This could be a segment on your new favorite cooking show. But no audience gets to see the taste-testing rounds for, arguably, the most competitive and cared-about culinary category at the Kentucky ...

The 2025 Kentucky State Fair is right around the corner, which means it's almost time for everyone's favorite competition. Each year, dozens of home bakers enter the "Your Favorite Cake" category at ...

Moments from the cake auction at the Carroll County Fair on Wednesday, July 30. 4-H members receive instruction before presenting their baked goods during the cake auction at the Carroll County Fair ...

I thought my judging days were over. I had been asked to serve as a pie judge at the State Fair of Texas in 2019—a career highlight—only to go years without another invite. Then in the spring my ...

A funnel cake can be made in two minutes. The preparations for the sweet treat likely began hours earlier. Two hours before the gates open for the Jefferson City Jaycees Cole County Fair, the crew ...

For one month a year, Allyson Jannotta is a carny. The rest of the time, she’s a mom. She’s a life coach. She’s a storyteller. She’s a former children’s museum board member. And now, she’s a published ...

Addison Fritz, 10, of Westminster, holds the reserve grand champion chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. That cake was purchased for $50,000 by the Good ‘Ole Carroll County Farm & Business ...