Home Baking

The 2024 theme is: Bees - "Nature's Heroes"

Information: Stacey Campbell , Natasha Campbell, Crystal Campbell

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**Please note Rules Governing the Perth Fair. They pertain to all classes. Please read them carefully.

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All items (except whole loaves of bread) to be displayed on sturdy disposable plates (the smallest size to hold the entry)

• All entries to be placed in clear zip-lock bags or plastic bags with twist ties

• Securely attach tag to outside of bag, in a bottom corner

• No commercial mixes or fillings to be used

• No glazes on breads or rolls

• Cakes are to be baked in 8” or 9” round or square pans

• Cakes cut in quarters are to include the outside edge and into the centre (see diagrams)                                                           

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JUDGING TIPS

• Bread and rolls - Well proportioned; rounded crust with no cracks or bulges

• Muffins - Symmetrical shape, no peaks

• Cookies - Approx. 2-2 ½" round

• Squares - Approx. 1½" square, not cut from the outside edge of pan; holds shape when served

• Fudge - Approx 1 1/2" square

• Loaves - A crack in the centre of the top of loaf is acceptable; fruit evenly distributed; even grain

• When submitting 3 cookies, rolls, muffins, etc. - uniform size; even colouring

• Pies and tarts - Crust is medium thickness, flaky, golden brown; filling holds shape when served

• Cakes - Level or slightly rounded top; even grain; if iced, icing is creamy, not too thick

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Class 702

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Prize Money:
Classes 1-4: 1st $8.00, 2nd $7.00, 3rd $6.00
Classes 5-31, 39-45: 1st $6, 2nd $5.00, 3rd $4.00

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BREAD & YEAST PRODUCTS (No Bread Machine)

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1.    White bread - 1 loaf

2.    60% Whole wheat bread - 1 loaf

3.    White dinner rolls - 3

4.    Cinnamon Buns - 3  (out of pan)

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MUFFINS, BISCUITS & LOAVES

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5.    Plain tea biscuits - 3

6.    Muffins containing rolled oats and fruit - 3 

7.    Banana Muffins - 3

8.    Chocolate Chip Muffins - 3 

9.    Bran Muffins (without nuts or raisins) - 3

10.  Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese icing - 3

11.  Banana Loaf (without  nuts) - 1/2 loaf

12.  Lemon Loaf with glaze - 1/2 loaf

13. Pumpkin Loaf - 1/2 loaf

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COOKIES

14.  Peanut Butter Cookies - 3

15.  Sugar Cookies - 3

16.  President Derek's Chocolate Chip Cookies - 3 (as per recipe below)

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President Derek’s
Chocolate Chip Cookies
½ cup shortening

1 cup & 2 Tbsp. sifted flour
¼ cup white sugar 

½ tsp. baking soda
½ cup brown sugar

½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. vanilla

1 cup chocolate chips
1 egg well beaten

Cream together shortening, sugars and vanilla.
Add well beaten egg and mix thoroughly. Blend
in flour, soda and salt and mix until smooth. Add
chocolate chips. Drop onto cookie sheet and
flatten with a fork.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10 – 11 minutes.
Enjoy!

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17.  Oatmeal Cookies with raisins - 3

18.  Ginger cookies - 3

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SQUARES

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19.  Brownies iced, without nuts - 3

20.  A square made with sweetened condensed milk - 3

21.  Plate of assorted squares - 3 kinds - 1 of each kind

22.  Lemon squares - 3 

23.  Date squares - 3

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NO BAKE

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24.  Chocolate fudge - 3 pieces

25.  Peanut Butter fudge - 3 pieces

26.  Maple fudge - 3 pieces

27.  No bake Haystack cookies - 3 pieces

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PIES

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28. Apple pie - 1 large slice

29. Pumpkin pie - 1 large slice

30. Rhubarb pie - 1 large slice

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CAKE

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31. Chocolate cake (double layer)

       3” wedge, attractively displayed with garnish on a plate

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32. Cake decorated to reflect this years theme "Bees"

PRIZE MONEY - 1st $12.00 , 2nd $10.00, 3rd $8.00

Judged entirely on appearance, forms or blocks may be used instead of actual cake. Edible decorations only.

33. Honey-Sweetened Spice Cake - 1/4 of cake

See recipe Below

Prize Money - 1st $12.00, 2nd $10.00, 3rd $8.00

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Honey-Sweetened Spice Cake

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt
¾ tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. all spice

½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tsp. cloves

½ cup butter softened
1 ¼ cup honey

2 eggs
1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

1 ¼ cup milk

In a medium sized bowl add flour, baking
powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger,
nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. Set aside. In a
large bowl, cream softened butter and honey
with hand mixer until soft and fluffy, scraping
down sides of bowl as needed. Add eggs and
vanilla and mix well. Add one third of the dry
ingredients to the batter and mix. Add one half
of the milk and mix. Add another third of the dry
ingredients and mix. Add the last half of the milk
and mix until combined. Add the final third of the
dry ingredients and mix until combined. Pour
cake batter into greased 9 x 13 baking pan.

Bake at 300 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes or
until top springs back to the touch.

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McVEIGH SPECIAL:

PRIZE - 1st $12.00, 2nd $8.00 3rd $5.00

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34. Butter Tarts - no raisins or nuts - 3   Made with butter 

 Winner agrees to compete at District 2 level annual meeting Nov 2024. The winner from our district competes at             the OAAS Convention in Toronto in Feb. 2025. District and OAAS competitions require 6 Tarts. 

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LANARK COUNTY MILK PRODUCERS:

PRIZE - 1st $8.00, 2nd $6.00 3RD $5.00

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35. Blueberry Muffins - 3

       Must be made with a dairy product

36. Cheese Scones – 3 wedges

       Must be made with a dairy product

37. Shortbread cookies -3

       Made with butter   ​                                                                                                    

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JUNIOR BAKING

AGED 15 YEARS AND YOUNGER

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38. White bread made in a bread machine - 1 loaf
Kristina Desjardine Special
PRIZE - 1st $15.00, 2nd $7.00, 3rd $6.00

39. Chocolate Chip Cookies, without nuts - 3                                                                                                                 

       Winner agrees to compete at District 2 level annual meeting Nov 2024. The winner from our district competes at             the OAAS convention in Toronto in February 2025. The District and OAAS competitions require 6 cookies.

40. A tasty treat including Rice Krispies - 3 pieces/squares

41. Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie - 5-6 inches wide, without nuts

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Note: The following cookies and cupcakes will be judged on decorations only.

All decorations must be edible.

Decorated to reflect Bee theme

42. Cookies - AGE 9 & under - 3 Cookies

43. Cookies- AGE 10 - 15yrs - 3 Cookies

44. Cupcakes - AGE 9 & under - 3 Cupcakes

45. Cupcakes  - AGE 10 - 15yrs - 3 Cupcakes

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MOST POINTS IN HOME BAKING

Classes 1-37

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$30 Gift certificate

Sponsored by: Foodsmiths

2nd MOST POINTS

$20 Gift certificate

Sponsored by: Foodsmiths

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BEST JUNIOR BAKER 

(Age 15 and younger)

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Prize: $25 cash

Must enter a minimum of three classes - 1-45

Sponsored by: Sharon Bjergso in Memory of Nancy McTavish

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