Village Show
Cuckfield Society Village Show
Start planting/creating/planning your entries now! It really is great fun.
Show date: Saturday 2nd September 2023 at 2pm at the Cuckfield Baptist Church
Helpers needed to join our friendly fun committee and if you can also help on the day - please email cuckfield.society@gmail.com
If you are not already a member of the Cuckfield Society, do please consider it as it only costs £10 per year and it enables us to run the Village Show. See LINK.
Show Classes -
HORTICULTURE
VEGETABLES
1. 3 beetroot
2. A cabbage
3. 3 carrots
4. 3 chillies
5. 3 courgettes (not exceeding 20cm long)
6. 2 cucumbers
7. 3 leeks
8. 1-3 lettuce, any type
9. 3 onions from seed or sets
10. A bunch of spring onions
11. A garlic or onion plait (min. 7 bulbs)
12. 3 potatoes, any variety
13. A pumpkin or squash
14. An arrangement of mixed herbs, judged for variety
15. 5 runner beans
16. 5 French beans
17. Longest runner bean (1st prize only)
18. 5 tomatoes, any variety
19. Heaviest vegetable (1st prize only)
20. The Jo Roche Cup – selection of home-grown produce in a container
21. The most spectacular/amusing vegetable (can enter on the day)
FRUIT
22. 3 eating apples
23. 3 cooking apples
24. 3 pears
25. 3 plums
26. 3 specimens of any home-grown fruit
27. A plate of soft fruits (max. 10 items)
28. A bunch of grapes
FLOWERS
29. 3 dahlias, cactus or semi-cactus variety
30. 3 dahlias, pom-pom, ball or decorative variety
31. 3 dahlias, any other variety
32. The single most fragrant rose
33. 5 rose heads
34. A posy of flowers
FOOD AND DRINK
BAKING
35. The Katie Stewart Cup – Date and Walnut Loaf Cake using Katie’s recipe
36. 3 cheese scones
37. 3 brandy snaps
38. 3 chocolate chip cookies
39. 3 choux buns (savoury or sweet, any filling)
40. 3 meringues, any flavour
41. A lemon drizzle loaf tin cake
42. A crown cake, to celebrate the Coronation
43. A vegetable cake (made from beetroot, courgette, carrot etc.)
44. A baked cheesecake
45. A tea loaf
46. A loaf of bread
PRESERVES/DRINK
47. 1 jar chutney, any recipe
48. 1 jar jam
49. 1 jar fruit jelly
50. 1 jar marmalade
51. 1 bottle of homemade fruit spirit
52. 1 bottle of homemade beer/cider
53. 1 bottle of homemade wine
FLORAL ART(use wire/beads/bark/vintage hedgehogs etc., not oasis as this will not be acceptable)
54. A summer wreath
55. A table centre piece inspired by the Coronation
56. An arrangement of dried flowers and/or seed heads
57. A freestyle flower display, in your own container
CRAFTS
58. A bag for life
59. A pair of jeans customised in your own style
60. A white t-shirt decorated in your own style (eg. Buttons, zips, ribbons, pens, bling etc.)
61. A handstitched item of needlecraft
62. A tie-dye scarf
63, An item of crochet
64. An item of knitting
65. Any dressmaking item
66. A sheet of handmade paper
67. A bar of handmade soap
68. Something made from wood
69. Something made from metal
ART(Max 60 x 60cm inc. frame in watercolour, acrylic, pastel, gouache, oil, charcoal, pencil or digital)
70. A landscape, any medium
71. A portrait, any medium
72. A still life, any medium
73. A seascape, any medium
74. A painting showing the effect of light
75. A painting conveying emotion
76. Use different art techniques to create a picture (stippling, collage etc.)
77. A piece of digital art, printed on A4 paper
78. A piece of verse or poetry (max. 16 lines)
PHOTOGRAPHY (Max. 20cm x 20cm unmounted)
79. Your garden
80. A Coronation scene
81. A cityscape
82. UK weather
83. Reflections
84. A photo depicting texture, close-up or at a distance
JUNIORS (up to 14 years – age will be taken into account when judging)
85. Something I created at school
86. A diorama in a shoebox
87. A miniature garden (max. 30 x 30cm)
88. Decorate a hard-boiled egg
89. A drawing/painting (subject of your choice)
90. A collage/sculpture made from recycled material
91. An original model made from Lego/similar
92. An animal made from fruit, vegetables or pasta
93. A repetitive pattern made from a potato print stamp
94. A cartoon strip (max. A4)
Katie Stewart’s Date and Walnut Loaf Cake
Moist and easy to slice with discernable chunks of dates and walnuts – keep for 24 hours before serving
1 x 225g block pressed dates
1 large lemon
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
100g (4 oz) butter
100g (4 oz) soft brown sugar
1 egg
225g (8 oz) self-raising flour
100g (4 oz) broken walnuts
Makes 1 loaf cake
Preparation time: 25 minutes, plus cooling time
Baking time: 1-1¼ hours
- Grease and base-line a 22.5 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm (9 x 5 x 3 inch) oblong tin. Roughly chop the dates and place in a medium bowl. Finely grate the lemon rind and add to the dates. Squeeze the lemon juice into a measuring jug. Sprinkle the bicarbonate of soda over the chopped dates. Make up the lemon juice to 225 ml (8 fl oz) with boiling water and add to the bowl. Stir well and leave until cold.
- Heat the oven to 160°C (325°F or gas no. 3). Beat the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Lightly mix the egg and stir into the creamed mixture. Stir in the date mixture. Sift the flour into the mixture. Stir well until mixed. Reserve about 25 g (1 oz) of the broken walnuts and stir the remainder into the cake mixture.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread level. Sprinkle with the reserved walnuts. Set in the preheated oven and bake for 1-1¼ hours. Cool in the baking tin for 15 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack. Slice to serve.