I had the most wonderful, incredible, emotional and unforgettable few days at the first-ever international cake pop conference in Philadelphia this weekend hosted by KCBakes. I was the keynote speaker and shared my story of creating cake pops back in 2008. It was the most humbling experience talking to so many people whose lives have been touched by cake pops. From simply inspiring creativity in the kitchen to completely changing the way people make a living through home businesses and large scale bakeries, pop products, boxes, books and more – Cake Pops are so much more than just a little ball of cake on a stick.
Here are some of my pics from the weekend – view them individually on Facebook.
Now … since I was away from the kitchen this past weekend, I didn’t have a chance to bake anything fun for you today. So I thought I’d continue the cake pop love and give away something here on the blog that I also gave away at the conference.
Enter for a chance to win
1. A 5 qt. KitchenAid Stand Mixer in Cranberry … or color of your choice if you don’t like pink as much as I do. : )
AND
2. The NEW line of Bakerella for Make’n Mold products now available in stores exclusively at A.C. Moore Crafts.
To enter for a chance to win:
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite dish for Thanksgiving is. Easy as Pumpkin pie.
- Deadline to enter is
November 14, 2014 at midnight ET.SORRY, TIME’S UP! Winner announced below. - One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Saturday!
Good luck!
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We have a winner! And, Oh my gosh, I am totally craving Thanksgiving dinner right now. I think my favorite is dressing and cranberry sauce, oh and cream corn casserole. Yum! Thanks for sharing your favorite dishes. And the winner of the mixer and products is…………
Congratulations Danielle! Enjoy!
Giveaway sponsored by me.
Mashed potatoes with gravy~ Yummy and so so creamy!!
My favorite dish is apple pie with whipped cream. All homemade, of course! As for real food? Stuffing and homemade holiday bread. Fat pants are ready!
This is going to sound ridiculous but I don’t like typical Thanksgiving food so… YEAST ROLLS. #getinmybelly
My favorite is cranberries! They are simple to make and good on so many things
My delicious and undefeated stuffing <3
Sweet potato pie!
Corn Pudding, of course! Only time of year to indulge!
Pecan pie!
watergate salad.
Apple pie! No question!
Pumpkin pie with honey!!!!
stuffing-dressing-whatever you call it..it is GOOOODDDD…:)
Hi .. I love csndied yams yummmmm. I would love a pink mixer!! and having ur products would make my daughter’s heart melt!
Pumpkin pie!
I love stuffing! It always reminds me of the holidays and would be happy just eating a plate full of it :)
sweet potato casserole ~ Mmmm
my favorite dish to make is cranberry bread
We don’t have a thanksgiving dinner in Germany, but what I know from american thanksgiving dinners in movies, I guess I would like the turkey the most.
Apple pie or pecan pie.
Stuffing and mac and cheese is all I need
I really love potatoes! But I love desserts even more, so I will be very happy to make them with my new Kitchenaid and your products!! :D :D
homemade rolls!!!
I love corn casserole!
turkey!
Pecan pie with vanilla ice cream
My favorite is my moms broccoli casserole! So good!
sweet potato’s
My favourite thing to eat would have to be stuffing! I always have the most out of family, and definitely feel stuffed afterwards!
Apple pie, by far the best Thanksgiving dessert
Homemade mashed potatoes!!!
The turkey with lots and lots of gravy!
Pecan pie!
I love making the chocolate peanut butter ganache pie! So decadent!!!
Wow, the cake pop con looked awesome! We don’t celebrate thanksgiving in the Netherlands, but around this time a year I love to make snickerdoodles! :) For a dish I’d have to go very Dutch..kale mash! (doesn’t sound very attractive, but is really good in the winter, with our ‘smoked sausage’) Google ‘boerenkool met worst’ and you will find some images that’ll make things clear :)
It’s all so good, but I’m really looking forward to my family’s double baked potatoes.
My mom’s chili cream corn and sweet potato casserole. I can’t choose between those two – they both represent the Thanksgiving experience for me. :)
Apple pie!
Roasted brussel sprouts with apples, cranberries, and bacon! My signature holiday dish ????
My father in law stuffing!
It’s a dead tie between “smashed” potatoes (my daughter has called them that ever since she was 3) and pecan pie.
Favorite dish for Thanksgiving is mashed potatoes
Apple pie!
The turkey giblet gravy!! YUM!! Looks like you had a FUN time!
I love the turkey and cranberries
Without a shadow of a doubt, it’s got to be pecan pie!
Its a toss up between the green bean casserole and the lemon meringue pie!
Grandma Honey’s pecan pie. Warm. With ice cream. <3
Sweet potato soufflé!
I LOVE my mom’s cooking but I rarely go home to enjoy it. For big holidays like this, she’ll make my favorite oxtail soup and Chilean sea bass. Not your typical Thanksgiving dishes, but we’re not your typical family!
Stuffing!
Stuffing!
Love the hot pink! My favorite dish is sweet potato casserole. Was just ask to bring one for Thanksgiving dinner. Oh happy me. :)
I love the mashed potatoes the most. Yams are starting to grow on me.
Sweet potatoes with petite marshmallows toasted on top
Pumpkin pie!!
I start thinking about sweet potato casserole around Thanksgiving.
My momma’s homemade rolls. Also my “adopted” mom’s cookie salad because who can say no to a fruit salad with cookies.
Yams & Apples!
The mashed potatoes for sure! Oh, and I just wanted to tell you that I have your original cake pops book and my 20 month old daughter LOVES it. She pulls it out of the shelf multiple times a day and demands that I sit down and go through each and every page with her. I foresee lots of cake pop making in my future! :)
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Stuffing!
Pecan pie!! And I made your recipe and it was the best!!
My sisters outrageous leafy brussel sprouts with candied pecans and pancetta. Wow.
I love Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Filling. A mix of mashed potatoes and bread stuffing that is out of this world. Check it out for your holiday meal this year!
Definitely pumpkin pie
LOVE pumpkin pie squares!
Too many Thanksgiving favorites to choose from: Mac & Cheese, Yams… I would have to say my all time favorite, PECAN PIE!
I Loved my grandmothers homemade stuffing. I wish I had asked her for the recipe before she passed away this time last year, I’m going to miss it.
I love pecan pie!!
Mashed potatoes with lots of yummy turkey gravy.
my mom’s stuffing recipe.
I love my mom’s cranberry sauce. She introduced me to many things in life, but, notably, what lemon and orange zest can do to flavor! Thanks, Mom! xoxo
I love my grandmother’s home made chicken and dressing! The absolute best at Thanksgiving.
Even tho I am well over 29…..at times, I sit at the kid’s table. I do this because of the desserts! Last year someone made cakepops! And…they were from your book! The dessert table, the kids table, whatever table the cakes are on, that’s were you’ll find me! Thanks for all the treats!
The stuffing!
I love stuffing. I think I can eat that just by it self. We usually buy Stove top stuffing and I love that stuff with gravy. I also like pumpkin pie.
well.. Pumpkin pie! easy as that ;)
The crispy turkey and stuffing and the pecan pie seem like they would be delicious and an excellent choice if we would have thanksgiving in Sweden.
Maybe i should introduce it in our family, after all to be thankful is an attitude all people can experience…
Gravy. Does that count? Gravy, with boatloads of turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, which I would cover with gravy.
Pumpkin Roll!
Since I live in Ukraine we do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I love this tradition.
I love pumpkin tart – juicy and sweet!
Cranberry sauce!
My favorite is sweet potatoes with lots of marshmallows and brown sugar!
Fresh layered pumpkin cheesecake! Yum!!
Apple pie! Yum!
Fresh layered pumpkin cheesecake! Yum!!
Pumpkin gooey butter cake :)
Has to be my aunt’s stuffing!
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows!
Stuffing!!!
My favorite dish is mashed potato and the stuffing.
Stoemp! I’m part-Belgian, and my mom makes stoemp (mashed potatoes with leeks and/or carrots) every year. I made it last year for my husband’s family, got some weird looks at first, but it was the first dish to completely disappear :D
I love making Gluten free cranberry and orange stuffing! Amazing!!
Love me some pumpkin pie!!!
Cranberries!
I love all of the carbs, mashed potatoes, stuffing and rolls and pumpkin pie :-)
I love pumpkin pie with whipped cream!
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is Walnut-Rice-it’s terrific! Email me for the recipe,
The pecan pie!
I loooooove mashed potatoes!!!!
Favorite is sauteed brussel sprouts with butter and bacon!
I always had a taste for ham with cranberry sauce :)
I really enjoy sweet potatoes with little toasty marshmallows on top.
The Stuffing!!!
I love my cranberry jello salad! YUM!
I love sweet potato casserole, but a close second would be a nontraditional sweet and salty pretzel jello salad!!
Candied yams, baby! They defy all attempts to gussy them up.
Pumpkin Rolls ????
Usually it’s mashed potatoes, but right now my favorite is sweet potato casserole!
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, mmm. ^_^
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is my nunna’s oyster stuffing :)
Apple Pie
Turkey, stuffing and pie!
Stuffing!!! I hope I win! :)
Stuffing and gravy is my fav!
Cranberry sauce!
No bake Double Layer Pumpkin Pie!
pumpkin pie with whipped cream!
Thank you so much for the giveaway!!!!
Pumpkin Pie!
Pecan Pie!
ice cream cake!
Pie, Pie.. Oh… And Pie ;)
stuffing… mmm…
Dressing!
Definitely candied yams! Super delicious!
Brussels sprouts with bacon. Mmmm!
Sweet potato casserole is my favorite dish. I love the taste of baked sweet potatoes with gooey marshmallow topping.
My favorite Thanksgiving dish would be chestnut stuffing!
Sweet potato casserole
Love me some mashed potatoes and gravy
Mashed potato and apple pie! Always.
Vanilla Oreo bottom pumpkin cheesecake!!
I just love the Amaretto custard Flan with brandy caramel…. Its a family tradition!!!!! ????????????????
My favorite dish is definitely Green Bean Casserole :)
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is Apple Dumplings!!!
It’s definitely not exclusive to thanksgiving, but my mother always makes stuffed mushrooms that are to die for! Oh…and the apple pie :)
My mother’s butterhorn rolls are fantastic and I love to make them and eat them. Thank you for all the inspiration with cake pops.
Has to be the dressing. Don’t know why we have it through out the year but we don’t and I love it.
Stuffing
thanksgiving is just not thanksgiving without my mom’s salvadorian style turkey! SO DELICIOUS!
My favorite dish is pumpkin flan.
It’s a tie, between sweet potato casserole and dressing :)
My favorite dish is Yams with marshmallow topping. Yum! Yams!
Sweet Potato Pie!
I make Loaded Mash Potatoes. They are awesome!
Stuffing is my favorite Thanksgiving dish! Thanks for the chance to win : )
The dessert!!!! Pumpkin pie!
pumpkin pie! and no, sweet potato pie is NOT the same thing!
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Definitely Pecan Pie!!
My sister in laws Brussels sprouts with bacon and dessert!
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is sweet potato casserole with marshmallows!
Homemade yeast rolls. I could probably eat the whole batch.
My home made green bean cass
baby turkey cake pops
I Love Sweet Potatoe Pie!!!
Turkey with gravy on a cheddar cheese roll!
Homemade Bread
I love Apple Pie with Cinnamon :-)
Apple pie :)
I’d love to win! It’s amazing how much success you have had! I love cranberry salad. :)
Oh it’s gotta be the rolls! Pecan pie is a close second.
Everything is my favorite…is that wrong?!?!?
green bean casserole
Turkey and gravy for sure. I sure hope this giveaway is open to Canadians!
cranberries!!!!
Cheesy potatoes and pumpkin bread!
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Italy, but I think I’d love the turkey’s stuffing with homemade bread!
Mashed potatoes! With pumpkin pie a close second.
Stuffing! SOOO GOOOD.
I am obsessed with mashed potatoes! I’d say they’re at least half my plate every Thanksgiving.
I love mashed potatoes!!
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is green bean casserole – I had never been a fan, but one year I was elected to make it for the big family potluck. Rather than using canned soup and packaged fried onions I did it all from scratch. It’s a lot of work so it only happens at for Turkey Day, but man is it good!!
I love the turkey itself w/ the gravy!! Being from Miami…our family enjoys black bean & rice w/ our turkey!! But live in TN now! :)
Pecan Pie or Sweetened Yams for me! :)
Green bean casserole topped with French fried onions…….
It’s a tie between my cranberry relish and my husband’s stuffing. Or the green bean salad and the pumpkin pie…I just love the entire meal!
This is so hard but I am going to have to go with the stuffing!
I love my mom’s dressing! It’s the only food I will eat left-over!
For Thanksgiving, it HAS to be bourbon pecan pie :)
Nom nom nom…
Hands down it has to be mashed potatoes! I’m addicted to them!!
It would have to be the turkey…
turkey of course!!! There’s never enough.
Stuffing all the way, and it MUST be made with sourdough bread!
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is corn casserole! I love it because we only eat it at thanksgiving – so yummy!
Green bean casserole!
Green Bean Casserole!
Pie of any kind. I usually make the dessert for my family and I always make pie.
A mash-up of turkey, butternut squash, mashed potatoes, stuffing and cranberry sauce!!
Sweet potato casserole!
I love Cranberry Sauce and Stuffing!
My favorite is the sweet potatoes with brown sugar topping. Yum!
My favorite dish is Oma’s green bean casserole!
I love to have squash casserole at Thanksgiving.
I just love the leftovers. Nothing beats a turkey sandwich!
Sweet potato casserole!
I love to have squash casserole at Thanksgiving.
My mom’s sweet dressing.
At our family gatherings during the holidays (and year round) we always have variety of veggies with meat (turkey, ham, roast)… however, the must have veggies are always mashed potatoes, mashed butternut squash, salad with black olives… love the time spent and memories of family get-togethers =)