A few months ago, I entered a recipe competition. To be specific, I entered the Maltesers Competition with Lorraine Pascale over at MyDish. Weirdly, I had already created a recipe for the competition before I knew it existed: my Malteser Layer Cake. It has malt sponge, dark chocolate ganache and is decorated with halved maltesers.
Then, much to my surprise, a few weeks ago I received a call. I won!
Yesterday, I received this BEAUTY in the post.
Not only do I get that gorgeous (and it has to be said - sexy) mixer, but my cake is also going to be sold at Lorraine Pascal's Ella's Bakehouse in Covent Garden for a day (not sure which yet) with the proceeds going to my choice of charity. I think I'm getting some Maltesers products too...
For my charity, I chose Guide Dogs. As someone with fairly bad sight that can thankfully be treated with contact lenses, losing my sight is one of my worst nightmares. Whenever I am without glasses or contacts I want to cling on to anybody I know and trust - the world feels so alien, even at home or somewhere very familiar. As a big dog lover too, I can see why having a guide dog would fulfill this purpose beautifully. I don't know if much money will be raised, but that's my thoughts anyway.
So all in all, just a post to say thank you to Maltesers, Carol at MyDish, Lorraine Pascale and finally Sarah at Maison Cupcake, where I found out about the competition.
congratulations! that's amazing, and the cake looks delish, too--well-deserved!
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful!! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I too have a BRIGHT RED mixer and I LOVE it. It lives on the counter where I can use and admire it all the time.
ReplyDeleteWOOWOWOW!! Congratulations!! that's spanking Hot kitchenaid!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! That is one sexy prize :D And I'm not surprised you won, after baking that cake I know exactly how great it is!
ReplyDeleteWooHoo...that is just BRILLIANT! You created a gorgeous looking cake, beautiful combination, and am glad you won! Look at that sexy red beauty! HAPPY for you! I would love to own a KA one day! Way to go!!
ReplyDeleteWow, congratulations! I need to try this winning recipe now :P
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I love how the cake looks. Cant wait to try make the cake!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! And what a lovely red mixer too - the perfect prize!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! It's a good-lookin' cake alright & I bet it tastes wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThat mixer's a beast. I love it.
Congratulations! I knew it was going to win the second I saw it! Hope you enjoy using your mixer and raise lots of money for your charity.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! You so deserve that wicked awesome mixer! Your baked goodies so delight and inspire, that you should have prizes for every cake that you've shared with us. Congratulations, you'll love that mixer. What will you win next?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Very Unique cake and malt is a great taste.
ReplyDeletebeautiful- the cake and the kitchenaid. congratulations! x shayma
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic prize and some wonderful recognition to go with it. Well done, very well deserved.
ReplyDeleteooh congratulations! I love how your apron matches your red beauty so well! and that cakes looks really good too Emma.
ReplyDeleteI got the recipe for your cake through theomblog. I have made it for a friend's daughter's 16th birthday and its been the topic of mouth watering conversations amongst my friends and their friends here in the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. I am so glad you won and believe me having a kitchenaid mixer makes everything else easy in a baking kitchen. All the best.
ReplyDeleteSo rare to find on your great site, but 2 typos in one sentence: (bad sight not slight and losing not loosing!)"As someone with fairly bad slight that can thankfully be treated with contact lenses, loosing my sight is one of my worst nightmares"
ReplyDeleteApologies for the mistakes - I've corrected them. Thanks for pointing it out and I'm glad you think they're rare!
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