My cake fell … and it was fantastic! Actually, it was supposed to fall. It’s a recipe for a flourless chocolate cake that I used straight from the pages of Paula Deen’s Chocolate Celebration Magazine.
I bought this publication several months ago mainly because of the cover… Chocolate and Paula… you can’t go wrong there. But, to be honest I haven’t made anything from it until this Saturday. I’ve looked at it a bunch of times and made notes of all the recipes I want to try, but nothing until now.
So, this weekend, I finally decided to go for her Deep Dark Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipe because I’ve never made a flourless cake before and I was intrigued.
I mean, it must be pretty good if someone would make it instead of the one on this cover.
You’ll need a 9-inch springform pan
. It has a latch on the side that helps you release the cake. Because there’s no turning this one upside down to get it out.
Place some parchment paper on the bottom so it hangs over. Close the latch to hold the paper in place and secure the sides. You’ll also want to spray the paper with some non-stick cooking spray just to be safe.
After your pan is ready, preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
Separate 6 large eggs. Yolks in one bowl and egg whites in another. Set aside.
You’ll also need 8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate and 4 oz. dark chocolate. Break it up in a large bowl and add 2 sticks of butter (thank you Paula!). Melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted and smooth.
Whisk in 1 1/4 cups sugar until combined.
Then add the six egg yolks to the chocolate and sugar mixture, one at a time, whisking after each addition.
Now, in a medium bowl, beat the six egg whites on high with an electric mixer. Beat it for several minutes until stiff peaks form.
Then, gently fold your egg white mixture into the melted chocolate mixture until combined. Pour it in your pan and bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees.
It will rise pretty high in the oven, but when you take it out to cool, it will fall. And fall hard. Yay!
Let it cool one hour on the counter and then for at least four hours in the refrigerator before you release it from the springform pan.
And, when you finally do… it will be worth the wait. I didn’t really know what the texture of the inside would be like, but oh my… it was glorious.
Rich and dense and fudgey! Definitely one for true chocolate lover’s. And, If you don’t like things too rich, then stay away. Stay far, far away!
I also sprinkled a little powdered sugar on top to finish it off.
Okay, a lot!
Here’s what it’s supposed to look like. Mine had a few more cracks, but I was completely and utterly happy with it.
But, wait a minute… let me tell you the real reason I made this cake from Paula’s magazine.
There was a slim chance I was going to be able to meet Paula on Sunday (thanks to my friend Ted and help from someone on her team) and I wanted to have one of her dessert recipes under my belt if I did. You know, in case we had a moment to chit chat and talk about butter and stuff. Yeah, right!
She was speaking at the Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show in Atlanta, and to be honest, I really didn’t think I would get to meet her…
Or get a picture taken with her. Hey, Paula!
My mom and I were so thrilled. She is every bit as beautiful and funny and nice as she is on TV. (And I do mean funny. We also had the opportunity to hear her speak later on and she had the whole place laughing.)
We also met her son, Bobby. Yummy!!! I mean, he was really nice.
Later on, we even met her other yummy, I mean really nice son, Jamie. Unfortunately, I spazzed and didn’t get a picture of him. But, he did help me out with something.
Something I think you’ll like.
See this cookbook
. I bought it last minute at the show. (Sorry, her brand new one
was sold out.)
But, that’s okay, because look what Jamie got his mom to do for me just minutes before she went on stage to speak.
Yep, that’s her signature. And, it gets even better.
I’m giving it away! The book… signature and all. Who wants it?
Seriously, at first, I thought I would keep it, and then, I thought… I would keep it! Then, I decided it would be much more fun to give it away. Besides, it could be a great Mother’s Day present for someone. And, don’t feel bad, I’m hoping (fingers crossed) that I can get another copy for myself later.
Better hurry and enter… The winner will be chosen Monday night.
Enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of
Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics Cookbook
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me why you want it, why you love Paula, why you love butter, or heck, just say “hey, y’all!”
- Leave your comment with a way for me to contact you if you win (either a blog link or email)
- Deadline to enter is Monday, April 20th at 6:00 p.m. (recorded by the comment time stamp)
- The winner will be chosen at random* and announced sometime Monday evening on this post.
* One winner will be chosen at random, using random.org’s integer generator.
Good luck.
More links:
Paula Deen’s Chocolate Celebration
Paula Deen’s The Deen Family Cookbook – NEW!
Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics Cookbook
Springform Pans
And, Paula’s also on Twitter. Go say hey y’all!
Yay, we have a winner!
Who’s it going to be random integer generator?
Me. Me. Me. ……… No. No. No.
It’s comment #598!
Congrats Angela… Today is your lucky day!
i loveeeee her show!!! i want the cookbook!! i want to try her recipes!!! and i want that cake too lol…
mei_elshamy@hotmail.com
hey ya’ll!!!!
I love her faces when she tastes food!
I loove Paula. Her poundcake recipe is my all time fav!!!
I love Paula! I am forced to live in the north right now, but watching her everyday reminds me of my southern roots and the delicious food I love. Plus butter makes me happy and Paula always has butter.
my husband would love her book! We love the Butter, Butter and more Butter when she cooks!
Her desserts are easily my favorite to make and eat! I LOVE PAULA!!!
Hey Ya’ll! hehe
I love Paula, but more imporatantly so does my 3 year old son. he loves watching her cook, and I’ve even been able to get him to say “Butter makes it better!”
Not that we’re endangering him with butter and other fats, but anyway, he does love baking and watching all kinds of the chefs on Food Network.
Anyone who often says, “We need more of that” while cooking gets my stamp of approval! You can’t NOT love her Southern drawl, either! Thanks for sharing such a treat, Bakerella!
I love paula deen!!!! yay!!!!!! I would love to win this for….myself!
Paula is full of energy and positive attitude. I need to make different things. I’m tired of the same old, ready to try out some recipes.
She is one awesome lady with a great life story. thanks for the recipe!
Ann
taz5@sbcglobal.net
Love her, love her food, love her accent!
Emily
41greystreet@gmail.com
This would be a most awesome Mother’s Day gift. Mom LOVES Paula. Right now she is spending everyday (3wks. so far) at the hospital with my Dad, who last Thursday had a 9 hr. long surgery to remove a tumor from his pancreas.
This would certainly give her a much needed smile!!
doodles121960@sbcglobal.net
I love to Paula Deen! She always seems to be having the time of her life, no matter what she’s doing. I too love butter and love to bake.
Paula’s outgoing personality is what I like about her! She seems like she’d befriend the wall if she could! And, she knows how to make some mean desserts ;)
I feel guilty about buying cookbooks since you can get so many recipes online — for free. So you could take my guilt away! :)
Ohwow! And it’s my daughter’s 38th birthday today—–what a great gift that would be!!
My mother and I are always sharing recipes, so this would be a wonderful gift to give her for Mother’s Day.
Hope you had a great time meeting Paula and her boys!
cathielojkovic@yahoo.com
I would love to have this book because I LOVE trying new recipes and think Paula is hilarious … and makes amazing fun. Thank you for posting the pictures.
Kelly
cantwait30@gmail.com
I need that cookbook. Because I collect cookbooks. It’s that simple. Oh, and I love butter, I have the thighs to prove it.
I have tried a couple of recipes of Paula’s and they were fabulous, so a whole cookbook would be divine!
I love you too btw! I love your humor and your pictures!
What to say? Paula Deen is one of a kind. I just love that lady!!
If I didn’t have to watch my weight, I would eat all-Paula all the time! Love her! It would be incredible to have an autographed Paula cookbook!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I love Paula’s recipes! So fun to make and so fun to watch her make them. Yummo!
OMG, that chocolate cake looks soo good, I’d love to win that book…although I’m gonna keep it and not give it to my mom…shh don’t tell!
Oh wow! Fun give-a-way!
I love Paula! ‘nuf said. :-)
And butter, well, butter is AWESOME!
http://celestejohnson.blogspot.com
Toodles!
I love her and I love you… not in a freaky way though. :o)
You MUST try her Gooey Butter Cake recipe … it has a dozen variations, all of which are awesome.
This is a great cookbook, and you’re going to be sad that you gave it away!!
Why do I love Paula? Because she appears to be so down to earth, someone I could hang out with, learn from, and not be so intimidated by in the kitchen! I love that her recipes bring families together, very “down home.” You are so lucky to have met her! Looks like you had a great time!
Ooh I just love Paula! Everything she makes is so yummy. I love her Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies!
Thats so great that you got to meet her!
I don’t think she’s old enough, but how great would it be to have Paula for a grandma?!? I think only grandmas can get away with making all of that guiltless comfort food!
Thanks Bakerella for the opportunity!
Heather
Hey ya’ll … Holla! I love me some butter :)
[And I absolutely agree: Bobby Dean is oh so yummy!]
Will that do?!?
Melissa
a/k/a The Blonde Diggity
thedivinemizzm.blogspot.com
I have wanted one of Paulas cookbooks for so long – I LOVE to cook/bake! Just havn’t had the $ for it yet! Would LOVE to win it though! MMMMM!
And I will be making this cake for my Mom for mothers day, as she is on a gluten free diet! Thanks!
Chocolate….good! Butter….good! Paula Deen….good! All of that together in ONE book….AWESOME!!!
I love Paula because she is hilarious and southern, of course!
I always feel like I need to learn some Southern-style recipes since my husband is from Georgia. This would probably be a great way to start.
I was always disappointed in peanut butter cookies until my wife found Paula’s recipe.
mike7_01@hotmail.com
My BFF would love this more than butter, I’m gonna win for her :)
who doesnt love paula and her boys?! i know i do!
pick me!
pick me!
pick me!
NO ONE does southern like Paula. Already have that great cookbook myself, so, you’re right, my fabulous mother would get such a kick out of it!
I only wish I could eat enough butter to one day be as cool as Paula. Is it wrong that I hear her voice in my head as I bake?
Paula cooks food like my Kentucky grandma used to make. Everything was butter and bacon grease… she even fried french toast in the bacon grease. :)
Hey y’all – being from the deep south it only encourages me to eat more butter when I hear Paula
You know those websites that you submit a picture of yourself and it tells you the stars you look most similar to? Well mine said when I’m older, I will look like Paula Dean! So OF COURSE I adore her! And hello? Butter. Delicious! Now I want toast… :)
I love Paula Dean! We make her french toast casserole recipe every Christmas morning! And we always make sure to use plenty of buttah!
Congrats on getting to meet her and her sons! And thanks for the opportunity to win the book!
Cheers,
Danielle
HonieBunniDL@yahoo.com
That cake looks delicious! I would love to have that cookbook!
ilovepaulduersch[at]gmail[dot]com
paula’s the best! i just love how she has fun in the kitchen even if she forgets to add ingredients.
Hey Y’all! i love how ridiculously rich and delicious all her recipes are, and shes so nice to everyone!
Plus she has cute sons :D
Definitely a good Mother’s Day gift.
I love Paula, she is so funny! And I love you too!!!
Linda
Majer59@aol.com
Your cake looks delicious! I love Paula’s recipes… simply delicious! I would love to win a copy of the book, thanks for the chance!
exoduslaughin(at)yahoo.com
That cake looks luscious!
I’m a big fan of butter AND Paula Deen! Her show is always fun to watch, and I bet she’s a hoot in person. :)
Anna
http://www.thesilverfam.blogspot.com
I’d give it to my mother so we can cook together!
I love, love, love Paula and Would love to have a chance at this book!! And yes, I love butter in everything except cold cereal
Becky
BLynBlondie@hotmail.com
Love your blog and love Paula Deen. Really enjoyed reading about the fun with Pioneer Woman!
I love Paula! Butter does truly make anything better. :)
Hey y’all!!!! Love Paula Deen and your website too! Made cake pops for Easter and oh my were they a hit! Love reading your blog xo
I love her accent! And the butter is just so yummy!!
Hey Bakerella!!
I would love to win the autographed Paula Dean recipe book, because my sisters and I are opening a cupcake shop in Winston Salem, NC!! What a better book to turn to just in case some of our cupcakes turn out “flat” with the public!!! And…Paula is Yummy!
kimberly cain
kimberlypetras@gmail.com
ooops! Brenda S ‘Okie in Colorado’ email is whtfeathergrammy@aol.com Sorry!
She cooks the way my mom and grandmother do and I just think she’s a true southern gem!! I subscribe to her mag and have several cookbooks already…really need this one to add to the collection.
Baking is my life. Okay, well almost. :) Chocolate and butter are really the only two ingredients you need for life to be pretty much perfect….
missamye@briercrest.com
What? You get to go to PW’s ranch and now meet Paula and the boys? I ? Paula and would love her book! That would be the best Mother’s Day gift. I cook just like Paula. Not healthy but oh so good. Thanks for the giveaway and all the great tips,recipes and inspiration you supply us with.
Oh my gosh! I just love her! She’s just so sweet on her show. Her show always leaves me hungry! :)
-Hang
hanghtrinh@gmail.com
She is so funny…I loved watching her accidentally drop glass in her mixer on Oprah!
Oh my god!
this contest caused me to squeal!
Literally. Thank goodness I’m alone in the office today.
I love baking, I love Paula, I love this site!
do you FEEL the love??
pavakgirl@gmail.com
OOOH! Enter me, enter me! And with that, here’s a big…
Hey Y’all!!!
Lins @ http://goodbyemartha.blogspot.com
I LOVE Paula. Her story, her humor, her cooking, and just the way she makes a person smile!!!
Jessica
jrkrmr@sbcglobal.net
Oh my there are a lot of comments. I love Paula because her two favorite food groups are butter and mayo! :) And she is from the South and I heart the south!
my email: mylifegoesoninendlesssong at gmail dot com
She has such a vibrant personality and zest for life (or so it seems)…and any recipe I’ve tried, that she has made, has been so yummy!
She is the best! Her laugh, her love of cooking with family.. I mean the lady is like Americas grandma!
What a great giveaway your rad!!
Butter is good and that chocolate cake looks divine!!!
I love Paula Deen and her buter-lovin’ ways! Seriously, her strawberry cake is a family favorite for birthdays around here and I know my mom would love that cookbook for Mother’s day.
elderberry44 (AT) yahoo.com
Paula’s cookbook would be a great addition to my collection! Yes, I have a small collection of cookbooks and it just keeps getting bigger! (I take after my mom…her cookbook collection is HUGE! Maybe I’d give it to her if I won it.) Anyway, I love to cook and I’m always looking for new recipes to try! BTW, I made some cake balls (for the very first time) just before Easter and they were a big hit (there are pictures on my blog)!
Brooke
wookie69_81@yahoo.com
Trisha e-mail is tntsauerbrei@hotmail.com for a previous comment regarding Vegas. . . sorry !!!
I love Paula Deen! She makes so many yummy things. I would love to win the cookbook!
carrie1807@aol.com
Hey Y’all. Love Paula!
Thanks,
Amber
ampage54@hotmail.com
I love Paula just because she uses butter and isn’t afraid to say so !!! We watch her show every so often, but my daughter would love her cookbook. She watches those food shows ALL THE TIME and she is 10 !!! Hope the lucky numbers are with me today !!!
More Pops Bakerella – – more ideas – – more secrets – – more tricks !!! We love Pops in Vegas !!
I live in the south and hear a lot about Paula!
she’s my kitchen hero! (after PW… sshhh! cuz she does it w/ four punks around ;)
jennyblattman at hotmail dot com
What a great giveaway! I love all of her recipes and she is just too cute!!
Thanks!
Risa
rholland@mays.tamu.edu
I love Paula Dean. She is so funny and I loved the Oprah show were she lost her “britches” while she was doing a show and how she just played it off. So cute and funny. I have never owned any of her cook books but would love to start. Thanks.
Tracy
j-tbrown@shaw.ca
paula is so fun to watch on ANY of her shows. it really is her personality that shines through. she is the queen of butter! (sorry pw ;)
I love watching Paul!….and her sons are not hard to watch either ;)!!
Paula could be the only person on the planet who loves butter as much as I do…and I love that she isn’t ashamed about it!
MMMMM Butter!
Emily
emilypachner@gmail.com
Hey y’all!
My mother would totally cry if I gave this to her for Mother’s Day!
rhondajwl at gmail.com
I’ve finally decided I need to beef up my cooking skills. Maybe Paula can help me out!
She is my husband’s cooking hero! I’m not kidding.
Oh my gosh! I just love Paula for the simple fact that she’s not afraid to put so much butter in food. You can’t beat someone who knows what tastes good!
-Ashlee
adoerhoff@yahoo.com
I love to bake and I love Paula. I also have that magazine. I’ve made several things from it, but not the one you made. I have made the cake from the cover – twice! It is now my husbands favorite cake, replacing coconut cake.
I love to watch her, she is unashamed at using butter and other things that other chefs would try to use a healthy subsitute for.
Hey Ya’ll :) A girl just can’t have too many cookbooks, I would love to add this to my (used)collection! Thanks!
Hey! I agree with EVERYONE else. She is great, and inspiration to all. She has led an amazing life.Her strenghth and her attitude is beautiful. We all should aspire to be like her, her cooking as well as her inner beauty.I love to cook and love her books and would like to add this to my “culinary” library. Thankyou for the chance to win it.(I really get a kick out of your website too.Haven’t tried the cake pops yet, but may just give it ago really soon)
I love Paula! She gets so much joy from sharing her creations, and I love that she laughs/giggles when she cooks/bakes! I can’t wait to try her chocolaty goodness!
I love Paula and her lovely sweet voice and recipes. She’s the best!
Desielkin@gmail.com
I love Paula Deen… almost as much as I love butter… almost as much as I love chocolate… almost as much as I love my mommy!
shellane.pickett@gmail.com
This recipe is gonna kill my diet!
Paula makes the food I LOVE to eat – even though alot of it I shouldn’t! I’d be so honored to have her autographed cookbook!
pinch-o-this.blogspot.com
oh i’m so excited for you! you got to meet her?? awesome!
i love her because she finds a way to make me break my diet! lol. her and alllll that butter lol. and you gotta love her personality. :D
flamegoddess65@aol.com
Paula makes the food I LOVE to eat – even though alot of it I shouldn’t! I’d be so honored to have her autographed cookbook!
pinch-o-this.blogspot.com
i LOVE Paula! Her story is incredible and inspiring. She particularly helped me when I’d been searching forever for a certain recipe. A friend of mine passed away and I wanted to make Benedictine Sandwiches just like she used to. I’d had the recipe at one point but misplaced it. And the VERY FIRST issue of Paula’s magazine featured the exact recipe! Thanks Paula!
My sister is a huge fan of Paulas and I would love to win this and give it to her!
I love Paula. She’s real. She cooks real food, with real butter. It doesn’t get much better than that. For real.
Oh my heck you lucky ducky!! I just love Paula… I would love to have a cookbook with her sigy..
She so rocks and you too!!!
That cake looks delicious!! I can’t wait to try it out, as if anything Paula bakes could be bad!
I lived in the south for four years when I was growing up and loved the cooking of that region. My favorite recipe of hers that I have tried so far is Mama’s Pound Cake. Delicious!
I love her! I love that she gets such happiness from sharing her creations, and that she laughs and giggles when she cooks! I can’t wait to try the flourless cake recipe!
Hey Y’all,
I think you are so sweet to give your autographed book away. I love watching Paula’s cooking show – she makes the best food ever. I think her sons are both yummy too I mean seem like nice guys. :O)
I just wish I had smellavision TV so I could smell all her delicious cooking!!!! I have to try that cake recipe looks very sweet and rich, YUM!
Norma
nfonseca@mac.com
Oh my gosh, you're absolutely awesome for giving this away. I've been following your blog for some time now & love everything you've put up. I am an avid ameteur baker but love anything w/ butter. :) Keep up the awesome work!
her signature is just as fun as I imagine she must be in person!
I love Paula Deen because she makes food I can only dream of making… mostly because I also dream of losing ten pounds in the near future. Sigh. At least my Grandma loves her, too, so when I go over her house I can share in the Paula love vicariously (also by eating whatever Paula recipe my Grandma has made- if it’s made by Grandma, I have to eat it, right?).
I would so love this… but if I win would you autograph it too for me? :)
Yummy! Hey Y’all!
coolhairchic@sbcglobal.net
Love her! Went to her restaurant in Savannah and just loved it!
She is the one person I think would be awesome to just spend a day or two with and just talk about everything and nothing.
I love that she uses butter and cream in almost everything!
I love Paula, but I think my husband is her twin separated at birth. He watches her on tv all the time and sometimes secretly tapes her show. I have made some of her recipes and he loves them. The more butter the better. He would be ecstatic to get her book for Mother’s Day! Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are switched around here at our house. I get to remember what being a mother is all about on Mother’s Day while he relaxes and vice versa on Father’s Day.
tiff–2007@hotmail.com
I love Paula and love butter.
gironic@gmail.com
I love Paula Deen! She makes the best stuff! She seems so friendly and just a lot of fun to be around! How great that was that you got to meet her! The cookbook looks great! Would love to win it :)
that cake looks amazing! i have jamie and bobby’s cookbook and love it…and every recipe of paula’s that i’ve tried…well, yum!!
Butter makes everything better…as does Paula!
Paula Deen rocks! sounds like you had so much fun… im so jealous!
nycstrawberri21@gmail.com
I love Paula …she puts love and laughter in to her food with a whole stick of butter! Paula reminds me of my grandmothers cooking!
Congrats on meeting the Deen family!
jennmich97@gmail.com
I just love Paula! She makes great food really accessible to the novice cook. I have made so many of her recipes and my family just love them! I would love to have one of her cookbooks!!
Hey, Y’all!
Love that you got to met the Lady and her sons! Your blog is inspiring. Paula’s bubbly personality makes cooking/baking FUN…and she’s a kindred spirit loving all that butter and sugar LOL
Marann
mrprer @aol.com
i want to win this for my mom! she is a huge fan of southern cooking and paula deen! thank you!!
email-shelbyworms@hotmail.com
Oh my goodness gracious look at all these entries, maybe I’ll be lucky 1700….
I love Paula’s down-home style and sense of humor.
I love Paula…she is soooo down to earth, and I can relate to her..
I love Paula b/c nothing beats a recipe that starts with butter and ends with cream cheese :) I would love to try more recipes by Paula from the cookbook!
Thanks,
Liz
bustos_elizabeth@hotmail.com
shirley.mackey@yahoo.com
I love Paula just for the sake of that chocolate cake. Oh I want it!
I’m addicted to butter – which is okay for me since I go on two hour runs every other day, but my poor husband sits at a desk all day…
I love watching Paula…her recipes are delish and this cookbook would be a welcome addition to my collection! Your blog is inspiring!
Kirstin
tkzm2j2@msn.com
I have always loved Paula Deen… she’s just so funny and quirky… But I also love butter because butter is on my LOW CARB diet… ;o) And I love her because I adore Bobby Deen and how could you not love someone that gave birth to someone so loveable like that… ;o)
mionebristow.blogspot.com
Hi-I love Paula because she is a southerner (as I have lived in TX all my life)…and I also love her yummy, I mean nice, son Bobby!!
Tammi
tohearn14@yahoo.com
I wish Paula was my grandma!
Mmmm…butter. I love Paula Deen because she can make fun of herself (listen to this week’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me for the proof!)
I just love Paula & YOU! You both are fantastic & it would be awesome to win this book…especially if you sign it too. ;)
I’m pretty obsessed with Southern cooking and therefore Paula! Some of my best friends are from the south but don’t cook so they taste test all of my southern food for authenticity!
WoW great giveaway Bakerella!! I love Paula. My hubby loves to compete with me in the kitchen (I’m so lucky hee hee ) So I’m crossing my fingers for this one :o)
Wow, that cake looks YUMMY! I absolutely love Paula Deen. She reminds me so much of my mom. Gotta love good ol’ southern cookin’!!
candi2001@hotmail.com
Because butter is waaaaaay better than margarine, just like Paula Deen is waaaaaay better than Rachael Ray.
I love Paula Deen!
estensler (at) comcast (dot) net
I love Paula because when I was 21 and a BRAND new FLight attendant, one of my first overnights was in Savannah GA where I ate lunch at her restaurant The Lady and Sons. The food was YUMMY! and I felt so grown up and fancy!! I would LOVE her book!!
Amanda
SortcakesSonoma.blogspot.com
My Mom would love this because she loves butter – a hereditary thing, I suppose!
http://jamiebg.blogspot.com
Love Paula Dean! Your cake looks amazing. I am going to make it tonight! Yum.
I love her because she cooks things that we would actually eat with stuff we actually have on hand!! I have been trying several of her recipes here lately and have loved them all. Her crispy onion ring recipe is to die for!!!!
Oh fun! Paula has to be the sweetest thing on TV, I put her on in the background when I’m home alone just for company. :)
I love it when she says “From my house to yers” too. :D
I love Paula Deen! Awesome giveaway! Thank you!
I have loved her from day one! She cooks with regular ingredients you would have in your own kitchen. You and Pioneer Woman also take baking/cooking to another level! Thanks so much.
Tanya
tanyalew@yahoo.com
I love that she never apologizes for her extensive use of butter. Just keepin’ it real.
hey y’all!
I love Paula!
pdooley@me.com
My kids say I love butter just like Paula!
Love Paula, and your blog. Paula inspired me to start making my own vanilla extract. Yum, I’ll never go back to buying it again.
-Jo
I am SO jealous you got to meet Paula! She has the best recipes I would love love love a copy of the book!
Wow! How wonderful to hear Paula Deen speak and to take a pictur with her….just the best day!
Thanks for lettting me enter!
Angie H.
My love of baking and butter come from my mom who loves baking and butter. And she likes Paula too, so this would be a super Mother’s Day gift for her.
Yay! I want it!
http://www.thompsontalesandtidbits.blogspot.com
This would be an awesome additon to my collection!
I want some of that cake! It looks great! And I love, love, love Paula Deen. What a combination Bakerella and Paula Deen.
I’m a closet Paula lover! I really love to use all of the real stuff!
Oh man, you just made that cake sound soooo good. I love to bake and cook and try new recipes so why not some words of wisdom from the wise, right? Thanks for the great offer. I’ve got my fingers crossed for luck!
My Mama would go into convulsions of happiness if I presented this to her on Mother’s Day!
I love Paula because she loves dessert almost as much as she loves her dogs which is almost as much as she loves her boys and Michael. And – I DON'T THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE!!! – that's the order of my loves in my life, too! Oh, and Bakerella & Pioneer Woman are tied for fourth ;-)
~Kristi
kristi@klklegal.com
What fun! The cake looks luscious!
Count me in, and thanks..
When I still had cable and could watch the Food Network, I loved Paula Deen’s show. Having her cookbook would be awesome :)
Oh, Wow! I would love the cookbook by a Georgia girl to another Georgia girl, ME! LOL
I would love the Paula cookbook. I love her recipes and her show. My 11 year old son is a huge fan–she turned him onto baking.
Amy in TX
schaeferamy(at)rcn.com
Isn’t she just “the best”? Yummy cake, too!
paula makes great food but she is just so dang funny too! i would love to win her cookbook.
What an awesome giveaway – you rock! I just love Paula and how she laughs (and her recipes are quite sinful). I would love the book.
LindaLCyr1@yahoo.com
Oh, how can you not love Paula!? And that cake!?! Mmmmmmm! I gotta make it!
I love to hear all those extra syllables that Paula throws into her words. Her use of butter and bacon is deeeelicious too!
This would be a perfect gift for my mom! She loves to cook and some of the things she comes up with are absolutely amazing! Not to mention she’s a Southern Belle herself (from Mississippi!) and she watches the Food Channel religiously :)
Butter, sugar, and a great southern accent… what more could a girl want? Oh yeah, an awesome cookbook.
Molly K
lthrgirl03[at]hotmail. com
Wow! What a life you have Bakerella!
I just absolutely love her, y’all. She is very endearing, and I love to just listen to her talk. I also love the relationship she has with her boys.
Thanks,
Shanna
banana_adams@yahoo.com
theevilkitten[at]gmail.com
Paula Deen is my absolute IDOL!omg. I would treasure this book!
Oh my gosh! I would love to win the cookbook. I’m a big fan of Paula Dean and a big fan or butter. I’m definitely going to have to try that cake!
maplesa [at] comcast.net
wow, i would love to win this book! love her!
erinegodbey at yahoo dot com
You had me at “Hey Y’all!” I love Paula Dean’s southern cooking. It reminds me of home cooked goodness that’s seriously lacking up here in Northern Minnesota! I’m surrounded by Norwegian and German food which is great since I love all food but, I SOOOO miss GOOD southern recipes you picked up at the grocery store, church, mommy and me classes…those were the good times! Anyway, dreaming over-this book would definitely help me get back to my roots of southern cooking which is fryin it up, smotherin it in butter, or dousin it with sugar ;0)
Butter and personality are what make Paula so awesome! Butter scores me points with the hubby, so the more the better! Paula has some REAL taste buds and she’s not afraid to use them!
I love Paula for being the grandma I always wanted!!
I luvs me some buuuutttttteeerrrrrr!
Anything that combines you and Paula – I am in! Love her stuff. Love your blog – dying to make that truffle cake but disciplining myself to finish my spring cleaning first!
Paula Dean is my favorite. She has a recipe for bread pudding made with kripie kreme donuts; that alone makes her one of my heroes!
marcie_anne99@hotmail.com
How lucky you are! I went to her restaurant once and it was fabulous! My mom got one of her cookbooks while we were there, but I don’t have one! :( I would love to have it!
I love her! Her recipes are awesome…plus she just seems so sweet!
adrienne456@hotmail.com
WOO-HOO! You lucky girl! How fun to get to meet Miss Paula herself! I loveher because she reminds me ever-so-much of one of my aunts.
~Heather
I love that Paula remarried later in life and let the world watch! Her happiness is infectious and her cooking divine!
I love your give aways. Please keep baking for me to enjoy the wonderful photos.
I love Paula Deen, chocolate, yummy food . . . all of it!
kfirstbrook@yahoo.com
Hey y’all! Thanks Bakerella!
sarkoosh@gonzaga.edu
This was my first foray into cooking Paula’s recipes.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pumpkin-gingerbread-trifle-recipe/index.html
I made it two years ago for Thanksgiving. It’s a highly demanded staple on my MIL’s table now.
You and Paula together – that could be dangerous. That cake is calling my name!
You got to meet Miss Paula???? How cool is that? I love watching her cook. She cooks my kind of southern food. :-) My hubby loves her because she isn’t afraid of a little bacon grease…
I love Paula Deen – she was the first one to introduce to me that southern cooking wasn’t all grease and no flavor!
I love her yummy oys the best. They are my idea of “real Candy”.
I would love her cookbook and thank you for the fun contest.
Connie
Love chocolate. Love cake. Love Paula. Love Bakerella. Love cookbooks!
I love to get new cookbooks and hang out on the couch after the kids are in the bed looking through it and imagining all the time I will never have to bake all these wonderful things!!
Looks like it would make a wonder addition to my cookbook obsession. It would also give me a chance to get to know why people love her so much, call me sheltered or deprived, but I don’t know much about her :(
suzannecperry(at)gmail(dot)com
It looks so good! I was planning baking a chocolate flourless cake and this recipe seems great. Thanks for sharing it. I just have one doubt? Do you think it would be good as cupcakes? I’m in a cupcake mood :)