Isabel’s chasing no low-hanging fruit(cake)

Cobram was well represented in the competition, with Isabel joined by Margaret Watson, Lola Goodwin (second, junior boiled fruit cake category) and Heather Crosthwaite (second, carrot cake category).

The Cobram teen explained the secret to an award-winning boiled fruitcake was simple: all it takes is a bit of luck, time and effort.

Isabel was a bundle of excitement and nerves “since I don’t really know how the cake’s going to go”.

“We use the same oven, but we have to try figure out the temp to use,” she said.

In September, Isabel will be off to Melbourne to throw her hat in the ring at the Melbourne Royal Show to be crowned first in the state for her boiled fruitcake.