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Food Blog Forum and Something Brand New and Bright Blue

This post doesn’t involve baking from this weekend
but there’s something pretty sweet at the end I think you’ll like.

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Okay, so I’ve been out of town for the last two weekends. First, Chicago for the Home and Housewares Show

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and last weekend somewhere a little bit warmer.

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I was in sunny Florida for a weekend conference full of learning and sharing with friends – and a bunch of food and fun thrown in.

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Food Blog Forum Orlando. Put on by Jaden Hair of Steamy Kitchen, Todd & Diane of White On Rice Couple, Julie Deily of The Little Kitchen and Dawn Viola.

And sponsored by Disney, Kitchenaid, OXO, Land O’ Lakes, Whole Foods, Le Creuset and more.

The meeting was held at Walt Disney World and it was amazing. So well done. Julie from the Little Kitchen knows how to put together a great event. I was there with a bunch of great speakers. (See the whole group here) Alison Lewis (Ingredients, Inc.) and I spoke at round table discussions on writing a cookbook. I really enjoyed the round table set up because we were able to talk one-on-one with people and that’s much more my speed. I don’t think I’d be very good at getting up in front of a big room of people and talking. There would be a lot of umms and likes and pauses I’m sure.

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On the evening before the meeting, we had a beautiful outdoor reception at the Grand Floridian. My sweet friend Jenny (Picky Palate) and I met some great girls. Nikki (Pennies on a Platter), Krissy (Krissy’s Creations), Julie (Table for Two) and Rachel (The Fabulous Foodie). Hi girls. Thanks for making Magic Kingdom such a blast!

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We hit up a few rides and went on a search for Dole Whip and churros before the park closed. It was my first time trying either. So yum! Thanks for sharing these phone pics girls.

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We spent all day Saturday at Epcot where the meeting was held.

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It was definitely a special place to have a meeting. Not only were there great speakers, yummy treats, amazing prizes, like stand mixers and refrigerators, Le creusets and more but when we were done, we had a huge world to explore.

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If only I could have seen it all. I’ve never been to Epcot. I had no idea how ginormous this park was. Actually, I still don’t know how big it is. But that’s okay because what I did see was perfect.

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We had an incredible lunch extravaganza prepared by Disney chefs from the parks and hotels.

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I focused on dessert of course.

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Lunch gave us all more time to talk.

Here’s Lauren’s Latest, Julie, Krissy and Jenny.

And I finally finally met Elise from Simply Recipes. Yay! Hope we can chat more next time.

Alison and Jenny. Love you guys.

And sweet, sweet Julie. Again, great job on pulling this event together.

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On Sunday we had a brunch hosted by Whole Foods. Incredible food means the cameras come out.

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See what I mean. That’s Dawn in the back, Julie and Jenny, and then Lindsey (Love and Olive Oil) in the front.

This might be one of my favorite pics from the weekend. It just makes me giggle at how we all do the same thing as bloggers. It’s almost uncontrollable when you have a camera in your hand.

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But in our defense, the flowers were pretty cheery.

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I enjoyed this weekend so much.

Hi Emily (Sage Recipes) and Kiran (Kirantarun)! It was nice meeting you both. Hope to see you again. And you too Droolius and Simply Southern Baking.

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Thanks for a weekend of great memories with old friends and new!

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So now the fun part.

I’m having an amazing giveaway today.

If you read last week’s post, you may remember some of the new products I talked about from the Home and Housewares Show in Chicago. One of them was this Kitchenaid mixer in Crystal Blue, the brand new color from the Catalina Collection that I fell in love with.

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Well, I met some of the folks from Kitchenaid in Chicago for the first time and and then coincidentally, we met again in Orlando the very next weekend as they were one of the sponsors of Food Blog Forum. It was a surprise to see them two weeks in a row. We talked about how much I loved the brand new color they debuted in Chicago and we thought it would be a fun giveaway here on bakerella.com.

KitchenAidCrystlblueWant to brighten up your kitchen and be one of the first people to own a mixer in this brand new, bright blue color courtesy of Kitchenaid? I know I would. It’s such a happy color. And much more vibrant in person.

Enter for a chance to win this Crystal Blue 5-quart Artisan Stand Mixer from Kitchenaid!

  • Just leave a comment on this post here on the website and answer the following question.
  • If you could only eat one kind of sweet/dessert for the rest of your life, what would choose? And not just cookie or cupcake, etc. – but what kind if you can? I’m very curious.
  • Deadline to enter is Wednesday, March 28th at 5 pm ET.

SORRY, TIME’S UP! Winner Announced Below.

  • One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Wednesday evening.

GOOD LUCK GUYS!

oh and FYI – the Crystal Blue color should be available for purchase starting sometime in April.


Reading all of your sweet choices are driving me crazy. I have cravings now for way too many treats.

I don’t know if I could pick just one either. But warm brownies and ice cream are always a safe bet for me. No nuts. No whipped cream. No syrup. Plain and simple chocolate and vanilla. Warm and cold deliciousness.

Okay, ready for the winner?

It’s comment #6224 – Leann

Congratulations and enjoy your bright blue baby. Hope you make lots of amazing desserts and smile every time you look at it.
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And big thanks to Kitchenaid for supplying the mixer in this beautiful blue.

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9,770 comments on “Food Blog Forum and Something Brand New and Bright Blue”

  1. Tough choice! But I’d have to say peach pie made from the recipe from the mother of a dear friend. And if peaches aren’t in season then I’d say Take Five candy bars!!

  2. Carte dor amaretto ice cream, but with chocolate brownies and strawberry sauce. Honestly, it’s divine x

  3. I would love to eat Funfetti cake for the rest of my life! Ohhh soo yummy!!!

  4. Chocolate chip cookie dough — not cookies — just the dough.

  5. Oh my, only one dessert? Gosh that’s a tough one, if I had to pick Chocolate Mousse would be at the top of the list.

    That new KitchenAid color is sooo pretty, I love it!

  6. My mom’s chocolate chip cookies

  7. caramel cake!!!!!!

  8. I could eat apple pie for days and days and years and years and millenia! Though you don’t need a mixer for that… But a mixer-worthy dessert that I can eat forever would probably be chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips!

  9. It would have to ice cream. I have to think a little more on the flavor, needs nuts, chocolate……

  10. Divinity — if made well, it’s all that the name implies!

  11. Aw, man, you food bloggers get all the fun! :) I hope I win! Thanks for the chance.

  12. I love everything but I can’t imagine going without good ol’ chocolate chip cookies forever, so that’s what I’d pick….fresh and hot from the oven with gooey chocolate…:)

  13. Creme Brulee of course!

  14. Love the blue Kitchen aid mixer!!!!

    I am torn between rich dark chocolate cake and pumpkin cheesecake.

  15. That would probably have to be your Peach Crunch Cake! It’s a staple around here. With ice cream on top- that still counts as one dessert, right???

  16. I would have to pick ice cream!!!

  17. Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby ice cream :) I cant believe you were in my town, at my place of work, with a bunch of other great bloggers! So fun!

  18. I would gladly eat red velvet whoopie pies with cream cheese frosting every day!!

  19. Creme brulee with fresh berries

  20. One dessert?? I think I’d go with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream (from anywhere!) or just the cookie dough :) I don’t think I’ve thought this hard in a while! Ha!

  21. Apple pie any day! Vanilla ice-cream on top and I am in dessert heaven!

  22. I could eat raspberry trifle with angel food cake, whip cream and birds custard for the rest of my life!! :) Love, love this new color! Matches my kitchen perfectly!!!

  23. I am glad you enjoyed our City Beautiful, the weather has been GREAT this month.

    If I could only have one dessert the rest of my life it would have to be brownie sundaes. Brownie, ice cream, chocolate topping, whip cream, nuts with a cherry on top… hmmm… I think I might need one of these today!

  24. I would eat my all time favorite, lemon cake with chocolate frosting. I know it sounds weird to people, but I love it.

  25. If I had to pick only one dessert it would be creme brulee. . . although I’d definitely mourn the loss of a good pound cake. . .

  26. Mango cream pie all day every day!

  27. oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! my fav! =)

  28. My post disappeared! Sorry if this duplicates. I normally love lemon merengue pie but since I’ve been pregnant I crave cherry pie!!!

    Thanks for this Giveaway and I’m glad you enjoyed disneyworld- epcot is my favorite place in the world, especially the world showcase during the food and wine festival. *drool *

  29. It’s difficult to choose just one dessert, but I think I would go with my Mom’s lemon cake pie. Something magic happens when my Mom makes a pie crust.

  30. If I had to pick one dessert to eat for the rest of my life I think that it would be red velvet cupcakes. I love the rich cake and the cream cheese frosting. I think that it may be the only dessert that I wouldn’t get sick of!

  31. Chocolate Cake with Chocolate buttercream.

  32. I would want to eat coconut cake.

  33. Ben and Jerry’s cherry Garcia fro-yo…maybe ontop of a warm chewy chocolate brownie! Hard to narrow it down to just one though!

  34. It would have to be a brownie with nuts, caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. Love it!

  35. If I had to choose one dessert, it would have to be classic mint chocolate chip ice cream :)

  36. Cheesecake! No drizzle or fruit toppings. Just plain old New York style cheesecake! Mmm, mmm, good!

  37. Red velvet cake w/ cream cheese icing!

  38. Hmmm… If I could only eat one dessert for the rest of my life it would have to be sopapilla cheesecake :)

  39. My one dessert I would eat is coffee espresso ice cream with chucks of dark chocolate hazlenut flavor…. Love it…. I enjoy all desserts soooooo goood!!!!

  40. The dessert I could live on is Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream. When I don’t have a pint, I have made my own from their recipe book. A new mixer in that gorgeous color would help me make lots of frozen treats!

  41. I would choose a type of chocolate chip cookie I make which is overloaded with chips and uses applesauce to keep it extra gooey extra long. It’s simple, it’s sweet, I love it!

  42. what an amazing color!!! i would have to choose bourbon pumpkin cheesecake with a drizzle of chocolate and caramel sauce!! yum!!!

  43. I thought I was going with a brownie. But I’d have to choose red velvet with cream cheese icing. Yummy!!

    That blue mixer is a gem! Would make any baking fun!!!

  44. I think I’d have to go with cream puffs… something like the St. Joe’s pastries you get in March.

  45. It’s a toss up between plain ol dark chocolate or my mom’s carrot cake with lots of cream cheese icing on top. Oh yum.

  46. Oh, gosh, choosing one is the hard part! I’d choose grasshopper ice cream pie. I love, love mint chocolate chip ice cream and when you add in the hot fudge and whipped cream? Mmmmmm to die for ;)

  47. oh that would have to be ‘a cold rock mix’ (icecream mixed with all sorts of lollies, chocolate, fizz, all mixed together)

  48. Lemon meringue pie, I could not live without!
    I just love the new blue!!

  49. Snickerdoodles, they’re simple but so delicious!

  50. Just one thing??? Ohhh… oh that’s so hard to choose!! But if you’re going to make me, it would be a pie of some kid. Either lemon meringue or pumpkin. I love me some pie!

  51. Cinnamon rolls!

  52. It would have to be a chocolate brownie with nuts, caramel sauce, ice cream and whipped cream. Love it!

  53. My favorite one sweet dessert to eat would be Cinnamon Struessel Cupcake, Cheesecake, Cake or in any form. LOL Yummy.

  54. Chocolate/Peanut Butter Brownies!! :)

  55. so hard – would have to be cheesecake or lemon meringue!!!!! love love that mixer color -and all the new ones- it makes me hope mine breaks so i can get a new one:)

  56. Macadamia Nut Praline Tart with whipped cream and 3 kinds of chocolate curls as garnishes. Wish I could’ve been at the conference to learn from all of you. Thanks for sharing!

  57. Icecream! Black Raspberry Chip with a little chocolate sauce!

  58. Chocolate chip cookies. Not my favorite, but if I could only have one- I don’t think I could live with out then :)

  59. If I had to only eat one dessert for the rest of my life…I´m going with Brownie cake. (brownie + dulce de leche + italian meringue).
    Love the new Crystal Blue Color! :)

  60. I would choose German chocolate cake with my mom’s homemade frosting…actually, I wouldn’t complain if I just had the frosting and a big spoon.

  61. Brownies….ooey gooey just underbaked dark chocolate brownies with semisweet chocolate chips thrown into the batter. I’m salivating … :-P

  62. those desserts look soooo great! lovely pictures!

    I would eat brownies with icecream for the rest of my life, I think. I can’t go without chocolate!

  63. My favorite cake would be……a chocolate cake layered with white chocolate butter cream icing topped with more white and dark chocolate. Yes chocolate is the winner here!

  64. mango creme brulee.
    Yummy I would be in love always.

  65. Oh jeez. I’m not sure I can answer that. I can say with all certainty that something I’ve had only one time would be a possibility- I tried some lime cupcakes with lime basil frosting last summer and they were AMAZING!!!!

  66. I have simple needs – a chocolate chip cookie thats flat and chewy. Man, could I make lots of those with this blue beauty!!!

  67. Cream Cheese brownies! For sure.. Not a second thought.

  68. That’s a tough one because I love sweets. But I’d have to go with ice cream. Probably a coffee/mocha flavored ice cream, like Graeter’s Mocha chip…mmmm!

  69. I would have to say chocolate chip cheesecake topped with chocolate ganache

  70. Mmmm…Guinness cupcakes with Irish cream frosting are on my mind all.the.time. I make them once a year for St. Patty’s but they are so so delicious.

  71. Brownies!!! Hopefully at least some of the time with fluffy chocolate frosting. :)

  72. chocolate with nuts

  73. One dessert….hmmmm…I think it would have to be white chocolate creme brûlée. Yum!

  74. Amazing blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere?
    A theme like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my blog
    jump out. Please let me know where you got your theme.

    Appreciate it

  75. Carrot cake (no raisins) with cream cheese frosting!

  76. Homemade Apple Pie the way my Nana used to make!!!

  77. Chocolate chip cookie bars with cream cheese filling – yum!

  78. I would eat my own creation I like to call The Destroyer. Chocolate cupcake, peanut butter frosting and a crap ton of candy bars chopped up on top. So good and sugary!!

  79. My birthday was yesterday and what I wouldn’t give for a warm bowl of blackberry cobbler topped with vanilla bean ice cream!! The best!! Thank you for doing what you do ~ it warms my heart to know there are still people out there that enjoy cooking and baking!

  80. I think I would normally say lemon merengue pie, but now that I’m pregnant I crave cherry pie soooooooo much!!!

    Anyway, thanks for the awesome giveaway and I’m glad you enjoyed your time at Disney…epcot Is my favorite place in.the world

  81. ANYTHING CHOCOLATE! Picking just one, it would be chocolate cake with chocolate frosting!

  82. One dessert forever?! COOKIE DOUGH!!!!!!! Chocolate chip cookie dough by the spoonful <3

  83. My absolute favorite dessert is creme brûlée with raspberries on top!

  84. Cappuccino crunch ice cream with chocolate jimmies!!

  85. Wow, one dessert forever. I’m torn between a really delicious carrot cake with mascarpone frosting and lemon curd and poppy seed cupcakes with lime cream cheese frosting. If it came down to the wire I’d probably go with the lemon, my life would be incomplete without it!

  86. Wow, hard to choose….thought I was gonna go with brownies, but I think I’d gave to go with red velvet with cream cheese icing. Yummo!!

    The blue mixer is a gem!!! Would love that in my kitchen!!

  87. If I could only have one dessert it would have to involve peanut butter…so many choices, but I think I would go with the classic peanut butter cookie with a hershey kiss on top. It brings back a lot of childhoos memories…and it involves memories I”m creating with my own kids!

  88. I would definitely pick pie. Now the specific kind is tricky. Hmmm….I do love a good rhubarb pie. Apple rhubarb ala mode. Yes, that is my dessert for life.

  89. My favorite dessert is Latvian Cake. My husband if of Latvian descent and the cake is absolutely my all time favorite dessert. It has a cookie bottom covered with apricot jam, layers of cake with with more jam in between, a yummy frosting decorated with nuts and fresh raspberries….delicious!

  90. Cheesecake! Plain ol cheesecake. Nothing like it in all the world. MMM

  91. Oh to choose only one sweet for the rest of my life–I would have to choose yellow cake with chocolate icing, thick chocolate icing. It meets all my needs. Calls me from the kitchen to come and straighten it’s edge just ever so slightly, until the whole thing is gone. This mixer would add a lovely pop of color to my drab kitchen. I’d be thrilled to win.

  92. Blondies. Which seems awfully boring but really is like having all of my favorite desserts all wrapped up in one item.

  93. Wow! Glad to see you had an amazing trip…..slightly jealous! ;) You made great photos as well. Made me hungry just to read them. My absolute favorite dessert is Cheesecake Pie. Not as rich as cheesecake, but melt in your mouth with graham cracker base, YUM!!!!!

  94. my go-to sweet… Rainbow Sherbert. I always have some in the freezer.

  95. excellent, buttery shortbread.

  96. Definitely Cheesecake!

  97. Peach blackberry pie. With ice cream on top. Mmmm

  98. If I could only pick one it would have to be “Death by Chocolate” cake. That is 7 layers of heavenly chocolate bliss. My daughters and I say this on a food show and we just had to make it. It took us all day, a very messy kitchen and three chocolate covered faces from licking bowls, spoons, and fingers. By the time we were finished making it we were so full we couldn’t eat it. We took a trip to Williamsburg to taste the real deal and we couldn’t have been more delighted. I wonder how hard it would be to make in cupcake form? Hmmm, maybe I will have to find out!!!

  99. I would definitely want cinnamon chocolate cake with homemade chocolate sauce! YUMMY!

  100. Lemon bars- my grandmothers recipe!! Ratner.lauren@gmail.com

  101. That’s a tough question as I LOVE my desserts! But I would have to say my mom’s coconut cake!

  102. Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies

  103. Hmmm…..have to pick? Blueberry! (and see, it goes well with that beautiful kitchen aid I would like to win!) Blueberry cheesecake, or blueberry pancakes….you can have them for anytime of day, breakfast or dessert!

  104. Scones. Not picky on a flavor. I love PW’s maple glazed ones, but I’ll take a nice chocolate chip one!

  105. My dessert would be my mom’s Special K bars! I have made them for years myself, but they just don’t taste like my mom’s!
    I have a white Kitchenaid mixer which has served me well for many years…but I would remodel my kitchen in the crystal blue color if I won! Thank-you for the opportunity.

  106. Not a dessert exactly, but definitely sweet– old- fashioned divinity candy with just a bit of finely chopped pecans! Oh, my, mouth watering just thinking about it. (it can go to being one of my favorites to one of the worst, if it’s not made correctly!!)

  107. Brownies with cream cheese frosting! I love both so much I don’t think I could ever get tired of them!

  108. Hi Bakerella, Love your site! My pick would definitely be Moose Tracks Ice cream. I don’t know if this is available in the states but it’s a delectable combo of french vanilla, peanut butter cups and fudge swirl – soooooo good! Thanks for making me smile – and making me a hit at parties with the fab-oo-ness of cupcake bites!

  109. definitely apple pie…yup….apple pie.

  110. It would definitely be chocolate mousse, for sure!!!!! It’s my favorite thing in the world!

  111. I would wsnt cheesecake. Just your basic simple creamy cheesecake. Hopefully I could add flavors or toppings…strawberries,chocolate. Oh I want cheesecake now and it’s 7 in the morning!!

    The mixer is beautiful!!!! Glad you had fun in Florida. Looks awesome.

  112. Apple pie with a buttery crust…one can never have too much apple pie!

  113. White chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies. YUM!! :-)

  114. Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream icing! <3

  115. If I could eat one sweet forever… love pudding, maybe bread pudding forever.. I could go fruit or chocolate. :)

  116. I would probably have to say Strawberries and whip cream with a homemade biscuit. Sooooo good.

  117. I am quite new to your website – but i loved the pink fondant AMOTE cookies you showed. My favorite dessert would be Lemon Bars.

  118. My choice would be chocolate cake. It’s my go to favorite.

  119. apple pie!!! if only i could make it like my grandmother did…

  120. If I could only eat one treat for the rest of my life… it would be Reese’s Peanut Butter cups.

    Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!

  121. Banana oatmeal cupcake with fluffy peanut butter frosting. Sprinkled with peanut butter granola. Perfect combo of sweet and savory. Can eat it for breakfast :)

    Thanks for the chance!

  122. Chocolate molten lava cake with espresso creme…..pure heaven! Considering I can’t eat gluten or dairy, it’s a dream, but what a beautiful dream it is!

  123. gooey chocolaty brownies with nuts of course…

  124. Hands down, chocolate chip cookies!

  125. Lemon bars with blueberries. I love the bright citrusy sweetness of lemon bars (such a great spring treat), and who can say no to blueberries?

  126. i woulld have to say NUTELLA, its a hazelnut spread that never lasts in my house especially when the kids find it, I love it straight from the jar using a spoon or if I cant find one my finger, we love it on fresh yummy thick bread or even toast.When I make choclate pancakes for the kids breaky I melt some nutella as a sauce…..it is so versatile and so yummy

  127. my mother’s sweet potato pie!

  128. definitely carrot cake, with rich cream cheese frosting!!! YUM!

  129. Tiramasu- definitely-YUM YUM! creamy with a kick!

  130. If I could only have one dessert it would be Chocolate cheesecake!!!

  131. Cake. Cake all the way. It is so creative and beautiful. I love it!

  132. lemon raspberry cupcakes (please disregard #1061, I didn’t type my email address)

  133. Definitely chocolate chip cookies, my mom’s recipe. I now make them all the time with my kids. I always get so many compliments.

  134. chocolate chip cookie dough! and that blue is my FAVORITE color!

  135. It would definitely be a warm, gooey peach cobbler with ice cream!
    My mixer is very old and this one would match my kitchen perfectly!!!! I hope I win!!!!!!

  136. Chocolate chip cookies, the spiffed up kind with coconut and walnuts.

  137. Definitely peanut butter cup ice cream!! Homemade is the best!!! i love the blue KA mixer!!! It makes me think of robin eggs!! YUM!!

  138. I would pick peppermint stick ice cream with chocolate jimmies!!

  139. The Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory…all my favorites in one…cheesecake, peanut butter and chocolate! YUM

  140. If I had to choose just ONE dessert, it would have to be bread pudding. It can be extremely sweet ,or not, and you can add as many flavors as you can imagine to the bread as well as the toppings to it!

  141. No doubt my one dessert would be my praline brookies. One of the easiest recipes I make, but absolutely delicious. These are expected pretty much at any gathering my family goes to. I like to make them in a cupcake pan, add a big dollop of homemade cream cheese icing and of course top w ice cream! I always say the only way u can make a brownie that is already covered in praline sauce and a cookie worse, is to drown it w frosting and ice cream. :) :) thanks for all u do! Luv the blue kitchen aid…..I NEED IT!! :-)

  142. lemon raspberry cupcakes

  143. The forum in Orlando sure looked like a lot of fun and March is a nice time to be in Florida. I’m a native Floridian and trust me, you don’t want to be down there in August..

    If I could only have one dessert, it would be the all-American classic of chocolate chip cookies- still warm from the oven and gooey!

  144. I’d have to say a Royal cookie from the Nordstrom Cafe. It’s the best…has everything in it from coconut to dark chocolate (which by the way, is my favorite chocolate!). These cookies are dense but buttery and delicious! You can only eat one and they’re probably super high in fat and calories, but who cares, really?

  145. The one dessert I could eat again and again is lemon meringue pie. It is just so refreshing and I love meringue and the way it just melts in my mouth. Yum!

  146. One dessert for the rest of my life?? Hmmm, definitely warm Dutch apple pie topped with ice cream!! Heaven!!

  147. Im going to have to say a warm gooey chocolate chip cookie with cold milk!

  148. Just one? Chocolate pecan pie, the recipe I found last year. Chocolate, bourbon, pecans, crust – what’s not to love??

  149. Apple pie, apple pie, apple pie!
    Classic, iconic & delicious all on one plate!
    Sounds like two fun weekends – would have loved to be at both.

  150. Choosing one dessert is nigh on impossible!!! I guess it would have to be a delicious chocolate chip cookie. I would, however, hate being put in that position, because I know I would grow tired of them eventually. Variety is the spice of life!!!

    BTW, that is one gorgeous stand mixer. It looks like the color of the sky when I’m out on the beach some days. Just gorgeous!!!

  151. Flan.
    Definitely flan.
    A sweet, creamy, rich, yummy flan.

  152. I would pick snoopy cake. That’s my family’s name for it. It is also called Texas sheet cake, among other names. (we call it snoopy cake because my aunt always drew a snoopy on it for my cousin and it was the only cake she could eat because of her allergies. She made it without eggs so she could have some.)

  153. If I could eat a dessert everyday and not worry about the butter and calories, it would be my mama’s 14 layer butter cake with old fashioned cooked fudge frosting:) it is pure heaven!

  154. Gooey Butter cake- to die for!

  155. Chocolate chip cookies

  156. If there was only one dessert that I had to eat for the rest of my life it would have to be warm chocolate fondant with vanilla icecream. It is so yummy!! :)

  157. Vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.

  158. strawberry tart with crème patissière….
    it would be so easy to make it with this mixer!

  159. it would be incredibly hard, but i’ve have to go with chocolate chip cookies – my all time favorite!!

  160. If I could only eat one dessert it would be creme brûlée! Yummy!!!!! I need to learn how to carmelize the top still!

  161. Marshmallow creme donut with choc frosting!

  162. My favorite dessert? I’d have to say Turtles chocolates. All my favorite flavors combined in one….. chocolate, caramel & pecan. Yum!

  163. orange flavored cookies…….half dipped in chocolate of course!

  164. Poundcake! Every day forever!

  165. Definitely chocolate chip cookies – fresh baked, especially when still warm and chocolate is nice and gooey, Yum.

  166. Cotton Candy!!!! Yumm!!! Number one favorite food!!! Made from pure sugar, but so light and fluffy!

  167. If I had to pick one dessert for the rest of my life, I would go with chocolate chip cookies. Warm from the oven, with a tall glass of milk. It’s the perfect cookie!

  168. Oddly, I make sweets for a living and I do not have a sweet tooth. At all. HAHA. I like savory things, especially pumpkin pie. I could never tire of eating pumpkin pie :)

  169. If I could only eat one dessert for the rest of my life it would be apple pie…there is something so comforting and satisfying about a slice of fresh apple pie!

  170. First thing to catch my eye… Kate Spade clutch! Thanks for the giveaway! If I could have only one sweet treat, I would have to go with anything marzipan. So rich!

  171. Gosh just one forever? I’m voting pillow cookies. Cookies and brownies. How could you ever go wrong?

  172. I would choose a chocolate chip cookie, homemade, with not too many chips and made with milk chocolate chips. And it would have to be chewy and still warm. Mmm.

  173. If I could eat one sweet it would have to be pumpkin bread!

  174. After careful consideration, I would have to say its not a cookie or a cupcake. Its a cake that I refuse to make because I can devour the entire thing. It’s Apple Betty crumb cake. Best cake I ever tasted and I think I could live eating that forever…..with coffee or soda, lol. Since I’ve had it for breakfast, lunch and before dinner before. And it has fruit so it covers another food group, lol.

  175. My mom makes a fabulous nut torte with buttercream frosting that I could eat everyday!

  176. If I could only have one dessert for the rest of my life I would have to pick caramel sundaes.

  177. I would chose homemade peanut butter fudge !

  178. i would want either plain old chocolate brownies (they have to be chewy), or brach’s gummy bears.

  179. I would eat New York style cheesecakes all the time!!!

  180. My almost 7-year-old & I just love your blog! We love to bake & she loves your photos of cake pops! She is having a “cupcake wars” birthday party this weekend, her idea, too cute:-). If I had one dessert I could never give up, it would be my favorite chocolate/peanut butter cupcakes…rich fudge chocolate cake with peanut butter filling & chocolate ganache filling frosted with peanut butter butter whip icing topped with ganache drizzle & crushed salty peanuts! I’ve been baking & bringing them to every gathering lately!

  181. Chocolate Chip cookies with dark chocolate chips and lots of walnuts!

  182. It would have to be Triple chocolate truffle cake, it is light and rich, the perfect ending to any meal. – bottom layer rich chocolate mousse,next layer a light sponge cake, then a chocolate espresso cream, whipped cream layer and topped off with chocolate ganache. Yummy!!!!

  183. oh desserts….love them all!! my real love is cookies…..to pop one in your mouth seems so guiltless! my favorite cookie….tough one….going with russian tea cakes. make them at christmas and make a batch just for me to eat. making them with the blue kitchen aid would be so much easier then all the hand mixing i do now!! thanks for the lovely give away!!

  184. Chocolate cheesecake!

  185. I would have tiramisu or creme brulee…narrowed down a bit further. Tiramisu…mmm….

  186. If I could pick just one dessert, it would be an incredible chocolate ice cream… delicious!

  187. Hmm only one huh?….It would have to be Chocolate Cream Pie, see how long that took for an answer LOL I just LOVE it!!!

  188. My grandmother is an amazing baker (wish i would have inherited that trait!) If i had to eat one thing it would be ANYTHING made by her especially her black bottom cupcakes or peanut butter eggs. YUMMO!!!!

  189. Without a doubt, dark chocolate covered strawberries! They’re nutricious and delicious!

  190. Beautiful color!
    The one dessert I could eat for the rest of my life is Coconut Rice Pudding Stuffed Cupcakes With Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting & Fruit. They are to die for!!

  191. I think only my family makes these, but my favorite dessert is Gumdrop cookies. They’re delicious oatmeal cookies made with sour cream and then you stick a couple spice drops on top before putting them in the oven and they’re delicious. I could eat a whole batch in one sitting!

  192. If I could choose just one dessert or sweet, I think it would have to be a Texas Chocolate sheet cake!!! Thanks for the fun contest – looks like you had a GREAT time on your getaways!

  193. red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting….it will never get old!

  194. That mixer is gorgeous!!! It would sure beat hand-mixing everything, which I’ve been doing for years :P

    I would be a happy, happy girl if I could have the moistest, densest, golden-raisin-filledest carrot cake everyday for the rest of my life. (And maybe a treadmill to go with it!!!)

  195. My dessert of choice would be dark chocloate cake with buttercream frosting…. my favorite is really the buttercream frosting, I could eat it on everything…,.it would be really nice to have the pretty blue kitchenAid Mixer to make it in…..Yummmm

  196. From my childhood “bumpy cake” ! Saunders, located in the Detroit area, has made these great cakes forever. The cake is a devils food cake with deep chocolate frosting. The bumpy part is the buttercream frosting they use to ice it, 3 large bumps of buttercream on top…the best. 2 years ago I stopped @ a bakery while I was visiting there, located in Birmingham , Michigan and they were doing their version of a bumpy cake cupcake…awesome !

  197. I would eat chocolate brownies with drizzled caramel and icing…ummm

  198. lemon butter tarts or oreos and chocolate chip ice cream

  199. It would have to be a lemon bar…mmmmm lemons :)

  200. vanilla bean creme brulee. yum!