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!
Cranberry cheesecake!!! oh soo yummy!!!
I can’t wait for Snickerdoodles!
pound cake with candied cherries, dates and nuts. Fruity but still traditional pound cake and a favorite of mine and others.
Autographed copy? Oh yes! Please.
Woo hoo…I was wondering when you were going to do a book giveaway of your very own book!! BTW…I love any cookies!!
Armenian Christmas pudding. “Yum” doesn’t even cover it.
I will be making my Mom’s Cocoon cookies. She passed away 3 yrs ago and I make them for all of my siblings so that they can remember her each year during Christmas. They usually never made it to the bowl as they would be all gone hot off the pan.
Cheesecake. Any kind of cheesecake.
Looking forward to Christmas sugar cookies. We’re having a party after our son’s high school band performs Christmas music at the local outdoor mall next week, so we’ll have musical note-shaped and g-clef-shaped sugar cookies (among other goodies). Found the cookie cutters at Sur La Table.
I just like to eat so I can’t pick a treat; what I love about the holidays is figuring out what treat I’m going to make for people as gifts; so far, I’ve made truffles and rum balls. I haven’t yet decided for this year!
I can’t wait to make and eat a homemade coconut cream pie with lots of meringue on top!! Yummy!!
I’m really looking forward to rainbow cookies. They’re so time consuming that I only make them once a year, but that’s also what makes them so special!
My mom’s pecan pie—-it is soooo good.I also look forward to her Italian Creame Cake.
Oh wow! We make so many things it is hard to choose. If I have to pick one, it would be snickerdoodles. I can’t resist them!
Norwegian potato dumplings, and my great grandmother’s Sherry Swirl Coffee Cake!
{arms folded, foot tapping} Enquiring minds wanna know when you’re coming to Washington DC. Oh, and I can’t wait to eat fruitcake.
Christmas Cookies!!! Especially short bread!! YUM!!
Pizzelles! My grandmas recipe. Yummy :)
My faves aren’t wintertime specifically, but it seems like the only time we make them…buckeyes and the peanut butter blossom cookies that have the Hershey’s kiss on top. chocolate and peanut butter. yum!
My grandmas ‘s famous butter tart recipe that was passed down to me…it’s become a tradition now that I make. Can’t wait!
My mom’s pecan pie——-too good.
Magic cookie bars and peanut butter blossoms…I only make them at Christmas!
I always look forward to cookies at this time of year. My faves are peanut butter blossoms and cappuccino flats.
I can’t wait to eat my decadent drops which are rum balls slightly doctored up. So decadent! I better get started on making them!
choc mint tea on Christmas eve, just before bed.
I love my godmother’s sugar pie so much! She usually put aside a slide to give to me after the party so a piece is left for my xmas morning breakfast!! Just for me – i’ve always felt so special to her since I’m a little girl… Now 33 with kids and she still does it!
I’m really looking forward to the salted vanilla caramels that I make, but only at Christmas.
Shortbread cookies!!!
I have a new Pumpkin Molasses Gingerbread cookie recipe I’m dying to try. I plan to try an eggnog icing to top ’em.
Other than that, my mom’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls are something I look forward to, every year.
Saltine Toffee – so east to make and yummy!
Cookies, Cookies and Cookies. Any kind of Christmas cookie will do!!
Can’t wait for our Christmas morning cinnamon rolls. I only make them once a year for this special day.
Fudge! I only make it for Christmas so it stays a special treat!
I tried to wait, but I’ve already made-and eaten-it…homemade CHEESECAKE!!!
I’m looking forward to making my Mom’s Christmas cookies! She always baked a TON during the holidays: fruit drop cookies, chocolate chip, snoball cookies, to name a few. yum!
I am going to keep this plain and simple….cake!! No specific kind, no specific frosting, and no specific flavor…just cake! YUM!
agh!! this is the best giveaway EVER!! Its too hard to choose what I’d like to eat. I just want to be on vacation that way I can BAKE! xoxo
Being from Ohio, I am especially fond of the chocolate covered peanut butter BUCKEYES and am dreaming of a way to make those into POPS!
My family unfortunately doesnt celebrate christmas, but I always make spiced pecans as presents for my teachers :)
I cannot wait to make your red velvet cake and eat it! I made it over the summer and my family loved it! I’m sure it will become part of the holiday tradition :)
My very first ginger bread house — I’m giving it a go this Christmas and I can’t wait to tear it apart and eat it on Christmas day!!
I can’t wait to eat my mother in law’s honey pie… :)
I discovered last year Saltine cookies and I have been craving them since!
Nanaimo bars are my favorite, and I always make tons of them during Holiday!!
I can’t wait to make my new twist on a classic, Peppermint nanaimo bars. YUMMY!
Flan!! Yummy!
can’t wait for all the cookies from the cookies swaps!!!!
I love decorating cookies the most!
My sugar cookies, decorated of course!
I can’t wait to make peppermint bark!
Actually, I am going to do my best to resist holiday treats this year. I just returned last night from a trip to Romania where I was overfed and overstuffed by the wonderful generous people of the villages. I gotta go on a diet, man.
The hotel breakfast on Christmas morning… That will mean that I got to spend Christmas Eve with my sweet husband who travels for a living.
Mince pies and frosted sugar cookies in festive shapes!
My mom makes a apple celery salad every christmas. It is one of my favs and look forward to it
My traditional chocolate butter cream candies.
I’m really looking forward to “santa snacks” which are a sugar cookie type dough baked in a mini muffin tin, then immediately after you take them out of the oven you put a mini reese’s pb cup in. So good!! Our friends left a big jar of them on our doorstep a couple of years ago as a holiday surprise and I’ve loved them ever since.
I cant wait to spend the day making and eating my grandmothers sugar cookies. A family favorite for over 50 yrs.
Pavlova – mmmmmm!
FUDGE! My mom always made the BEST fudge.Maybe i will try to make a cake A.K.A. Fudge pop!
I can’t wait for Aunt Peggy’s Italian Cream Cake!!!!
Fudge, FuDge, FUDGE!!!
Christmas cookies! My gramma’s sugar cookie recipe is the best!
gingerbread men!
I can’t wait to make my grandma’s date filled oat cookies. She made them every Christmas, and now I do too!
I can’t wait to eat fudge. Thanks for a giveaway. I would love to have one of your books.
Can’t wait for my share of the wonderful fruitcake my Mother-in-Law makes!
Cookies! I make so many cookies for Christmas each year. Last year I tried a new recipe for Caramel Eggnog cookies and they were WONDERFUL. Can’t wait to make them again this year!
I can’t wait for my mother’s pecan pie (our family recipe). And yes, please sign mine if I win!
I can’t wait to have my mom’s double layer fudge. It’s not actually fudge, but it is AMAZING! :) I might end up making it this year, along with several dozen cookies for a fundraiser at my local United Way and for my family.
I’m making cupcake bites for a party this weekend, so I am certainly excited about those, but I’m probably most excited about the gingerbread men!
I cannot wait for the homemade cinnamon rolls that will make their appearance on Christmas morning!
Anise Cookies! Christmas with my family just wouldn’t be complete with out them! The bring back great memories while creating new ones. ( You can bet I want my book signed! : P )
I’d like to make a Christmas pudding from scratch — spoon some brandy over it and set alight without making hash of it or setting my house on fire :)
Bakerella!
i love your page, BIGGGG FAN from Colombia!
Come to Colombia, you will love it!
I want your book as a xmas present, it will be full of joy!
i wanna buy it, but can you sing it for me?
hope so. have a great week!
I can’t wait to make and eat some matzoh crunch for Hanukkah!
My mom’s sand tarts. They are so crisp and perfect with a cup of coffee.
I can’t wait to make good ol’ sugar cookie cutout with my son! We love doing that together!
My mom’s “preacher cookies”!
I can’t wait to eat the cut out cookies my husband and i will make. It’ll be the first year we have christmas in our (first!) home so they will be made in our oven!
Trifle – sponge cake, jelly, custard and peaches topped with cream.
We are already getting requests for it (last year I made 6!) A very sneaky treat in the middle of the night…
shortbread! can’t wait to bring out the cookie cutters :)
I can’t wait to make Filhoses, they are a portuguese tradition around christmas. They are like little pumpkin fluffy fried balls, rolled in sugar and cinnamon. Yummy :D
Three milks cake! deeee-li-cious! :)
I was literally just making my holiday cookie and candy making list…but I can’t wait to eat Snowball cookies.
Sticky buns!!
I’m ready for some pumpkin cake… MMM!
My homemade caramels and sponge candy.
it’s a tie between lemon meringue cupcakes and peppermint bark!
I can’t wait to make and eat peanut butter Hershey kiss cookies!
So I concocted your turkey cakepops for the little ones at Thanksgiving and the gooey choco-bottomed pecam pie for the big ones. Now I am ready for RED VELVET BROWNIE BITES for our next holiday throwdown! Please let me win your book!
My MIL’s wassail…..it’s so good! Expecially when the temperatures drop like they are starting to do now. That and gingerbread cookies….i was shocked to learn that my 4 yr old has yet to try one……what kind of mother am I!?!? LOL
I can NOT wait to eat chocolate pudding pie, it’s so simple we could make it all year round.. but we wait for the Holidays! I guess it makes that slice a little more special! YUM!
I may or may not get one of these books for Christmas, but if I do and I’m so lucky as to win one of these books, I’ll just give the winning copy to my mom. :-) I can’t wait to have some wine at Christmas! haha My baby is due December 8th!
Tough choice…either homemade sugar cookies or peanut butter pie…I can’t wait for either!
so sad i missed you in NY! I can’t wait to bake and eat all sorts of holiday cookies!
From Ohio…can’t wait to make and eat a couple hundred Buckeyes!!!
I can’t wait to eat peanut butter blossoms!! For some reason, Hershey Kisses just make me think of Christmas. :)
I can’t wait to bake & eat spritz cookies!
I love gingerbread cookies.
The holiday treats I enjoyed my mom stopped making when we moved to California…in 1981. She use to make pulled sugar candy ribbons and made edible bows for our holiday presents. She never taught me before she passed…along with her amazing fudge. I suppose I should learn to pass on that memory to my son ;-)
I can’t wait to eat my grandmother’s cake!
Pumpkin bread! I know it’s not exclusively for the holidays, but for some reason, that’s always when it tastes best!
I can’t wait to eat some Jam Thumbprint cookies!
I can’t wait to eat some cake pops! I’ve just discovered your delicious treat and my husband and I tried to make some last night-not very successfully! I found a video this morning that give us some great tips so we’ll try again tonight and take them in to his work to say thank you so his co-workers who were so supportive while our son had pneumonia but not before sampling some ourselves!
There’s nothing like the smell of warm, giant cinnamon rolls with coffee glaze on a cold, wintery day!
Sorry my email was in the first one I sent.
Turtles….mmm good.
I’m thinking my homemade candy cane ice cream!
Turtles…..my families fav!
Can never get enough pumpkiin pie!
I can’t wait for the secret recipe cookies all the women in my family make every year
skiers french toast on christmas morning!
Does everything count? But, seriously, can’t wait for pizzelles and buckeyes!!
I love chocolate cake pops
Cookies!
YES! Please! Oh, I’m supposed to tell you one?? Well then I choose peanut butter balls! YUM! :)
classic decorated sugar cookies! yum!
I can’t wait to eat Nanaimo bars. Yum!
I am really excited about gingerbread this year, which is new for me. As usual, though, I am probably most looking forward to eating fudge -yum!
I can’t wait for homemade doughnuts!
Last year was my first year making marshmallows. I made peppermint ones and gave them to my neighbors with hot chocolate. I am excited to make and devour them again this year!
It’s a toss up… oreo truffles or caramel corn. Can’t live without them during the holidays.
pavlova, an australian dessert :D
Christmas time always calls for sugar cookies, so I can’t wait to not only eat them, but decorate them this year!
Divinity with Georgia Pecans!
I can’t wait to eat sugar cookies! But really, I just can’t wait to be done with my first year law school finals! Happy Holidays Bakerella!
I can´t wait to eat and make christmas sugar cookies!!
Oh definitely apple pie. My nana makes the best apple pies from scratch :D
I am planning some cosy evenings and fun weekends with my children baking mince pies, tiffin, mini hi-hat cupcakes and Christmas pops! Can’t wait :)!!
I can’t wait to eat chewy Ginger Molasses cookies made by my Grandpa Erickson. He only bakes them once a year which works with my schedule, because I only see him once a year- at Christmas. Yum, yum.
Frosted sugar cookies – yummy.
I can’t wait to eat my first “Spekulatius” this year. It’s SO delicious and my favourit holiday treat.
I’m planning our first gingerbread house this year, armed with lots of amazing ideas from the internet! My daughter and I wish you would come to Australia so we could join you at one of your signings – you all look like you’re having too much fun!
Lemon sugar cookies! My grandma’s recipe. I’m the one who makes them for everyone, and the flattering compliments I always receive (“she’s the only one who can make them just like grandma used to”) make them taste extra nice… :)
My Mom’s Christmas Cookies! Yum!
I can’t wait to make all of the goodies with my kids. They are 8, 7, and 5. We make cookies and all sorts of candies. my favorite is peanut butter fudge. Thanks for the chance to win your fabulous book!
My mom’s rum balls! They’re so good!
I can’t wait to make and eat candy-cane cookies. They are so simple, but I never get them, so they are appreciated! I make them with almond extract, no peppermint. Exactly the right amount of sweet and salty. Mmm!
Well these book signings agree with you because you get prettier and prettier in every photo shoot! I can’t wait to make (and eat) my nut crescent cookies, dredged twice in yummy powdered sugar.
I love my mom’s finska pinnar cookies and greek cookies! YUM!
Can’t wait to drink some ‘coquito’ and eat some ‘arroz con dulce’. Yum! Delicious!
I can’t wait to eat my grandma’s pumpkin pie! :)
Anything that involves chocolate :)
I can’t wait to eat my homemade lebkuchen! I don’t make these German spice cookies every year because they are a real labor of love, but since I’ve promised them to the fam, I’m starting to crave them! Not for the weight-conscious, but what cookies are?!
My favorite holiday treats are my mamaw’s cookies. :)
I can’t wait to make fudge scotch squares!!!!
I can’t wait to eat decorated christmas sugar cookies
I love the red velvet balls! It’s that time of the year for them!
This would be so fun to do. I have been wanting to try and it would be great to have some ideas to start.
A whole lot of peppermint bark.
Nougat covered in chocolate!… and my sisters home made ice cream layer cake. *drool*
Peanut Butter Blossoms!
I can’t wait to eat some latkes for hannukah!
Creme Brulee French Toast for breakfast on Christmas Morning!
Sugar cookies. Making them, frosting them… eating the “broken” ones… and eating more later. :)
peanut brittle and caramels. using my mother’s recipe.
umm, the gumdrop popcorn cake with walnuts – there must be walnuts!
thank you for the opportunity to win!
Cookies. I love to do a cookie exchange and see what everyone comes up with. I would love to win one of your books.
my mom’s cut out cookies and orange drop cookies! both are old recipes that have been in the family for quite a long time!
: I can’t wait for my aunt’s apple dessert!
Cream, pecans, apples lots of ingredients.. but also tons of fun! Yey!
I want one of those books! they don’t sell them in monterrey! i’ve looking for them in almost everywhere!
Losing my mind D:
starlight mint surprise cookies!
We have to pick ONE holiday treat? I guess it would be the candy cane cookies b/c I remember my grandma making them out at the farm.
The cake pop cupcakes are awesome! Great job lady in the pink scarf!! Adorable.
I’m working on homemade pie crusts this year…something my Mema perfected years ago! So many delicious memories :)
I wish you would come to DC for a signing!!!!! I cannot wait for the cannolis we get from a local Italian deli for Christmas Eve each year. I love the ones with the dried fruit inside – YUM!!!
warm cinammon rolls for breakfast and lots and lots of decorated sugar cookies! yummm!
oh pumkin choicolate chip! hum….
Cream cheese braids! Wouldn’t that make a great Cake pop?!
I can’t wait to have pinnekjøtt at my friend Margrete’s place. And my mom’s kransekake – an almond cake made of baked rings stacked on top of each other, getting smaller and smaller, and decorated with royal icing. It’ll be great, I know it! :)
I love cookies. The classic chocolate chip is the bomb.
And peanut butter balls.
And now cake balls (made the first batch ever yesterday)
Well that would have to be the traditional family gingerbread loaf that we serve with thick chunky slices of foie gras and mango chutney.
A must.
YUM YUM YUUUM!
My grandmother’s buko salad. It’s made out of canned fruit cocktail mixed with shredded buko. I think it’s called young coconut in English. It’s made out of Cool Whip and sweetened condensed milk and then frozen. Yum!
Mmmmm Rum Pudding Pops… I’ve decided to take my own spin on rum balls, pudding and cake pops… Let’s see if it’s a crowd pleaser… I’ll post the success (or unsuccess) and recipe on my blog soon :-)
My moms shortbread cookies. Yum!
I won’t be in Toronto this weekend – booooo – so I’ll miss being able to get to a signing. We’re going to a waterpark with our kids – yay – in Niagara Falla.
Have fun on Toronto! It’s nice to know you’re coming to Canada, eh!
Does it have sugar????? Then I LOVE it! Especially the cookies!!!!!!!
Cookies, cookies and more cookies.
Dark Chocolate Covered Truffle Fudge Brownie mint bombs!!
Kourampiedes! It’s a greek christmas butter cookie with almonds and powder sugar on top! Yam!
my mom’s cherry berry on a cloud! we have it for christmas eve every year and it takes her three days to make it!
My mother’s lemon meringue pie.
Cut-out butter/sugar cookies with icing! Gotta have those on the table on Christmas Day!
cookies with royal icing… they don’t have those in australia.
Apple pie for sure :)
Cookies, cookies, cookies!
My favorite holiday treat are turkey joints. Before you get grossed out they are candy!! They are made by a local candy shop and they are definitely a local holiday tradition. My parents get me a jar every Christmas since I can remember. And after introducing them to friend when I was in college it’s a new tradition to send them a jar for Christmas too! https://www.turkeyjoints.com/catalog/what_are_tj.php
Sugar cookies!!!
I can’t wait to bake and decorate cookies with my little guy this year! He will be two in January and I would love to make Elmo cake pops for his birthday! The book will be fantastic inspiration!
Thank you for all of your fun posts! Happy Holidays!
Classic divinity fudge! It’s way too sweet and way too rich, and I’ll only eat a little, but it reminds me of the Christmases of my childhood, when I helped my grandmother with the holiday preparations. Sweet memories!
My mum’s speciall pie on Xmas Eve!
Nothing like it!
My dad and I fight for it all night long! LOL!
I can’t wait for christmas cookies! i have to start preparing…
I can’t wait to eat fudge from my grandmother’s recipe and some peanut butter balls!!! It almost makes me think of her and smile :-)
I must say shortbread is my favorite. My daughter has requested caramel shortbread squares for Christmas this year, so that will be our shortbread treat this holiday..
i love my momma’s white chocolate with cinnamon sugar doughnuts! i can eat loads of them and still want more! they are the most delicious thingy in the world! yeah!
I want one of those to make delicious pop cakes in Brazil!
I cannot wait to have some of my mom’s apple cake. She only makes it during the holidays and it’s soooo yummy!
A cookie called Mother’s Double Deckers… It’s a molasses sandwich cookie with a rich vanilla spice frosting in the middle.
I’m not sure what goodies I enjoy most, but the friends and family are my favorite!
gingerbread cookies!
Cut-out cookies! Love ’em!
I need to have my mom’s “riskrem” pudding for dessert at some point during christmas. It’a a dessert mae of riceporridge mixed with wiped cream and almond essens. It’s served with a raspberry sauce. Heavenly!!
Hmmm…candy canes and gingerbread are my staples to nom on during the holidays!
I can’t wait to smell “vanilla rolls”, which is in fact shortbread with ground walnuts or almonds rolled in vanilla sugar after baking… It’s the traditional Christmas treat here!
Chocolate meringue pies! No one ever makes them, they’re always lemon. So I am going to make them.