Fall Festival: Bake Me a Wish Review and Giveaway

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Today's Fall Festival feature at Snafood:  
Cliff's Dinner Recipe

  Cuisinart Review and Giveaway!

Today's featured company on The Speedy Gourmet: Bake Me a Wish!

The name says it all!  These cakes are the things that we all wish for.  I was so thrilled when I found out I was going to be reviewing a Cookies and Cream Cake from Bake Me a Wish.

I waited patiently (okay, not really) for the cake to arrive and it was a happy moment when the UPS truck finally rolled down my court.   I ran inside with my cake and quickly opened it.  What I saw was a chocolate cake with cookie topping and it was calling my name.

A little bit about Bake Me a Wish from their website:

Bake Me a Wish! is the premium nationwide service for delivery of gourmet birthday cakes. Our cakes are made with only the finest, freshest ingredients by an award-winning family run New York bakery that also supplies pastries to some of Manhattan's most elite restaurants.

Through careful cost control and air-tight delivery systems, we are also happy to be able to bring you our fine cakes at an extremely affordable price. Now, whether it's your son in college, your trusted associate, your old friend, or your granddaughter across the country, you will always have a simple and wonderful way to remember them on that important day of the year.

Plus, with our Bake Me a Wish! Calendar, we can keep a record for you of any and all important birthdays so that you never accidentally forget the special people in your life. We will automatically send you a reminder asking if you would like to deliver a cake each time one of your selected dates is approaching.

We believe there is no better way to celebrate that special day of the year than to send a little indulgence from someone who cares.

Bake Me a Wish has cakes for all occasions - Birthday, Thank You, Congratulations, Anniversary, Get Well, and more!  The cakes also come with a greeting card that you can personalize.

One thing I really like at Bake Me a Wish is that they have an "Operation: Birthday Cake", where 5% of your order assists their efforts in sending birthday cakes to soldiers overseas...what a wonderful thing!

I really enjoyed my cake.  The cake I received is not the only flavor available, but I am going to let you take a look for yourself when you enter the giveaway below!

The Giveaway {CLOSED}

One reader will win the same Cookies and Cream Cake that I reviewed above!

Please leave email address (or set Blogger profile to public)

For first (and required) entry, head to the Bake Me a Wish website and take a look around. Come back and tell me in a comment, another item you would like to try!

Extra entry options:

Follow Bake Me a Wish on Twitter - 1 entry

Become a fan of Bake Me a Wish on Facebook - 1 entry

Sign up for the Bake Me a Wish Newsletter - 2 entries

Tweet this giveaway using this phrase: 
"Win a Cookies and Cream cake from Bake Me a Wish @speedygourmet! http://www.thespeedygourmet.net"
- 1 entry daily

Enter any current Fall Festival giveaway going on at Snafood,  and come back and tell me in comments which ones you entered

For even more extra entries, see The Speedy Gourmet "Giveaway Rules" page.

Giveaway ends October 12th at 9:00 p.m. (PST) 

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Fall Festival: Slow-cooked Brown Sugar Apples

Here is a sneak peek at an upcoming Review and Giveaway here at The Speedy Gourmet (Here is a little hint: Gooseberry Patch!)

Pace Szechuan Peanut Chicken

Pace Szechuan Peanut Chicken

I have had this recipe for a few years now, and it really is simple and delicious.  It is perfect for those nights when you have a hankering for Chinese food, but don't want to go out or order in.  Give it a shot and let me know what you think!

Szechuan Peanut Chicken

From: Campbell's Kitchen
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Serves: 4

NOTE:  I add a little bit of granulated sugar when I make this...you might do this to taste if you find it needs sugar.

Ingredients:
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into strips
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger or 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 small clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup Pace® Picante Sauce
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
3 green onions, thickly sliced (about 3/4 cup)
1/2 of a 16-ounce package thin spaghetti, cooked and drained (about 4 cups)
Green onion, thickly sliced
Directions:

Stir the chicken, soy, ginger and garlic in a medium bowl.

Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken mixture and stir-fry until it's well browned and cooked through. Remove the chicken mixture from the skillet and set it aside.

Stir the picante sauce, peanut butter and onions in the skillet. Return the chicken mixture to the skillet and heat until it's hot and bubbling. Serve over the spaghetti. Sprinkle with additional onions.

Nutrition Information
Calories 448, Total Fat 12g, Saturated Fat 2g, Cholesterol 67mg, Sodium 823mg, Total Carbohydrate 49g, Dietary Fiber 4g, Protein 35g, Vitamin A 5%DV, Vitamin C 4%DV, Calcium 4%DV, Iron 18%DV

Recipe and photo from Pace Foods and Campbell's Kitchen.  For more recipe ideas from pace, check out their recipe section!

Crockpot Pea Soup!

YUMMY FIND!

I found a really neat site today - Green-housetv.com. While I was looking around over there I found this recipe for Eric's Crockpot Pea Soup. It is from a neat guy named Eric...so I want to give credit to him, but I just had to share this! Thank you Eric - I cannot wait to try this!

Eric's Crock Pot Pea Soup Recipe on Howcast

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Buttermilk Biscuits - an Old Family Favorite!

I wanted to share this with you - it is one of my favorite recipes. My mom made these often, and the family would get so excited when we saw her mixing the ingredients. They are heavenly with butter and/or jelly!

Fall Festival Announcement (and extra entry info!)

It's almost here! That time of year that makes me think of comfort food, festive tableware, home cooked meals, yummy treats and fall gardening. Fall is just around the corner, and I am thrilled to tell you about this special event:

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Erin (Mrs. Cox's Slice o' Heaven and Snafood) and I are having a Fall Festival event starting September 28th! Snafood and The Speedy Gourmet will be featuring companies and products, doing product reviews and of course giveaways! If you'd like to receive extra entries into each giveaway, post the above button on your blog then comment below (extra entries won't count unless you have posted a comment here)!

For extra entries into Erin's giveaways, make sure you head over and comment on the Snafood announcement post! You can post the button from either of our blogs - just make sure you comment on the announcement posts on both of our food blogs!

BUTTON MUST BE POSTED BY SEPTEMBER 26TH FOR EXTRA ENTRIES!