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Let them eat cake!

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Tina and Sue ready to rise to the challenge!

Faced with the arduous task of sampling no less than a dozen different chocolate cakes this morning, Newark’s answer to Mary, Mel and Sue took a deep collective breath, seized their spoons and jumped straight in!

Judging the entries in one of the categories of The Big Newark Bake Off was a tough job but who better to take it on than June, Tina and Sue, Radio Newark‘s Girls Around Town, well known for their championing of everything chocolatey?

The cakes were judged on taste and texture, with no points awarded for the quality of the decorating (although they did look very impressive!). It was a close-run thing, with the entries scoring pretty highly on the mmmmm-ometer, but after sixty calorie-laden minutes the results were in.

Read the full report on the competition, with details of the winners and runners-up in all 10 categories, in Thursday’s Newark Advertiser…

A sweet treat for the Girls Around Town

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cupcakesThe Big Newark Bake Off returns next month and this is one local event the Girls Around Town won’t be missing…

June, Tina and Sue didn’t need any persuading at all to join the panel of judges for this year’s competition, which takes place in The Buttermarket on Saturday 21 June. Let’s face it, who wouldn’t leap at the chance to taste all the entries in the Chocolate Cake category?!

This year, amateur bakers from across the area are being invited to showcase their skills in 10 different categories. The first four are for juniors aged 14 and under

  • A decorated gingerbread man (for 8s and under)
  • 3 decorated cupcakes with the theme of Fairy Tales
  • 3 cheese scones
  • Fridge cake (4 squares)

For seniors (15-plus), the categories are

  • 3 decorated cupcakes with the theme of Films
  • 4 small fruit tarts
  • Chocolate cake
  • Loaf of bread
  • Newark biscuit
  • Victoria sandwich

And, for anyone who sell cakes to the public, the final category is

  • The Professional Cake Decorators Showcase, judged on decoration only and on the theme of Summer Time

Entry to the competition is free but all entries must be pre-registered by midnight on Wednesday 18 June. Enter online or get your entry form in the Newark Advertiser, from Advertiser reception or at One Stop Cake Shop on Baldertongate.

Judging takes place in The Buttermarket between 11.45am and 2pm – there are trophies for the overall winner of the Junior and Senior classes, with prize cards and rosettes for the first three in each category – and the Girls Around Town can’t wait to dive into all that chocolate!

 

 

Last chance to win tickets to Newark Festival

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union jThere’s still time to enter our final competition to win tickets to Newark Festival, courtesy of Radio Newark and the Liz Hobbs Group…

human leagueGet your entry in by 9pm on Thursday 22 May and you and a friend could be joining the audience for one of the two LIVE concerts on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 June.

Here’s a reminder of the question from this Saturday’s show…

The lead singer of The Human League is

A) Peter Oakey

B) Paul Oakey

C) Phil Oakey

Email your answer – A, B or C – with your name and contact telephone number to studio@radionewark.co.uk

Terms and conditions apply – winners will be notified by phone on Friday 23 May.