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Patty Huffer and Rose Harrold
dominate at the Friday culinary judging
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[August 07, 2023]
Friday morning was the second section of the
Department O Dairy and Culinary judging, focusing on candies, snack
foods and cakes. The day proved to be a boost to the confidence of
several local cooks and bakers as their items took first place
ribbons at the discretion of judge Brenda Silano.
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Silano, a Home Economics teacher was judging the
Friday event for the second year in a row. Her style of judging is
quiet and quick, making the large show last only a couple of hours.
As she went along, Silano did share a couple of interesting facts in
the cake category. For example, did you know that German Chocolate
Cake is not an old-world recipe from the country of Germany?
It’s true. The cake was the concoction of Samuel German in 1852 in
the United States. German had developed a sweet chocolate that was
lighter and with a milder taste than the original dark chocolates of
the day. To help market his product he created the “German’s Sweet
Chocolate Cake” recipe.
Silano said later on, the apostrophe “s” was dropped, and the cake
became German Sweet Chocolate Cake. And of course, today many people
leave out the word “sweet” and simply refer to the cake with a
lovely coconut and pecan filling as “German Chocolate Cake.
The morning of judging began with the candies and snack foods, where
Patty Huffer won three of the categories to dominate the first half
of the day.
Candies and Snack Food winners were:
Peanut Cluster (no photo)
Brooke Harnacke
Peanut Brittle
Carlene Carter (pictured left) with her sister Darlene Crider who
won the carmel corn category
Caramel (no photo)
Rose Harrold
Fudge without Marshmallow Crème (no photo)
Kathleen Buse
Patty Huffer took first in the “Any other candy not listed” category
with her peanut butter Buckeyes.
In Snack Foods, Huffer won the first category of the day taking home
a ribbon for her “Pretzel Treat.”
Snack Food winners cont.
Carmel Corn
Darlene Crider
Trail Mix
Patty Huffer
Cereal Treat
Karen Sandel
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In the judging of the cakes Rose Harrold won three
categories, the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, Angel Food
cake and the Chiffon cake. Knowing she would have the opportunity to
bake at the Cake Classic, Harrold was asked which of the three cakes
she would bake on Sunday. She said her first choice would be her
chocolate cake.
In the cakes the winners were:
German Sweet Chocolate Cake
Karen Sandel
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Rose Harrold
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Christy Cross
Red Velvet Cake, frosted
Christy Cross
Baker’s Choice
Hannah Crider with her Strawberry Banana Cake with Strawberry
Frosting
Displayed by 2023 Junior Miss Logan County Ella Wrage, and Miss
Logan County Fair Ellyn Martinez
Angel Food without frosting
Rose Harrold
Chiffon Cake with no frosting
Rose Harrold
[Nila Smith] |
