This contest is now closed. The randomly chosen winner is Tina. Congratulations!
As you know birthdays come frequently at our house. The spring is an especially busy time as we celebrate four birthdays in six weeks. Let’s just say I am ready for break from cake after April! I love baking my own cakes for the kids, it is cheaper and tastes so much better! Sometimes I spend hours creating the perfect Barbie masterpiece and other times I need a little help getting a birthday cake done in time.
I was so excited when Wilton asked me if I would like to experiment with their new line of birthday products. When the box arrived my children were literally squealing with delight as the looked through all the adorable cake toppers and cupcake wraps. Have you ever seen a cupcake wrap? I hadn’t until a few weeks ago, they take your cupcakes from blah to wow, in about 15 seconds!
My girls eagerly picked out all the princess decorations and got busy planning their birthday cakes and cupcakes. What I loved about these decorating helps from Wilton is that they make it easy to decorate a cake. Even a novice cake decorator can have professional looking cakes using a few accessories.
Last week my husband had surgery right before my daughter’s birthday. My cake baking time was limited, but I was able to make a princess cake using some of the princess decorations from Wilton. She was thrilled with her simple but cute cake (she wanted me to draw her on the top of the cake in her new dress), and I was happy I didn’t have to spend a few hours creating our next masterpiece.
I am convinced that sprinkles and a few decorations can make any average cake an awesome cake. You don’t have to be a professional cake decorator to create great looking cakes for significantly less than the store bought cakes.
Wilton wants to give one of my readers the opportunity to try out some of their newest birthday products. I am sure the winner will be as impressed as I was at this cute line of decorating products. I am eagerly awaiting each birthday so I can try out another accessory!
This package, which has $180 dollars worth of cake decorating products, including pans, gels, sprinkles, and toppers is sure to turn even a novice cake decorator into a pro! To enter to win leave a comment telling me whether you normally bake or buy cakes. I will pick a random winner on Saturday February 27, 2010.
I’m a baker. I love to make cut-out cakes for my kids birthdays, and it really doesn’t matter how “professional” they turn out, my kids think they’re wonderful, and that’s all that matters!
I usually try to bake, and even took two levels of Wilton classes to do so. My kids are always glad to have something that mom made by hand and don’t even care how fancy or perfect they are.
One of the best things about having kids!
I normally buy cakes, however my mother always made the most wonderful cakes from scratch for the 4 of us when we were little. I am hoping to someday hone her talent for social gatherings and food
I almost always bake the girls’ cakes. Sometimes I will buy one in a crunch. I do love to make them myself. I love Wilton products!
Hello. Thank you for the chance to win such a great giveaway! I love to bake cakes and any kind of dessert really
My sons have holiday birthdays so it is easy to decorate Oct. 31 and July 4. Have a great day and thanks again!
IF I HAVE THE TIME I PREFER MAKING MY OWN CAKES!! MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME AT A VERY YOUNG AGE HOW TO DECORATE CAKES- MY FIRST EVER WAS A HEART SHAPED ONE AND SHE STILL HAS THE PIC 25 YEARS LATER!!!!
Mostly just make my own cakes, unless it’s an ice cream cake. The most creative cake I’ve made was just a 12 layer cake. I haven’t gotten crazy w/ decoration and shapes and all.
I normally bake my kids’ cakes and my husband uses his newly discovered talent of cake decorating.
I LOVE to bake cakes. I’ll take any excuse to bake. My decorating skills can use some help, I normally stick to just frosting and either nut or fruit decorations.
i make my own. last year was an elmo cake for the little man and “baseball” for his older brother. thanks!
When my oldest daughter was one I spent $75 on a Winnie the Pooh cake for her first birthday. The cake was adorable but $75!?!? And I had to supply the Pooh mold for the top of the cake. By the time her 3rd birthday came around baby #2 was on the way and I decided to try it on my own with a little help from a good friend. Since then I’ve been hooked on making and decorating my own. Now we have 3 little ones and I look forward to each birthday. I get to use my creativity and the kids are always so proud that “Mommy made it!” (as they always announce).
I always bake. Not only is it much cheaper, but my kids prefer it that way
Wow! This is an awesome giveaway! I usually make birthday cakes myself. We don’t do cakes, though. We do cupcakes.
I love Wilton products. I have never used the cupcake wraps, but they look really cute! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I had been buying cakes, but then lately I’ve been making them. I actually made an ice cream cake for my son’s birthday last month – I was SO proud of myself!
In the past, I’ve bought many cakes. But, in recent years I’ve really enjoyed making and decorating my own. I’d LOVE this set!! Count me in!
Always bake a fresh one, made with love!
I always bake, but I don’t always decorate.
We love to make our own birthday cakes. My kids especially like to pick out the cake decorations for their cake.
I bake and buy. If my kids want a cake that is to detailed for me to make I will buy it, otherwise we make them together.
i use to buy but have recently began baking and decorating my own – i love it and even though i am no good at it yet, this stuff would come in very handy
home made 98% of the time
I love Wilton and would adore having this giveaway.
I normally just order a cake from the bakery when I need one. But this kit is very neat, I would love to try my hand at baking one!! Wish me luck!!
I bake cupcakes. My 6 yr old has to take snacks to school once a month and he always wants cupcakes. The kids in his class would love some fancy decorated cupcakes!
I ALWAYS bake my own birthday cakes. And I learn something new with each one I try! It’s either the cheapskate in me or another oppoprtunity to give my kids a memory especially for each one, by taking the time to make their cake! It’s a challenge some times but worth it in the end!
This kit would be super fun to win!!
I always bake cakes! Apparantly, I am the go-to cupcake lady!
I’m definitely a bake from scratch birthday cake baker, but I’m not usually too happy with the decorating aspect. With two birthdays around Christmas and New Year’s, I’m usually pressed for time to make the cake.
I had been buying them but over the last few years realized I can do this and it is lots of fun to see what I can create
I buy the box mix and bake…nothing really fancy…I think I am going to take up an idea that I saw on another blog and let the kids start to decorate their own cakes.
At first my kids think they need a store bought cake. Then I talk to them about making their own cakes at home. They like amking the decisions about flavors, colors, or frosting. Plus, decorating is very fun!
I try to bake cakes, but usually for big things I end up buying them- It’s more fun to bake your own and decorate it though!
I have bought my share of birthday cakes, but am starting to try and bake my own these days!!
My 15 year old daughter LOVES to bake! Our family benefits from her efforts.
I grew up with my mom always decorating our cakes so it never really occurred to me to do it any other way. My decorating is no where near my mother’s level, but I still give it my best shot
I usually bake a cake. It is almost always plain or with a few sprinkles. I have always wanted to take a class at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s, but we don’t have one where I live. This is a great giveaway!
I normally buy their cake. But for school I make their favorite cupcakes to take & share with their class. I did make their birthday cakes a couple of times. My most memorable one was for one of my son’s first birthday. It was humpty dumpty. That was fun. Thanks for the chance to win. That would be soooo awesome!!!
I like to bake my cakes from scratch. They aren’t the prettiest since I’m a novice at decorating but the cake itself tastes amazing! Way better then a store bought one. I like my cakes to be moist but also a little bit dense. Those decorations look super cute.
When my kids were little I made all kinds of creative cakes. But now I usually just buy one if it’s for my hubby since they are all grown
I usually buy their favorite cake for birthdays but will make one for other occasions!
I bake every day cakes and buy special occasion cakes b/c I’m not much of a decorator. But I would *love* to be better at it. Thank you for the giveaway!
I have to bake all of our cakes because my 6 year old daughter has an egg allergy. I would love to win this kit!
I make AND buy cakes…depending on the occasion! I LOVE making cupcakes though! =)
A few years ago I started baking birthday cakes. My sweet little Delaney always
wants a homemade cake. My decorating skills are getting a little better . The wilton
package looks like so muck fun.
Thank You,
Patti
my 4yo daughter & i LOVE to bake together.
I like to bake cupcakes, I love Wilton they offer so many decorating ideas to use thats more fun than buying to see what I can create, I took a wilton cake decorating class and was hooked to buy more tips just to see what I can create on tops of yummy cupcakes, they showed us how to make the cutest little funny glowns on them, thanks
sewitupjulie at gmail dot com
I buy them for my 5 yr old grandson as a treat every so often, but I’d love to start making them & try to decorate him some cute ones to eat and he would enjoy helping me make them i’m sure, thank you great giveaway
sherrya1210 at yahoo dot com
I’ve never baked their cake (then again we’ve only had one birthday party), but I would love to do it in the future! Have 2 birthdays to celebrate soon!
We almost always bake our cakes, but we will occasionally buy a cake. When I find the money and the time, I’d really like to take a cake decorating class!
I used to buy a theme cake, but last year I started making them instead. I will have a 4 year old next week, and he can’t wait for Mommy to make his Nemo cake!