©2011 Galesburg Broadcasting Co.
| Baked Goods Bring In Big Bucks |
UPDATED 9:03 a-m 8/16/09 Selecting the best cakes, pies and cookies to be auctioned off at a local summer event is both a lot of fun and, seriously, a lot work.
Four women had the task of judging more than 70 entries in Saturday night's Cake, Pie and Cookie auction, a fundraiser for the annual Abingdon Community Festival. The day begins with both adults and children submitting their creations for a chance to win prize money and be the grand champions in various classes.
Lisa Robinson of Abingdon was one of the judges who spent about three hours sampling the entries and marking her findings down on a scorecard. The judges don't know who submitted what.
Robinson tells WGIL judging is much more than simply tasting.
"We look at the outside appearance of either cookies, pies or cake and then we looked for the inside - the moistness of the cake, or cookie or pie. And then we do a final, overall-like presentation with appearance, taste, shape and size and creativity."
Cake entries are broken down into categories that include chocolate, white, German chocolate and miscellaneous. There are also different categories for pies and cookies.
Robinson says she was especially impressed with the variety in the junior and miscellaneous cake entries. The junior category is for boys or girls age 16 and under.
Besides deciding on 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the various categories, the judges - who don't know who submitted what - also select grand champions in five categories.
This year's auction netted more than $5,500.
Photos from the 2009 Abingdon Community Festival Cake, Pie and Cookie Judging and Auction
Some of the cake entries submitted before the judging
Some of the pie entries prior to judging
Some of the cookies that were entered
People gather at the Abingdon festival grounds for the Cake, Pie and Cookie Auction waits for the auction to begin
Cynde Onion of Abingdon presents her Grand Champion cake
(WGIL Story and Photos by Mike Perry) |
|
| 08 15 09 by Newsroom |
Click here for the WGIL News Archive
Click here for national news
The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.
