By Megan Lewis
For the Sidney Daily News

SIDNEY — Five grand champions were named at the Shelby County Fair’s baked goods auction on Sunday.

The overall grand champion was the White Raspberry Almond Cake made by Laura Schulze; it was enterted in white cake with specialty filling, and frosting choice category. The cake sold for $375.

Other grand champions were Pumpkin Pie made by Sandy Pence ($425), Caramels made by Connie Snapp ($425), Apple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls made by Laura Schulze ($525), and Chewy Ginger Sandwich Cookies made by Sandy Pence ($500).

Other baked goods were:

Coconut Cookies by Jill Smith. Place first in the coconut cookie category ($150)

Homemade White Bread by Maddie Martin. Placed first in the loaf of bread, traditional-white category ($50)

Homemade Noodles by Tina Ike. Placed first in the homemade noodles category ($50)

Cheese and Chive Biscuits by Judy Briggs. Placed first in the creative biscuits category ($50)

Key Lime Angel Food Cake by Kenzie Notestine. Place first in the cakes- creators choice category ($300)

Brown Sugar Blueberry Coffee Cake by Teresa Esser. Place first in the coffee category ($120)

Buttermilk Caramel Apple Muffins by Jennifer Knouff. Place first in the creative muffins category ($100)

No Chill Sugar Cookies by Vicki Kipker. . Place first in the sugar cookie category ($110)

Chocolate Oreo Cake by Katelynn Garber. Placed first in the category chocolate cake with specialty filling with frosting choice ($230)

Cornbread by Connie Snapp. Place first in the cornbread category ($50)

Pecan Rolls by Lindsey Alexander. Placed second in the tea ring or 6 yeast roll category ($150)

Whole Wheat Bread by Virginia Shaw. Placed first in the loaf of bread, traditional-whole wheat category ($50)

Buckeyes by Sandy Pence. Place first in the homemade candy, buckeye category ($60)

No Bake Salted Butterscotch Caramel Cookies by Vicki Kipker. Place first in the butterscotch cookie category ($200)

Sweet Buttermilk Biscuits by Barb Gaier. Placed first in the traditional biscuits category ($50)

Perfect Chocolate Cake by Marcia Davis. Placed first in the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting category ($160)

Hardtack Candy, apple flavor by Connie Snapp. Place first in the homemade candy, hardtack category ($80)

Strawberry Rubarb Pie by Connie Snapp. Place first in the strawberry- rhubarb pie category ($100)

Peach Pie by Laura Schulze. Place first in the peach pie category ($250)

Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies by Sandy Pence. Place first in the chocolate chip cookie category ($160)

White Chocolate Maplenut Fudge by Connie Snapp ($50)

Peanut Butter Cookies by Teresa Esser. Place first in the peanut butter cookie category ($100)

Pecan Pie by Sandy Pence. Place first in the pecan pie category ($250)

Carrot Cake by Marcia Davis. Placed first in the carrot cake- no cream cheese category ($130)

Glazed Lemon Cookies by Sandy Pence. Place first in the lemon cookie category ($50)

Peanut Butter Fudge by Connie Snapp. Place first in the homemade candy, peanut butter fudge category ($50)

Old Fashion Peanut Brittle by Amanda Hoying. Place first in the homemade candy, peanut brittle category ($50)

Oatmeal Fudge Bars by Teresa Esser. Place first in the homemade cookie- bars category ($60)

Hand-picked Berry Pie by Tina Ike. Place first in the creative berry pie category ($130)

Zucchini Bread by Will Rethman. Place first in the traditional zucchini bread category ($500)

Oatmeal Sliders by Marcia Davis. Place first in the oatmeal cookie category ($50)

Lemon Blueberry Crumb Muffins with a Lemon Glaze by Teresa Esser. Place first in the blueberry muffins category ($110)

Snickerdoodle Cookies by Marie Carity. Place first in the cinnamon cookie category ($110)

Apple Pie by Tina Ike. Place first in the traditional crust apple pie category ($110)

Linna Everest won in the Clover Buds (kids-12 years old) category, and in the Junior Baker (13-17 years old) category Kayla Wiley won. The Clover Buds were tasked with making a dozen of their favorite cookies. The 13-17 year old category were asked to bake and decorate a cake. Each child was presented with a plaque.

The money raise at the auction went to the baker with the exception of 5 percent that was kept by the fairgrounds. This was 80-year-old auctioneer Dick Barhorst’s 50th year of conducting the bake auction.