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So, for the first time ever I decided to enter a few baked goods into the Virginia State fair this year. I've never done any sort of baking contest but I love to cook and I'm often complimented on my foods. I entered 3 categories, zucchini cake, shortbread cookies and cakes-other. I never actually made a zucchini cake before but I make a pretty good zucchini bread so figured, what the heck, I'll give it a try. I also entered my pistachio shortbread cookies which I've made for years at Christmas time and lastly in the general cakes division I entered my carrot cake, which is my favorite cake I make that I've made for many, many years.
Today I went to the fair to enjoy the festivities and to see if I happened to win anything and I got a ribbon on all 3 of my entries I couldn't believe it! My zucchini cake (which I never actually made like that before) won first place in that category! Then my pistachio shortbread cookies won second place in the shortbread cookie category! Lastly, my carrot cake won third place in the cakes-general category! I was a little disappointed it only got third cause I really think it's a wonderful cake but honestly, going against all the other types of cake I guess that's pretty good. If it were a specific carrot cake category I might have placed higher.
I'm super excited, I can't believe for my first try I got ribbons on everything I did! That's so awesome
Today I went to the fair to enjoy the festivities and to see if I happened to win anything and I got a ribbon on all 3 of my entries I couldn't believe it! My zucchini cake (which I never actually made like that before) won first place in that category! Then my pistachio shortbread cookies won second place in the shortbread cookie category! Lastly, my carrot cake won third place in the cakes-general category! I was a little disappointed it only got third cause I really think it's a wonderful cake but honestly, going against all the other types of cake I guess that's pretty good. If it were a specific carrot cake category I might have placed higher.
I'm super excited, I can't believe for my first try I got ribbons on everything I did! That's so awesome