Took In The Cake Auction & BBQ At Georgia Plains Last Night

Mary Kay stopped by and asked me what I was planning to do for supper last night and when I said I hadn't decided yet, she mentioned that they had a Cake Auction & BBQ going on down at Georgia Plains. Well, I have never been to a Cake Auction before and had pretty well decided I wasn't going to buy one before I left as a cake can get a little dry after a few days, especially if you are the only one eating it.

When I got there, didn't see any cakes around, until someone drove up and went inside the center carrying the cake. Inside I went, and sure enough, there were cakes, cakes and more cakes as well as several pies. All were marked with a number and a description, some even had recipes. You could go around and look at them, mark down the number you were interested in and then bid on it when it came up. I did see a couple of maple pies that interested me, as I knew I could put those in the refrigerator and they would easily last a week.

Well, the Cake Auction started at six o'clock. The first couple of cakes sold for $5. I thought, gee this won't be bad. Then they brought this cake out and said who baked it and the bidding started finally finishing at $105. From there on quite a few went for anywhere from $25 to $75.

Finally one of my maple pies came up, but once it got up to $15 I lost interest. Not sure, but I think all the maple pies went for between $30 & $50.

It was a benefit, so I am sure that is why the prices were so high. I do know that around Easter every year, the Ladies of The Ascension Parish in Georgia bake Maple Pies to sell.

It made for an interesting evening - Saw Lee & Louise Minor and Bob & Mary Hoben there, but after about an hour and a half, was having a bit of a problem holding my head up due to my neck, so headed home. Looked like it was a good fund raiser, but lots of work involved by a lot of bakers there.