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DEPARTMENT 011 OPEN CLASS
54 2026 BUTLER COUNTY
Department 011 - Culinary Division 1– Decorated Cake
Member In Charge-Gary Gerber • Entries Must Be In Place by 10:30am Sunday
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July 26th .
Danielle Ritter, Superintendent • Entry Tags must accompany all cakes.
culinary.bcf@gmail.com • All decorated cakes will remain on display for the duration
Rules Governing This Department: of the Fair.
Please Read All Rules Carefully • Judging will begin on Sunday, July 26th @ 11:00 a.m.
A. Entries for Art Hall are open July 8th - 18th • All visible parts must be edible except for separator plates

online and in offi ce. Entries close and must be and columns. Other non-edible parts used for decoration

into the Senior Fair Board Offi ce by 3pm. On will be judged at the judge’s discretion.
Saturday July 18th, 2026. If entries are mailed, • No more than one inch margin allowed between cake base
you may check with the fair board offi ce at and plate edge. Styrofoam as well as regular cake base

513.892.1423 to see if they have been received may be used.
before the deadline. We are not responsible for • Cakes will be judged on appearance, originality and work-
manship.
delay or loss of mailed entries. No Late Entries Premiums for Decorated Cake Classes
Accepted.
B. Open Class exhibitors must purchase a Society 1st $11.00 2nd $9.00 3rd $7.00
Jr. Classes: 1st $6.00 2nd $5.00 3rd $4.00
Membership, 4-Day Pass or 7-Day Pass. This **Best Overall Cake in each group will Receive Rosette**
pass gives you 50 entries for the Art Hall. Once Professional Classes:
50 entries are made the cost is .50¢ per entry, • Business cards may be placed with cake after judging.
except for Junior or Children’s Classes. • All decorated cakes must be on boards no larger than 15½
C. ENTRY FEES: ALL Exhibitors will be charged inches square and no higher than 2 feet.
a one time $2.00 exhibitor fee each year, • They must fi t in cases for display.
regardless of online or in person entries. If 1. Wedding Cake
participant qualifi es by age, to enter Jr./Child * Premiums for this class only*
Division Classes and is not a FFA, 4-H, or Clo- 1st $15.00 2nd $10.00 3rd $8.00
verbud member, there is a $5.00 entry fee. (This 2. Any Occasion Cake
fee does not include gate admission. $5.00/day 3. Butler County Fair Theme Cake
for 12 and under, or $5.00 for a wristband for the
whole week.) If this Jr./child enters any Sr./adult 4. Decorated Cupcakes
classes, they must purchase a 4-day or 7-day * Any Theme Plate of 6
pass instead. 5. Decorated Cookies
D. Culinary products must be in place in the culinary * Any Theme Plate of 6
Division of the Art Hall as stated at the begin- Amateur Classes:
ning of each division shown below. Commercial • Open only to those who do not decorate cakes
products and products made from mixed will not for pay or sale.
be judged. All baked goods must be well covered 6. Any Occasion Cake
with plastic wrap or in plastic bags. No entry will 7. Butler County Fair Theme Cake
be accepted without the appropriate Fair pass, 8. Decorated Cupcakes
as explained elsewhere in the Fair Book. Fresh *Any Theme Plate of 6
baked projects that do not place need to be 9. Decorated Cookies
picked up by 6:00 p.m. on the day of judging. *Any Theme Plate of 6
E. All articles will be released Saturday August 1st 10. Dessert Imposters
from 7:00pm-9:00pm and Sunday, August 2nd *on real cake
between 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Please make Junior Classes:
arrangements with Superintendents if picking *16 Years and Under
up early. Unclaimed articles will be considered 11. Fancy Cake With Flowers
abandoned and will be disposed of by the Butler 12. Novelty Cake
County Agricultural Society. 13. Theme Fair Food (TV Dinner)

14. Decorated Cupcakes
15. Decorated Cookies