Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter and answer my questions.  I appreciate the feedback and will be looking to incorporate some of the ideas into the blog in the new year!

I hope Jenny will let us know how her course goes and send us some pictures to drool over!

WIN A CLASS AT PLANET CAKE!!!

Have you always wanted to give a Planet Cake course a go?  Well now is your chance!  Planet Cake have generously donated a $500 voucher to the Cakes and More blog, and now it’s up to one lucky Cake Friend to win it!

Make sure you read the prize & entry information!

So what do you need to do?

Simple a $500 voucher warrants 5 things that you need to do.

1. You’ll need to be registered with the blog to be able to comment,  you need to comment on this post!
2. Make sure your email address is real so I can contact you and to if necessary update where you are from.
3. Please tell me what you found to be the most useful piece of information on the Cakes and More Blog.
4. Please tell me at least one other thing you would like to see on the blog that you would find useful.
5. Which class are you interested in doing?

Prize & Entry Information

• Prize is for a Planet Cake COURSE ONLY, it does not cover any travel or accommodation
• The class the prize winner chooses must be at an appropriate skill level, Planet Cake reserve the right to alter the course if the participants skill level is not appropriate.
• Class must also have availability.
• If the winner chooses a course that is over the voucher amount they are responsible for paying the remaining amount.
• The voucher is valid for 12 months from the date of issue.
• The voucher may be used for classes in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.
• National and International Cake Friends can apply but will be responsible for all their own travel and accommodation costs, our suggestion is if you can’t afford to get here next year to use the voucher then don’t enter.
• Prize will be drawn using a random number generator, please ensure your email address for registration is current, including where you are from will be helpful also.
• Contest ends on November 30th.
• Winner announced and contacted December 1st.
• Details on how to register for the class will be provided to the winner at the close of the contest.

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Cakes and More would like to thank Paris Cutler and all the folks at Planet Cake for this exciting and generous donation!  We hope our Cake Friends will take full use of this amazing opportunity.

GOOD LUCK!

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The schedule is here http://www.ancda.org/sugar_craft.htm (there are clear contact details if you need to ask any questions).

VENUE:
CITIGATE HOTEL
169 -179 Thomas St
SYDNEY
23rd – 28th August 2009
Entries close 1st July 2009

The Competition is open to all financial members affiliated with the Australian National Cake Decorators’ Association Incorporated (ANCDA) and also International Delegates and any other interested persons attending the National Seminar

EDIT 22/06/09: A reminder that entries for the National Competition close 1st July.

Congratulations to Barbara and Pam.

Here are the fun, and creative entries that have won them both a prize.

 Could you please come back later, I am not dressed yet!

I told you we would end up skinny if we kept feeding HER the drinks !!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter, all the entries were, funny and interesting, so your time and thought is appreciated!

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to The Cupcake Courier.

Photos courtesy of Barbara and Pam

Would you like to win a set to try out?

Due to a delay in receiving the Planet Cake book (so there’s still loads of time to enter that competition too make sure you do that here – “Win the New Planet Cake Book Competition”), we are running a new competition to keep your busy in the meantime!

We have one set each of Cupcake Savvy’s new Couture Cupcake Wrappers.

One set is being set aside to be included with the Planet Cake book when it arrives, so make sure you enter that competition too!

So now how to go about entering to win one of the other three sets?

I’m looking for your favourite cupcake recipe!  Leave a comment with a link to your favourite recipe online or use the contact form to send me your favourite cupcake recipe.  I’ll be picking the 3 most interesting looking ones, and they will each receive a set of Couture Cupcake Wrappers to try out!  In addition each recipe will be featured on the blog.

While the Planet Cake Book Competition is open to international and local cake friends and continues to be.  This competition to win a set of Couture Cupcake Wrappers is only open to local cake friends.  International cake friends should check out their local suppliers for wrappers like this as particularly in the US they are more readily available (in the USA, ShopBakersNook is a good one).

You have until March 28 to get your entries in, winners will be announced on April 1st.

Photos courtesy of Cupcake Savvy

Would you like to win the new Planet Cake Book? Cakes & More have one to giveaway, well OK, I don’t have it in my hands just yet but it is on pre-order! :mrgreen:

So how can you go about winning one of these babies to add to your cake book collection?

To enter you simply need to post a comment here on this post telling me in 50 words or less how adding Planet Cake book to your collection would add value to your decorating. Feel free to be creative or funny, think carefully, only one entry per person.

The competition will close on April 1st.

Put those thinking caps on and have fun.

This competition is open to all cake friends Australia Wide and Internationally!

11/03/09 – So keep sending those entries in, the estimated delivery I’ve been given is April, so it’s not too late to enter, but so it doesn’t seem like a never ending competition, I’ll put a closing date of April 1st on the entries.  Remember that the winner will also receive a set of Couture Cupcake Wrappers courtesy of Cupcake Savvy, in association with our Cupcake Wrapper Competition. Thanks for your patience, keep getting creative with those entries.

While admittedly at times a somewhat harrowing process there is a lot to be learned and gained from entering a show, non more than simply the experience of doing so!

The fun part comes once the show is on and you can spend many an hour wondering round the exhibits, passing by the same ones again and again, seeing something new everytime!

The next “Challenge” will not be on till 2010 but in the meantime, the Royal Easter Show 2009 and many a smaller agricultural show (details to come in the future on some of them) are also worth having a crack at and just seeing what happens! Cakes & More wish to congratulate all it’s members who entered particularly the brave newcomers! Well done ladies.

Click the picture to see the photostream of all the pictures!