I’ll start with the signings.
King of Prussia, PA. Short Hills, NJ and New York City, NY.
Three cities in three days…
… and full of fun.
… and meeting lots of great people.
This is Esther. … I love putting faces with the people that I’ve emailed with. She makes the cutest little wire whisk necklaces.
You must check them out.
… King of Prussia had lots of little cutie pies in the store.
Lots of them.
Including these charmers. So cute in their matching tees.
Even the Williams-Sonoma folks joined in on the fun. This is Brian and Mandy. Loved them.
Then in Short Hills, I met more wonderful people. These folks welcomed me with smiling faces.
And cute cupcakes. The lovely young lady in the pink scarf above made these. We may or may not have shared a cry.
This is Melanie. She’s a Pop Star of the Star Wars variety. Check em out.
Look at these two. Stylish. Both of them.
And these two. Smiling and having a great time, despite getting in a little car accident on the way to the signing.
So glad no one was hurt.
I love these photos. Trying to get everyone to look at the same camera at the same time is easier than it sounds.
Side wave.
Bye New Jersey.
Hello New York.
Again… everyone was so fun.
Including their sweetly painted fingernails.
Families came out together.
And young bakers did, too. This is Kaira. Another Pop Star.
And here’s Nora. If you remember seeing the Cupcake Kabobs all over the web… well, she started that.
Laughter all around.
And look – it’s Rachel from Cupcakes Take The Cake. I was so glad to finally meet her. If you love cupcakes and you don’t know about this site, or you’ve been under a rock, let me introduce you.
New York was a fantastic way to end the Book tour – or so I thought.
There will be one more recap and then that’s it.
I hear a bunch of you cheering because that finally means more baking … right?! YAY! YAY! YAY!
Anyway… Toronto is coming up this weekend. And it turns out I’ll be at two locations.
If you’re in Toronto, and can’t make the Williams-Sonoma signing on Saturday, I’ll also be at Teatro Verde at 4:30 pm on Friday. Hope to meet you guys.
And as usual… if you attended a signing and see your photo in one of the slideshows below, feel free to use it. Thanks again for making the tour so much fun.
Okay, okay … that was the signings.
Now for the books.
I’m giving away ten of them. Ten Cake Pops books. And signed if you like.
- To enter for a chance to win one, just leave a comment on this blog post and tell me what holiday treat you can’t wait to eat.
- Deadline to enter is Wednesday, December 1st at 5:00 pm ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winners will be announced below.
- Ten (10) winners will be chosen at random and announced by the end of the week.
Good luck guys!
Okay – Here they are. Here are the 10 Cake Pops Book Winners. Yay!
835 – Betty-Ann – …any one of my husband’s authentic, hazelnutty, German Christmas cookies…love, love, love them!
3987 – Leigh McGilvray – I can’t wait to eat mincemeat pies this holiday season! My mum just sent me the recipe so I can make them for the first time : ) I know the smell will remind me of home.
738 – trifitmom – pecan bars i make, yummmmmmmmm
5084 – Paula – I can’t wait for … mmmm flan!
4748 – Ashley M. – I’m looking forward to cheesecake!
2180 – Nadia – I love making (and eating) beautifully decorated sugar cookies at christmas time too! … but first I’m making cake pops for my hubby’s workplace charity fundraiser on Thursday!!! Welcome to T.O. this weekend!
4718 – Stephanie – Broken glass torte…made by my grandma!
5721 – Rachel R – baking, eating and decorating some sugar cookies with my lil one.
54 – Chelsea A – I love French Silk Pie this time of year! It’s an annual treat that I limit myself to making only for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s almost the same recipe as PW! Also, I love all the pictures and stories you share from your signing. I am amazed you remember all the details!
2750 – Julie – Banana split cake!
Congratulations everyone!
Peanut butter balls! My dad only makes them for Christmas, so I can’t wait. :)
I can’t wait to eat my new recipe for chocolate sugar cookies
I can’t wait for the breakfast casserole my Mom makes every Christmas. It’s absolutely delish. I think I’m going to try to make window cookies again too. (sugar cookies with clear candy windows.) They’re my favorite!
I would love a copy of your book! I can’t wait to eat Christmas Sugar Cookies!
snowballs- i made them up myself. peanut butter rice crispies rolled into little balls then dipped in white chocolate. delicious!!
I love my mother’s fruit cake! It is the best…so moist and filled with so much fruit. It is unbelievable. I think one could take small amounts of it and roll it into a great cakepop!
Aaaah…my dad’s rosettes! I haven’t had them in years! And, he’s going to teach me how to make them – yay!!
Peanut butter fudge!! It is AMAZING!
I love the homemade peanut butter fudge!
I’m really looking forward to having red velvet cake! Mmmm! with peppermint ice cream!
Peppermint Bark – I am going try and make some this year. Saw a cute recipe where it was made in silicone ice cube trays that looked like Christmas Trees.
My mom’s fantasia bars!
Gingerbread. Faster than cookies. Just make a loaf of bread and eat ! yum!
Mmm…I can’t wait for Christmas cookies, especially sugar cookies! And white chocolate almond bark…and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting… Yum!!
I can’t wait to DRINK hot buttered rum! We are traveling this year (and usually don’t), so I’m not going to get my hopes up for baked goods. I’ll be lucky to eat hot dogs for Christmas dinner!
I love love love eating those NEON GREEN WREATH cookies – the ones made out of corn flakes and marshmallow. Then top it off with the little red hearts! Mmm… I didn’t get them often as a kid and hardly have them now, but love seeing them on a cookie tray at work!
It has to be homemade English Toffee, except the kids always want me to share!
I can’t wait to do our family baking day. The kids and I spend a day making all kinds of Christmas goodies for friends and neighbors. I want to make sugar cookies and decorate them w/ fun icing and candies. We also have a gingerbread house competition each year too….fierce competition!! :)
I can’t wait for fudge!
FUDGE!
I can’t wait to make and eat peppermint patties – they are my favourite, and I save them till Christmas because I’m the only one that can’t stop at 1 or 2!
homemade turtles and drumsticks (caramel and chocolate covered pretzel sticks)
all the cookies I make for my family, friends, and neighbors! :) I love to experiment with new recipes each year.
Pecan pie! Homemade this year ;)
I would love to eat sugar cookies :D:D:D…lots of them :)
I cannot wait to eat Oven Pancakes for breakfast on Christmas and chocolate covered pretzels for days before!
Looking forward to Christmas fudge!
I can’t wait for candy cane biscotti! Yum yum!
CHEESE BALL – Homemade of course!!!!
I’m looking forward to delicious cheesecake squares
Pick me Pick me!!!! I cannot wait for caramel marshmallow popcorn!! YUMMY
saltine brittle….mmmmm
I can’t wait for shortbread
Looking forward to homemade sugar donuts
I can not wait to eat red velvet cake. Yummy!!
can’t wait for fresh gingerbread cookies!!
Oreo truffles!!
Peanut Butter Cookies with red and green sugar sprinkles!
I can not wait to eat peppermint sugar cookies mmmmmm
Grandma’s cookies!
My dad’s homemade Baklava and my peppermint bark. Not together of course. That would just be an odd taste :)
Spaghetti on Christmas Eve
I’ll be baking my grandma’s apricot cookies, made with dried apricots that I cook slowly and yeast in the dough.
I can’t wait for our Christmas morning breakfast! It is a casserole that we have been making for as long as I can remember and we prep the night before and it bakes while we open gifts. We have made it other times of the year for this or that but it doesn’t taste the same unless it is Christmas morning.
Sugar cookies with icing….YUM!!
I can’t wait to make and eat Snickerdoodles!
OH PLEASE BE ME! I’m crossing my fingers. I’ve been a huge fan of your blog for years and I LOVE cake pops! I would be so happy to win your cookbook…. and it sure would get a lot of use!
Venetians! They’re little almond flavored 3 layered petit fours in pink ,yellow and green with chocolate on top. Very yummy!!!!
grandma’s jubilee jumbles! I’ll share the recipe with you if you like?!
my moms chex mix – good lord i count down to it every year. and peppermint meringues! mmmm
chocolate krinkle cookies made with Sambuca! Yum!!
golden graham s’mores. YUM!
I can’t wait to make gingerbread houses! That means I get to eat candy ;)
Limoncello Cupcakes with Mascarpone Chesse Icing! YUM, I can sure send some your way if you’d like!
I cannot wait for pecan tassies. My grandmother would make them every year for us and now it’s my turn.
I can’t wait to make whit chocolate covered pertzels with pepermint. This seems to be the only time my girls will get in the kitchen with me.
fudge :-)
Discovered Creme de Menthe brownies last year and I so can’t wait to make them again:)
I can’t wait to make my frosted sugar cookies! I love to decorate them with pretty sprinkles.
I cant wait to eat the martha stewart mice cookies Im gonna make!!
It is definitely my homemade caramel popcorn I make every year!
The best thing is to get a steaming cup of hot chocolate and melt a candy cane in it :)
I’m looking forward to my grandma’s cookies. I’ve finally gotten the recipe down right and can now bake them with my own daughters!
FRUITCAKE!!! LOL Just kidding. I really like making and eating sugar cookies around the holidays.
Rainbow (or tri-color) cookies… I have to make them in order to enjoy them, but it’s totally worth it!
Mum’s creme caramel. Omg, such bliss and goodness!
Christmas sugar cookies!
Yay I would love to win one! I love making sugar cookies. So fun to do with the kiddos :)
Looking forward to some of my grandmas best sugar cookies!!
I can’t wait to eat trifle! Yummy custardy, creamy fruitiness!
Christmas sugar cookies! And cake pops!!! (:
I can’t wait to eat the 5 layer Christmas cake my Mom’s baking this year (it’s my great-grandmother’s recipe)…each layer a different flavor with different fillings in between. Yum!
Oh man, where to begin? From cinnamon rolls to pumpkin anything to ham and rolls, the real question is- what am I not excited to eat! And that would be nothing :-) I love love love holiday baking, eating and celebrating!
I can’t wait to eat my mother inlaws raindeer droppings! They are the best!
Peppermint Chocolate Bark! Yummmmm. I’m also going to be making cake pops! Fun fun! Yum Yum…
The sweets that my daughter and I have baked together when she is home on college break….she is so much fun to bake with that everything turns out delicious. :-)
my mom’s cranberry-pistachio biscotti!!!!!! i would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE
My favorite treat I can’t wait to eat is lady locks.
I can’t wait to eat cookies, cupcakes, and pie. Oh my!!
Mmmm…my mom’s homemade cookies!! She only makes them once a year, so it’s something to really look forward to! :)
I love Peanut Butter Balls! They are soooo good!
Cut out cookies with butter cream frosting.
Sugar cookies with royal icing.
I cant wait to have some Chocolate Cherry Trifle with Homemade Chocolate Custard … yum
I can’t wait to eat blueberry cream pie, pumpkin cream cheese roll, and this apple pie my mom makes with a streusel topping and caramel sauce. Yum!
I can’t wait to nibble on as much peanut brittle and fudge I can get my hands on!! What an awesome giveaway…thanks for the chance!
My mom’s amazing gingerbread cookies with milk!!! They are delicious and oh, SO Christmasy!
There are soooo many treats this time of year and they are all good. I really look forward to the Fannie May candy that my Dad gives out at Christmas.
White Chocolate Covered Oreos….I LOVE those things!!
Fudge and nighty-night cookies.
Oatmeal cookies, I add orange zest and cranberries. They are my grandma’s recipe and they are almost cake like. So delish!
I”m getting one of these books whether I win it or not <3
Can’t wait to eat the first “Moon Cookies”- a soft cakey sugar cookie decorated with red and green sugar…. Takes me back to being a kid, when my Mom baked them!!! YUM!!!
I am the dull one in the family, but Carrot Cake makes me happy, everyone else needs their pumpkin but I need Carrots!
Gingerbread cookies with royal icing!!!
homemade peppermint vegetarian marshmallows.
that’s right, vegetarian marshmallows. rolled in candycane chunks.
I can’t wait to make and eat russian tea cakes, peanut butter blossoms and italian christmas cookies! =)
Taryn’s Vanilla Cake with coconut cream cheese buttercream…YUM or her almond sugar cookies :)
Traditional frosted sugar cookies-yum!
Baking cookies with my mom!
I love layered jello which is something my mom use to make and now I make it for my families christmas party every year!
Two things. I can’t wait to have good old fashioned Christmas pudding with caramel sauce and English Trifle with blackberries, raspberries, and cherries. Yumm- ie! Oh, and leftover pumpkin pie for breakfast on Boxing day. Mmmmm.
I can not wait to eat sugar cookies with sprinkles!
I’m very anxious to start baking my dozens of Christmas cookies. I do about 15 different varieties of cookies and make up plates for my family, friends and neighbors. It’s not Christmas without the cookies! A tradition that was started by my grandmother over 20 years ago and has been passed down the generations and is now mine. =)
Looks like you had a great time!
My favorite dessert will be some concoction that I will try on my family. Well noted for spicing up the Holidays.
A Cake Pop. I’m having a baking day with my two young nieces – we’ll see how they turn out.
Delicious Baby Ruth candy. It tastes miles better than actual Baby Ruth, and it’s the perfect alternative to the loads of fudge in the house during the holidays.
I can not wait to nom nom on some chocolate covered cherries!
I love my mom’s pecan pie. She also makes it for Thanksgiving, but with work, I can only go home for Christmas.
My mom’s pumpin roll.
Thanks for sharing the pics. My cousin got me a book in NYC, so I’m going to go look for her now.
My mammaa makes the best cornbreaditll wanna make you slap your mamma
I can’t wait to make chow mein noodle cookies :) They’re so yummy, but I only make them this time of year. I really need to do it soon, too!
Christmas brunch with homemade sticky rolls!
I can’t wait to make tons of cookies and spiced pecans and can’t forget the eggnog…..and maybe some cupcakes for good measure….
I make a pretty yummy candy cane buttercream that I love on fluffy white cupcakes. But I have to wait for the weather to get cold before it tastes right & it’s 79 degrees here in Houston today!
Cheesecake! Mint Chocolate Cheesecake! Yum Yum!
I love sugar cookies and carrot cake cheesecake. I made one for thanksgiving and am looking forward to making another for Christmas.
Egg Nog!!! I love egg nog!
A friend of mine made key lime pie cookies last year and I fell in love! She is making me some for Christmas and I CAN’T WAIT!
Fruit mince pies and Trifle – favourites for my husband!
My mom’s cream wafer cookies – butter and sugar galore!
I can’t wait to go home and eat way too many of my mom’s whipped shortbread cookies! melt in your mouth yummm…
My favorite treat for the holidays is spritz cookies! I love their simple, buttery goodness! Can’t wait to make them.
cookies!!!!!!
I love Christmas cookies!
Im from the caribbean, so I am looking forward to my mom’s rum fruit cake.
Lots of homemade hot cocoa and marshmallows!
Cinnamon rolls fresh out of the oven on Christmas morning! Christmas brunch isn’t complete without them.
Delicious homemade marshmallows… preferably in a steaming cup of hot chocolate!
My friend makes really good pistachio cookies! I can’t wait to eat them!
Ooh! Sweet, buttery golden caramels! Yum.
I can’t wait for pavlova with fresh strawberries!! I would love to win one of these books, thanks for the opportunity.
Trifle, trifle and more trifle!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!
My aunt always makes fudge anytime we have a family get together. I’m always excited for it!
Hot cocoa and my sister’s fudge!
Gingerbread cookies! I love the way they smell when baking and they taste so good!
I tend to use the holidays as an excuse to buy really expensive chocolates from World Market. I can’t wait to get paid in December so I can go splurge!
I love brownies, and in an effort to keep some sanity to my eating, I’m dreaming up a delicious peppermint cream brownie roll I can indulge in and share instead of sampling the whole spread. I hope I win one of your great books!
I can’t wait to make/eat sugar cookies. SO FUN!
Oh and also cranberry everything.
My all-time favorite holiday cookie would be the chocolate crinkles. I cannot WAIT to bake some of those.
My son loves Gingerbread Men, his face lights up when he sees them (I think he is obsessed!) So I am looking forward to making them and decorating them with him.
Hello Bakerella! I have so enjoyed your posts of the book signings…what a happy bunch of people found all over the place! :) I am looking forward to eating some Fantasy fudge with walnuts…mmmmmm!
I can’t wait to eat AND make gingerbread!
I cannot wait to eat these cookies that my best friend makes every year. She always makes some for me with out the M&M’s and I get extra on my holiday cookie plate!
divinity!!!!
Oh I can’t wait to eat the cookies. I can’t wait to eat the pies! Especially the butterscotch pie! I can’t wait to eat the chocolate yum pudding! It is impossible to narrow it down to one thing.
I can’t wait to eat homemade anginettes! My absolute favorite! :)
My mom’s recipe for 7-Up Salad. I’ve brought the yearly tradition to my own family and it’s something I always look forward to.
My Aunt’s heavenly cheesecake. It’s famous within our family!
My Mom’s Christmas Cake. She starts it in October and then “feeds” it every two weeks. She alternates the feeds with Rum, Cherry Brandy and Amaretto. So by the time Christmas gets here, the cake is good and moist. Definitely a cake just for the adults!
Homemade brown sugar fudge. I only make it for special occasions and what could be more special than Christmas. All of my family will be home this year, I can’t wait.
I like to take a couple days off from work to do my holiday baking, so fun. My favorite is sugar cookies!
I can’t wait for the cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning! YUM!
Cookies of all kinds. I love cookie swaps.
I am looking forward to my grandmother’s pumpkin cookies!
I can’t wait to eat sugar cookies and homemade fudge
i cannot wait to dig into these tripe fudge brownies we make every year for christmas- we make it around a big table, one cousin stirring the mix, one uncle breaking the eggs- it really brings us closer together! loveeeee it! :)
I’d have to say it’s a toss up between the Christmas ham and Christmas cookies (I’ll need to start making those soon since I ship most of them to family all over the country.)
I can’t wait for my Mom’s Nuts and Bolts. She makes a giant batch every year and it is too good! :)
OMG i cannot wait to eat my grandma’s signature sherbet jello mold because it is a tradition to eat it during Christmas Day and it is so good with real fruit chunks! mmmm
Instead of giving presents at the office I like to make/bake a variety of christmas cookies and goodies. I love rumballs but I LOVE making something different each year. I think I might do some cookies that incorporate rosemary (because I have a jungle of the stuff) and I think it’ll be really inventive and fun. I <3 Christmas Baking!!
Christmas cookies! Especially my mom’s seven layer cookies bars :)
I’m looking forward to eating lots & lots of cookies!
Hmm, so many to choose from! I think I’ll go with Caramel Apple Pie :)
Can’t wait to have some delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls & Reverse Oreo Cookie Balls!!!
I am looking forward to a soft sugar cookie with cream cheese frosting. For some reason this is the only time of year, I make or eat sugar cookies, YUM!
Can’t wait to have the old ribbon candy & lots of sugar cookies:)
Am I the only one addicted to peppermint bark from WS? It’s like crack!
I can’t wait to eat my moms amazing home cooked meals! She makes the best cookies and pies, and is one heck of a cook as well! Steak anyone? turkey? she does it all!
I can’t wait to eat my dad’s homemade oatmeal cookies and biscotti! =)
I can’t wait to eat mexican wedding cookies! mmm! I would love mine signed, keeping my fingers crossed! :)
Russian Tea Cakes, pumpkin pie and ham gravy, but definitely NOT eaten together! :0
I can’t wait for baking with my aunt. We started this impromtu tradition when I was in college and have been keeping it up since. She makes the best m & m cookies!
I can’t wait for jelly donuts!! A classic hanukkah treat…mmm.
I absolutely love sugar cookies during the holidays. They just seem sweeter around this time :)
baked tapioca pudding
Can’t wait to make all kinds of candy with my mom & daughter… Martha balls, fudge etc…
Chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies from Hawaii!
Yule log. Mmm!
My mama’s sugar cookies.
Christmas sugar cookies! Yum!
Well, i can’t wait to DECORATE a gingerbread house – and EAT lots of spice gum drops as I go,
Emily
I love pretzels dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with Andes pepermint chips. YUM!
Amish sand tarts! They are thin, crispy sugar cookies from my grandma’s recipe.
I always look forward to soft sugar cookies, with frosting!
cream cheese mints. it’s a christmas must have for a few of us…
I love to have one!!!!!
I am looking forward to some good sugar cookies. Although, I also enjoy any type of chocolate treat.
polvorones! Have you eaten them? Humm……..
My fave is chocolate peanut butter fudge!
I’m going to try something new this year. Peppermint Merguine sandwhich cookies with a chocolate ganache filling.
My daughters and daughters-in-law each make a new dessert to bring Christmas Eve. It’s always an adventure!!
Your cake pops make me smile.
i can’t wait for all the candy canes!
Sugar cookies! with tasty, tasty icing! mmm.
Chocolate chip cookies!
I can’t wait to make and decorate sugar cookies with my 3-year-old!
Gingerbread cupcakes!!
pumpkin roll
I’ve bought two books to give as gifts, but would love to have an autographed copy of my own! That would be the coolest! I’m dreaming of my sister-in-law’s fudge with lots of walnuts! Can’t wait!