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Chocolate lovers could not have found a better spot than at
Greatest Cocoa Cake and Cookies held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on January
11. After the desserts were Judged, bystanders could eat the 60 cakes entered.
Chocolate Lovers Sample 60
Cakes At Farm Show
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Judges proclaimed Dolly
Longenecker from Elizabethtown
as the winner of the Greatest Coco
a Cake Contest.
Dolly, who is only 18-years-old,
baked a cake that topped 59 other
cakes at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show contest held on January 11 at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Her
heart-shaped cake was decorated
with chocolate roses that she
formed from the chocolate butler
cream frosting.
Since Dolly bakes cakes for
Bird In Hand Restaurant, she gets
plenty of practice, but the win was
still a shock to Dolly who said that
it was the first time that she had
competed against other adults. In
fact, Dolly had not bothered to take
off of work to attend the Farm
Show competition since she was
convinced that she wouldn’t win.
After Dolly learned of her win, she
regretted not having the opportuni
ty to receive her prize, a weekend
for two at Hershey, presented by
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff asked Shawn Getz of
Penryn when he tried to claim the blue ribbon for the cake
baked by Dolly Longenecker of Elizabethtown.
ty, January 18,
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd
Wolff.
Second place winner was Lor
raine Bannon, Waymart; and third
place went to Suzanne Virchick,
Union County West End Fair.
Cakes entered at the Pennsylva
nia Farm Show must be made from
the same recipe used by contes
tants who placed first in a local
fair. At the Elizabethtown Fair,
Dolly had entered in cake in the
youth division since she was only
17 years old at the time.
Dolly lives with her parents
Glen and Sharon Longenecker on a
117-acre Dairy of Distinction
farm. She helps with the 70 dairy
cows, pigs, steers, and a few
chickens.
This was the second year for the
contest sponsored t>y Hershey
Chocolate Company.
Five judges each picked the best
cake from a table of 12 cakes. The
five chosen cakes were then taste
tested by all five judges. The
judges were Lisa Kudela of Farm
Shine; Jane Herwig of Pennsylva
nia Magazine; Chris Fiscus of
WHP; Barbara Grass, home eco
nomist: Heath Edwards of Hershey
Entertainment.
CHOCOLATE TOWN
SPECIAL CAKE
'A cup cocoa
'A cup boiling water
y> cup shortening
VA cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
I'A cups unsifted flour
VA teaspoon baking soda
A teaspoon salt
VA cup sour milk
Stir together cocoa and boiling
water in small bowl until smooth.
Set aside. Cream shortening,
sugar, and vanilla in large mixer
bowl.
Blend in eggs. Combine flour,
baking soda and salt. Add alter
nately with sour milk to creamed
mixture. Blend in reserved cocoa
mixture. Pour batter into 2-grcased
heart-shaped pans. Bake at 350
degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or
until cakes tests done. Cool 10
minutes before removing from
pan. Cool completely before frost
ing. Frost with Butter Cream
Frosting.
The Best Chocolate Cookie
Contest winners chosen by the
same judges as the cake contest
were Kandi Kunkle, New Stanton,
first place; Jackie Campbell, New
port, second: and Karen Brothers,
Belford, third.
Here is the recipe for the best
cocoa cookies in the state made by
Kandi Kunkle.
JEWISH COOKIES
IVi sticks margarine
VA cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons cocoa
'A teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
Icing:
6 tablespoons cocoa
4 tablespoons butter, melted
4 cups confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream margarine, sugar, and
eggs well. Add flour, cooa, and
salt; mix well. Fold in nuts. Bake
20 minutes at 3SO degrees in
greased and floured 13x9-inch
pan. Mix condensed milk and 2
cups coconut. Spoon mixture over
cake layer until light brown. Bake
another IS minutes. Cool and ice.
Cream icing ingredients well;
add more milk if needed. Frost
cookies.
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RDI, Rte. 934
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35 East Willow Street
717-243-2686
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717-359-4848
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R.D. 3, Box 13
717-896-3414
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East Main Street
215-273-3131
215-273-3737
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2849-53
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301-838-6470
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301-791-1200
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Canton & Stow Creek
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609-451-2727
609-935-5145
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110 South Railroad
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