page 210 2014 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com July 31, 2014
2014 Logan County Fair
Many of the winning bidders return year after year.
‘Taking the cake’ literally for decades, Culler’s
French Fries has been the top bidder for the first
prize cake. This year Culler’s made a record bid in
the amount of $1,100.
Sivori Catering has been following suit securing the
high bid on the second place cake for several years
now, and did so again this year paying $500 for a
white butter by Kelsi Ubbenga.
Total results for the 2014 50th Anniversary Cake
Classic as decided by guest judge Cindy Friedrich
with the auction service provided by Mike Maske.
1st Place: Jacob Runyon - Chocolate Cake
Jacob said, “It’s the coffee in it that makes it taste so
wonderful.”
The top bidder at $1,100 was Culler’s French Fries.
Cullers is always a top supporter in the cake classic
and of the fair.
2nd Place – White Butter – Kelsi Ubbenga
Kelsi was the 2011 Logan County Fair Queen
Kelsi said she used an almond flavoring that she
liked in the cake.
Sivori Catering bid $500.
3rd Place - German Chocolate - Ed Carter
Ed represents the last of a large family to enter
the baking contest. He said that this was only the
second cake that had ever made. He credited his
wife, an excellent baker, with teaching him.
Harold Goodman bid $425.
4th Place - Angel Food - David Carter
This was David’s first ever cake he made.
Larry Stanfield and Darrell Eberstein won the bid at
$400.
5th Place - Chocolate - Daniel Crider
Won by Darwin Runyon at a bid of $250.
6th Place - Maple Chiffon - Jeanne Runyon
Joe Runyon took the cake at a bid of $325; and was
asked to stay on stage to save him a trip for the next
bidding.
7th Place - Red Velvet - Cameron Runyon
Joe Runyon again won the bid at $500. Joe left the
hall with two great cakes in boxes, but when seen
leaving the fair a short time later his hands were
already empty.
8th Place - Pumpkin Spice - Annie Dunbar
Garrett Insurance represented by Nancy Schaub bid
$475.
Most years there are one of two contestant’s that say
it is their first or second time to ever bake a cake.
When 2011 Miss Logan County Fair Queen Kelsi
Ubbenga entered the Cake Classic in 2012, she said
that it was her first time to bake a cake, which was a
spice that took 2nd place. Kelsi said that she might
come back and do it again; and she has, each and
every year so far. In 2013 and 2014 she broadened
her skill level with a white butter cake that took 5th
place last year and she brought it up to 2nd this year.
For some of the contestants the bake-off is an
opportunity to compete and maybe claim a title.
For others it is something fun to do as a family. For
most of the contestants it is a great way to support
the Logan County Fair and 4-H.
Mike Maske donates his services for the auction.
It wasn’t cake that he and Culler’s, Sivori,
Goodman’s, Stanfield and Eberstein, Darwin and
Joe Runyon, Garrett’s and other bidders value. This
year’s sum total of $3,975 for eight cakes shows
proud sponsorship and support of the Logan County
Fair and 4-H.
That is what the Logan County Cake Classic is all
about.
