Attention bakers, Campbellsburg festival wants you

Attention bakers

The Campbellsburg Country Festival Baking Contest will be Saturday July 11, 2020. It is open to bakers of all ages, and from all areas. This year’s sponsor is K & E Market.  

Contestants may enter their baked goods between 10 and 11:30 a.m., at the Campbellsburg Baptist Church on State Road 60 on July 11. The committee will not accept late entries. Judging will take place at noon and is not open to the public. 

All entries will be auctioned off Saturday afternoon following the awards and announcement of the winners, at approximately 4:30 p.m.

There are three categories: cakes (made from scratch), fruit pies (both crust and filling to be made from scratch AND no canned fruit), rolled or drop cookies (made from scratch).

The committee asks that those who enter baked goods, pay close attention to the rules. They are as follows:

RULES:

• Contestants should enter a whole cake, pie, or a baker’s dozen cookies (13)

• All entries must be presented in disposable containers, or if not, they will not be returned and entries should be covered with clear plastic wrap.

• Entries must NOT require refrigeration.

• Filling, frosting, glazing, pie filling, and meringue, whether cooked or uncooked, are not permitted to contain cream cheese, whipped cream, unpasturized milk or raw eggs/eggwhites (pasteurized eggs or eggs cooked to 160F may be used) HOME CANNED FRUITS ARE NOT PERMITTED.   Contestants should carefully wash their hands and make sure their hands do not have any open cuts before preparing foods.

• Recipes must list which ingredients were used in each part of the entry (including pie crust and frosting) and are to be printed  on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper.

• Contestants names are NOT to be on either entry, or the recipe.

• Each contestant may enter only one item in each category but are welcome to enter all categories. 

• No recipe, container, or entry will be returned.

• Failure to comply with the above rules will result in points being deducted for each violation

 The first place winner in each category will receive $50, second place $25, and third place $15.  

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