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Over 70 Bake Clubs fired up their ovens, dusted off their baking trays, and whipped their clubs into shape for the five weeks that was Wellington Bake Club 2011.
At the Wellington Bake Off 2011 things sure heated up with our guest judges tasting over 50 individual cupcakes!
The inaugural Best Baker was Jinesse Taylor from her Bake Club The Magnficent Mixers, a group of friends. Jinesse's winning cupcake was a stem ginger cupcake with lemon frosting and gingerbread men. Get the recipe
Jinesse won $1000 worth of groceries from New World and $1000 worth of bake ware from Kirkcaldie & Stains. Her club, The Magnificent Mixers, won a Fisher & Paykel appliance to the value of $2500 (including GST). Congratulations!
There were plenty of other winners, finalists and spot prizes. Stay tuned while we compile the list of all the winners in the next few days.
Even though Wellington Bake Club 2011 has officially finished, there's no reason you can't start practising for next year! Head to your local New World to source your Wellington regional ingredients. View a list of some great Wellington regional ingredients.
Wellington Bake Club how it all panned out week to week:
Week 1 Baking Challenge: Biscuits
Hunt down your Nana's chocolate cookie recipe, grab your Edmonds cookbook for a traditional ANZAC, or live on a knife's edge and attempt a Macaroon. View the Week 1 Baking Challenge YouTube clip.
Week 2 Baking Challenge: Savory Muffins
Baking doesn't need to be sweet to be tempting. It can be chunky, cheesy and even include meat and the odd vegetable View the Week 2 Baking Challenge YouTube clip.
Week 3 Baking Challenge: Old Fashioned Slice
Ginger, Louise, Lolly, Caramel, Apricot they are all so tasty. Just remember Baking Paper is your friend when it come to these often sticky treats View the Week 3 Baking Challenge YouTube clip.
Week 4 Baking Challenge: Cake
Birthdays, Weddings, Parties, none would be same without Cake. Wow your Bake Club with your best Cake and secure your spot at the 2011 Wellington Bake Off on Thursday August 18th. A couple of tips from Julie at Floridita's - have your ingredients room temperature, and cream the butter and sugar till fluffy. View the Week 4 Baking Challenge YouTube clip.
Week 5 Bake Off!!! INVITATION ONLY EVENT
You should now know who your Bake Club's best baker is. This baker gets to represent your club at the Bake Off . Each Bake Club's representative baker can bring along one additional baker. Bake Off details below:
Date: Thursday 18 August
Time: Bakers arrive and set up 5pm -5.30pm (judging 5.30pm-6.30pm)
Venue: Civic units 1 & 2, Wellington Town Hall, Wellington Convention Centre (entrance opposite Michael Fowler Centre).
Tea, coffee and cupcakes galore to be shared by all.
RSVP to RSVP@WellingtonOnaPlate.com by Monday 15 August. Please include in your email which two of your Bake Club members will be attending.
Yes, the final challenge we have for you is Cupcakes!
We will be using the same judging criteria as the Bake Club voting slips. Flavour, Texture, Appearance, and inclusion of Wellington Ingredients (a minimum of one, but for full points you need two or more).
The judges you need to impress are; Ruth Pretty from Ruth Pretty Catering, Sarah Meikle from Visa Wellington On a Plate, Ondine from Martha's Pantry, and a Cake Decorating champion Rania Dijlawati from New World Metro.
A few rules:
1. What are cupcakes? Individual sized portions usually baked in a muffin tin with a cake like texture. The cupcake mould is lined with a crimped paper or foil cup, and the finished product is attractively decorated.
2. You need bring nine cupcakes and display them on your own serving plate (the plate can be a maximum of 40cm long x 40cm wide). Plus bring a smaller plate to serve an individual cupcake (part of the nine) for the judges table.
3. The judging will be done blind (unnamed, not blind-folded). So you need to fill in and print off the name cards for both your plates and bring them with you.
Print cupcake name cards
View example of filled in cupcake name cards
4. You need to be at the venue, registered and have your cupcakes displayed by 5.30pm. So get there as close to 5pm as possible.
Tools for running your Bake Club
- Poster
- Voting slips
- Leaderboard sheet
- Examples of Poster, Voting slips & Leaderboard filled in
- List of Wellington Region produced products
Photo Competition (open to anyone - not just Bake Clubs)
We want to see the baking you're turning out each week. So we have created a Bake Club Photo Competition (giving you even more chances at winning great prizes).
Upload a photo of your baking, your Bake Club member eating their baking, or anything else related to your Bake Club and be in to win $1000 cookware from Kirkcaldie & Stains, plus spot prizes of cookbooks, New World Gift Cards and $100 restaurant vouchers.
Simply use the Bake Club Photo Competition Facebook Application
View full Terms and Conditions
Registrations have now closed for Wellington Bake Club 2011
Recruit members for your Bake Club (like a book club only more delicious), fire up your ovens and get baking!
Ingredients
- You plus friends, work mates, study buddies, coffee dates or even the rugby club
- Home-made baking
- A healthy dose of competition
Method
- Mix well
- Bake better
- Heat up the competition for your chance to be at the Wellington Bake Off 2011
The top home baker at the Wellington Bake Off wins:
- $1000 of New World Gift Cards
- $1000 worth of bakeware from Kirkcaldie & Stains
The top Bake Club wins:
- A Fisher & Paykel appliance to the value of $2500 Inc GST
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Head to your local New World and grab your Wellington ingredients – keep an eye out for the Bake Club logo.
How to whip your Bake Club into shape
- You need to register by Wednesday 13 July to take part. Your first bake challenge is issued Thursday 14th July.
- A Bake Club must have at least four members (there is no maximum limit on the number of home bakers per club), and a baker may be part of as many clubs as they wish - which may be dangerous on the waist line.
- Nominate your Bake Master (if you’re reading this – it’s probably you). This person will send out reminders before baking day. And most importantly keep track of the scores.
- Each week at 9am on Thursday a baking challenge will be issued – baking needs to be baked and judged by the end of the following Wednesday (and scores tallied by the Bake Master).
- Everyone in the Bake Club must bake on the same day once a week for three weeks (the club determines the Bake Day best suited to its members). If a Bake Club member misses a Bake Day, it is up to the Bake Master to decide if they will change the system to a highest average rate (giving the missing member no disadvantage).
- The tasters (anyone with taste buds will do, including the Bake Club members) rate each bake against a simple form provided (tasters must sample and rate all members' baking). Tasters can be varied week to week.
- Baking is judged on taste, appearance, flavour, and inclusion of Wellington ingredients (a minimum of one Wellington ingredient is required per bake).
- The two bakers within your Bake Club with the highest total scores after three weeks, progress to week four.
- At week four the slate is cleared and it’s all down to the home baker who gains the most points for that one bake. The top scorer represents their club at the Wellington Bake Off 2011 event during Visa Wellington On a Plate on August 18th. Prizes and glory up for grabs!
And don’t forget to snap a photo of your baking each week and enter in the weekly Best Bake photo competition on Facebook. There are heaps of prizes, including New World Gift Cards, cookbooks and restaurant vouchers. Keep an eye on Facebook.com/WellingtonOnaPlate for details. You don’t need to be in a Bake Club to take part.
Email info@WellingtonOnaPlate.com with any questions.
