Baked Foods

Rules

Divisions: 1. Children’s Corner2. Junior3. Intermediate4. Senior5. Adult

BAKED FOOD RECIPES ARE DUE ONLINE (BURLESONBF.FAIRWIRE.COM) FOR VALIDATION ON AUGUST 1, 2025, BY MIDNIGHT

Entry Fees will be charged as follows:

Each Exhibitor in Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Divisions-$5.00 per class entered.

Informational Meeting:

All exhibitors planning to enter the Baked Foods Show may attend the informational baked food show meeting on Monday, June 23, 2025, 6:30PM at the EXPO for assistance and/or questions.

Auction Notes:

Items selected for the Baked Food Auction will be sold at the auction on Sunday, September 21, 2025, between the Little Miss Contest and the Fair Queens Contest.
Those selected for the Baked Foods Auction will be asked to bake a fresh and identical entry for the auction. Only winning adults, children’s corner, and youth who are members in good standing with 4-H, FCCLA, and/or FFA are eligible to sell baked items in the auction. Exhibitors are encouraged to creatively decorate their auction items for presentation.
Each exhibitor may only sell one item at the Baked Food Auction provided an exhibitor’s entry is selected for the bake sale.
3^rd-12^th grade exhibitors in either 4-H, FCCLA, and/or FFA will receive the proceeds from the items auctioned minus 5% commission which will go to the Burleson County Fair Association. 20 entries will be auctioned from this division. All 1^st place entries in each class of junior, intermediate, and senior along with two 2^nd place entries from the largest class.
The top two adult entries will be sold at the Baked Food Auction and the money raised will go to the Creative Living Department for premiums.
The top two Children’s Corner entries will be sold in the Baked Food Auction and the money raised will go to the Creative Living Department for premiums.
Adam’s Extract will be given to the top 3 entries in all classes.

MANDATORY: THANK YOU NOTES

Thank you notes to Adam’s Extract (3217 Johnston Rd Gonzales, TX 78629) and the buyers of baked food items will be given to 4-H Leaders, FFA Advisors, or the Extension Office in a stamped, addressed, unsealed envelope. BCFA will mail the thank you notes to the buyers and to Adam’s Extract. Thank you notes must be handwritten (20) twenty words or more and received by November 1^st. When money is available and thank you notes have been received, the BCFA will make checks available to exhibitors.

Baked Food Department Rules:

No recipe will be allowed by an exhibitor for entry if it was sold in the Baked Foods Auction Sale in the past 3 years.
VALIDATION: ALL ENTRIES and RECIPES must be entered on ShoWorks (burlesoncl.fairwire.com) by validation on August 1, 2025, by midnight.
The recipe submitted must specify all steps used in preparation of the product.
All items will be cut and tasted; therefore, all parts must be 100% edible.
Cream cheese, sour cream, or other perishable ingredients such as eggs which are blended together, and fully cooked with other ingredients, into the final product, are safe and acceptable.
Icings or fillings with cream cheese or fresh fruit and baked items that need to be refrigerated will not be accepted. No fresh fruit or frozen fruit garnishes at all.
Recipes will be reviewed after validation. Exhibitors may be asked to substitute part of or an entire recipe.
AT CHECK IN:
All food must be made from scratch, except categories specifying mixes.
Food entries such as cookies, bars, and candies, are to be exhibited in groups of 6. (examples: 6 cookies, 6 candies) items that are pre-sliced or cut into parts will NOT be judged (except for cookies, bars, and candies that are cut for grouping).
All food must be well covered and presented in DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS- NO GLASS CONTAINERS or CAKE CARRIERS. Examples: Cake Boxes, aluminum pans, etc.).
All foods in the department will be judged on the following criteria: (a) moisture; (b) color; (c) texture; (d) content; (e) flavor; (f) appearance of the baked item. Judges reserve the right not to taste and/or judge an entry.
Only one entry per class.
No Alcohol in baked foods in the youth divisions. This includes rum, brandy, wines, liqueurs, and extracts by those names. Any violation of this rule will be disqualified.
Review general rules.
PICK UP:

*ShoWorks- please verify that the exhibitors name is listed as it appears on their social security card, exhibitor is in the appropriate age division, the exhibitor’s mailing address is correct, and both entry and recipe are complete.

*If an error is made, please email bcfa.creativeliving@gmail.com detailed message of the error so that it can be corrected.

All entry fees of $5.00/class are due at check in.
A completed recipe (listing all the ingredients, amounts of ingredients, directions for mixing, and/or baking guidelines) must be submitted with all baked food items.
Entries must be checked in between 7:00-9:00AM

Baked foods may only be picked up from 5:00-6:00PM on Monday, September 15, 2025.
Baked foods remaining will be destroyed, no exceptions.

CLASS A: Quick Breads

Examples:

Biscuits, Cornbread, Fruit Loaf, Vegetable Loaf

CLASS B: Yeast Breads

Examples:

Cinnamon Rolls, Yeast Rolls, Kolaches, Loaf Breads

CLASS C: Cakes

Examples:

Scratch Cakes- cakes made without a mix

Creative Cakes- cakes made with a mix with added ingredients

CLASS D: Cookies

Examples:

Bar Cookies, Brownies, Drop Cookies, Icebox Cookies

CLASS E: Candy

Examples:

Brittles, Molded Candies, Divinity, Pralines, Fudge

CLASS F: Pie

Examples:

Fruit, Nut