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January 8, 2012
Press Contact: Karen Dobson
Email: kardob@msn.com

Kimberton Fair Chocolate Cake Baker Tastes Sweet Success at PA Farm Show

 The best chocolate cake baker from the 2011 Kimberton Fair, Janel Flor of Phoenixville, tasted sweet success on Saturday January 7 when she took 5th place in the “Hershey’s Cocoa Classic Chocolate Cake" contest held at the 96th Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show.   Crowds of onlookers and hopeful contestants packed the Contest Stage area to watch the outcome of this state competition sponsored by The Hershey Company, the PA State Association of County Fairs and the Department of Agriculture.

 
In order for Janel to be eligible for this final bake-off, she had to win 1st place in the Kimberton Fair preliminary competition.  This then certified her to move on to the state competition in Harrisburg.
 
Flor's chocolate cake competed against 74 other preliminary winners from fairs across PA.  The cake contest was judged by a five-member panel that included representatives from The Hershey Company as well as a cookbook author, a culinary instructor and the emcee who has been with the contest since its inception. Entries were judged on flavor, texture, inside characteristics, and outside characteristics. 
 
Contestants were required submit a layered cake baked from scratch. The recipe had to include a minimum of a ¼ cup of Hershey’s Cocoa in the cake batter, as well as Hershey’s Cocoa if the icing was chocolate.   After much deliberation, the judges announced the following 2012 winners: 
1st – Jayne Wenger from Lancaster County, representing the Elizabethtown Fair with her “Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Strawberry Sensation Cake”;
2nd – Hannah Harris from Berks County, representing Oley Valley Community Fair with her “Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cake”;
3rd – Belinda Myers from York County, representing the South Mountain Fair with her “Super Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake”;
4th – Maryanne Zeigler-Kern from York County, representing the Dillaburg Community Fair with her “Blackberry Hershey’s Chocolate Cake”; and
5th – Janel Flor from Chester County, representing the Kimberton Community Fair with her “Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake”.
 
The Hershey Company awarded cash prizes of $500, $250 and $100 to the top three cake winners, and large rosette ribbons for 4th and 5th place. Hershey also sweetened the deal by giving great prize packages to all the state contestants.  The goodie bags included an apron, brownie spatula, measuring spoons, and Hershey cocoa and baking chips.   Judges included Chris Fickes who has participated in the contest for the past 24 years; Connie Shuff, former Farm Show Cake winner and cookbook author; Theresa Huber, retired YTI Career Institute Culinary Instructor; and Koren Ivie and Jack Wilder, both Associate Brand Managers with The Hershey Company. The 2011 PA Fair Queen Claire Werkiser from Unionville Community Fair was also on-hand to present the ribbons to all the winners.
 
Anyone interested in participating in Kimberton Fair\\\'s preliminary Hershey Cake competition for the 2013 Farm Show should contact Karen Dobson at kardob@msn.com.

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