The Great GoBake Cake Expo

GoBake are proud to present New Zealand’s first ever The Great GoBake Cake Expo!

The cake expo is part of the New Zealand Scrapbooking, Craft & Cake Expo (SENZ) for 2014.  SENZ  has been part of the crafting calendar in NZ since 2003 and it brings together Cardmakers, Scrapbookers, Stampers, Mixed Media Artists, Knitters, Beaders, Quilters and now Cake Decorators... of all ages, for a weekend of shopping, competitions, demos, classes, displays and socialising.  This year the event will be running from July 4th – 6th at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland, 9.30am to 5pm daily.

If you love Baking and Cake Decorating, The Great GoBake Cake Expo is perfect for you!  GoBake and Satin Ice along with leading retailers, cake artists and brands have collaborated to bring you exhibitors, cake decorating competitions, classes and work shops, demonstrations and a “Live Cake Off” to the 2014 SENZ Craft Expo.  It should be a fun, exciting and enjoyable event suitable for the beginner to the expert Baker and Cake Decorator! 

Cake Decorating Competition sponsored by GoBake:This exciting competition offers categories across all Cake Decorating skill levels including Junior, Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced.  All the cakes will be on display at the expo and there’s over $5,000 in prizes to give away (including cake supplies, vouchers and more).  Entries for the competition are open until June 30th – so pop on over to the GoBake site and register if you are interested.

Classes and Workshops:Cake decorating classes are available for you to participate and learn 'hands on' from some of New Zealand's best instructors including Trish Woodward, Petra New and Paul Mills.  All the equipment and ingredients required to complete the class are included in the class price.

Tickets to the expo are available online (through eventfinder – search ‘SENZ 2014 The NZ Scrapbooking Craft and Cake Expo’) and from GoBake, SENZ, Exhibitors and leading resellers across New Zealand.  To secure your ticket we recommend you purchase prior to the event as door sales will be more expensive.

Prepaid Tickets:
1 Day Pass $14.50ea
2 Day Pass $28.00ea
3 Day Pass $40.00ea

We have three prizes of 2 x one day passes to giveaway! 
These passes are valid for any day of the expo.  As the expo is in Auckland you need to either be in Auckland, be willing to travel, or have someone in Auckland in mind that you will gift the tickets to.  To be in to win, leave us a comment below telling us why you want to go, who you would take and why, or who you would gift the tickets to.  Entries close Friday 27th June at 5pm.  Winners will be chosen by a random draw and announced here on the blog and on our Facebook page.  Prizes will be redrawn if we have been unable to make contact with the winners by 5pm on Monday 30th June.

Giveaway - Cinderella Cranberry Packs

Cinderella have just released a new product – Dark Chocolate Coated Cranberry Delights.  They are delicious on their own (I know, I ate a pack) and great in baking too (check out the cookies we made with them). 

Want to try some out for yourself?  We have three prize packs to giveaway containing two packs of cranberries each!  To enter leave us a comment below telling us what you would bake with them.  Please leave your name or email address so we can contact you if you are a winner.  The giveaway closes at 5pm Sunday 8th June.  We will choose our winners by a random draw and announce them on the blog and on our facebook page.  If we haven’t heard back from you (if you are the winner) by the 12th June, the prize will be re-drawn.

Look out for the new Dark Chocolate Cranberry Delights in the baking isle at your supermarket!

KitchenAid Blender Giveaway Winner…

The winner (chosen by a random draw) of a brand new KitchenAid Blender is…

Heather Pestana

Congratulations Heather!  Please get in touch with us via email or in a a private message on our facebook page – we need to know your contact details and what colour blender you would like!

Thank you so very much to everyone who entered the giveaway.  It was fun reading all your comments; what you would make or who you would give the blender too.

Please, if you haven’t already, help us say thank you for such a great prize by sending the folk at KitchenAid an appreciative message on twitter or giving them a ‘like’ on their facebook page.  Check out the rest of the gorgeous KitchenAid range on their website – there’s still a bit of time before Christmas for you to hint at what you would like for a present!

Once again, thank you to everyone who entered and to KitchenAid, and congratulations to Heather.

KitchenAid Artisan Blender Giveaway!

Earlier in the year we were super privileged to be able to giveaway a KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer for our blog’s 3rd birthday.  Now we are wrapping up the year with another amazing KitchenAid giveaway; this time we have a KitchenAid Artisan Blender up for grabs.  Wahooo!

An indispensable culinary tool, the KitchenAid Artisan 5-Speed Blender with 1.75L BPA-Free jug combines professional performance with sleek design. This bench-top Blender makes easy work of stirring, chopping, puréeing or liquefying a variety of foods, from slushies, smoothies and cocktails to dressings, dips and donuts.  The KitchenAid Artisan Blender also features a 'PULSE' button for extra bursts of power and an 'ICE CRUSH' button to transform cubes into fine, snow-like powder (just like what you see in the video above – perfect for Christmas Day and New Years celebrations). You'll be amazed at the versatility of this power packed machine.


So, are you keen to win and treat yourself or someone you love with a new KitchenAid Blender this festive season?  One lucky reader will be winning one of these fabulous machines in the colour of their choice.  To get yourself in with a chance to win, leave us a comment below sharing either what you would make with the blender (we will be sharing more great videos to give you some ideas), or, if you want to win it to give as a gift, who is the lucky person you want to give it to and why?  Make sure you include your name so we can contact you! Entries are open to all New Zealand and Australian residents (yup – our Aussie fans can enter this one too!).  Entries close at 5pm Monday 16th December – just in time for your prize to get to you for Christmas.  The winner will be announced here on the blog and over on our facebook page.  If the prize is not claimed by the 20th December, it will be re-drawn.

Help us say thank you to KitchenAid for such an awesome prize and giving you the chance to win by giving them a like on facebook or following them on twitter.

Good Luck and Merry Christmas everyone!

Mrs Beatens Prize Pack Winner

Congratulations to…

 Kelly Hunt

Kelly entered our Mrs Beatens Baking Premixes Giveaway and has scored herself a prize pack consisiting of two Mrs Beatens baking pre-mixes (Chocolate Molten Brownie and Sweet Spiced Cupcakes with Vanilla Icing), a tea towel and a wooden spoon!  Please check your emails Kelly, as we will be in touch shortly.

Thank you to everyone who entered, and a big thank you to Mrs Beatens for the prize.
You can find Mrs Beatens on the web and facebook.  If you entered and missed out on the prize, head over to their website and buy one of their mixes as a consolation – trust us, they are so easy to make and taste amazing!

Mrs Beatens Giveaway!

We are very excited to announce a lovely little giveaway we have lined up for you...
Mrs Beatens Baking Pre-Mixes make baking easy!  Trust us, they do – I tried out using a cookie mix last night and had the cookies ready and waiting to go in the oven, along with having the kitchen cleaned up, before the oven had pre-heated!  Mrs Beatens provide you with quality ingredients, that have been pre-measured and packed with simple, easy to follow instructions for you to get baking at home.  They are the perfect thing for when you have unexpected guests arriving or simply feel a bit rundown and short on time, but still want some delicious old fashioned baking to eat!

And, thanks to Mrs Beatens Baking Pre-Mixes, We have one gorgeous Mrs Beatens baking pack to giveaway.  The pack consists of two Mrs Beatens baking pre-mixes (Chocolate Molten Brownie and Sweet Spiced Cupcakes with Vanilla Icing), a tea towel and a wooden spoon (both new additions to the Mrs Beatens range!).  To get yourself in the draw, all we need you to do is tell us what Mrs Beatens pre-mix would you most like to try out (and if you don’t mind leaving your email so we can contact you if you’re our winner, that would be great).  Have a look at the range on their website - the hard part will be choosing, they all look delish!

While you are over at the Mrs Beatens website, I suggest you sign up and join the Mrs Beatens Homemakers Club.  As a member you get a monthly newsletter, notification of new products and exclusive VIP offers.

You can also find Mrs Beatens on facebook.  Make sure you pop onto their facebook page and give them a 'like' to help us say thank you for the giveaway.

Entries close 5pm Wednesday 21st August.  Our winner will be chosen by a random draw and will be announced on our facebook and blog pages.  If we don’t hear back from them in 5 days, the winner will be re-drawn.

Thanks Mrs Beatens!  Good luck everyone!

PushPan Giveaway Winners

We have our three lucky winners!  Each winner will receive a PushPan pack with three different sized tins, valued at a total of $199.90 each.  The winners (chosen using the random.org number generator) are:

# 90 – Michelle Bird
# 207 – Rachelle Kershaw
# 135 – Samantha Minny

We need to hear from our winners by 5pm on Friday 17th May, or the prize will be re-drawn. 

Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to PushPan for the prize!  Check out their pinterest boards for plenty of inspiration for beautiful cakes you can make using their pans.

 

Profiline PushPan Giveaway!

 
We were so excited to log into Facebook last week to discover that we had hit the 5,000 fan mark! To celebrate this milestone we are having a giveaway.  Profiline PushPans have kindly given us three prize packs, each consisting of 2 x 20cm, 1 x 24cm and 1 x 26cm of their amazing PushPans (RRP $199.90 per pack) to giveaway as a thank you to our wonderful fans.  Yup, three prize packs worth $199.90!


So, what is a PushPan?  Well, they are loose based cake pans that are completely watertight and leak-proof, making baking cakes easier than ever. The Profiline PushPan is a baking innovation that seems too good to be true – until you try it; we’ve been trialling them and have baked the most perfect cakes in this pan, it is amazing!


An exciting world first, each pan has a uniquely integrated silicone seal on its loose base which guarantees that not a bit of cake mixture will make its way out of the pan.  And, since not a drop of water can get in they’re incredible for baking a cheesecake in a water bath, without the worry of fashioning a lining or wrapping your pan in foil first.


Advanced patented technology means you can push out any depth of cake with ease, releasing your creations for perfect presentation every time.  Just place the pan on a tall can from your cupboard then push down evenly to release the base. Perfect for your cakes, cheese cakes, quiches, pies - even ice cream desserts!

Check out the PushPan website to find out about your nearest stockists.  You should also check out their Pinterest page for some serious cake baking inspiration (and follow ours too!).

To enter the draw to win yourself a pack of three different sized tins, leave us a comment below (click where it says ‘comments’ next to the ‘posted by’ information) telling us what your favourite cake is.  Make sure you include your name and either leave your email address, like us on facebook or follow the blog so you can find out if you have won.

The giveaway closes 5pm Sunday 12 May 2013.  We will announce the winners on Monday 13 May on our blog and facebook.  The giveaway is open to New Zealand residents only.  The winners will be chosen at random and contacted once the competition closes.  If we have not been able to contact a winners by 5pm Friday 17 May, the prize will be re-drawn.

Sabato ‘Valhrona Chocolate’ Giveaway Winners!

Three lucky readers have won themselves an awesome Valrhona Chocolate pack courtesy of Sabato…

And they are the people who left comment numbers 124, 33 and 71.  So, from my counting the prizes are going to Dana GH, Beverly Lowe and Shelly Munro!  Congratulations!

We had heaps of fun reading everyone’s ideas about what they would make if they were the lucky recipients.  Thank you to everyone who took part and entered.

We would like to send a huge thank you to Sabato for donating the prize packs.  Without their support there wouldn’t have been a giveaway.  Show them your thanks by giving them a ‘like’ on Facebook for us!

Lick Ice cream GIVEAWAY!

Thanks to the awesome people at Lick Ice cream + Sweetshop we have five lots of 2x Single Scoop ice cream vouchers to giveaway.
To enter, leave us a comment below (perhaps you might want to share with us your fave ice cream flavour or ice cream dessert) and include your email address so we can get a hold of you later to get your postal details off you and send you your prize.
Get yourself a bonus entry by ‘sharing’ our message on Facebook about the competition or becoming one of our followers on blogger.
Remember, Lick Ice cream + Sweetshop is in Auckland so the competition is probably only good for people who live there or know someone who does that you are happy to pass them on to (or, the vouchers are valid for a year – you could plan a trip!).
The competition ends 6pm Tuesday 20th March, New Zealand time.  Winners will chosen through a random draw and will be announced on the blog that evening.
For more info on the Lick Ice cream + Sweetshop check out our post or find them on Facebook.

GIVEAWAY!!!

Because we have been slack little bloggers and I have a lot of paper baking cups already, we are giving some away.  Wahoooo! 
The prize consists of two packs of Robert Gordon paper baking cups, each containing 50 beautiful cups – one pack of black and white stripes, and another of black with white spots.  Then, there is a pack of Paper Eskimo baking cups – 25 red cups with white stars.
Wanna win them?  You can enter in two ways:
1. Leave us a comment on this post.
2. Sign up to blogger and become a public follower (there’s a link on the right).
Easy huh?  And, if you are super excellent and enter both ways, well, you have two entries into the draw :)
The prize will be drawn next week on Monday the 28th (I’m thinking a pull a lucky name out of a hat draw).  That gives you plenty of time to tell your friends to enter too.  Hopefully that means if you miss out and they win, they’ll share with you :P 
The winner will be announced on the blog and will be contacted via email.