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 dad’s homemade fudge!!
Peppermint bark!
I can’t wait to eat brownies with a mint cheesecake and fudge topping!
I haven’t had any traditional holiday treats since going gluten free last year… This is changing this year! I am going to make loads and loads (or batches and batches) of sugar cookies AND I’m dying for some chocolate covered peanut butter balls. Mmmmmm.
I can’t wait for holly (corn flakes with marshmallows, green food coloring and red hots!) – a family tradition that’s always been my favorite. (And I REALLY want this book as my daughter’s 3rd birthday is December 21st and I’d like to make some cake pops for her party!)!!!
gingerbread men!!
My mommy makes the yummiest gingerbread waffles that she only makes on Christmas Eve and day and her sweetest white chocolate peppermint bark.
yum yum yum <3
mmm…peppermiint bark and lattes!!
Peppermint bark from Williams Sonoma! =)
My favorite Christmas treat is fudge with walnuts. Yummy :)
I love any kind of homemade Christmas cookie! They really make the holidays special – and I would love a signed copy of your beautiful book! Happy Holidays!
anything with chocolate or mint!!
Buche de Noel!
Gingerbread People are my favourite holiday treat. And they have to be iced.
It’s always a hot Christmas around here, so our other treat is to have a Christmas barbecue although I’d love to try an egg noggy White Christmas for once in my life.
Happy holidays, Bakerella! Oh, and I would totally love your autograph – the book I can buy, but a signed book is a miracle. Fingers crossed!
Creamcheese Oreo balls dipped in white chocolate… It does not get better than this! Bring on the holidays!
Mmmm meringues yum!!
I can’t wait to drink eggnog with vanilla ice cream in it. YUM
Peanut Butter balls….the absolute best…worth waiting for all year long!
Chewy Caramels!
You sure must be exhausted with all the travelling and the
book signings. I’m sure you can’t wait to sleep in your own
bed.
Great book, really have fun trying out new things.
Just baking! Cookies, cakes, desserts, sugar is my middle name.
I can’t wait for Welsh cookies! I make them every year and only at Christmas.
peanut butter blossoms, those peanut butter cookies with Hershey’s kisses on top! Yum!
This holiday season I am really looking forward to eating chocolate chip cookie cream cheese bars…so yummy, and very comforting.
Believe it or not, I’m excited for dumplings! My entire family spends the whole day making tons of dumplings and it’s so much fun, not to mention tasty!
I can’t wait to eat German Chocolate Caramel Bars! mmmm :)
Homemade chocolate turtles!
Can’t wait for the almond bark drop cookies & the homemade fudge!!!!
My grandmothers nanaimo bars!
We don’t really have the normal traditional holiday foods at my house… so I can’t wait to eat my mom’s Chinese almond jello dessert.
Wow, your cake book signings look like so much fun. I am still hoping that you could come to Kansas City. I am so excited for this Christmas and can’t wait to make some cookies and cake pops, my family has never had them so I am excited to introduce them.
The snowman cupcakes I am going to make with my nieces and nephews!!!
Russian teacakes…my favorite! and sugar cookies and iced pecan cookies too..our 3 classic cookies for soooo many years!
Traditional decorated sugar cookies. Mainly because they are so fun to make, then even more fun to eat!
I am looking forward to the large inflow of assorted fudge!
Hello! Thank you for offering your book giveaway!
A holiday treat I can’t wait to eat is a peppermint bark cupcake that my sister makes! It’s delicious!
Cookies! Any and every kind of them!
I love the old fashioned decorated sugar cookies made by the kids! So yummy.
Peanut butter cookies with the hershey kisses in the middle! I make them every christmas rolled in red and green sugar! Yummy.
I also just looked up your congo bar recipe for the umpteenth time as I am making them for a Holiday event tomorrow night!
I can’t wait to eat ham! I love ham! My mom only makes it on Christmas and so it is my favortie thing ever! HONEYBAKED HAM is better than turkey! Just sayin;)
I love my mom’s sugar cookies. No one makes them like she does.
Molasses cookies :)
My great grandmother’s walnut fudge! I could eat an entire pan of it!
I can’t wait to eat my mom’s homemade toffee and peanut butter blossoms– I wait all year for them :-)
Pecan Pumpkin Butter Bars. I bought a lot of jars of the Pecan Pumpkin Butter when they were on sale last week. Now I can have them all year!!
Cornflake Christmas Wreaths…yum!!!!
Classic chocolate chip cookies! love them!
surely big yummy pumpkin pie, which i can’t get in malaysia…sigh!!!
I’m excited to try cake pops for the first time! Our tradition is to decorate sugar cookies for Santa and snacking on those is always fun too – I’m sure he doesn’t mind.
I am planning to make the reindeer cake pops!
christmas tree shaped rice crispy treats!!!
real cream rice pudding
Can’t wait to eat some homemade peanut butter fudge!
Well, since I own a bakery I get most of the holiday cookies a girl could need. So I would have to say homemade candies. Especially turtles, caramel, and anise. Oh, and dipped pretzels. One of the easiest most enjoyable little treats of the season! Thanks for the giveaway!
I can’t wait to eat anything sweet my grandma makes and enjoy learning all her tricks :)
Gingerbread men cookies!
Toffee bars with chocolate chips, PB chips, and almonds!
My mom’s homemade dinner rolls and my aunt’s sugar cookies!
Fudge, chocolate covered cherries, white chocolate covered oreos, and anything else that contains chocolate!! Tis the season right?
I’m looking forward to my grandma’s pecan tassies!
Russian teacakes for sure!!
Every year, my neighbors bring the tray of sugar cookies around the court. They’re fantastic. :)
I love cheerio christmas trees!
I love love love your site! I can’t wait to make my shortbread peppermint bark cookies!
Homemade Cinnamon Buns!!
Iced sugar cookies and all the goodies my friend bakes and shares!!
I’m not sure it qualifies as a treat but, Latkes! Chanukah starts tomorrow :)
I love to make my mom’s cherry balls every year… takes me back to my childhood!
homemade mint chocolate oreos… need I say more?
Eggnog!
I have a new recipe for chocolate chunk cheesecake I got out of the Southern Living Christmas book. CAN-NOT-WAIT! It looks absolutely fantastic!! Merry Christmas to you!
I can’t wait to eat my mom’s Spritz cookies!!!
hmmm…peanut butter balls!
Yumm!
Kelly
I can’t wait to eat bunuelos.
Iced Sugar Cookies. Can’t wait…but then it is time for the gym.
Peppermint bark, yummmm
homemade sugar cookies! frosted and sprinkled with help from my kiddos.
I’m going to make christmas light cakepops and string them together with green licorice straws!
I can’t wait for peppermint bark and freshly baked gingerbread!
A good batch of homemade peanut brittle. YUM!
FUDGE!!!
I love, love, love chocolates!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to smell the aroma of hot, gooey, homemade cinnamon rolls with raisins, nuts and chocolate chips baking in the oven and taste the mouth-watering treat smothered in a blanket of sweet, cream cheese frosting! Yum!
My goodness me, 5,000+ comments already… you’re a sensation, Bakerella! I can’t wait to eat lemon Christmas tree cut-out cookies: buttery, flour-y, lemony and covered with colored sugar. That’s Christmas for me!
Blueberry-cranberry pie. It’s a homemade recipe with a bit of an earthy-sweet-and-tart flavor. Words can not describe it’s yummy-ness.
I love to bake sugar cookies and eat them. I love the smell of it cooking in the oven!
puppy chow!! I love making and eating it!!!
I make buttermilk cookies that are to die for! But I also can’t wait for more stuffing!!!
I love the Almond Cloud Cookies from King Arthur Flour. They’ re fantastic.
Fruitcake!!! I’ve gotten to really savor the different kinds–so many fruit and nut mixtures. It’s amazing how your taste changes with age.
Can’t wait to eat Red Velvet Cake. I’m thinking of making Red Velvet Cakepops this year!!
anything with dark chocolate… seriously.
Sugaaar cookieeees.!!! :D and if i get this book, cake pops.!
Pecan pie. Can’t live without it. :)
Andes mint cupcakes!
fudge!!
fudge… or maybe sugar cookies… no, no I think peanut brittle… oh wait, definitely my grandmother’s krumkake! Who am I kidding… I love all of them!
I love my aunt’s thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam!! p.s. I want my book signed! :)
My Mom’s Venetian Cookies.
Omg. They’re so good, I wait all year for them!
Green Stuff! My grandmother used to make it every year and send it to all the kids. It’s a variation of rice crispy treats. She used corn flakes instead and colored it green then added red hots. It’s so yummy… every time we make it we’re reminded of her.
I cannot wait to eat all of the cupcakes I plan on making. Snickerdoodle, cookie dough, white chocolate with peppermint, root beer, and the list goes on!!!
candy canes and chocolate- maybe a dark chocolate cupcake with peppermint frosting and crushed candy canes on top?!
Turkey, turkey and more turkey!
I can never wait for my cousin Eric’s Christmas cookies. He always makes different designs and decorates them so carefully, but the best part of all….they are simply the best tasting cookie ever. It has to be a bit of holiday magic. Me and my 30 year old brother descend upon the tray as soon as they are brought in. Nothing goes better with ham than a chili pepper cookie!
Pumpkin Pie!! I make it from my great-grandmother ((super secret)) recipe!! And, oh my, is it delicious. I might myself one in lieu of a birthday cake on Saturday :)
Frosted sugar cookies
Sugar Cookies!
It’s all about dessert. Christmas pudding, brandy custard, Gingerbread houses, and red and green m&m’s.
I can’t wait to have my grandma’s yeast rolls!
I can’t wait to have a fried caramel dipped turkey leg!!!!
I can’t wait to eat some homemade caramels! Yum!
I’m looking forward to all kinds of Christmas cookies – sugar, macaroons, chocolate crackles, gingerbread!
Cookies! I love baking, decorating, and EATING them!
I’m expecting the pinneaple turnover!!
I saw it @ Williams Sonoma the other day and I wanted it!!!!
I cant wait for my triffle! It’s cut up pieces of chocolate cake, then a layer of chocolate pudding, a layer of cool whip and lastly crushed oreos! Love it!
It’s hot down under during the festive season. I can’t wait to taste a spin on the winter Christmas classic- SUMMER PUDDING with fresh berries (after a chrissie bbq lunch of course!)
I can’t wait to eat homemade gingerbread! My family makes really cute gingerbread houses too!
Kiss Cookies!
I can’t wait to eat my grandmother’s red velvet cake and my mother’s peanut butter fudge! :)
Grandma’s homemade Christmas sugar cookies!! Can’t wait!
Can’t wait to have homemade cherry mash and fudge! yummy!
thumb print cookies
OMG! My sister lives in Atlanta and I’m in Brazil.
I asked her to get one for me, but she missed the date!
I want a book to make my own pops!
No contest: my mom’s handpainted, royal-iced cutout cookies!! they are little works of art and you only feel a little guilty biting into them. They taste as good as they look! :)
Well, I plan to make your cake pops for my sister-in-law’s baby shower right before Christmas. Looking forward to it. Pink and Brown ones. Should be fun.
My blog partner and I are going to make a red velvet polka dot cake (red and green polka dots of course!) in a couple of weeks as part of our Christmas entry for our blog Oh So Sinfully Delicious. We have never had a red velvet cake before but I’m totally excited about baking and eating our cake!
Pick me, Pick me!
homemade chocolate cream pie mmHmmm :) <3
Peanut Butter reindeer cookies! Its never too early to have Christmas treats! ;)
I hope to try Cake Pops for the first time!! HiHi!!
Anything with pumpkin!!! My favorite this year is called…drum roll please…”Pumpkin Cake”!! It’s so easy and soooo delish that I crave it! The frosting is perfect too…whipped cream, cool whip and brown sugar all folded together! Yummmm!
I can’t wait to start christmas baking!
Your cookbook is at the top of my wish list this year! :)
My candy cane fudge! hmmmm yummy!
Homemade Cherry Mash candy! YUMMY!
Pecan pies… YUM!
Gingerbread, no question, hands down!
I can’t wait to eat ALL the yummy homemade candies we make… Martha Washington Balls, Mocha Truffles, Peanutbutter Balls, YUM! YUM!
I want to have some more of my sister-in-law’s awesome cookie and cream fudge!! Oh yummmmmmyyyyy!
Looking forward to making cookies to swap at school with all my teacher friends!
Plain old hot cocoa :) soooo good!
FUDGE…delicious…creamy…decadent……yummy!!! The best thing about the recipe I use is that it is microwavable…WHAT!
Pecan Pie, I wait all year to make this, I only make it at Christmas, because I can eat the whole thing by myself.
I would love one of your books, if I am not one of the 10 lucky ones, I will ask for one for Christmas.
Blessings
Sugar cookies! I look forward to them all year long!
Dibs on the chocolate chestnut fudge! Can’t wait to make’em and to eat’em!!
Sugar cookies for sure! Not just my own that I bake but the ones my friends make as well for our cookie swaps! :D
I am giddy over the thought of my father-in-law’s iced ginger cookies!
Not a sweet treat at all, but I can’t wait for my aunt’s Chex mix! She makes a ginormous bowl for Christmas day munching and my cousins and I always fight for it.
My next door neighbor’s peppermint bark!! Deeee-licious!!
Mini cheesecakes!
Monkey bread on Christmas morning ( :
I LOVE peppermint bark!
homemade banana bread by my wonderful co-worker at the toy store. she surprised me with it black friday morning and it was the perfect 4am pick-me-up
Peanut Butter Blossoms! I thought these were a secret family recipe–my Aunt used to make them every Christmas and send them to us, and it was the only time I’d ever had them. You can imagine my disappointment to find the recipe on every bag of Hershey Kisses a few years ago! Still one of my favorites!
I can’t wait to eat my “famous” peanut butter cookies. I only make them at Christmas. The cookie is “wrapped” around a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup. Yum!
my sister-in-laws pecan tassies. One year I ate every single one off the Christmas cookie tray at my inlaws house. Whoopsie …..not a good way to make friends with the outlaws……oh well, they were delicious!
Peppernut cookies and a steamy hot cup of coffee on a “nothing to do” Saturday morning with the whole weekend ahead of me………man! that’s livin’!
Russian Teacakes! I can’t to eat Russian teacakes.
xmas cookie plates!
My family loves eating a Filipino cassava cake that I make every Christmas as well as my Fruit Salad! I eat them as well, too! We all love it!
caramel popcorn! My brother makes the most delicious popcorn, EVER!
Definitely the sugar cookies that you decorate. Can’t mess up a classic!
I can’t wait for butterscotch haystacks! Even though they are SO easy and cheap to make, I never make them until its christmas time.
I cannot wait to make and eat buckeye balls!
My Buche de Noel cake…. mmmm
Gingerbread cookies!
I am excited to eat our owl cake pops that we made with chocolate cake, and white icing that we put peppermint oil and candy pieces in. Its for my friends holiday party and owls are her favorite bird, they have reindeer antlers…
Mmmmm I can’t wait for chocolate chip cookies! A Christmas classic! (:
Love, love, love pumpkin cheesecake! Can’t wait to make it and dig in!
oooh sorry another post…im going to try and make a gingerbread house with my 4 and 9 year old kids. We dont really have that tradition in australia so this will be the first one…..fingers crossed
mmmm, rocky road fudge!!!
i can’t wait to eat buckeyes…oh the deliciousness!
Oh my goodness, just pick one treat…
One of my favorites has to be the almond petits fours that my Aunt makes, oh they are so yummy!!
OMG you must be exhausted…this christmas I cant wait to make my choc yule log with yummy choc sponge, choc ganache and american fudge icing….im more or less the dessert family member. But always at xmas is PRAWNS in any which way we can
Frosted sugar cookies. I love making and eating them!!!
Buckeyes!! :)
I heart cake pops! you go, bakerella! Thanks for the chance to win your fabulous book!
Soft, thick, sugar cookies with delicious icing and sprinkles. :)
I love my Mom’s shortbread cookies with chocolate icing and an almond on top!!
The honey balls!! I forge their real name but they are delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!
so excited for lefse!! We only make it once a year and I cannot wait for some smothered in butter and cinnamon sugar. :)
almond cookies covered with powder sugar. love them!
Cracker with brandy butter please!!! Just so distinct!!! YUMS
Don’t make a face…I look forward to making Mrs. Harvey’s White Fruitcake every year…it’s really good. And I can’t forget homemade divinity. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Homeade Pecan Pie. It may not be fancy, but it sure ain’t the holidays without one!
Ah I love reading your site-I just haven’t been brave enough to try any recipes!
Cookies, cookies, and more cookies!!
Buttercream frosted sugar cookies that are a Santa face. Ive made them every year since I was a kid. Now my kids get to help…can’t wait!!
I miss my grandma to death & hope that my mom is making her famous divinity!!! Yum!
Christmas cookies! We always make a bunch to give to neighbors, but someone has to make sure they’re safe… *chomp!*
Lemon bars my momma only makes at Christmas :)
I can’t wait for my mom’s Christmas cookies!! Especially the ones we call “snowballs” – they are delicious!
I can’t wait to eat Potica!
decorated gingerbread cookies! my mother-in-law makes the best and i can’t wait!
I am from Ohio and we make buckeyes (peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate) every holiday season. They are soooo good!
Im looking forward to eating the pies my mom bakes
shortbread like my grams made
I simply cannot wait to eat my mom’s Italian cookies! Also, this year will be my first attempt at Christmas themed cake pops! :)
I can’t wait to meet you in Toronto, and the treat I look forward to eating are fresh cinnamon buns on Christmas morning :)
Christmas cookies of course! All kinds – Italian wedding cookies, chocolate snappers, and the classic sugar cookies with frosting and all the decorations!
Thanks Bakerella!