Whip up your best recipe and take the cake at the 2nd Annual Mary Jarboe Memorial Cake Show, a sweet tribute to Fayette's beloved Queen of Cakes. The competition offers bakers the chance to show off their skills, have some fun, and perhaps even take home a prize.

Sponsored by Ophelia's and local radio station 94.7 KPIP, the competition is free to enter and welcomes all types of cakes. Entries will be judged by a panel of three judges, with prizes awarded to the top finishers. First place will receive a $100 cash prize courtesy of 94.7 KPIP, Fayette's local non-profit educational radio station. Second place will receive a $50 gift certificate from Ophelia's, while third place will receive a $15 Ophelia's gift certificate.

Contestants should bring their cakes to the main level of the Howard County Courthouse between 8 am and 10:30 am on the day of the festival. Judging will begin at 10:40 am, and winners will be announced from the bandstand during the awards ceremony at noon.

But the excitement doesn't end there.

Following the awards presentation, all contest cakes will be auctioned to the public by local auctioneer Charlie Flaspohler. Festival-goers will have the opportunity to bid on a variety of homemade creations, and bakers whose cakes don't place may still find themselves with one of the day's most sought-after entries.

Whether you're competing for a prize, bidding on a delicious dessert, or simply cheering on your favorite baker, the Mary Jarboe Memorial Cake Show promises to be one of the sweetest events of the Fayette Festival of the Arts.