2019 Logan County Fair

Page 226 2019 Logan County Fair LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 28-August 4, 2019 she was awarded the Best Overall with the same entry. When judging the spice cake entries, McAllister noted that she was not particularly a fan of spice cake. However, as a judge she could still be objective and impartial because she still discerned between the two and made her decisions based on certain criteria for a spice cake. Carlene Carter also won that category. There were two cakes in the Red Velvet category with Joyce Conrady taking the first place position with her cake. McAllister noted that both cakes entered had domed tops. She said there were different schools of thought on whether or not a cake should have a flat top. For herself, she has no objection to the top being a little rounded as long as it is consistent. She said for a decorated cake a flat top is more important, but for this category a round top was perfectly acceptable. Dana Oltmans was the single entry in the Angel Food Cakes and took first prize in that category. There were three very different looking and tasting cakes in the Chiffon – Any Flavor. McAllister said that she could easily have gone either way on placing the second and third place cakes and wished she could have given them both a second place award as they were equally good. The top cake in the category went to Jeanne Runyon. This year there was no Teen Chocolate, so the judging was completed with the Chiffons. After the judging, Rebecca Johnson worked to compile the competitor list for the Cake Classic. At the beginning of the judging, Culinary Superintendent Janet Estill suggested that because of the low number of entries, anyone and everyone who submitted a cake might want to stick around to help work out the Cake Classic entries. At the end of the day, the winners present CONTINUE