This
year is our first Christmas Baking Competition. There are two categories:
Category
1: Mince Pies
Category
2: Cake Decorating
Rules
One
entry per category per person.
Entries
will be blind judged by Lorraine Hinkins (co-owner and chef at 5*
B&B Dolffanog Fawr, Tal-y-llyn) with entry admin by Abby McTomney
of Tafarn Dwynant.
Entries
must be taken to Tafarn Dwynant between 10am and 12 noon on Saturday
22 December. The results will be available when the pub opens at 3pm.
Please be prepared for your entries to get eaten!
Category
1: Mince Pies
1.
You must make your own pastry, but you can use bought or homemade
mincemeat.
2.
You must enter at least four mince pies and there must be nothing
else on the plate (you are allowed items such as sprinkled sugar or
icing sugar).
3.
75% of the marks go on the taste of the mince pie, 25% on presentation.
Category
2: Cake Decorating
1.
The cake must be a sponge cake and there are no restrictions about
size.
2.
At least 50% of the decoration should be edible.
3.
25% of the marks are on the quality (ie taste and texture) of the
sponge cake, 75% on the decoration.
This
is a fun competition but there will be a small prize for each winner.