Claysburg Area Farm Show Recognizes Winners

The Claysburg Area Farm Show was held Sept. 6 through the 10 at the Kimmel Community Center (former Queen Elementary School). At the closing, those who had the most winnings in each room received a certificate of recognition. There were also Best of Show winners in each department. The winners were displayed on separate tables outside of the rooms.

The show also continued to hold the angel food cake contest, the apple pie contest, the chocolate cake contest and the junior baking contest of cookies, brownies or bars.

The winners of these contests were:

Apple Pie Contest

1st place – Jennifer Ebersole

2nd place – Pam Foor

Angel Food Cake Contest

1st place – Scott Felix

2nd place – Angie Claar

Junior Baking Contest

1st place – Timothy Barnes

2nd place – Alivia Snyder

3rd place – Isaiah Snyder

Scott Felix won the Angel Food Cake Contest with his Turtle Angel Food Cake. Here is the recipe.

Cake

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour

1 3/4 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cup egg whites

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon orange extract

1/2 almond extract

1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1/4 teaspoon salt

Ganache

4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate bar

1/2 cup heavy cream

Salted caramel

1 cup sugar

6 tablespoons salted butter

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon salt

Caramel Glaze

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup heavy cream

6 tablespoons salted butter

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 cup pecans

Directions:

To make ganache:

Chop up chocolate in small pieces. Heat cream in small sauce pan until it begins to simmer. Pour over chocolate and let sit for a few minutes. Slowly stir until completely combined.

To make the caramel:

Melt sugar in sauce pan, stirring until it is a thick amber color. Stir in butter until melted and combined. Stir in heavy cream. Remove from heat and stir in salt.

To make the caramel glaze:

In saucepan, combine all ingredients except powdered sugar, warm until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Add powdered sugar and stir until smooth.

For cake:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Combine one cup sugar, cake flour, and salt, sift through a mesh strainer, set aside.

Whisk egg white on medium speed until foamy, set aside. Add cream of tartar extracts. Slowly add remaining sugar. Beat until soft peaks form. By hand, fold in dry ingredients in four additions. Pour batter into tube pan. Bake for 25 minutes, turn down over to 350 degrees and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and invert pan to cool. Once cooled remove from pan.

Assemble the cake:

Top cake with pecans and drizzle with ganache and caramel.

Congratulations to all winners of the Claysburg Area Farm Show.