Do you love cupcakes? Do you love olive oil? Well, how about an olive oil cupcake?!?
We're inviting home bakers to compete in GIFTS FROM THE GROVES, our olive oil cupcake bake off! Chef Wendy Brodie and our Recipe Blog Editor Anni Brabeck Willford will be judging. Guests of the festival will taste how you can create delicious desserts with California Olive Oil!
Read our rules below.
To Enter: email us at quailandolive@gmail.com
OLIVE OIL CUPCAKE BAKEOFF RULES
AND INFORMATION
The 2014 Carmel Valley Olive Growers
Fest Bakeoff will be held Saturday, November 8, 2014 at The Quail and Olive, 3
Pilot Road in Carmel Valley, CA. Here are the contest rules and basic
information. The theme of the 2014 bakeoff is "Gifts from the Groves".
To enter, please email The Quail
& Olive at quailandolive@gmail.com. We are limiting to ten contestants; first
come, first served.
Entries should be delivered
between 2pm and 3pm on Saturday, November 8.
Judging begins at 4 pm.
Awards ceremony 4:30 pm.
Criteria for judging: General
appearance, moisture, texture, flavor and creativity with the bake-off theme.
CONTEST RULES
No professional bakers, please.
Each contestant may enter only
one recipe.
All entries must be made with
California olive oils.
All cupcakes must be fully baked
and complete.
Cupcakes are to be prepared in a
sanitary manner.
Please enter one dozen cupcakes.
No commercial or box mixes may be
used.
All entries must be placed on a
paper plate enclosed in a Ziploc bag or covering.
You may use your own dish, with
name on the bottom, and at your own risk.
Any leftover items will be the
property of the contest and will be used for the tasting activity.
Each entry should be marked with
a name of your cupcakes when you register on the day of the contest (for
example, Lemon Olive Oil Cupcake).
Entries must be accompanied by
the recipe used to bake it. Judges will use
the recipe as part of their information for judging.
Also with your permission, the
recipes will be collected for distribution to the public. If you choose not to
give this permission, please indicate on your entry and understand it will not
affect whether your entry will win a prize.
