LABOR DAY WEEKEND - AUGUST 28 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
MICHIGAN STATE FAIR
BAKING CONTEST
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Love to show off your baked goods? Are you interested in winning a prize and earning a blue ribbon? Here at the Michigan State Fair we have our Baking contest and other baked goods contests!
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
-Do not have to be an exhibitor
-Open to Adults and Youth (non-professionals)
NO ENTRY FEE – Must pay admission to the fair.
ELIGIBILITY OF EXHIBITORS – Michigan Residents Only
1. Adults – Open Class. Twenty-one (21) years of age as of January 1, of the current year.
2. Youth. Seven (7) years of age through twenty (20) as of January 1, of the current year. Must be a Michigan youth.
3. Exhibitors must be non-professional.
-An amateur is a person who does not sell for profit on a part or full-time basis and whose exhibit represents a recreational hobby.
-A professional is a person engaged in activity for a monetary profit of more than $2,000 annually as a result of his or her craft and/or cooking skill.
King Arthur Flour Contest--Adults Cakes & Youth Cupcakes
Sunday, August 31st at 2:00 PM
Adults -21 years and older - Cakes
Adult Prizes
-1st place $75 gift card
-2nd place $50 gift card
-3rd place $25 gift card
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Youth- 7 through 20 years - Cupcakes
Youth Prizes
- 1st place $40 gift card
- 2nd place $25 gift card
- 3rd place King Arthur Tote Bag
Judging Criteria: 40% Appearance, 40% Flavor, 20% Texture
Entry Requirements:
Cakes and Cupcakes must be made of KING ARTHUR FLOUR
Attach label from King Arthur flour to your typed recipes
Bring Cake (1, one, Adult) and Cupcakes (4, four, Youth) the day of the contest, Sunday, August 31st, 2:00 PM
Limit One entry per person
No mixes
No pre-entering
There will be prizes for both age groups!
Cookie Contest--Adults & Youth
Saturday, August 30th at 11:00 AM
Adults -21 years and older & Youth- 7 through 20 years
Sponsored by Michigan Sugar Company
$400 in prize money
Judging Criteria: 40% Appearance, 40% Flavor, 20% Texture
There will be two (2) categories
Decorated Cookies and Non-decorated Cookies
Entry Requirements:
Prepare your own unique cookie:
The sugar used must be Pioneer Sugar
Attach label from Pioneer Sugar to your typed recipe
Limit One entry per person in each category
Exhibitor may enter in both categories
No mixes
No pre-entering
All Entries must be the work of the exhibitor
Bring five (5) Cookies, the day of the contest, (Saturday, August 30th
at 11 AM) any size, shape or style to the Home Arts Department.
There will be prizes for both age groups in both category.
Top 3 placings in each category, both age groups, are asked to
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