Elva Trevino is pictured with her Christmas Cheesecake Supreme that ranked her as the Best of La Posada Bake-Off 2009 winner in the Dec. 5 contest. Pictured are co-chairmen of the event Leo Alarcon and Bobbie Nix. (Photos by Gloria Bigger Cantu) As the cliché goes “it’s a tough job but someone has to do it” and tasting the winning baking entry of the Christmas Cheesecake Supreme, proved to be a sweet experience. Elva Trevino won the 2009 Best of La Posada Bake-off Dec. 5. The Bake-Off was a real success with almost 30 entries entered.

“I really enjoy baking for my friends and family,” Trevino said smiling.

She learned to bake as a child from her older sister. After 29 years in education, the last two years as a counselor, Trevino retired. Most of her teaching employment was with the Kingsville Independent School District.

Leo Alarcon who began this event five years ago with only cookie entries and later he included other pastries and sweets and called it La Posada Bake-off. This year the Woman’s Club of Kingsville partnered with Alarcon and assisted with the event held at the Helen Kleberg Community Center, (Woman’s Club) Building.

Pecan candy winners were Linda Franklin, left and Audrey Olivarez with her entry of chocolate pecan delights. There were three divisions in the cookie category. The cookies were pan de polvo and pecan. There were four categories in the pecan division that included cakes, candy, breads. Each entry had to include pecans in the ingredients.

There were also three age divisions in each category; ages three years and up. A $5 fee was required per entry.
Pecan bread winners were Jean Tierney left, second place with orange pecan scones and Laura Olivarez with pumkin rolls, first place.
Pecan pie winners were pictured from left are Sue Miller, third place; Yolanda Zapata, second place and Elva Trevino, first place. Zapata baked the Pecan Cranberry Pie, Miller baked the Caramel Pecan Pie. Trevino baked the Christmas Cheesecake Supreme.
Adult cookie winners were from left Laura Olivarez, first place with pecan rolls; Sara Vallejo, oatmeal pecan cookies and Sibyl Deacon with Rio Lace Cookies.
Sue Miller, left and Linda Franklin are pictured with their winning cake entries. Franklin won first place with a sweet potato pound cake and Sue Miller won second place with Amaretto cake.
Pan the Polvo winners were Rebecca Carrion left, first place and Irene Gonzalez-Dial, third place. (Not pictured is Juanita N. Rios, who placed second in the contest).