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!
Happy Anniversary to The Sweetest Kitchen and congrats on a year of success. Those Pumpkin Dulce de Leche cupcakes were amazing, probably the best I’ve baked! I’d love some new swag from Bake it Pretty! What a great giveaway!
Mmmmm those look so good. Congrats on 1 year! :D
Tweet, tweet!
http://twitter.com/OccasionalSugar/status/9938517749
These look absolutely great. Love the photo of the inside.
Yum yum yum! Looks delicious!
nice giveaway thanks
Happy Anniversary! Those cupcakes look absolutely A.MAZ.ING. Wow!
Your website is so fun!!! Those cupcakes loook sooo scrumptious! I’m thinking about making my husband the nutella/coffee frosting on a chocolate cake for his birthday.
It would taste great, I’m sure! If you use it, let me know how you guys like it! :)
Happy Blogoversary! I love your blog!! :)
Happy Anniversary! :)
Cupcake looks so yum!
I love baking and cupcakes sooooo much, and adore this giveaway!
tweeted http://twitter.com/cdziuba/status/9942261977
Congrats on a year, and oh the fun I could have with a gift certificate.
Happy One Year!! Is this open to all? I’m in the U.S…but if I can, count me in. Looks like a great site!
Yes, it’s definitely open to all!
Happy Anniversary!
And I love Bake it Pretty. I’ve never ordered from there because I’m afraid I just won’t stop. But I love to browse.
Oh wow – those look delicious! I love filled cuppies! And you can’t get much better than chocolate and dulce de leche! And look at that… I’ve just happen to run out of dessert tonight! :) Fate! (Happy Anniversary!)
Happy One Year!! Congrats. I love cupcakes and had no idea this store existed so thanks for sharing. I’d love to win too!
OMG those look so yummy. I’m drooling so much I am afraid I might short out my keyboard.
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I’ve been following you for ALMOST a year. Happy anniversary. Your blog is a great collection of talent and creativity!
Happy anniversary. Nice give away.
Mimi
Your cupcakes look yummy! I think I’ll try them out on the family this weekend.
Happy blogiversary!
Beautiful! I just made filled cupcakes for the first time myself today … Reese’s inspired chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter filling and salted peanut butter frosting. These look wonderful … and I love the “found” dulce de leche. :)
I live in Australia, and have been admiring Bake it Pretty for eternity!!! I have been dying to order some (if not all – lol) of their products, but have not, due to the shipping bill (yikes!) It would be A-MAZING to win this!!!
P.S. I am a total sucker for cupcakes (yours look delish!), and have just started a business from home. This would really come in handy :)
I know, that shipping is terrible. I’m sorry you didn’t win this giveaway, but do be sure to check out Little Betsy Baker at http://www.littlebetsybaker.com.au. It’s an Australian online shop that is very similar to Bake It Pretty. I’ve ordered from there once and they are fantastic, I will definitely be ordering from there again. :)
Happy Anniversary!!! How exciting! :) Please count me in for the giveaway! I have to make a big meal for some youth next week, and I think some cupcakes will definitely be in order for the dessert! Thanks for the inspiration!
Funny…I made chocolate cupcakes with Dulce de Leche filling 2 weeks ago! My husband LOVED the pumpkin ccs w/ddl (I did too!!!) and had been requesting them. But I have a “thing” that baking with pumpkin is for fall (even though my cabinet is stocked year-round!) so I refused. After all, good things come to those who wait, right?
Happy anniversary!
I would love to give them a try. thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Anniversary! I love your blog. Your cupcakes are some of my favorites, especially the brown sugar ones.
ohh the pumpkin one looks great, and happy 1st anniversary!
What a nice giveaway! We made lemon cupcakes with purple powdered sugar the other day…tasty!
Yum! I love this idea of a dulce de leche filling.
Happy Anniversary! Thanks for the chance to win. :)
That looks pretty tasty, for sure, but it might be a bit much caramel for me :(
I love Bake it Pretty! and I seriously love that cupcake!
Here is my tweet: http://twitter.com/abigailbakeshop
Happy Anniversary!! Your cupcake looks delish!
my tweet http://twitter.com/dinoriot/status/9996797706
twitter entry! http://twitter.com/theAisforAmy/status/9996883807
Congrats on a year! That’s terrific.
I just discovered Bake it Pretty and went on a spending spree. Thanks a *lot* for tempting me again! ;)
and, blog entry: http://theaisforamy.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/4/sweetest-kitchen.html
Happy anniversary! The filling on these cupcakes looks so delicious!
I LOVE cupcakes! I have a date with friends every thursday to try new cupcakes around the city and im an avid baker. Yours look scrumptious!
Happy 1 year :D
I’m trying out these beautiful cupcakes this weekend. Never thought of using sea salt, (even though I JUST had sea salt/rosemary bread the other day) — what a good idea!
Tweeted giveaway link as well,
http://twitter.com/sincerenicole
hmm in my mouth please! right now!!!!!!!
I tweet it! http://twitter.com/rosemadeleines
Happy Anniversary! Yay! I am blown away, 50,000 views, if only I could get there! I can’t seem to get any more views than my friends and fam! Well I would love to win the bake it pretty certif, I love their stuff!
These Cupcakes look awesome and with homemade dulce de leche they must be the best! Thanks for your wonderful ideas which fulfill my morning!
I love Bake it Pretty – and your blog!
Second entry – at my blog!
http://foodieinphilly.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweetest-kitchen-giveaway.html