Spacer

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

………………………………………………………………..

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!

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

3,036 comments on “Cook for the Cure”

  1. What a cool fundraising event! I’m loving the idea of a pink-themed party with all sweets and champagne.

  2. wow, what a beautiful mixer. So awesome.

  3. I would have a BBQ with a movie in the backyard when it gets dark!

  4. I do the run for breast cancer every year. This is a new and exciting way to raise money for an awesome cause. I am a huge believer in this foundation. Geaux Team PINK!!!!

  5. Wow!!!! It’s gorgeous!!!! I would host a kids cookie baking party!????????????????

  6. Id love to host a ‘Race for Life’ Afterparty. A lot of my friends are family are entering the race for life for cancer and it would be great to be able to host a ‘pink themed’ party afterwords to reward them for all their hard work and to hopefully raise even more money for cancer awareness!

  7. My best friend died from breast cancer in June 2013 and I keep our wonderful memories in my heart. . I love the mixer and will pay it forward with loads of yummy treats!

  8. Hi Bakerella! I love all of the Pink goodies you have created. The Mixer matches perfectly and is for a great cause.

  9. How bright, how fun…love this and the message!

  10. The color of the mixer is so pretty!!

  11. I adore that color!!

  12. Love this gorgeous pink mixer! Great cause and post!

  13. What a lovely colour! My mother-in-law beat cancer but my father-in-law lost the battle… miss every day.

  14. Get the girls together and have a cake pop party!

  15. This is gorgeous! It would look so pretty on my counter…then I can ask Santa for something else. crossing fingers!
    xoxo

  16. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to enter to win that BEAUTIFUL mixer set! I would host in honor of Miss Pammy and Miss Jamie, an amazing mother-daughter team who have each beaten breast cancer multiple times, and we’re so thankful for them!

  17. lovely!!

  18. Host ID: 12827

    And not even for the extra entry!

  19. I would love this mixer would make my life so much easier in all the baking i do!!!!

  20. I’d want to host an after-party celebration after the local walk for a cure. We could all walk together and then come back to enjoy cupcakes and mimosas and celebrate all the strong women in our lives!

  21. I want that so much :x HI!

  22. Hi Bakerella! I love the color of the mixer and what it represents. I ran for the cure last year, it’s great to help!

  23. I would host a pink puppy party!!!

  24. Thank you passing the word on such a worthwhile cause!!

  25. Adorable mixer! I could do so much with it!!

  26. Love this! Would bake a pink cake representing the cause for my church.

  27. Great color! Great cause! Let’s have a party!

  28. I would love to host a get-together in honor of two of my friends who are fighting breast cancer! They are so brave and they are my heroes!

  29. I too love the raspberry color of the mixer. Pretty please?

  30. I’d want to host a get together for my upcoming birthday that is in a few weeks. To cook dinner and have fabulous desserts for those in my life who make each birthday amazing!

  31. Cook for the cure sounds like great project. The raspberry stand mixer looks amazing!

  32. I would do a cupcake bar!

  33. What a great idea and inspiration! Would love to win this to honor of my friend Audrey.

  34. What a great giveaway! Love this!

  35. Thinking of all the amazing survivors out there. Id love to host a cupcake/dessert party :)

  36. What a great idea to host a party for the cause!

  37. For all the survivors, families and loved ones gone, we thank you!

  38. I would host it for my neighbor! Have known her for years and she’s fighting leukemia. Also, hi!

  39. I know a lot of people affected by breast cancer, some who have overcome it and unfortunately, some who didn’t make it. So anything I do for the Cure is for both of my grandmas, a couple of aunts and cousins, and a friend. I love this color, and I would always think of these people while using this, and perhaps host a bake sale with what I make with it! :)

  40. What a gorgeous mixer!

  41. Would love to give this to my mom

  42. I would host a baking party for my stepmom!

  43. Swoooooonnn… What a gorgeous color!

  44. I love the raspberry ice color!

  45. I’ve always been all about Autism Awareness, because of my son, but my sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last month. Already a double mastectomy and radiation (not chemo, which would be better) is about to start. Let’s just say, this has taken a new meaning to me.

  46. Love the color! So pretty!

  47. hot pink is my favorite and I would love to have a great mixer to bake!

  48. What a great giveaway for a great cause!

  49. I love having parties. Always looking for a chance to get my china out and decorating the tables and the house.

  50. Love this color! It matches my kitchen decor perfectly! I would love to use this mixer to make a “survivor” cake for my friend who has kicked breast cancers butt!

  51. Beautiful color!

  52. I would love to host a party for the person I admire the most in the world: my mom who will soon turn 70!

  53. I would love to win this!! Love these mixers and I just this past Monday finished up my radiation treatments for breast cancer. This would be an awesome reminder of all those still fighting but also of the fight I have just won.

  54. I would host a party for my dad!

  55. I would host a party for the nurses at the hospital where I work!

  56. I would host a party to shed light on how important early detection if for all forms of cancer–

  57. My daughter has been wanting to have a huge bake sale (she’s 10) in honor of my SIL who passed away 6 years ago from breast cancer, and donate all the proceeds. This would be perfect for that occasion. :)

  58. Would love this, my girls love to help in the kitchen now, can’t imagine what they would dream up if we had a pink mixer. something pinkalicious is in my near future!!!!!

  59. Beautiful!

  60. I’d want to host a dessert party! with lots of adorable little treats.

  61. Gorgeous color!

  62. Hi Bakerella!!! you’re such an inspiration!! <3 <3

  63. Love this!

  64. I would love to have some little friends over and having a baking day with them. Hopefully their parents will donate to help find a cure.
    Thanks for all your help
    :-)

  65. Gorgeous color…. great cause…

  66. Oh…. I LOVE IT !!!

  67. What a great idea!

  68. Love the color! I would make these A-MAZING lemon tarts I had last weekend. A friend of ours is Scottish and his mother made them. I ate 5 of them. They were so good! Plus they were mini so they were really cute too! Totally your style. The filling is Shirriff Lemon pie filling and whipped heavy cream. (No sugar or vanilla in the whipped cream) The crust was like a short bread. 1lb. butter, 6 TBSP powdered sugar. Cream together. Then add 4 cups flour. Mmmm so good!

  69. Great idea!

  70. I love the color of this mixer. It’s so beautiful! I love baking (I hope to open a bakery-cafe someday), and Kitchenaid mixers are the best tool for that.

  71. I would host a brunch for some of my friends. Thanks for the giveaway!

  72. Ohhhh, what a beautiful color!

  73. I would love to win that gorgeous stand mixer!

  74. A desserts party…cookies, bars, cakes! Love this color!

  75. Thanks for sharing about Cook for the Cure! I love that raspberry Kitchen Aid mixer! :)

  76. Love this! Beautiful cause; beautiful mixer. :)

    Baking my grandmother’s homemade rolls-woohoo!

  77. I love love love that this is for such an amazing cause!!! What a pretty mixer

  78. Such a gorgeous color!

  79. Love this color, what a way to show your support each and every time you look at your countertop…

  80. What a great way to help the cause.

  81. I’d love to have a get-together with my closes girl friends!

  82. I would want to host a party in memory of Lisa Piazza (my cousin) who died at the young age of 33 of breast cancer.

  83. I’d love to host a simple community back sale and raise money for our local animal shelter!

  84. I would host a party in memory of my mom who passed away in 2003 from breast cancer and for my sister who is still battling breast cancer. I’ve supported Susan G Komen for many years! I hope this will encourage people to raise breast cancer awareness even more!

  85. I would like to host a party in honor of my friend, Dee T., who is walking in the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day in Dallas for the 5th year in a row!

  86. So pretty…. this would honor my sister who recently lost her battle with breast cancer.

  87. What a beautiful colour!

  88. Fabulous creations there and what an amazing color! Hi! :)

  89. Oops I didn’t see the “open to U.S. residents only”, sorry about that !

  90. I host a Play for P.I.N.K. Golf tournament every year in our hometown! Great fun and a good cause!

  91. Hi! My mother was nine years old when she lost her mother to breast cancer. Let’s find the cure so other little girls and their mothers can grow up and grow old together :)

  92. I am french but I do love your website and all your wonderful ideas (I love the buttons-cookies and the beary macarons among others). I don’t know if this contest works for France but I hope I can win this mixer (too expensive to buy it in here unfortunately) especially because I love cooking and because pink is my favorite color :D

  93. What a great idea for a get together for a great cause at the same time. Ingenious!!!

  94. Hi! This color is awesome! And what an awesome cause. Thanks!

  95. What a pretty color..I’d love to have a party for my mother and the ppl of her choice.. for she lives in a care home now and the food they provide for her isn’t to healthy..she would surely enjoy this..she has some great caregivers their..One lady is from Kenya she’s amazing..I’d make things my mother loved to cook and my mother was an amazing cook and baker just like I am..I use a lot of her recipes..she loves my cheesecakes I make so many different kinds and flavors. but I’d make the cheesecakes into cupcakes and put huckleberry sauce on the tops..she enjoys my huckleberry creations..It’s that time of season now have to get out and go pick them this weekend..lol..:)

  96. Love love love! I would make all the things!

  97. I’ve always wanted to host a cutesty patootsy brunch/tea party in a garden, with the added benefit of helping a great cause! One day I will know enough people to be able to make it happen :)

  98. I would bake for my aunt who is winning her battle with breast cancer and for my other aunt who wasn’t as lucky.

  99. I love the color of this mixer!

  100. I would bake a lot of cookies and share with friends :)

  101. Being a survivor I would love to add this to my “pink” kitchen. I am definitely going to plan a Cook for the cure party in the next week.

  102. I love anything pink! I would host a party for my grandma:)

  103. I would love this in honor of my mother-in-law!

  104. I love “berry” ‘s and they are ohhh sooo good for you!

  105. Hello. This is wonderful.

  106. I would love to have a dessert bar party. A huge variety of cakes, cookies and pies to celebrate all who have fought the battle with breast cancer!

  107. Beautiful color- would love to see this on my counter to make all my cakes/cupcakes. Thanks for the chance!

  108. I love the color and would give it to my sissy who is getting married in October!!

  109. My mom Carol. A survivor since 1994!

  110. Awesome color….and amazing cause ?

  111. So pretty! I love it. Happy summer!! :)

  112. Would love to have that mixer sitting on my counter.

  113. I love “berry” ‘s and they are ohhh sooo good for you! ????

  114. What a great idea! LOVE this!!!!!

  115. I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and came looking for cookie recipe, then I saw this. I love this color, and I’ve been wanting a Kitchenaid forever but kept missing all your giveaways. Finally this is my chance!!!

  116. A “Thanks for supporting me through nursing school” gala!

  117. A wonderful cause with yummy looking recipes links included!

  118. Love all things pink!

  119. What a beautiful Mixer! Would love to own one.

  120. I would host a neighborhood BBQ!

  121. I so enjoy seeing all your recipes. Thanks for sharing!

  122. What a wonderful way to raise awareness!

  123. Hi, My girlfriends and I walk for the Susan Komen breast cancer walk in Central Park, NY every year then have brunch together!!It supports a great cause and girlfriend time!!!!

  124. Very pretty indeed.I bake for the homeless and this would help .I would give my daughters a rest from always hand mixing the mixtures.

  125. Hi! I would love to be able to bake one more time for my Mother-in-law, who we lost in May from Breast Cancer.

  126. Love the raspberry pink mixer! I think a baking party would be fun! In honor of my grandma :)

  127. Lots of great ideas!

  128. this is such a wonderful cause! and the mixer is really pretty; i love the clear mixing bowl.

  129. I’ve wanted a KitchenAid mixer for so long, it would be such a help when it comes to my baking needs!

  130. So cute! I could host a party in honor of my grandmother who is a breast cancer survivor.

  131. Oooooh! I’d love to win this for my girls. They’d LOVE it!!!

  132. What an awesome thing to cook for those who we live and are having hard times. Love this idea.

  133. My mom is a two-time survivor of breast cancer, and a tough cookie. I’d love to give her this mixer! She broke her last kitchenaid making divinity fudge.

    Good luck, everyone!

  134. Hi!

  135. Very pretty indeed.I bake for the homeless and this would help .I would give my daughters a rest from always hand mixing the mixtures.

  136. Today is my relay for life event, so this has me all excited with ideas for next years bake sale!!! And as a cake decorator and instructor, this mixer would sooo come in handy!!! I even shared this giveaway and cause with my students!

  137. This is so pretty! I would use this to whip up some treats for my mother-in-law and my manager who are both survivors!

    ~Trisha

  138. That is the prettiest color is pink I’ve ever seen.

  139. That raspberry color is gorgeous!

  140. This is gorgeous. If I won, I would give it to my mom, who is currently without her own kitchen appliances, having to live with a friend. She would be so happy!

  141. I lost a very dear friend of mine at 34 to the most aggressive type of breast cancer. This is such a great cause for people to donate to and I love the party idea. We are going to host one in honor of Krissy. Thank you for encouraging involvement!

  142. Hi – love that rosy pink color!

  143. Love this idea and love this mixer!

  144. Hi, thanks for sharing this great idea.

  145. I would love to host a wine and dessert party with my friends to raise money and awareness for Susan G Koman cook for a cure! It’s a great cause!

  146. I love that KitchenAid has taken a STAND against breast cancer and is giving AID where it’s needed. This deep shade of pink is a real statement piece that I’d be BERRY, BERRY proud to use and display.

  147. That mixer is such a pretty color!!

  148. Hi Bakerella!
    I would use the mixer to bake for the Pay it Forward initiative I’ve helped implement. Also for my friends and family like usual. Thanks!

  149. Not only would I want to win this because pink is my favorite color, but also for my Mom that passed away from breast cancer. I would host a party in her memory.
    And hi, Bakerella!

  150. Creative. Just the nudge I need to whip up a little summertime sweet.

  151. Love this mixer and love the cause…glad you are a part of it!

  152. Good morning!
    I have a feeling that if I had this mixer everything would magically taste better and it would really brighten up my kitchen as well .
    Thanks!

  153. What an awesome colour for a mixer and such a great cause to support! Thanks for the giveaway!

  154. 1st Hi!!!! 2nd I would give it to my 19 year old daughter for her future home.

  155. This is a cause so close to my heart. My grandmother has beat breast cancer twice!

  156. What an awesome color! Awesome cause!

  157. What a beautiful mixer! I’d host a party in honor of my friend, Jessica, who lost her battle with breast cancer.

  158. Love the color of this KitchenAide Mixer! I would host for my momma.

  159. I would have a cupcakes and cocktails party.

  160. A great cause indeed. Love the color of this mixer!

  161. That mixer is gorgeous! I make cookies almost every day but there is nobody here to eat them. So my friends and neighbors are the happy recipients of my creations. I can’t wait to bake for my sister-in-law who is battling a very rough cancer. As soon as she can eat again, she will be receiving goodies in the mail every day!

  162. a great idea to celebrate that friends and family, including me, are healthy, and keep awareness about this common health issue between women…. and have a memorable and sweet time :) … let’s celebrate life!

  163. I would love to host in honor of my mother in law who is a breast cancer survivor!

  164. OMG SOOO pretty! I have ALWAYS wanted one but just couldn’t afford it!

  165. Awesome cause. Beautiful color mixer.

  166. My mom is who I would host something for. She’s been through breast cancer twice and still has all her spunk! She didn’t let it get her down. And, hi to you! :)

  167. Such a sweet, pretty treat this would be! Thanks for the chance!

  168. I’d host the party for my mother, a survivor. Her strength can’t be matched. She deserves a party!

  169. I have a friend that lives in the Bahamas that is coming to the US to have her baby. I am having a baby shower for her and would love love LOVE to use this mixer for it!
    Thank you!!

  170. I love the color of this mixer and I love anything pink! So cute!! Hope I win!

  171. Great Cause, I would host in honor of a Mother of a close friend who lost her battle. I’d also give the mixer to her if I win.

  172. My kitchen is too small to host a party. Maybe someday I will get a larger kitchen.

  173. Love the color and could use a new mixer. Thank you!!!

  174. This is such an awesome idea! I would totally make any kind of goodies I can, and sell them so I would give 100% of the profits to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. :)

  175. Love the cause and mixer color! I’d host a cookie swap with friends.

  176. my wife would love this, she loves anything related to breast cancer and loves to bake

  177. What a beautiful mixer and what a great cause! I would love to host a birthday party for my sister-in-law who is one year post stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma.

  178. I would be ESTATIC to win this!!! My aunt, whom is like a mother to me, is a breast cancer survivor so this would mean a lot to me!!!

  179. I would host for a dear friend who battled her way through breast cancer. She’s an inspiration!

  180. Thank you for the opportunity!

  181. Now I don’t know how to narrow my party wish list down, but I’d L O V E this mixer for many many parties. It would be perfect! I love it!

  182. What a lovely raspberry color! I would love to have a tea party with all the cute pastries, for my Mom, and other Mom’s, Sisters, Aunt’s, Gramma’s, etc…

  183. Great cause & color!

  184. Beautiful color! My grandmother was a survivor!

  185. I would do this in memory of my sister who passed away due to breast cancer in 1998.

  186. I would love to host a cocktail and dessert party! Just appetizers and desserts.

  187. Beautiful mixer in honor of a beautiful cause!

  188. Love the color and the cause!

  189. Such a great idea for a great cause!!! And LOVE the mixer!!!!

  190. My wife is currently battling breast cancer. I support anything that brings us closer to the cure.

  191. A board games get together. Desserts and finger foods plus endless card and board games with people who like them as much as I do.

  192. This mixer is HOT-HOT-HOT-PINK! Love it! thanks for the opportunity Bakerella, YOU ROCK!

  193. I’m going to host a tea party for my friends with lots of baked goods!

  194. They’ve had the pastel pink in the past but the raspberry is lovely!!!

  195. I love the color of this mixer!

  196. I think it’s awesome that they are teaming up! I’ve lost some people I love a lot to cancer so anything people do to help is just great to hear! Thanks for sharing!

Leave a Comment »