Wow! Today is momentous on three levels. First, we have a great Sweet Melissa recipe for the week, Double Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies, which you can find by clicking here.
Second, we have a great Daring Bakers recipe for the month, Half Blackberry-Half Chunky Applesauce Bakewell Tart, which you can find by clicking here.
And third, it was one year ago today that I wrote my first post for Lulu the Baker! Wow. And my 100th post is just around the corner (as in, this post makes #96). If I had planned it just a little better, they could have coincided, but I’m not that organized. I actually am really organized, but not in this case!
In honor of my 1 year anniversary and my looming 100th post, Lulu the Baker is having a give-away. And boy, is it fantastic. I put together a lovely little bunch of things that I would love to get, so I hope you will too! The lucky winner of our give-away will win:
- the latest–and, I believe, inaugural–issue of Mixing Bowl, the new all-cooking-all-the-time publication from Better Homes and Gardens
- a package of King Arthur Flour Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Mix, which I’m having a hard time parting with 🙂
- a cute, magnetic list-makin’ note pad featuring an oven mitt and tea kettle
- a Wilton 9-inch angled spatula, for all your spreadin’ needs
- a Wilton mini Noah’s Ark cookie cutter set
- 350 white mini baking cups (also from Wilton, so you can tell I went shopping at Michael’s)
- 25 clear cellophane bags for treats
- 35 adorable Martha Stewart labels for said treat bags
- a spool of brown and white striped baker’s twine to finish off the treat bags
- 2 really cute (if I do say so myself) kitchen towels, embellished by yours truly
Phew! That took ages to type, and one of you lucky readers can win it all! Just leave me a comment below. And tell your friends! You don’t have to blog about it or anything (although I certainly won’t stop you from doing so); just spread the word! I will randomly choose a winner on Monday, July 6th!
Wow, happy anniversary 😀
To many, many more!
Katie xox
Congrats on your 1 year anniversary. I always look forward to your new posts. Thanks for sharing such great recipes 🙂
Woah, nice give away! Those are some seriously exciting goodies!!! You’re so sweet!
And CONGRATS on the anniversary / almost 100 posts. It goes by fast, doesn’t it???
Congratulations on a year of blogging! That’s so exciting. The chocolate cookies look seriously delicious, as does the tart! You’ve been a busy blogger. And those towels that you embellished are too cute. I love the way the green at the bottom is so similar to the green polka dots of your blog background.
awesome job on both challenges! your pictures are fantastic!! congrats on your blogiversary 🙂
Congratulations on one year of blogging, how cool that it almost coincided with 100 posts! And what an awesome little selection of goodies!
I came to look for your cookies and now I get to say CONGRATULATIONS on your upcoming anniversary with your blog!! Great job! Keep up the good work.
Happy anniversary. Wow, 96 posts in one year. That’s quite an accomplishment.
Btw, you cookies look great.
Yummy pictures, yummy treats and a wonderful anniversary! Hope you had the happiest of days!
Ohh.. Happy Anniversary! Your posts and photos are always amazing..and you’ve really motivated me to step outside my cooking comfort zone!
Hi Melissa!
Mazel Tov (Congratulations) on your 1 year anniversary- that’s so exciting and quite an accomplishment. I am a new reader of your blog, but I must admit, I’m already hooked. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing all your baking adventures. Your site is a pleasure to visit, and your posts are simply inspiring!
Great job on this week’s SMS selection. I’d love for you to stop by my site if you have a chance to take a look at my cookies too! Have a wonderful rest of your week and I hope to talk again after we make the next SMS recipe 🙂
-Joy
I like to stop by every once in awhile and just look. There are less calories that way. I am always impressed by your abilities in cooking and photographing your beautiful food.
Congratulations,
auntie g
congrats and happy anniversary
i love blogging and discovering new ones
What a Yummy Anniversary !
Thanks for the great recipes!
Jan
Congratulations on your anniversary!
I’m definitely making the Double Dark Cherry cookies for the upcoming holiday . . . my FIL LOVES cherry/chocolate recipes!
Congrats on your 1 year. Those goodies are pretty cool, I know I would love to use them.
Is the giveaway still open. I hope so. Such a sweet treat for all of your readers.
Anna S.
Happy anniversary! Thank you for all of your posts.
happy, happy anniversary on your blog!!! love your blog and cannot wait for what this next year in blogdom has to bring you 🙂
Congratulations! The giveaway looks awesome!
Congratulations on the year! Glad you were able to blog so frequently…
This all looks delicious!! I make all my Christmas presents every year, and all this would really help! And the dishtowels just happen to match my kitchen-yay!
Oh, and Happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!! That is a great collection of stuff. So many yummy things and just plain fun stuff. Thanks for the chance!!!!
wow, your blog is so much fun! thanks for sharing all of that deliciousness with all of us! that package of goodness you are giving away is AMAZING…i seriously hope i win:)
Happy Anniversary! What a lovely little giveaway
happy anniversary, that is so exciting. your treats look great.
Happy Happy Anniversary – and hear’s to all the ones to come.
Happy anniversary and thanks for the lovely giveaway! Looking at your pictures made me hungry even though I had a very big (and late) lunch.
Happy Anniversary! What a great prize! Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy Bloggerversary!!!
Love your cookies & tart.
Whoa what a fantastic prize! This might even get me back in the kitchen and cooking again! Crossing my fingers that I have the lucky number!
Happy Anniversary! You have a really cool blog!
Happy Anniversary! I love your Blog!!!
Happy Anniversary!!!
Happy Anniversary! Thank-you for sharing the joy with us!