COOKERY SECTION

Get ready to see a showcase of Mount Isa best cakes, biscuits, muffins and so much more. You will be treated to a feast for your eyes, with bakers and cooks of all ages showing off their culinary skills.

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OPEN COOKERY

  • Boiled Fruit Cake
  • Banana Cake
  • Carrot Cake
  • Chocolate Cake
  • Victorian Sponge
  • Muffins – Plate of 4 pieces
  • Plate of Mixed Slices (3 Varieties – 2 of each)
  • Plate of Mixed Biscuits (3 Varieties – 2 of each)
  • Plain, Fruit or Savory Scones – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Confectionery – Plate of 7 pieces
  • Shortbread – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Bread/Damper – Any type
  • Patty Cakes Iced – Plate of 4 pieces
  • Fudge – Plate of 6 pieces
  • Jerky/Biltong
  • Gluten Free

DECORATED CAKES

  • Fondant – Iced & Decorated Fruit Cake
  • Fondant – Iced & Decorated Dummy Polystyrene Form
  • Novelty Cake – Marzipan, Cream or Fondant
  • Decorated Cupcake – Fondant – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Decorated Cupcake – Butter Cream – Plate of 3 pieces

PRESERVES

  • Marmalade – One fruit
  • Marmalade – Three Fruits
  • Jam
  • Lemon Butter
  • Pickled Relish
  • Pickles – with vegies
  • Chutney
  • Sauce – Sweet, Hot or Savory

JUNIOR CATEGORIES (Kindy, Prep, Grade 1 or 2)

  • Cupcakes – Iced & Decorated – Plate of 3 pieces

JUNIOR CATERGORY (Grades 3 & 4)

  • Plate of Biscuits – 3 of any variety
  • Packet Cake
  • Piklets – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Patty Cakes – Decorated – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Muffins – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Cake – Baked – NOT packet mix
  • Cupcake – Decorated – Fondant – Plate of 3
  • Cupcake – Butter Cream – Plate of 3
  • Cake – Decorated – Judged on decoration only
  • Fudge – Plate of 3 pieces

JUNIOR CATEGORY (Grades 5 & 6)

  • Plate of Biscuits – 3 of any variety
  • Packet Cake
  • Piklets – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Patty Cakes – Decorated – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Muffins – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Cake – Baked – NOT packet mix
  • Cupcake – Decorated – Fondant – Plate of 3
  • Cupcake – Butter Cream – Plate of 3
  • Cake – Decorated – Judged on decoration only
  • Fudge – Plate of 3 pieces

JUNIOR CATEGORY (Grades 7,8 & 9)

  • Plate of Biscuits – 3 of any variety
  • Packet Cake
  • Piklets – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Muffins – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Cake – Baked – NOT packet mix
  • Cupcake – Decorated – Fondant – Plate of 3
  • Cupcake – Butter Cream – Plate of 3
  • Cake – Decorated – Judged on decoration only
  • Fudge – Plate of 3 pieces

JUNIOR CATEGORY (Grades 10, 11 & 12)

  • Plate of Biscuits – 3 of any variety
  • Packet Cake
  • Piklets – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Muffins – Plate of 3 pieces
  • Cake – Baked – NOT packet mix
  • Cupcake – Decorated – Fondant – Plate of 3
  • Cupcake – Butter Cream – Plate of 3
  • Cake – Decorated – Judged on decoration only
  • Fudge – Plate of 3 pieces