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!
I cant wait for my grandmas homemade irish cream liquer! So delicious over vanilla ice cream..or the rocks :)
pickmepickmepickme!
i love to bake, but also to make candy! can’t wait for homemade toffee and truffles!
almond cut out sugar cookies are the BEST! Can’t wait to start baking!!
My mom makes this strange fish dish called Bacalao that I look forward to all the time. I also have a special shrimp and crab dip that we make for special holidays that I can’t wait to devour also! Hmmm, neither of those were desserts…
I can’t wait to nibble on some yummy spice cake while sipping some warm buttercream eggnog. To drool for.
I can’t wait for candy canes and log cakes!
Nothing is more fun during the holidays than watching my dog eat pupcakes during the holidays. Pupcakes are edible cupcakes for dogs. This year I can’t wait to make my pup a yummy one decorated with Christmas colors.
I can’t wait to enjoy some good old fashioned sugar cookie cut outs – decorated by my grandsons!
Chocolate Fondue
I cannot wait to eat xmas pudding with lots of fresh cream!! yum
this would be the best Christmas gift EVER!!!! sugar cookies are the best.
Hmmm…. My husband’s grandma’s buckeye balls! YUM!
Chocolate snowflake cookies… Chocolate cookies rolled in powdered sugar and then baked. DELICIOUS!!!
Because my family is Vietnamese, we don’t really eat any traditional Christmas desserts, but I love love love all the sweet soup that is served for dessert on Christmas. Plus, my little brother was born on Christmas Eve… so I know my mom’s always going to order that mocha Buche de Noel (a French tradition because my mom’s side lived in Belgium)… yummy sometimes we get durian flavored too :P
I love making the cute individual apple pies in mason jars for gifts. Made a few extra to eat later
My mom’s cheesecake- crushed Zwieback crust with a cream cheese layer on the bottom and a sour cream layer on the top!
Rosette cookies! Remember them from childhood and recently found the irons to make them!
i cannot wait to eat some yummy apple pie! my mom makes the best apple pie!
Peanut Butter Balls :D
I LOVE gingerbread men… but would prefer a gingerbread everything christmas-y..
Trees, snowmen, snowflakes…EVERYTHING!
And a good Hot chocolate recipe to go with it!!!
I’m looking forward to the Christmas cookies!! They taste wrong if they’re not eaten in December ;P
Red velvet cake :) :)
peppermint bark!!
cut outs.
i can’t wait to eat them, not looking forward to making them.
i love mint macaroons
Red velvet cake, yummy!
I can’t wait to eat peanut brittle. I only eat it during the holidays and I can’t wait to get a bite!
I love the Bakerella!!! That’s off-topic. I can’t wait to make my eggnog cheesecake. It’s delish.
For me it’s pumpkin pie – there’s something special about sweet and savoury with a dollop of fresh cream.
The Christmas cookies that my grand daughter and I are going to bake together.
toffee!!! and brittle!!
Cannoli made by me or my husband (or both!) Just like my Nonni used to make. Cream, sugar, chocolate chunks & almonds in a crisp shell with powdered sugar snow on top! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
candy cane chocolate chip cookies. YUM.
Traditional Christmas Pudding with cream! yum!
my Mom’s sugar cookies
I would love one of your signed books. And I want to make and cookies, in fact I am taking a class on Saturday.
I just found my late Grandmother’s rum ball recipe, I am going to make them this year for my Uncles.
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you want me to narrow it down?? yikes! How about red velvet cake with my mom’s awesomer-than-awesome frosting – maybe some lemon cookies, pumpkin bars, banana bars, pumpkin pie… heck – anything sweet and I’m there! :)
i can’t wait for my mother in law’s overnight french toast… too die for!!
Turkeyyyyyyyyyyyyy :D
Persimmon pudding! Gingerbread! Eggnog! etc… :D
I can’t wait to eat my Grandma’s fudge…She is no longer with us, but I still make it every year in her memory and put it in the same Christmas tin she always did.
can’t wait to make/eat chocolate peppermint cookies!
I will be making gluten free cupcakes for my grandsons who have Celiacs and a few other sweet treats as well!
Mint chocolate chip cookies!!
Sugar cookies with a touch of lemon and an egg white glaze. So yummy and the kids love “painting” their cookies!
Fudge…Fudgity Fudge Fudge!
I can’t wait to make chocolate peppermint wafers. I hope they look as cute as ones made by Emily of Cupcakes and Cashmere.
I absolutely love classic apple pie (homemade!) and vanilla ice cream with a dash of cinnamon, as well as caramel sauce!!
Simple, yet oh, so good!! :)
Am I too late? I love pumpkin pie!
Sugar Cookies! : )
I can’t wait to eat sugar cookies
For sure classic sugar cookies! Classic. But those spritz cookies and sticky buns are calling my name!
last night i made one of your cookie recipies!! gosh i couldnt stop eating them !! mom had to lock me in my room haha !! but seriously i almost eat them all by my self!
Oh, I would just love one of your books!!! This holiday season is tight and that would make it super sweet! Love you, Bakerella!
I love any kind of cake!!!
I’m going to attempt to make peppermint chocolate fudge for the first time…I can’t wait to try the recipe and I especially can not wait to eat it!
I can’t wait for my mom’s brioche. Christmas is the only time of year she can make it because this is the only time regular grocery stores sell yeast cakes, an essential ingrdient in the rolls.
pumpkin pie!
I can’t wait to eat carmels and home made toffee! Yum.
I am going to make an insane amount of extra, extra buttery shortbread this year nom nom nom….
Aunt Dorothy’s Peanut Butter Balls, dipped in deep dark chocolate of course!
Awesome sweetness in all their glory, Yummy, Yummy, can’t wait to get some in my tummy!!!!
Oh shoot… just a little too late to enter! I imagine this will be under my christmas tree this year :)
I cant wait for Peppermint bark and Gingerbread cookies!
I can’t wait to have my grandmother’s christmas cookies… They are a tradition in my house!
i want some spanish turrón!!! ooh so sticky and full of almonds.. yum!
Would love a book :) Not sure what time it is in the ET…but here in Cali it’s still before 5 so what the heck :)
Sugar Cookies!
that’s easy ~ my mother-in-law’s sugar cookies :)
Anything that includes chocolate :)
latkes latkes latkes! and for dessert… latkes!
I am actually looking forward to making (and testing) cake pops this weekend at our annual cookie/treat bakin’ weekend! (There will be 13 of us this year!)
Press cookies!!
spiced apple cider! nothing says holidays like hot spiced apple cider.
iam mexican so i make tamales every christmas year with my mom and three sister they come over and we get cooking we also make ponche its like a mexican hot tea with natrual fruits its so yummmmy
can’t wait to make Latkes!
love my sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting! yum!
This will be my first Christmas as a married woman and I completely love it! I’m so looking forward to making Christmas candies with my aunt like we used to do when my great aunt and grandmother were alive. The best is the fudge and this year I’m adding in some Christmas cookie bark!
can’t wait for some sugar cookies and pecan pie :)
I can’t wait to dive into the Pumpkin Roll!!!
I am looking forward to all the cookies! Any kind-they’re all good! :)
I would love to win this book!!!
Breakfast Christmas morning has always been the biggest, most wonderful meal our family shares all year long. We will have EVERYTHING you can imagine! The usual breakfast foods like bacon, ham, sausage, eggs, biscuit and gravy, pancakes with home made syrup, PLUS things like cinnamon rolls, sausage bread, cream cheese danish, (my personal favorite!), fruit muffins, coffee cakes galore! OH MY!!! Of course we will have every flavored coffee and coffee creamer imaginable, orange juice, milk and hot chocolate!
We strive to have EVERY breakfast dish you can possibly think of. After breakfast we try to think of new dishes for next year. So, my new contribution this year will be CAKE POPS – of course! I can’t wait!
When our son was little I loved to hear him tell his friends about the BIG breakfast we always have on Christmas morning and all of the family members that join us. It is awesome! And a wonderful family tradition!
mmm cinnamon rolls
Homemade Carmels
Shortbread cookies!!! ^_^
Peppermint brownies.
My goodness – I have the absolute worst problem saying ‘no’ to anything chocolate-y. And, then with the peppermint crumbles on top?
Yep! I’m in trouble!
Peanut butter balls! Yum!
My mother’s Santa Claus chocolate cake, with home made moulding icing !
So cute and so tasty…
I Love homemade caramels!! My mom makes them the best!! I also can’t pass up a great sugar cookie!
Nutmeg Noels. they are so good with coffee.
I just came across a recipe for Sweet Tea Pie and I’m stoked to try it and possibly make a new holiday tradition. :)
I can’t wait to eat a piece of cheesecake from my Mom’s recipe. Ooh, I wish I could figure out a way to turn the cheesecake into a cheesecake pop. Now that would be so delish and cute.
My favorite has always been peppermint bark! I wish I knew you had a signing at Short Hills earlier..I just started working at Papyrus & we have your book there too! :)
Surprise Inside Cookies – a Hershey Kiss inside a chocolate chip-type cookie with mini chips, then chocolate drizzled over the top for style points – just delish! Merry Christmas!
Oh my gosh, I am behind on my blogs and almost missed entering! Phew! :) I CANNOT wait to eat my aunt’s almond toffee. It’s so buttery and delicious!
Thanks for the chance to win one of your signed books, what a treat that would be!
Sugared pecans. Can’t wait to get some in my skillet!
i cannot WAIT for Italian Wedding Cookies and my mom’s infamous “brownie petifores”. they’re actually more of a brownie truffle but i would never dare attempt to correct her for fear of losing out on that chocolatey goodness!
My sister’s chocolate covered pretzels and my mom’s sugar cookies.
I honestly cannot wait to eat the cake balls that I’m making tomorrow for a party… though I am tempted to dive into the frosting early.
Just one?! Let’s see, Buckeyes, my dad’s caramels and sugar cookies. Narrowed it down to 3 :)
I can’t wait to eat my sugar cookies filled with Nutella !
I am so excited to eat yummy homemade carmel!! yumyumyum
Now, I love desserts… I think “Death by Chocolate” which my stepmother makes is my favorite. But the “treat” I’m looking forward to the most is my grandmother’s sausage balls!! Not necessarily a sweet treat, but I can never find sausage balls that taste quite like hers! Of course my grandmother is the best cook in the world ;) (aren’t they all?!). I haven’t stopped craving them since last Christmas! Too excited :))
I can’t wait to eat my Aunt Jonie’s apple pie!
it’s a toss up between my mom’s peanut butter balls or her cornflake christmas wreath cookies! yum.
I can’t wait for peppermint pinwheels–and my gramma’s fried glutinous rice balls. They might sound weird, but they are totally amazing.
I love your site! I’m a TX girl living in the United Kingdom and I love making your cake balls for friends! I can’t wait to make/eat Red Velvet cake balls!!!
Definitely my mom’s egg nog log cookies! She makes them the first time it snows, and then again during the week of Christmas! mmmmm….
cut out sugar cookies, and lots of ’em!!!
My mom’s cranberry-orange bread! I can eat a whole loaf…and usually do! :)
I can’t wair for Triple Chocolate Trifle! Its my fav!!!!
The shortbread. That I make. Oh the sugah. Oh the buttah.
Biscotti, fudge, sugar cookies, truffles, chocolate dipped oreos with candy canes crunched up on top, pie…oh the list goes on and on!
I love Baklava! for some reason I only eat it around christmas…
oh gosh, i forgot to mention one of my favorite christmas treats. I make a great biscotti. it’s a recipe from an old Gourmet mag. just a hint of orange zest. delish.Geri Raso
I can’t wait to sink my teeth into the spread of Christmas Cookies. For the last couple years my husband and I have been baking up a storm and then heading downtown to pass out our goodies to homeless folks. (of course all good bakers have to taste their work before giving it away).
Toffee! I love almond rocha, but love my homemade version even more!
homemade lemon cookies! yuuuumy!
Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark!
I can’t wait to eat some pumpkin cheesecake!
I can’t wait to eat freshly baked, decadent cinnamon rolls!
Your pops are amazing. the book looks like it should be on a coffee table or in my very own cookbook armoire. right next to julia childs. if i did win, it would have to have your signature. that really would be the icing on the cake. pardon the pun. Geri Raso
Sugar cookies and pumpkin bread, oh my!!!
I can’t wait to eat christmas cookies! Traditional sugar cookies iced!
Red Velvet cupcakes….no question! Love the holidays!
Soft puffy pumkin cookies with white chocolate chips and cream cheese icing. They make the most awesome breakfast with a cup of coffee EVER!
I have a friend that makes gourmet chocolate pretzel rods…My favorite of hers is white chocolate dipped in crushed peppermint. So yummy!!
wow, waht a fun time! I’m defiantly wanting sugar cookies with icing… so excited b/c we only ever make them for Christmas!
I can’t wait to make my honey-gingerbread man cookies… and I can’t wait to decorate them either!
Mm oreo truffles man…. to die for <3
Chocolate covered anything!
Would LOVE to have a copy of your book!!! My older daughter is getting one for Christmas…but I want one of my very own.:))
I just love sugar at Christmas! But I have to say Terry’s Chocolate Oranges are a fav.
Peppermint bark and homemade hot cocoa.
I can’t wait to eat peanut butter fudge brownies!!!
My family loves to eat them, and so do I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE your book! Bought one for myself and one for my daughter-in-law!
i can’t wait for home made zeppoli!
Cream cheese sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting, decorated with holiday sprinkles! Can’t wait!
I am so excited for my Christmas cookie bake and swap this weekend. I am a military wife originally firm New Jersey but my husband, daughter, cat and I are stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. The holidays always make me miss my family and so I have decided to bring my family’s traditions to my Hawaii friends who are my family. Several ladies and I are getting together with our daughters (just like my mom used to do) and we are baking and swapping cookies and recipes. We are each going to make a cookie or other treat from our different cultural and family backgrounds. I am making Italian Struffoli (honey balls) and can not wait to try the different things we’re going to make together.
PECAN PIE… OH YEAH
Although not your traditional “treat,” I am looking forward to the brown sugar green beans! MMMMM! Pregnancy really brings out the weirdest “hankerings!”
Gingerbread!
why cake pops of course!
i’ve been hearing so much buzz about them… i’m gonna give it a whirl!!
So excited for candied yams! I’ve tried for the last three years to get them as delicious as my grandma makes them, and I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!
Hope I’m not too late. I have a copy but my sister and mom needa copy for the holidays still!!
I make cookies with marachino cherries every year for Christmas. I am looking forward to those, and sugar cookies.
I can’t wait to make what my Oma (grandmother) did all those years ago…chocolate letters. It’s a dutch tradition that I’ve kept up with for my 9 year old. She loves the chocolate of course, but in an “F” for Francesca makes her feel so special :)
Mmmm…I love anything sweet, but I’d have to say Christmas cookies in general. =)
I cant wait to eat the cookies bake, sugar cookies, florentines, cream wafers.. YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Homemade Apple Pie and peppermint hot chocolate!!
I can’t wait to eat all the homemade goodies people usually give as gifts at Christmas! Especially chex mix… my favorite!
I can’t wait to eat homemade Christmas cookies! Yum!
Lucky for me, Chanukah starts tonight and I cant wait to eat everything! I fried up my latkes last night – sweet potato, cauliflower and potato – and have my cupcakes ready to frost into a big ol’ dreidel…and then, my favorite thing to eat, that I make on Chanukah, are fresh donuts. I don’t like them jelly filled and the kids love them frosted – yum! Happy Holidays!
Apple Pie with vanilla ice cream on top!
Cannot wait for candy canes!! My dentist would kill me if he knew about my love for them :)
Red Velvet Cake Pops that I’m attempting for my daughters first birthday! I would love to be able to give her your book someday. And of course just good ole chocolate chip cookies!
I am looking forward to eating my aunts Chocolate Pie!!! They are so delish and I have never had one better than hers. I could share the recipe if you would like.
Thanks and I hope I win a book. Love your work, made the pumpkin cake pops as my wedding favors a few weeks ago. They were a huge hit!!!
Krumkake, a Norwegian cookie my family makes every year for Christmas.
I can’t wait for lots and lots of decorated sugar cookies!
I can’t wait to eat buckeyes-peanut butter dipped in chocolate!
Can I say everything that my grandmother ever makes? I’m studying abroad this year and although my flatmates are good cooks and kind enough to share what they make with me, I miss me some good home cooking.
Can I say everything that my grandmother ever makes? I’m studying abroad this year and although my flatmates are good cooks and kind enough to share what they make with me, I miss me some good home cooking.
I love anything my mom makes…but enjoy green bean casserolle at this time of year. I’ve started making cupcake pop’s for every season and everyone loves it!
One word…..FUDGE!
My peppermint meltaway cookies
Rum Cake!!! Alcohol and cake are always a great combination…if you’re into that sort of thing. ;)
I can’t wait to eat Octopus Stew!
My family is Portuguese and we have it every year on Christmas Eve. It is so delicious the octopus melts on your tongue.
I don’t really have a “holiday treat” that I’m waiting to eat but I am spending NY’s day with my boyfriends family (this is uncharted waters here) and I’m excited about that. I guess that could be considered a holiday treat.
Espresso Meringue cookies, dipped in chocolate!
Can’t wait to make chocolate caramel shortcake. It’s like a TWIX bar in square form! MMMMMmmmmm!
Christmas pudding!!!
I won’t lie… I’m looking forward to cookies and eggnog!
We have a dessert fondue every Christmas with chocolate and caramel for dipping. The caramel is my favorite!
I can’t wait to have my aunt’s russian tea cookies and honey balls! They are a tradition in my family!
Homemade Sugar Cookies… With a pinch of nutmeg.. YUMO
mmm….mom’s homemade mince meat tarts (and I don’t even like raisons!)
I’m so excited about making sugar cookies with my young cousins when I go home for Christmas. But I bet I could convince them to make a few cake pops too.
Anything pumpkin!
I can’t wait for peppermint bark! The minty freshness makes it not seem so naughty. :)
Ohh…there are so many! I’d have to say the Hamilton Family Oatmeal Cookies – yum!
My 6 year old is addicted to banana bread. And, she has a gracious heart. She wants to bake cookies for the firemen & policemen in our area.
oh I would LOVE to win one!! I can’t wait to eat my mama’s perfect dessert, chocolate mocha mousse..
I found your recipe for Mini Pumpkin Pie Bites a while ago and finally made them for Thanksgiving. They were a hit! Everybody loved them but nobody could believe I had made them. My family seems to think I am domestically challenged! I can’t wait to see how they respond to what I’m making for Christmas Dinner! Thanks for the AWESOME recipes! :)
I’ve been drooling for your book and a signed 1 would be even better.
My Grandma’s skillet cokies. Yum!
Any kind of pie :)
I can’t wait to eat homemade salted caramels! YUM!
How do I pick? Carmel and chocolate covered pretzels, toffee, chex mix, sugar cookies………………………too many to choose from:)
Sugar cookies with royal icing. Maybe I’ll learn to make them this year rather than eat them!
Buckeyes =]
I cannot wait to eat sea salt caramels and almond toffee from Utah’s one and only http://www.vchocolates.com!
Nutty, melty, sugary pecan sandies! mmmm!
I can’t wait to make gingerbread men with my little boys and then eat them together!
I love the peanut butter-kiss cookies so much! can’t wait! :)
My mother-in-law makes the best sugar cookies!!
My dad’s famous butterscotch cookies…so yummy with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee!
Sugar cookies with the grandchildren!!Yummy and always fun!