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!
My family’s Stack Pie, we only make it on Christmas and it’s so disgustingly delicious and sugary that it will put you in a sugar coma.
My mom’s fruitcake cookies. She makes enough to freeze and eat throughout the year, but they usually only last til about February.
Heather’s Favorites! Chocolate Chip logs dipped in chocolate on both sides and covered with nuts.
pumpkin pie! nothing beats it at the holidays.
I really can’t wait for my aunt’s rice, my grandma’s pork, my bff’s sweets and baking! I love baking!
What won’t I eat?!!! Really excited for tiramisu!! (and maybe cake pops?)…
i’m SO excited for the holidays, tree is up, lights are up, and so are my spirits!…can’t wait to have my mom’s world-famous (not really, but they are in my mind!) peanut butter balls. no one can make them the way she does!!!..love your site, your ideas, and your books…hope i can win one!!!! :D….happy holidays :)
I would love to have a Cake Pop book. Sinterklaas ( a dutch tradition on december 5th) is nearby and this would make an excellent gift for my friend!
Peanut Brittle!!
(i forgot to put my email on the last one i think…oops!)
I can’t wait to eat…red velvet cake! and carrot cake!! and pumpkin pie cheescake!! and fudge puddles! and snicker doodles!
actually…just everything, anything sweet and deeeelicious ^_^
Christmas cookies! My mom and I bake tons of them during the holidays :-)
Oh, by the way – I’m really looking forward to meeting you on Saturday here in Toronto. Woohoo
I can’t wait to eat…red velvet cake! and carrot cake!! and pumpkin pie cheescake!! and fudge puddles! and snicker doodles!
actually…just everything, anything sweet and deeeelicious ^_^
My “2” favorites are handmade Truffles and 7-layer bars!
Sugar cookies made from my great, great grandmothers recipe (ok minus the lard), with red hot’s on top for decoration
Hmm, so many to choose from! Probably the sugar cookies from my grandma’s recipe, if I get my oven fixed in time to make them.
yum, Russian Tea Cookies (also known as Mexican wedding cakes?) We ONLY have them at Xmas!
Yummmm, I’d LOVE your recipe book!!
Rum Cake! It’s so yummy, but I only eat it at the holidays!
I have been experimenting with cannoli fillings lately and some of my friends and I have been enjoying chocolate cake with the cannoli filling. Next we are gonna try it with a red velvet cake!
I’m one of the weird ones – I love fruitcake. I like it dark, I like it light, I like it with almond paste, I like it without, I like it moist, I like it dry, I like it store bought, I like it homemade.
Bring it on.
In a few days we will have Hanukkah, and when Hanukkah is here it means Israeli doughnuts – “Sufganiot”. They are filled with Red Jelly and are usually delicious ^__^
http://kosherfood.about.com/od/hanukkah/r/han_lsufganiot.htm
I can’t wait to eat my grandma’s corn flake tinted Christmas Wreaths. Love them!
I’m going to be making the treats this year and I cant wait to taste my first home made pie, crust and all. Whether it tastes good or bad!
Peppermint ice cream with hot chocolate sauce!
GINGER SNAPS!!!! oh goodness… ginnnnnger snaps. Big soft chewy ones with my coffee! I’m making them tomorrow to kick off Christmas decorating and watching Elf!
sugar cookies
sugar cookies
My cousin and I are going to attempt our grandmother’s lefse recipe. Wish us luck!!
I am so waiting for the homemade peanut butter cups and turtle candies. I will be trying my hand making the “Frosty the Snowman” cake pops for my neices and nephews. Love all your great ideas. This book would be awesome to win since my birthday is coming up. What a great gift!
Can’t wait to begin my Christmas baking with my 2 year old little boy and newborn little girl to help…let the Christmas traditions and memory making begin!
Love your blog!!!
Peanut Butter balls!!! It’s a once a year indulgence!
My 17 year old makes wonderful pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing.
sugar cookies =)
sugar cookies that my kids decorate <3
Mice! (chocolate peanut butter balls). I’m also excited to make reindeer and snowmen cake pops!
I can’t wait to eat anything sweet and not feel bad about it!! So hard to pick just one, or two, or three.
Like any good Bohemian girl….I can’t wait for a prune kolache!
Red Velvet Cake yum!!!
I cannot wait to have my mom’s delicious cheesecake!
I’ve never had one as good as hers!
Molasses Raisin cookies. MUCH more delicious than they sound. MMMMM.
Terve!
That’s Finnish word for “hello” =)
I live here in Finland (with loooooooots of snow now), so I thank Internet for bringing you here! I love your website and everything you show us. I’m studying to become a confectioner and I have learned so much creativity from you, thanks for that!
I hope you will read this, so you know that we from the cold countries are sending warm greetings for you!
Happy Holiday season :)
Fudge is it for me!
almond raspberry danish :)
I can not wait to eat Birthday cake cause my birthday is the 23rd. I always look foward to what cake I will have, but this year will be different because my mother is not here to bake it for me. Now I am not sure who will even make me a birthday cake. Guess I will have to wait and see.
I can’t wait for the sausage and cheese dip my mom makes!
I can’t wait to bake and decorate cookies and cakes!!! =D
my mother-in-law’s buckeyes!
Almond Glazed sugar cookies – love them!
I can’t wait to make Pomanders. Chocolate, crushed vanilla wafers, orange extract, sugar…YUM!!!
I love peppermint bark!
I LOVE Pecan Pralines.. Sugar overload!! =) and over course decorated sugar cookies! I already have your book, but if i win, it will be a great gift to share!! =) Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas and all that good stuff! ; )
Can’t wait to eat a huge piece of wonderful German Stollen cake with lots of powdered sugar on top :)
I can’t wait to eat my mom and Grandma’s Lefse. It’s not a holiday thing, but they only make it at Christmas time. Yummy!
peanut butter blossoms. such a classic!
I’m eager for rainbow jell-o, 12 layers -yum!
Love, love, love dark chocolate peppermint bark!
I love divinity, it just reminds me of holidays at my grandmothers house. Of course part of that is because of my dad’s smart-aleck remark about my grandma making seagull droppings. :)
I can’t wait for eggnog……and my my mom’s homemade baked goodies!
I might try and do my first cake balls this month, we’ll see :)
You can only find Candy Melts on the Internet in France so I guess I’ll just use regular chocolate for the first batch :)
Would love to get your book ^^
Pie pie pie.
My sugar cookies…yummmmm.
I can’t wait to have Turkey again!! I know that’s lame being as it was only Thanksgiving a few days ago, but I never have Turkey so I want more!
PEANUT BUTTER BALLS!
It’s just not the holidays without our family cinnamon bun recipe! I’m excited to make them for my new husband. :D
Can’t wait for some pink peppermint ice cream!
For the first time ever we are hosting Christmas Eve and I’ll be making a white chocolate cheesecake with raspberry sauce. CAN’T WAIT!
Anything chocolate!
my homemade apple pie that i make with my dad every thanksgiving/christmas =]
soft gingerbread cookies…yum!
My moms russian tea cookies. Yumm!
I have been baking those fab pecan pies and giving two away to friends and I cannot wait to try the brownie fudge pecan pie! yummm
I can’t wait for the homemade caramels, and my second annual attempt at cute cake balls. I learned a lot the first time, but this book would help me become a pro!
I am looking forward to making pecan tassies for the holidays! They’re like miniature pecan pies with a wonderfully rich crust, thats an old recipe from my grandma.
Snowballs!!! They are a family tradition and it just ain’t Christmas without them! :D Oh and I just might try to make some festive snowman cake pops! Wish me luck! :D
Vanilla Bean Whipped Sweet Potatoes, any excuse to have them!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite is the green bean casserole, but my favorite sweet treat is sugar cookies! My boys and I are having a cookie decorating party for their friends soon and I can’t wait to eat all the cookies!
Mexican hot chocolate and Mexican wedding cookies are favorites and holiday staples, i’m so excited to go home and make them with my mom!
Every year I go home for christmas and my mom and I make pitzells with my grandmas maker. And this year I will be showing her how to make cake balls! So yummy! Would love to win the book!
My mothers orange rolls, I start counting down the days until the next Christmas on the 26th! Nothing compares with the love that come with homemade goodies from your Mommy!
The cookies. You know, the special ones we ONLY make at the Holidays…can’t wait to pour a tall, cold glass of milk and go to town on those cookies!!!
I am obssessed with my dad’s peppermint bark! I can’t wait till the “Bark Platter” makes its way onto the counter this year…
Light and delicate Russian Teacakes – my favorite Christmas cookie!
I cannot wait to eat my sister-in-laws Whoopie Pies! I always have to take extras and hide them so the kids don’t eat them on me :)
I want to try eggnog cake pops…with vanilla or rum flavored chocolate coating!
Every year I look forward to my mom’s amazing baklava. It’s a family tradition.
love the confetti squares!
:)
Every loves my Apple Danish Cheesecakes, including me :)
Homemade snack mix that my mom only makes at Christmas, and peanut butter fudge! Also, any kind of cookies! I just love all the snacky type foods this time of year!
My chocolate cheesecake!
Congratulations on all your success and your beautiful book! You seem to be having so much fun!
We can’t wait to make and eat sugar cookies this Christmas- and of course…cake pops! We already have our Red Velvet stocked up in the pantry! Merry Christmas!
I love fudge!! Yummy!
snickerdoodles. I don’t know why I don’t make them the rest of the year. They are so yummy!
I’m craving peppermint bark…
Cookies & More cookies
poppy-seed cake with a lot of orange zest and nuts and raisins :) Kisses from Poland ;)
I would love to win one of these!!! I love making cake pops so this would give me some good tips and ideas!
Cookies, cookies and more cookies! :) Hot apple cider would be a close second!
I luvluvluv my sister-in-law’s rum raisin cheesecake :)
oh it’s so hard to get your book in Holland! I would love to have one!
I can’t wait to start my holiday baking. My favorites are sugar cookies, brownie biscotti, chocolate cookie bark and my new all time favorite…Christmas cake pops. THanks. Your work is amazing by the way :)
For me i has to be ginger bread
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I wish i could come to one of these signings
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE will you come to the UK.
Our schools doing a new cake Competition and i think i’ll do cake pops but don’t have the book (hum) have to think think that one through
I love Christmas time. I can eat whatever I want! I’m from France, and I think this year I will not be able to wait 2 minutes before eating the wonderful macarons my sister bakes!!
Pumpkin roll or my grandma’s divinity. Yum!
My grandma’s chex mix. I know, that doesn’t sound much like a holiday treat… but it only gets made this time of year, and I love it.
I love my grandma’s magic bars and plain old fashioned chocolate chip walnut cookies.
cherry mash!!!
My fav. is SNICKERDOODLES! YUM!!!!
log cake!!! yum yum! :)
Looking forward to my grandmother’s date loaf candy made from my great-grandmother’s recipe. Yum!
Pumpkin pie and shortbread cookies! :-)
Peppermint bark – I’ve tried a million different recipes … and will keepy experimenting!!
love, love, love, toffee!!!
I love toffee, but I just saw your book advertised and I can’t wait to make and try some cake pops! So lovin’ it!
I cannot wait to eat some basic sugar cookies all decorated for Christmas. Classic goodness!
Cookies, definitely ! And oh my gosh, i want your book ! and signed ? It’s my bday today, so pleeeeeease nice random :)
cheesecake! we always get that.
Homemade chocolate covered orange sticks! My grandma makes them!
I can’t wait to eat the Stollen we prepare for our friends :)…
My favorite all time cookie/treat during the holidays is all of it! LOL
I make cashew brittle and homemade marshmellows (yummy in homemade hot chocolate) fudge, pecan meltaways, sugar cookies of course, mint chocochip cookies….mmmm I have to stop and go bake some now that I’m drooling on my laptop.
i love my nana’s homemade applesauce!!! it’s delicious :]
Peppermint Bark… YUM! YUM!
Cake pops, of course! I’ll just keep my fingers crossed to win. I noticed there was only 4,000+ comments so far. ;-)
Cookies of all kinds!
Our italian fig cookies!
For me, it’s a pumpkin roll and petit fours. I love making both but they are so time consuming I only make them during the holidays.
Can’t wait for gingerbread cookies and our famous home-made fudge….we used a standard recipe and tweaked it…..can’t wait to dig into it!
My mom’s Christmas candy…chocolate and caramel?! :) yummm
My brother makes the best Christmas fudge! I can’t wait!
We have this kind of dessert from my country. Maja Blanca. yummy!!
chocolate pie! yum!
Excited to make Chocolate Cream Pies for my family! They love them!!! And my new favorite, Red Velvet cake and Cream Cheese frosting Cake Balls!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. Not because I love ours but it’s when I can get both of my adult girls back home and in the kitchen with me!
… peanut butter blossoms :)
it’s all about the massive amounts of pie. Specifically pecan, pumpkin, and apple. :)
Put me on the sugar cookie list. My just-about-to-be-adopted daughter and I really need a morning spent just making (and eating) sugar cookies! Gotta build those good memories!!
I love the anise cut out sugar cookies that my mom makes…yummmmmm just thinking about them!
I’m making toffee and caramels this year, with mom sweet momma.
Sugar cookies and peanut butter balls!
I really really really really want one!
Rum cake!!!! Looks like you are having a ball on your book signing tour!
I can’t wait for chocolate covered EVERYTHING!
My grandmother’s recipe for Berlinerkranzen cookies! Nothing says the holidays for me like these cookies.
Thanks for posting the lovely pictures – your hair looks fab!
I am still holding out hope that you will make it to Arizona!!
So many choices, but if I had to choose just one, then it would be the wide assortment of my mom’s Christmas baking: gingerbread, shortbread, thimble cookies, and almond cake!
Mexican wedding cookies!
I can’t wait to make and hand-out my truffles and sea-salted carmel turtles. Yum-0!!! When I win, I of course want a signed copy,
Bakerella, you are an incredible source of creativity and good taste, do not know how much I admire your work and how much I enjoy doing your recipes, so your book has been a success. God bless you and continue to make such beautiful things with Cakepops
my homemade chocolates!! Coconut balls, caramels, mints, fudge, chocolate caramel pretzel rods, Toffee, etc!!
I can’t wait to eat crinkle cookies!!
I can’t wait to eat Christmas cookies, peppermint bark, AND cake pops! Thanks for entering me!
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin…anything pumpkin. I can’t get enough!
Swedish saffron buns
Cream wafers. They are a yummy, buttery, crumbly, frosting in he center cookie that get made every year for Christmas. Mmmmmmm
Red velvet cake! mmm… with a white chocolate glaze! yummmay!
Mom’s peanut and coconut brittle! It’s so much work, but there’s nothing like it. Yay mom!
Rum cake. I’m making them again this year after a few years of not making them. Oh, and Christmas cookies and pie and the list goes on and on and on….
This year, I will be making a Filipino treat called “Food for the gods” and giving them as gifts to friends…yum.
I can’t wait to make cookies!
Apricot Nut Cups! My all time favorite. Would LOVE a copy of the book – I was just going to order from Amazon, but I’ll wait another day……I’m going to attempt “dice” pops for my Bunco in January.
Christmas Crack! It’s yummy.
Peppermint Bark is usually my weakness, however this season I’m pregnant and due in January but have severe gall bladder issues so I’ve had to cut anything remotely sweet or fattening out of my diet.. I’m dreaming of holiday yummy sweetness and enjoying watching others eat it this holiday season!
In Spain the most classic treat is the “turron”, it could have different variations, but basically is made of almond and sugar. You can imagine, if it is homemade it is yummyyummy-ey… this would be my aim this year!
My Aunt Pat’s sugar cookies!!
I can’t wait to have some stollen!
Anything with chocolate and peanut butter.
the only time of year I eat fudge..YUM!
My moms ‘magic balls’, they’re basically cocoa, coconut and oatmeal (with some butter and sugar to combine) :D omnomnomnomnomnom! :D
My mom makes a pumpkin roll that is to die for!! So yummy and her date nut cookies are a close second!
Cherry O’Lets!!
I CAN NOT wait to eat my mom’s thumbprint cookies!!! I don’t know if they’re a popular Christmas cookie but they are in my house and I love them!!!!!
The holiday treat I am most looking forward to are the pumpkin pies! It was my grandmother’s recipe, and I have been requested to make a couple batches of them. They’re so wonderfully delicious and bring back lots of memories for my dad!
Can’t wait to eat Carmelitas. They are yummy and remind me of my grandma and all the Christmas goodies she made each year!
I am looking forward to red/green homemade velvet cake :) Yum!
Oh, and cakepops that I attempt to make following the recipes in your book I’m going to win :)
I am looking forward to peppermint bark!! I make it every year and eath 90% of it myself. yum!
My sister’s Chocolate Crinkles!
I can’t wait to eat “Tamales” mmmm… delicioso!
Wow! You read my mind. I am going to tell my husband that this book is my Xmas wish. I hope my wish comes true.
I’m excited about making doughnuts for Chanukah. They are fried and coated in nutmeg and sugar!
Bakerella rocks!!!!! I’m turned on and so are my customers, so I am hoping I am one of the chosen few!
I can’t wait to have some amaaaazing little cookies from a little bakery in Western Springs, Il called Kirchbaum’s. The wreath coffee cakes are pretty amazing as well! Wouldn’t be the Christmas season without a Kirchbaum coffee cake SOMEWHERE in there.
I’m dying to make some gingerbread. And gingerbread cookies! You have to have gingerbread cookies at Christmastime (besides, I have 2 bottles of molasses in my cupboard that never get used– now is the time to use them!)
Anything sugar! But my absolute favorite is gingerbread cookies.
Peppermint Bark!
I cannot wait for the homemade pumpkin rolls that I only get once a year!!
I am so looking forward to making the Brownie Pecan Pie. I have been drooling ever since your post.
I would love to have my mom’s peanut butter balls. However, since my daughter is allergic to peanuts, I have not been able to have them in over 4 years. Now, I look forward to her shortbread cookies!!
I can’t wait to get your book and try those new pops for the holidays!
My favorite thing to eat is peppermint bark! LOVE it!! But I love making all kinds of holiday treats though, to which I have added cake pops to the list!!! Can’t wait for the baking to begin!!
I plan to try the white chocolate and cranberry coconut cookies. There is everything I like in them :) And I also plan some variations on the cake balls. And then, of course, I will share and eat and exchange.
My mom’s fudge!
Hello!
I am Brazilian, I bought your book from Amazon and arrived yesterday!
I’m super anxious to start doing.
Your work is wonderful, congratulations!
Hugs, Indiara
http://cakesdaindi.wordpress.com/
Blumenau – Santa Catarina – Brazil
I can’t wait to eat some Apple Pie and Frosted Sugar Cookies!!
what else Fruitcake!
Aunty Celia’s shortbread biscuits at church’s carol service… They are legendary biscuits that you just can’t go wrong with! Every year without fail… and I might inherit the recipe! Now thats a treat! =) x x x
I can’t wait for my grandma’s cut-out cookies!! She died when I was really young but my mom made sure that I still had the experience so she taught me how to make them and we’ve done it together every year.
I’m looking forward to some xmas shaped sugar cookies with a glass of eggnog…..mmmm!
I cannot wait to eat Biscochitos… oh wait, I had some last weekend! YUM!!
I am hoping to skip as much of Christmas as I can this year… but I’m sure my daughter and I will be making cookies for Santa Clause.