Schoolchildren will be stepping into the shoes of Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with their invitation to judge a cake competition with a difference at next month’s Narberth Food Festival.

The Great Historical Bake-Off contest, being organised by Narberth Museum, is calling for entrants to re-create a cake recipe from a bygone era.

The youngsters - taking part in the festival as part of its Education Day curtain-raiser - will be looking out for soggy bottoms and mastery of technical challenges before they crown their Star Baker.

Narberth Museum’s learning officer, Emma Baines, cooked up the concept of the Great Historical Bake-Off, and has a quartet of recipes at the ready.

Entrants will be allocated a recipe at random - so only then will they find out if their baking challenge is the Tudor seed cake, the Georgian plum cake, the Victoria sponge or the Second World War-time eggless chocolate cake.

“It’s a bit of fun and there has been quite a lot of interest,” said Emma. “We’ll be taking all the cakes along to the festival’s Education Day for the children to judge on taste, texture and presentation.”

Recipes and entry forms will be available from Narberth Museum until September 20. Entry is £2 per adult and £1 per child, with proceeds to museum funds. Winners will receive vouchers to spend in Narberth Museum shop.

For more information, see www.narberthmuseum.co.uk

Narberth Food Festival takes place on the Town Moor on Saturday, September 24, and Sunday, September 25.

For more information, see www.narberthfoodfestival.com or Narberth Food Festival on Facebook.