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Cook for the Cure

KitchenAid launched 1,000 Cooks for the Cure today and I’m thinking pink! And raspberry, too! (Enter below for a chance to win this beautiful berry colored mixer.) But first let me tell you a little about 1,000 Cooks for the Cure and how you can host a party to help an amazing cause at the same time. KitchenAid in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure helps raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Their goal is to have 1,000 cooks host a party, potluck, bbq or any get-together large or small with friends or family anytime between July 18 and July 27. Cook for the Cure gives people with a passion for cooking a wonderful way to support a meaningful cause. Host an event and encourage guests to donate to Susan G. Komen® sometime during this week-long fun and fundraising initiative.

Find out how you can get involved:
1,000 Cooks for the Cure website: http://cookforthecure.kitchenaid.com/host-a-party/

  • Register your party and let’s help fill up their map page with as many little pink ribbons as possible.
  • Check out the “How to Host” section for helpful forms, invitations, recipes and inspiration.

Plus, here are a few possibilities from me to help you think pink and party perfect.

Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes | Confetti Chocolate Chip Cookies | Pink Flower Fondant Covered Cupcakes | Pink Flower Bouquet Cake Pops | Big Love Chocolate Chip Cookie | Miniature Double Decker Doughnut Cookies | Pink Panda Cupcakes | Peppermint Candy Cookies | Pink Heart Cake Pops | Brownie Sundae Bon Bons

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And now… enter for a chance to win this Beautiful Raspberry Ice KitchenAid Stand Mixer:

 

  • Just leave a comment on this post to enter. Easy! You can share what kind of get together you’d want to host, or if there’s someone special in your heart you’d want to host it for, or you could simply say hi. (hi back from me!)
  • And … for an additional entry, register to host a #CookForTheCure party at http://cookforthecure.kitchenaid.com/host-a-party/. Then just enter the Host ID number that gets assigned to you right here in the comments section of this post as well. That’s it!
  • Deadline to enter is July 27th, 2014 at 11:59 pm ET.SORRY – TIME’S UP! Winner announced below. One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime July 28th on this post.
  • Good Luck!

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It’s time to announce a winner! And to everyone who was able to register to host a party… Thank you!!!

And the winner is… #396 – Congratulations Maria!

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3,036 comments on “Cook for the Cure”

  1. What a great idea… and beautiful mixer!

  2. Love that pink! I’d love to see that thing on my kitchen counters every day!

  3. Got a ‘Back to School’ party tomorrow

  4. Great cause. Great color. Great mixer. Would be great to win :)

  5. I have two family members who have had breast cancer. This would be a great way to honor them especially because one of them used to own a bakery.

  6. Oooooooooh pretty… OH YEAH! And HI!!!

  7. Would love to host a baking party!

  8. I’d host a party in Honor of my Aunt who died from Ovarian and Lung cancer.

  9. That is one snazzy mixer! Breast cancer awareness and foundations that fund research for finding a cure are very close to my heart and my family. Thanks for helping with such a great cause!!

  10. All your little #CookForTheCure treats are so pretty! But look delicious too! I’m afraid I’m not much of a cook or baker yet, but I’m ready to start learning and this mixer would be a great way to start! Love the color too! :)

  11. Cook for the Cure is a wonderful way to help fight breast cancer. I lost a precious aunt to breast cancer three years ago, so it means a lot to me for people to help support the cause.

  12. I would make my cupcakes for my friends who are breast cancer survivors!

  13. I would love to host a cookie/dessert party for everyone to sample sweet yummies! Everything pink…including some pink cocktails.

  14. Love this color!

  15. Each year I bake lots of treats for fundraisers for best cancer walks. This would be a great addition to my kitchen for those events. Having family and friends with breast cancer, doing whatever I can to help find a cure is the least I can do!

  16. It’s so beautifull… But it’s a pity that the competition is for US residents only :( It looks so amazing!

  17. In memory of all which have passed and those fighting!

  18. As a broke grad student, I have been lusting over a Kitchenaid for quite a while…I would use it all the time!

  19. I am in no doubt that your map will be filled to the gunnels with wee pink ribbons.

    I don’t usually go for pink but this is awesome it shouts at me lol !!! in a good way though :)

  20. It will be an honor to have one of them

  21. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the kind things you do for all the charities. That is one of the main reasons I love your site. Also I love your recipes, ideas, and tips. Keep up the great work. Thanks for letting me enter the contest,

  22. I love having parties for my boys every year. I think they enjoy party planning as much as I do (sometimes ;)

  23. I’d definitely have a cupcake party. And that pink mixer would be amazing!!

  24. I’ve been co-chair for our county Relay team for years…love that mixer!!!!!

  25. Hello an thank you for the opportunity to win this beautiful mixer! I would love to make a cheese cake for my friends at a Cook for a Cure Party.

  26. Hi! Thanks for sharing all of your beautiful sweets! I would love this mixer to have for holiday baking coming up soon.

  27. This would be great for when I host my cookie swap during the holidays with my new neighbors!

  28. A pink tea party for me!

  29. I am in love with the color of the mixer! It’s gorgeous!! And what a great cause!

  30. Love pink and love Bakerella too!

  31. Perfect prize for finishing the Sgk walk!

  32. What a nice way to support a cause. Way to go!!!

  33. I think I will host a make your own cupcake party. Supply the basics, and let everyone customize. Love the mixer!

  34. Hi!! This is for a great cause!! Thanks for the giveaway!

  35. Thanks for the giveaway!

  36. What a sweet and wonderful way to spread the word. I would host a get-together in honor of my fabulous Aunt Nancy who is a 28yr. cancer survivor, and who also happens to be an amazing cook. Winning the mixer would be, well…like icing on the cake!

  37. I’ve wanted this mixer for years!

  38. Love the color! I’d be hosting a “Chemo Completion” party for my mom with it!

  39. love it!!! so pretty and a great cause!!!

  40. Hello.

    The mixer will look so beautiful in my kitchen.

  41. Love the raspberry mixer! Love the cause even more!

  42. I’d want to host a party for my brother leaving for college! Mixing things by hand has started to get boring :) thanks for doing this!

  43. That mixer is gorgeous!

  44. I would cook my gramma Babe (for I whom I wear pink) chocolate chip cookies with raisins & butterscotch chips.

  45. Gorgeous and a great cause! Love it!!

  46. Love the mixer and such a great cause!

  47. I am hosting a 50th Anniversary party for my parents and this would be helpful for making my desserts.

  48. I’d host a backyard BBQ – and whip up something really tasty with this mixer. Love the color!

  49. Pink is my favorite color! I’d use mine to make a giant pink cake. =) Keep fighting everyone and stay strong!

  50. Hi! Thanks for the info and opportunity to win!

  51. Love this mixer! I’d make sure to make plenty of baked goods for bake sales with this beauty!

  52. OMG.. I love that color

  53. Hello, love the raspberry color!! Beautiful :)

  54. Great mixer for a great cause!

  55. Married to a survivor!

  56. Love the color and I can imagine all the wonderful goodies I could make using it!!

  57. I’m in love! :)

  58. Hi! A cakepop potluck would be fun!

  59. I would love to win this mixer, what a great cause and reminder if amazing women who have beat cancer and for those who fought valiantly. If I could host a party it would be a BBQ!

  60. I would love to win!

  61. Oh my goodness, what a delicious shade of pink that is! Yes, I definitely need more raspberry in my life. Thank you, Bakerella, for such an awesome gift and for helping spread the word. #bakeforacure is a wonderful idea!

  62. Anything to raise awareness will help save lives

  63. KitchenAid is my favorite mixer. They run so smoothly and are amazing!

  64. Hi!!

  65. thank you for sharing.

  66. Howdy!

  67. I would love to make my Grandmas Birthday cake with this beautiful mixer, the color is as beautiful as her inside and out! She will be 101 this October.

  68. i’m in love with this raspberry ice KitchenAid <3

  69. Would host a family party. Would love to win this so I could bake some delicious desserts.

  70. I love this idea :)

  71. Prettiest little mixer ever!!???? and for such a great cause!

  72. Hi! That mixer is so pretty.

  73. Hi :) Love this KitchenAid mixer.

  74. WOW…this mixer is amazing! My daughter would love this!!

  75. What a beautiful mixer for a fabulous cause!

  76. Such a fabulous cause! What a fun way to create awareness!!

  77. I would love to win. No more hand held mixer :)

  78. Thank you for the continued awareness! Love the color too.

  79. Beautiful color … even more beautiful cause … to the cure !!!

  80. Dessert party!

  81. Awesome cause and an awesome mixer. I’d love to win!

  82. I’m hosting a baby shower in August…Could certainly use this beautiful Kitchenaid!

  83. I would love to host a Pretty in Pink Heels party! I love pink, I love shoes, and I love that mixer color!

    Samantha

  84. Beautiful mixer and a great cause!

  85. What a great fundraising idea! And the mixer is fab!

  86. I would host a party for my boyfriend, who is graduating soon with his PHD after many years of hard work!

  87. Pretty! Love the glass bowl!

  88. I would host a cookie swap!

  89. I could use a new mixer. Mine is getting real old.

  90. I love this beautiful berry colored mixer.
    HE would help me in preparing many parties… by mixing ingredients, creams and other things… I think he would help me in cleaning after party too ;)

  91. What a gorgeous color to bring brightness to every day! love it!

  92. Love the color!

  93. Ice cream sundae party!

  94. I would make all kinds of bake goods with pink accents/icing or such….served with champagne!!!

  95. I don’t know who I would jost for but I love this muxer but I love that the cause more.

  96. I love the idea of cooking for a cure. Such an easy and simple way to contribute. And of course, that raspberry mixer would be a huge help in making it a lot easier. :) can’t wait for cakepop con!

  97. This color is fantastic! I’d love to host a party, though all my friends are internet ones.

  98. That’s a gorgeous color! I’d love to use it to bake cakes in rememberence of my grandmother (a former cake decorater) who fought the battle twice!!

  99. What a wonderful idea! Love it!

  100. This is just a comment to say hi!! I’ve been a long-time fan and I have to say that one of the happiest moments of my year was when you liked and commented on some of my instagram cake-pop pics :)

  101. A great color for a wonderful cause!

  102. Great idea for a great cause…and HI!

  103. What a wonderful cause and initiative! I love to bake and love to support breast cancer awareness!!

    Also, Hi!

  104. Hi,

    I like the idea of helping women by cooking!

  105. Great Idea. Keep your great work .

  106. Would love to win this beautiful stand mixer. It would be excellent to make all kind of goodies for a party!!

  107. This is my favorite color and I’ve always dreamed of having a kitchen aid mixer! What a great cause that I would think of everytime I used it, especially having those close to me affected by breast cancer. Pick me!!!!! :)

  108. I would love to have a party for my daughter just because she is the greatest person I know.

  109. Would love this to make homemade bread a little quicker! Especially since I need to make regular and GF kinds.

  110. So beautiful and treats taste better when they can benefit others!

  111. Awesome! This is a great cause and the color of that mixer is divine! You can’t possibly be in a bad mood when looking at that color. That mixer cries for white fluffy butter cream and sprinkles!

  112. Awesome color for a mixer! My kitchen would love this! Who needs an excuse to throw a cook out to celebrate life & the many blessings it brings! My aunt lost her battle with cancer but it just reminds me that life is short & I have to find the best in every single day!

  113. Love the color! This would be great to win!

  114. I would host a summer luau party with some tropical appys & desserts, and of course frozen drinks!

  115. what a great cause!

  116. What a wonderful cause! Love all the inspirational stories.

  117. I’d do anything for that Mixer. I would bake more delicious goods for my dad. He’s going through radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Desserts cheer him up. :)

  118. I would host a build your own grilled pizza party

  119. I broke my mixer making cookies and I really need a new one! And this one is soooo pretty!

  120. Great idea for a give away!

  121. This is a great idea for a great cause. I would love to host a party in honor of my friend Susan who is a breast cancer survivor and my friend Mary Beth who is battling brain cancer. Thanks for this giveaway. Good luck everyone. May we all bring more awareness and spread the love.

  122. I would host a cocktail & nibbles party.

  123. The work Susan G. Komen does in our communities is incredible. So many lives saved and yet so much work left to do. This mixer is beautiful and I’d love to use it to make yummy pink treats to raise money for Komen.

  124. I am a two time cancer survivor, so I know this is for a great cause……and I love the color!

  125. I am very dedicated to helping with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I have done the 3 Day Walk two years and raised thousands of dollars. Part of my fundraising was baking lots of cookies and brownies. I have seen to many friends and family battle BC and they keep getting younger. Would LOVE this new mixer to bake even more cookies and brownies. Love the color!!

  126. I would host a party for my bf who is a survivor of breast cancer.

  127. The color is gorgeous.. I love it

  128. Hi Bakerella! Awesome giveaway and for a great cause :)

  129. Wonderful idea!

  130. My good friend won her battle last year and I am so grateful she is still around to stir up trouble with me

  131. Great event and gorgeous color!

  132. I would host a Christmas cookie party in July and again in December to keep my tradition going with family and friends.

  133. This would be a perfect addition to my kitchen for baking! I’ve wanted one for so long!

  134. So pretty and a wonderful cause!

  135. Hi! And I love that mixer…and any chance to (make my husband) cook for anyone!

  136. Thank you for sponsoring this great cause!

  137. If I were to donate to cancer research, it would be for a melanoma research group, as that’s what took my mother’s life at 49 years young. She would have loved this mixer! She taught me how to bake and I lovingly treasure her recipes every time I make them.

  138. The color of this mixer is GREAT! I can see many yummy treats coming out of my kitchen with this…. ;)

  139. I have 4 daughters under age 8. The three oldest and I LOVE to cook together;) My 8 year old is taking a kids baking class she loves it so much! So this would be great for us! Plus it’s pink for her;). She’d love that.

  140. What a wonderful giveaway.

  141. Beautiful mixer! It reminds me of all the strong women out their in the world.

  142. This would make a great addition to my kitchen. Not only would it look stunning but everytime I use it I can think I my Aunt Di. She was an amazing cook/baker and being in the kitchen was her fav place to be cooking for her family. I now share that joy with her. We lost her young to Cancer & I would do anything to her her back.

  143. I would host a party for my mom.

  144. I’d host a cookie party in memory of my dear friend Judy who lost the battle with cancer.

  145. Great and cause AND cute mixer color!!

  146. What an amazing cause. This makes my heart happy.

  147. A good friend of mine won her battle last year and I am so grateful she is still here to stir up trouble with me.

  148. I’d have a princess cupcake party for my 7 yr old daughter. Beautiful mixer!!

  149. I’d love to host a party in honor of both of my grandmas, as they have both fought the fight of breast cancer.

  150. I love the color!

  151. Great idea! I’d host one for my mom!

  152. My sister is going through Breast Cancer so this is very near and dear to my heart. Someday we will find a cure!

  153. How fun! Love this!

  154. That is a beautiful color!

  155. Love the color , wonderful cause. Admire what you do

  156. Cupcake party! Is that a thing? Because that needs to be a thing.

  157. Worthy cause

  158. Love this giveaway – thanks!

  159. this has my name ALL over it! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!

  160. I would love to win it for my sister in law !! She’s going to study bakery next year ! It would be a wonderful tool for her :)

  161. I will be hosting a high tea for all of my friends on July 24.

  162. Wouldn’t a cookie decorating party be a fun idea? Love the mixer :-)

  163. I love this mixer! What a good way to mix up a party for f family, friends and coworkers!

  164. great inspiration, color is beatifull also!!

  165. Great cause and beautiful mixer!

  166. Hosting a picnic or a tea sounds like a wonderful idea! My daughter loves the book Pinkalicious, which would be a sweet teem for adults and kids.

  167. What a beautiful way to support an amazing cause!

  168. Beautiful mixer! I’d love to have a great Christmas party this year.

  169. I would host a party in memory of my grandfather who passed away May 18th of this year. He made the best homemade Italian bread and always made it with hot peppers just for me. ??

  170. Love the mixer!

  171. I’d host a healing service at church with a party for all afterward!

  172. I love this idea. My mom is a survivor, and I’ve always wanted to so Race for the Cure, but I’m not much of a runner. But baking, that I can do.

  173. I belong to a Relay for Life team in honor of my mother who has been cancer free for three years! We host bake sales throughout the year to raise money for the Cancer Society. I would put this mixer to good use – baking treats to beat cancer!

  174. What a great idea for a great cause!!

  175. If I won this I would give it to my sister as a wedding gift! She loves pink and baking!

  176. So pretty!! I think what KitchenAid is doing is amazing!! I would use it to do all your recipes over and over again!! They’re amazing!! Take care!!

  177. What’s not to love ?!?!?!?!?!

  178. I’d love to throw a pool party…as soon as they finish digging my pool!

  179. Chocolate cake with raspberry frosting….mmmmm. I’m lucky I could host several survivor friends. They’ve all lived through breast cancer, but we really need to figure out how to stop this disease. I’m so tired of hearing it’s diagnosis.

  180. i’d want a low-key backyard BBQ that lasts all afternoon and night. my favorite kind!

  181. I’d host a sleepover with all things pink for my girls with all kinds of tiny pink treats. This would be handy for the volunteer baking I have coming up also.

  182. Ooh! It would have to be a cupcake party for me.

  183. Mmmm…cake pops…

  184. Beautiful mixer and great cause!

  185. I love the color!

  186. This color is fantastic! I’d love to host a party, though all my friends are internet ones.

  187. I recently helped someone with some favors like these. I did chocolate disks with a pink piping. they came out really cute. A great cause..

  188. So beautiful! I’d love to use it for my baking! Thank you for the opportunity!

  189. I’d host a party for a friend and her guests. She’s a breast cancer survivor and a truly remarkable person. Thanks for the chance at this great prize!

  190. I love the color!

  191. I’d host a party in honor of my Mom. She would have loved the color and the cause.

  192. I love that you are dong this…definitely touches our lives and so pink we shall bake!!!

  193. Great color!

    I would host a block party!!
    The more people we can involve, the better!

  194. So pretty. Wouldn’t it be fun to host a party and make some kind of pink macarons?

  195. hi angie!

  196. What a beautiful mixer. I would definitely make cupcakes or cookies with my son and toddler niece and nephew.

  197. Wine tasting dinner party!

  198. I will be quite honest. I never gave much thought into this horrible sickness (cancer) until I was at least 15 and I got my first job. My then boss, who is now 8 years later still a very good friend, had just recently overcome her 1st battle with breast cancer. This women is Amazing! She is also the founder now of Pink Swag & Ysabels Pink Angels. Anyway, this women also gave me lots of hope in 2011 when my dad was diagnose with a form of stomach cancer. My dad fought long and hard and I am very proud of him! Unfortunately he lost his battle Aug 2nd 2012. Almost 2 years later and still something so hard to process! Since then my friend survived her second battle with cCancer. My husband and I are also car enthusiasts and constantly attend car shows that donate all their proceeds to wonderful foundations and organisations. I would love to host an event to help raise money, but unfortunately at the moment I am a struggling part-time baker, a full time mommy and wife to an amazing husband going through his own set of health problems. He is all I have left to keep me strong so i am dedicating most of my time to my husband and family in doing the best I can to keep them healthy and strong. Winning this mixer would be a blessing and an awesome “Motivator” in keeping my head up for my own goals in life. Little Peep Bakes would thank you a million times!!

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