applesauce-Layered Iced

$5

4

3

 

719

Yellow Pound Loaf-United

$5

4

3

Decorated Cakes

 

720

Cake from Molded Pan

$10

7.50

5

 

721

Cutout Cake

$10

7.50

5

 

722

Wedding or Anniversary Cake

$10

7.50

5

Cookies

 

723

Plain Chocolate-No Fruit or Nuts

$4

3.50

3

 

724

Date Nut

$4

3.50

3

 

725

Fruit without Nuts

$4

3.50

3

 

726

Macaroons-with Coconut

$4

3.50

3

 

727

Oatmeal-with Raisins

$4

3.50

3

 

728

Chocolate Chip

$4

3.50

3

Cookies-Cut, Pressed or Rolled

 

729

Gingersnap

$4

3.50

3

 

730

Ice Box

$4

3.50

3

 

731

Peanut Butter

$4

3.50

3

 

732

Sugar

$4

3.50

3

 

733

Snicker Doodles

$4

3.50

3

Decorated Cookies

 

734

Decorated Cookie -- 6 on a plate

$5

$4

3

Brownies

 

735

Chocolate-No Frosting

$4

3.50

3

 

736

Blonde-No Frosting

$4

3.50

3

Miscellaneous

 

737

Doughnut-Plain or Cake

$4

3.50

3

 

738

Cupcakes

$4

3.50

3

 

739

President’s Cookie Jar

$10

7.50

5