Cupcake Battle on
the Hill
Class 5: Youth (ages
8-18)
Class 6: Adult
Class 7: Professional (anyone that receives
any income from baking/decorating)
Premiums:
$25, $20, $15
- Cup cakes and frosting may be either
from “scratch” or your favorite
mix.
- Recipe must be hand written or typed
on 8 1/2” X 11” paper. If
using a mix, you must include the brand
of mix used.
- Write your name, address, and phone
number on back of recipe.
- Exhibitor must enter 6 cupcakes of the
same kind. They will be judged on both
taste and presentation.
- Cupcakes are to be presented on a non-returnable
plate.
- One entry per person.
- Cupcakes and frosting must include components
that do not require refrigeration.
Class 8: Sticky
Bun Contest
Class 9: Cinnamon
Rolls
Premiums: $20, $15,
$10
- Entries must be made from “Scratch”;
no mixes, baked in an 8”X8”
pan.
- Buns need to be covered to preserve
freshness.
- A printed or typed recipe, which includes
both ingredients and method of preparation,
must be submitted on a 8 ½ X 11”
paper with exhibitor’s name, address,
and phone number on the back.
Angel
Food Cake Contest
1. Open to any individual who is a Pennsylvania
resident.
2. Entrants may NOT have won 1st place
in this Angel Food Cake contest at any other
fair in 2011.
3. Entry must be an Angel Food Cake made
from “scratch”.
4. Pennsylvania produced & packed eggs
are requested to be used if at all possible.
Please look for the PEQAP or PA Preferred
logo or PA packaging dates on the carton.
5. Refrigeration is NOT available at the
Fair or PA Farm Show. Entries that require
refrigeration after baking must indicate
so in the recipe. Those entries will not
be sold, auctioned or otherwise distributed
for consumption after judging for food safety
reasons.
6. Cake entry must be submitted for judging
on cardboard.
7. Recipe(s) listing the ingredients and
the preparation instructions must be submitted
with the entry (printed on one-side of 8-1/2"
x 11" size paper). Entrant’s
name, address & phone # must be printed
on the back of the page.
8. Judging will be based on the following
criteria:
• Flavor (smell, taste, flavoring)
- 30 points
• Inside Characteristics (texture
& lightness) - 25 points
• Overall Appearance (surface, size,
color) - 20 points
• Creativity - 15 points
• Topping, Icing or Decoration - 10
points
PRIZES: 1st = $25 2nd = $15 3rd
= $10
First Place Winner is eligible for
the 2012 PA Farm Show competition.
Prizes for the PA State Angel Food Cake
Winners:1st = $500 2nd = $250 3rd = $100
Sponsors: Pennsylvania’s Egg Farmers
& PA State Assoc. of County Fairs
Blue Ribbon Apple
Pie Contest
The certified first place winner
from each fair will then have the opportunity
to enter an apple pie in the BLUE RIBBON
APPLE PIE CONTEST at the 2012 PENNSYLVANIA
STATE FARM SHOW.
1. Each pie should be judged on the following
basis: Overall Appearance 15 points, Crust:
color, flavor, texture, doneness, 20 points,
Flavor: 30 points, Filling: consistency,
doneness, moistness and flavor, 25 points,
Creativity: 10 points.
Creativity is essential to a varied competition.
Do not limit yourself to a “traditional”
two-crusted apple pie. We are looking for
a variety of fillings in the pies; the pie
must include at least 60% apples in the
filling.
2. A neatly handwritten or typed recipe
for the pie and pie crust must be submitted
on a standard 8 ½ by 11 sheet of
paper. Please use one side only. This recipe
will also need to be submitted when entering
at the Farm Show.
3. Refrigeration is not available at the
Fair or PA Farm Show. Entries that require
refrigeration after baking must indicate
so in the recipe. Those entries will not
be sold, auctioned or otherwise distributed
for consumption after the judging for food
safety reasons.
4. Each fair will certify the winning apple
pie baker and this person will be eligible
to enter the state competition at the 2012
Farm Show.
NOTE: If an individual has already won
1st place at another fair in 2011 for this
Blue Ribbon Apple Pie contest, that individual
is now considered qualified through that
Fair to compete at the 2012 PA Farm Show
and is no longer eligible to enter this
contest at any upcoming Fairs.
Premiums for the 2012 PA FARM SHOW competition
will be as follows: First Place - $500.00;
Second Place - $250.00; Third Place - $100;
Fourth Place - ribbon; Fifth Place - ribbon
At the PA FARM SHOW level, this contest
is jointly sponsored by The Pennsylvania
Apple Marketing Program, The Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, and The Pennsylvania
State Association of County Fairs
