JAMS & CAKES – 2009

Sponsors:
Hew & Violet Bowers.
Shamrock Foods

The Blackmore Cup for overall winner in the Jams section.

Classes 71 -76 : Prizes 1st €25, 2nd €15, 3rd €10
Classes 77-92 excluding Class 89 prizes as follows:
1st €15 plus Shamrock Foods Hamper; 2nd €15; 3rd €10.

JAMS & CAKES

CLASS 71

Raspberry

1st – Anna Commins
Carrick-onSuir

2nd – Statia Byrne
Jenkinstown

3rd – Dawn Fox
Piltown

CLASS 72

Blackcurrant.

1st – Theresa Blanchfield
Carrick-onSuir

2nd – Bridie Phelan
Piltown

3rd – Mary Ryan
Dundrum, Co. Tipperary

CLASS 73

Gooseberry

1st – Catherine Ryan
Bansha, Co Tipperary

2nd – Anna Commins
Carrick-onSuir

3rd – Mary Ryan
Dundrum, Co. Tipperary

CLASS 74

Any other variety.

1st – Margaret McCormack
Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

2nd – Mary Ryan
Dundrum, Co. Tipperary

3rd – Hilary Carter
Cahir, Co Tipperary

CLASS 75

Best Pot of Marmalade.

1st – Maura Meaney
Fethard, Co. Tipperary

2nd – Hilary Carter
Cahir, Co Tipperary

3rd – Dawn Fox
Piltown

CLASS 76

Pot of Home Made Jelly

1st – Teresa Blanchfield
Carrick-onSuir

2nd – Hilary Carter
Cahir, Co Tipperary

3rd – Margaret McCormack
Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

CLASS 77

Best Plate of Scones.

1st – Ena Collins
Callan

2nd – Josephine Plettenberg
Gowran

3rd – Ena Collins
Callan

CLASS 78

Best Pastry Tart (Short crust).

1st – Mary Murphy
Hugginstown

2nd – June Long
Kilmacow

3rd – Annemarie Long
Kilmacow

CLASS 79

Best Jam Roll.

1st – Margaret McCormack
Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

2nd – Mary O’Donnell
Shanbally, Co Waterford

3rd – Theresa Guiry
Rathgormack, Co. Waterford

CLASS 80

Best Madeira Cake.

1st – Breda Nolan
Carrick-onSuir

2nd – Theresa Guiry
Rathgormack, Co. Waterford

3rd – Mary Murphy
Hugginstown

CLASS 81

Best Light Fruit Cake.

1st – Mary Ryan
Dundrum, Co. Tipperary

2nd – Maura Meaney
Fethard, Co. Tipperary

3rd – Kathleen Skehan
Carrick-onSuir

CLASS 82

Best Sponge Cake (any filling).

1st – Leonie Skehan
Carrick-onSuir

2nd – Miriam Twohiy

3rd – Breda Murphy
Clonroche, Co. Wexford

CLASS 83

White Soda Bread.

1st – Lucy Skehan
Carrick-onSuir

2nd – Breda Murphy
Clonroche, Co. Wexford

3rd – Mary Lannon
Thomastown

CLASS 84

Wholemeal Bread
(cup presented by Piltown I.C.A.).

1st – Nigel Pim
Fenor, Co. Waterford

2nd – Bernie Meaney
Fethard, Co. Tipperary

3rd – Hugh Daniels
Piltown

CLASS 85

Shamrock Boiled Fruit Cake. (see recipe Below at the bottom of this page)

1st – Breda Murphy
Clonroche, Co. Wexford

2nd – Phil Carroll

3rd – Maura Meaney
Fethard, Co. Tipperary

CLASS 86

Six Decorated Queen Cakes.

1st – Mary Byrne

2nd – Maureen Duggan
Piltown

3rd – Mary Byrne

CLASS 87

Best Carrot Cake

1st – Joan Mathews
Templescoby, Enniscorthy

2nd – Breda Murphy
Clonroche, Co. Wexford

3rd – Margaret Keever
Owning, Piltown

CLASS 88

Shamrock Harvest Loaf Baking Competition. (see recipe Below at the bottom of this page)

1st – Mary Lannon
Thomastown

2nd – Patricia Power
Piltown

3rd – Mary Guiry
Rathgormack, Carrick-on-Suir

 
The Great Cherry Cake Competition

CLASS 89
~The Great Cherry Cake Competition~

Prizes: 1st Iverk Produce Cup and €200; 2nd €125; 3rd €90; 4th €60; 5th
€50; 6th €25; 7th €15; 8th €15; 9th €15; 10th €15.
Galvin Trophy (Perpetual),

Donated by Galvin’s Bakery, Carrick-on-Suir,
plus €50 donated by Kitty Coffey, to scorer of most marks in the Cakes Section.

(See RECIPE below)

1st – Maura Meaney
Fethard, Co. Tipperary

2nd – Marie-Louise Nolan
Carrick-on-Suir

3rd – Eimer-Marie Nolan
Carrick-on-Suir

4th – Josephine Burke
Piltown

5th – Michelle Costello
Butlerstown, Co. Waterford

6th – Fiona Power
Carrickbeg, Carrick-on-Suir

7th – Breda Nolan
Carrick-on-Suir

8th – Theresa Guiry
Rathgormack, Carrick-on-Suir

9th – Breda Murphy
Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

10th – Teresa Blanchfield
Ballyneale, Carrick-on-Suir

 
 
Savoury Section for 2009

CLASS 90

Quiche, any filling, 8 inch.

1st – Hugh Daniels
Jamestown, Piltown

2nd – E. Walsh

3rd – Breda Nolan
South Lodge, Carrick-on-Suir

CLASS 91

Autumn Chutney of your choice.

1st – Patricia Power
Piltown

2nd – James Conway

3rd – Mary Ryan
Dundrum, Co. Tipperary

CLASS 92

Any unusual Bread of your choice.

1st – Breda Nolan
South Lodge, Carrick-on-Suir

2nd – Marie Moller
Windgap, Piltown

3rd – Christine Mullins

 

 

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Galvin Trophy (Perpetual) ,
donated by Galvin’s Bakery, Carrick-on-Suir,

plus €50
donated by Kitty Coffey, to scorer of most marks in the Cakes Section.

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Recipes

shamrock
Kind sponsors of our Cakes section

CLASS 85- Shamrock Boiled Fruit Cake

 

Ingredients:
16oz / 450g Shamrock Plain Flour
6 oz / 170g Shamrock Dark Muscovado Sugar
4 oz / 120g Shamrock Mixed Peel
6 oz / 170g Shamrock Sultanas
3 oz / 75g margarine
10fl oz / 300ml water
½ teaspoon mixed spice
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon Shamrock Bread Soda
2 teaspoons of vinegar

Preparation:
Preheat oven 170°C / 325°F / Gas mark 3.

Method:
Mix the sultanas, mixed peel (chop finely), sugar and margarine into a saucepan with the water, mixed spice and ground cloves.
Stir and bring to the boil over a medium heat.
When the sugar is dissolved and the margarine is melted, allow the saucepan to boil up gently for five minutes.
Set aside and allow to cool until the mixture is just warm.
At this stage stir in the flour.
(There is no need to turn the mixture into a bowl as the saucepan in which the fruit has been cooked can be used and save cleaning up).
When this is well mixed, stir in the vinegar and lastly the bread soda dissolved in a dessert spoon of warm water.
Stir well but gently, to mix all the ingredients together.
Turn into a lined 9″ tin.

To cook:
Bake for 1½ – 1¾ hours or until a clean metal skewer or knitting needle when inserted into the centre comes out dry and clean. Leave the cake in the tin for at least five minutes to settle and then turn out.
To serve:
Store for a week or so if possible before cutting. The advantage of this cake over other cakes is it saves on baking time because the fruit is partially cooked in the saucepan before you mix in the flour.

Additonal Info:
You can make this recipe to a larger quantity, half as much again using a 10” to 11” tin. If so allow a further 25 minutes baking time and test before you take it from the oven by testing in the usual way. When making the larger size be sure to measure the water allowance accurately.

 

 

 

CLASS 88 – Shamrock Fruit Loaf

 

Ingredients:
(Imperial/Metric)
4oz/125g Margarine(at room temperature)
4oz/125g Shamrock Caster Sugar
2 Eggs Large
8oz/225g Shamrock Self Raising Flour & 1 level teaspoon mixed spice mixed together
1oz/25g Cherries & 10oz/275g Shamrock mixed dried fruit, 5 tablespoons Milk

Decoration:
8 Walnut Halves or 8 whole Almonds (skinned),
3 Cherries cut in half

Oven Temp:
Preheat to Gas Mark 3, Elec 325 F, 160 C. Shelf: Middle

Size of Tin:
2LB/900g loaf Tin

All-In-One-Method
1. Brush the tin with Melted margarine and place a strip or a circle of greaseproof paper on the bottom
2. Place all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until well mixed (2-3 minutes)
3. Place the mixture in the prepared tin and smooth the top
4. Arrange the walnut halves or whole almonds and the half Cherries on the top.
5. Bake in the pre-heated oven on the middle shelf for 1 ½ – 1 ¾ hours.
6. Test (see below) and remove from the oven when baked.
7. Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out, remove the paper and cool on a wire tray. Store in an airtight tin.

To Test the Shamrock Harvest Fruit Loaf
Press the top of the Cake lightly with the fingers- it should feel firm.
Thrust a clean, warm skewer into the middle of the cake, if it comes out clean, with no uncooked mixture clinging to it, the cake is ready.

 

 

CLASS 89 – The Great Cherry Cake Competition.

 
RECIPE:
12 ozs. flour, 8 ozs. margarine, 8 ozs castor sugar, 6 ozs cherries, 3 large eggs
or 4 small, half teaspoon of baking powder.

Method:
Cut cherries in four
cream margarine and sugar
Add eggs and flour alternatively
Add cherries
Bbake 325F, 160C, Gas Mark 3, for one and a half hours approx. in 8” cake tin.
Recipe must be strictly adhered to.