The giveaway is now over and any comments left after 7PM on March 7, 2010 as recorded on the comment will not be counted. The winner will be chosen tomorrow so check back then to see if you have won!
The Sweetest Kitchen hasn’t always been The Sweetest Kitchen. I started out blogging about cupcakes in late May of 2008 at Blogspot; my blog was then called The Cupcake Review. As I started to expand and blog about more than cupcakes I knew that I needed to switch to my own domain. After much thought, I finally decided on the name The Sweetest Kitchen in late February of 2009, and launched the new domain on March 3. It’s now been one year and my blogging experience has been such fun. The Sweetest Kitchen has became more popular than I ever expected it to – I’ve almost reached 500,000 page views!
My most famous post, with at least 30,000 page views so far, was the zombie Halloween cupcake I made for Iron Cupcake: Earth and Cupcake Hero in October 2009. However, my personal favorite of anything I have ever baked since beginning this blog is the pumpkin dulce de leche cupcake. Everyone who has made these has raved about them, and I’m so happy about that!
Today I’ve made some cupcakes in celebration of The Sweetest Kitchen’s 1-year anniversary. They are actually very similar to the pumpkin dulce de leche cupcakes, but instead of the pumpkin cake, I used a chocolate cake and sprinkled the frosting with sea salt.
The great thing about this dulce de leche is that I didn’t have to make it myself. I bought it at the store, where it was casually sitting next to cans of plain sweetened condensed milk and selling itself under the pseudonym of “Top ‘n’ Fill Caramel” from Nestle. I found this at Coles but not Woolworth’s (in Australia), for anyone wanting specific details. And I recommend giving the caramel a good stir with a wire whisk before using to smooth out the lumps.
If you can’t find dulce de leche, find directions for preparing it yourself in my pumpkin dulce de leche cupcake post.
Totally scrumptious!
Okay, now I’ve given you some cupcakes for my anniversary party, now what about that giveaway, you say? Right, let’s get to it.
Bake It Pretty is one of, if not the, best places to buy your baking supplies from online. I have made my share of purchases from this lovely store, and Amanda, the owner, is so sweet. In fact, Bake It Pretty is where I got those zombie hands and spider toppers that made those particular cupcakes of mine so famous!
I knew I wanted to do a Bake It Pretty giveaway for my blog’s anniversary, so here it is – leave a comment on this post to receive a $50 gift certificate for Bake It Pretty!
Earn an extra entry by mentioning this giveaway and a link to this post on Twitter! Leave a comment on this post with the link to your Twitter status that mentions this giveaway.
Earn another extra entry by mentioning this giveaway and a link to this post on your blog! Leave a comment on this post with the link to your blog post that mentions this giveaway.
You have until Sunday, March 7 at 6:59PM to enter. In the meantime, click on over to Bake It Pretty to create your wishlist! Note, the deadline is Sydney, Australia time, or Pacific Standard Time in the US on March 6, 11:59PM.
Thanks for stopping by over the past year and helping to make The Sweetest Kitchen the great little place that it is! :)
The giveaway is now over and any comments left after 7PM on March 7, 2010 as recorded on the comment will not be counted. The winner will be chosen tomorrow so check back then to see if you have won!
Thanks for a wonderful giveaway…and Happy Birthday!!!!!
Happy Birthday to you…
I have an auction fundraiser for my daughter’s school and I think this is the perfect cupcake to make.. Thank you so much for the recipe. The parents won’t be able to resist buying them! Thank you for sharing Bake it Pretty too!
Great, if you decide to make these cupcakes for the fundraiser, let me know how it went!
I love Bake it Pretty’s stuff! And those cupcakes look sooo good.
Oh! Me too, me too! I want to enter! I’m due in a few weeks and would LOVE to do some more baking (need to stock up!) before the baby gets here. New toys would be amazing!!
I love Bake it pretty! It would be so great to have a gift certificate there!
Love your blog. I found my way here from Bake It Pretty. I plan on visiting again.
I would love to shop at Bake It Pretty!
Happy Birthday, beautiful blog! I can’t wait until I get the summer off (am a teacher) and finally have time to bake. Currently, grading hideously-written student essays takes up all of my time. Not nearly as fun as pretty cupcakes. :)
What a lovely blog and a generous giveaway! Can’t wait to try chocolate-caramel-salt cupcakes!
Happy Bloggiversary!!
I love that Top n Fill is readily available in Australia…..so much easier than boiling the tins of condensed milk!!
http://cookiescakesandallthingsbaked.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweetest-kitchen.html
I know! Now that I know where to get it pre-made I won’t ever be making it myself again, takes too long and some methods are just too risky!
Bake it Pretty is a new favorite of mine!! Great idea for your blogiversary.
I need some of that Nestle Caramel Top ‘n’ Fill – wonder if they sell it in the US? I’ve never seen it, but I’m in Kansas and we are the last to see any new products, it seems! :)
You can find it in the US, but it’s not very common, I don’t think. You can find it from Nestle called La Lechera. It could be on the shelves with the regular sweetened condensed milk, or you could check in the Mexican food section. Otherwise, I found this online you could order from: http://www.mexgrocer.com/4599.html
How fun to talk about cupcakes and baking everyday. That is the “sweet” life. Congrats!
Great give-away! Cupcakes are the best thing that happened to me in the dessert area ;)
What a great way to celebrate a great milestone! There are so many cute things at Bake it Pretty, thanks for the chance!
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I blogged about the giveaway, too! http://youcanentertoo.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweetest-kitchen-giveaway.html
Happy Blogoversary! Such a fab giveaway, I heart Bake It Pretty!
LOVE this site. Happy Bloggiversary!! This is my first visit. Can’t wait to visit again.
I love your blog! This giveaway is amazing and generous! I have always wanted to get something from Bake It Pretty!
Oh, please pick me! I love your blog – not to mention Bake it Pretty!
Wow – I have no idea how to link to a twitter post. . . I thought I was so with it. Thanks for the fun blog!
http://twitter.com/jodiodeeo – does this work???
I’m getting a little carried away with all the baking blogs, but I’m bookmarking this one anyway! Keep up the good work! :)
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I love the Pumpking Dulce De Leche, and you introduced me to Bake It Pretty. Love your blog.
Happy Blogiversary! :)
Congratulations on a year of blogging!
Happy annivesary!!! :) hope I win :) and I will def. Be mentioning this on twitter!
My twitter post:
http://twitter.com/IslandBroad/status/10129472265
OMG I forgot to mention. HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY! When I used to host my personal blog it was amazing how much it had grown & how time passed by. May you have many many more successful years!
Those cupcakes look delicious!! Happy blog birthday, and thanks for the chance to win the giveaway! :o)
Wow! Those cupcakes look so yummy!!!!! Thanks for the chance to win something yummy!!!!
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Fabulous post. I’ve GOT to try these. Chocolate AND dulce de leche. Oh my…help me please…this looks so delish!
I love this. Can’t imagine a better combination.
Oh, I do believe I am in love. {sigh}