The Blue Ribbon Cookbook: December 2009

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Learn how to make the perfect Christmas cake

Champion cook Emma Kemp will be demonstrating how to make the perfect rich fruit cake in time for Christmas at the Adelaide Showground Farmers Market on Sunday, December 13. Emma will appear with author Liz Harfull at 11am, in the market's popular demonstration kitchen. A major trophy winner at the Royal Adelaide Show, the audacious Emma is one of show cooking's brighest young stars. She has already qualified for the 2010 State Rich Fruit Cake Championship, after winning a qualifying regional final at the recent Lucindale Show.

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About the book

Every year hundreds of talented amateur cooks spend countless hours preparing entries for cookery classes and competitions at country shows across South Australia. The Blue Ribbon Cookbook features the stories of more than 50 show cooks, ranging in age from 3 to 93, and their prizewinning recipes. A feature of the book are tips from both the cooks and experienced show judges about how to make the recipes work – information and tricks of the trade not usually found in recipe methods, but often handed down from generation to generagion.
The collection includes recipes such as Grandma’s chocolate fudge cake, macadamia and wattle seed biscuits, coffee kisses, yeast buns and lemonade scones, muffins, marmalade, sauces, and pickles.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Learn how to make the perfect Christmas cake

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