Cashion’s Cupcake Warrior Champs

Cashion 4-H members Molly Mayes and Caroline Oakley were named grand champions in the intermediate division of the Oklahoma State Fair Cupcake Wars. Caroline is a seventh grader and Molly a sixth grader at Cashion Middle School. The creative best pals are the daughters of Brody and Jan Ette Oakley and Brandon and Amber Mayes and collaborated in the Oakley kitchen to devise their winning “Not So Veggie Garden” cupcake design (pictured in the bottom left corner of the far left photo and in the closeup at bottom right.) The contest required the girls to bring three prebaked cupcakes, decorate them onsite (top right) and then make an oral presentation to the judges exhibiting their food safety knowledge as well as their decorating techniques with crushed cookie “dirt” and rolled candy “veggies.” The girls are already planning next year’s entry. [Photos Provided]