Steeple Morden.
Next year...
Probably not... my Victoria Sandwich
and Cottage Loaf both remained unplaced.
But let me tell you... the competition is quite ruthless in these little English villages. It's rolling pins at dawn come Harvest Fair time!
I watch the Great British Bake Off with envy but also wonder - why on earth would anyone put themselves through such a stressful experience?!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'd be an absolute star!
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I'd give a second opinion on that cottage loaf and the Victoria sponge if I could.
ReplyDeleteWell done! They all look delicious, even the 'unplaced' ones :-)
ReplyDeleteBut where do you find the time for all that delicious looking baking?
ReplyDeleteWell done for the firsts and the second!
Congratulations.
ReplyDeletefrom the other side of the water: what's a Victoria sandwich?
ReplyDeleteYou should give cookery classes. Not sure that I agree with the judges about the Victoria Sandwich, looks good to me, as does the cottage loaf.
ReplyDeleteNow what are you going to do with all that cake?
ReplyDeleteWell done Gina, I think 2 firsts and a second is excellent and I do know what you mean about country shows, the competition is fierce!!!
ReplyDeleteDo you need some one to come round and help you eat it all?? ;)
Vivienne x
Best not to have won all three... you'd have been dragged out of your bed at midnight.......
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say no to a piece of the Victoria sandwich it looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Gina -- those winners look yummy!
ReplyDeleteFabulous result!
ReplyDeleteYummy, well done, definitely a new career maybe.
ReplyDeleteThose judges are far too picky! Congratulations on the firsts and second. You are right about the stiff competition in country shows. I'm afraid I follow my grandmother's line where cookery is concerned. She was always satisfied if it tasted good and it usually did.
ReplyDeleteWell done you! I am always too terrified to enter our village show. A lady I know called Olive always makes a clean sweep anyway!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! (Is that my scone recipe I see before me garlanded with accolades?)
ReplyDeleteGina, your baking skills are very, very impressive. I am curious to know how you manage to submit so many entries...must they all be baked within the same brief window of time in order to be super fresh for judging?
ReplyDeleteOr let me ask this another way, just how or how, dear Gina, do you do it!
xo
coo, very impressive Gina. clever you. I know those local village competitions can be evil lol.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures look good Gina!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, because you have plenty of time to take on the GBBO challenge.
ReplyDeleteThey all look delicious to me! Well done.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive! We had our allotment social this weekend, but I was too scared to enter anything...! K x
ReplyDeleteYeah, but did any of the judges look like Mr Hollywood??? I think I could handle the rejection if it came from him. PS Those scones look so inviting. Something I've never mastered so no competition from here x
ReplyDeleteIf there were a Nobel Prize for scones (and when I rule the earth there WILL be), these would definitely be contenders.
ReplyDelete*hides scone crumbs*
Very well done Gina. I got a third for my x stitch out of 3 entries :)
ReplyDeleteTwiggy x