Baking and Home Preserves
Baking
Judging Criteria
GENERAL APPEARANCE; TEXTURE; TENDERNESS; COLOUR; FLAVOUR; TASTE AND ODOUR:
Entries must comply with number asked for. Baking to be placed in zip lock type
plastic bags, except iced cakes. (No see through wrap). Pies to be made the day
before the fair. No prepared mixes to be used. One entry per class. All baking
must be of simple, high quality.
Section Y - BAKING
CLASS
Y1 Apple Pie
Y2 Any 2 crust pie
Y3 Butter tarts - 4
Y4 Chocolate cake- frosted- 2 layers-1
Y5 White cake- 8" or 9" square
Y6 Brownies - 6 pieces
Y8 Cinnamon Rolls - 6
Y7 Matrimonial cake – 6 pieces
Y9 Bread rolls – 6
Y10 Baking powder biscuits – 6
Y11 Muffins – any variety – 6
Y12 Lemon loaf – 1
Y13 Single Chocolate chip cookies
Y14 Rolled sugar cookies - 6
Y15 Loaf of bread – 1- made from scratch
Y16 Loaf of bread – 1 whole wheat
Home Preserves
Judging Criteria
Vegetables & Fruit - Appearance – original shape, natural colour free from cloudiness. Pack – the sizes of food uniform , contents does not float, cleanliness of containers.
Jams - Appearance - the colour to be characteristic of fruits, Texture – no separation of fruit and juice. Flavour – natural flavour of fruit. Clean canning sealers new lids and metal rings with no rust. Seal tight no paraffin. Jelly - Appearance, natural colour, clarity, clear and sparkling. Flavour - natural flavour of fruit. Container – proper canning sealers with metal lids and rings. Seal - tight seal, no paraffin.
Pickles and relish - Appearance-uniform of colour no cloudiness of liquid. Texture - Crisp no excess shrivelling or hollowness. All fruits and vegetables of relish should be finely chopped. Flavour and odour - no one flavour too pronounced, a pleasant blend. Container - clean home canning sealers, rings clean and free of rust new metal snap lids, secure seals. NO
ENTRIES OTHER THEN THOSE LISTED.
Section P - HOME PRESERVES
CLASS
Fruit and vegetables
P1 Cherries
P2 Peaches
P3 Pears
P4 Apricots
P5 Plums
P6 Tomatoes
P7 Beans – green
Jams and Jellies
P8 Apricot Jam
P9 Raspberry Jam
P10 Strawberry Jam
P11 Wild Berry Jam
P12 Any jam not mentioned
P13 Grape Jelly
P14 Wild Berry Jelly
P15 Any Jelly not mentioned
Pickles and Relish
PR1 Dill Cucumber Pickle
PR2 Bread & Butter Pickles
PR3 Beet Pickles
PR4 Sweet Mixed Pickles
PR5 Any pickles not mentioned
PR6 Cucumber Relish
PR7 Antipasto
PR8 Any Relish not mentioned
PR9 Salsa