Department E, Division 402 – Cake Decorating
(County Only)
Youth may use a real cake or cake forms. Cake mixes allowed. Non-edible items must be listed with recipe.
Information Card Required: 1) Occasion for use. 2) Step by step process. 3) Any problems you had. 4) Include frosting recipe/source (and cake if applicable).
*E402901 - Decorated Cookies Four on a paper plate. The cookie base can be purchased or homemade. It will be judged on creativity, and effective use of frosting and tips in decorating the exhibit.
*E402902 – Decorated Cupcakes Four on a paper plate. The cupcake base can be purchased or homemade. It will be judged on creativity, and effective use of frosting and tips in decorating the exhibit.
*E402903 – One Decorated Single Layer Cake - 8” or 9” Square or Round, or 9”x13” cake using no decorator tips (edible materials such as candies, pretzels and coconut should be used to create a design). A portion of the smooth base frosting should be visible.
*E402904 – One Decorated Character Cake - (an entire cake which resembles the shape of a character or object made without cutting, other than a classic square, round, oblong, heart, hexagon, oval or petal cake shape.) Three dimensional cakes are acceptable – primarily decorated with the star tip or other tips appropriate to the design.
*E402905 – One Layer, Decorated Cake – showing the use of different tips
*E402906 – Two-layer, Decorated Cake – (layers of the same size) showing the use of different tips
*E402907 – One Decorated Cake or Cake Form – of three or more tiers of graduated sizes, using supports. Separators plates and pillars may be used but are not required.
*E402908 – Decorated, Two or Three Tiered or Layer Cake – Using fondant icing. (Icing maybe purchased or made from a recipe).
*E402909 – Shape Cake – Created by cutting cake to form a different shape than cake was baked in.