Recipes, Contests, and Kenmore Appliances...oh my!

I finally had the time today to do everything required to enter the Momma Cuisine and Kenmore "Favorite Family Recipe" contest! It's been on my to-do list for a while, and I'm so excited that I was able to write out my recipe, whip up a "sample", photograph it, and enter it.

My "famous" Raspberry Buttercream Layer Cake

This isn't the first "contest" I've entered a recipe in. I've had the privilege of having a few recipes selected to participate contests hosted and sponsored by The French Pastry School of Chicago. These were a little more intense, as I not only had to submit my recipe and a photograph when "applying", but if chosen to continue to the next round, I had to make my recipe and present it for judging. These events were all blind judged, and insanely competitive.

Momma Cuisine's contest is different in a few ways: there is no blind-judging, and I don't have to make a bunch of cakes for people to taste. Also, it's on Cookmore, a great site for anyone to create cookbooks, add twists to their own or others recipes, and just share recipes with the world.
The difficult part is that the contest is decided by public votes on which recipe is loved the most. Yikes!! Definitely need to network and bribe family and friends to vote for me!

Which... of course, you knew this was coming, I'd love for everyone to vote for my delightful cake recipe. It's the most requested dessert I get from my family and friends. It's my raspberry buttercream marbled layer cake. Very much a mouthful, but soooo worth it! Just go to www.cookmore.com/contest, and click on the heart next to my recipe to share your love.
I'm crossing my fingers to be one of the top 3. I love Kenmore, and a chance to get some of their appliances for free?!? Seriously, I'm in baking heaven!

After you're done voting for me ;) you can get my recipe on cookmore.com as well. And if you happen to live near me, I definitely have a large amount of cake left that's up for grabs!

Oh, how do I start...?

After taking a relatively lengthy amount of time, I've decided to start blogging. It's a random thought, but, for those who know me, I'm a random girl.

The odds were against me in making this blog. School, work, CEC, family, friends, my health, and of course, my dog, are all factors which demand my attention. Yet, I felt this tug to put into writing my thoughts, ideas, recipes, etc.


Thankfully, this is the beginning of spring break, so putting together a blog is actually feasible! Don't worry though, as many of my friends know, I tend to pull an ungodly amount of all nighters during the school year, so I'm sure I'll find time to post in a semi-regular fashion.

I'm so excited for what is to come, and I hope you are too!