Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Big 30K Giveaway Terms and Conditions


Big 30K Giveaway "Terms and Conditions"
Giveaway Terms & Conditions

Unless otherwise noted in the giveaway post: 
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. HOW TO ENTER: Follow Rafflecopter instructions on the post.

2. ELIGIBILITY: Prizes are open to winners 18 years of age anywhere worldwide; but certain prizes may only be shipped to certain countries. 

3. WINNERS SELECTION: Winners will be selected within 24 hours after the close of the event from among all ELIGIBLE entries received during the Giveaway. Winners will be determined at random using Rafflecopter or Random.org. Winners will be contacted via email and will be announced only after they have responded to confirm.  Winners will have 36 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be selected.

4. PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE: Prize value is listed on each individual giveaway. Odds of winning prize are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.  Sponsors awarding custom baked goods such as cookies, cake pops, cupcakes, brownie bites, cookie wands, etc., will design and deliver goods at their sole discretion. 

5. GENERAL: Subject to all federal, state and local laws/regulations. Neither Peggy Does Cake, the Sponsors, nor any affiliates will have any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize or participation in these promotions. Acceptance of a prize shall be construed as and signify the winner’s agreement and consent that Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors may use the winner’s name, voice, likeness and/or prize information, without limitation, for promotional purposes without further consideration, review, approval or payment, where allowed by law. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of Peggy Does Cake and the Sponsors, which are final and binding in all respects.

6. INTERNET: Neither Peggy Does Cake nor the Sponsors are responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. If, for any reason, the promotions are not capable of running as planned for any reason, Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway and select the winners by random drawing from among all eligible entries received from all methods combined up to the point of the action taken by Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors.

7. SPONSOR: Peggy Does Cake is the host of the giveaway and is in no way to be considered the Sponsor, unless the giveaway specifically discloses that Peggy Does Cake is the Sponsor of a particular prize component. The Sponsors are deemed to be the parties providing the products for the giveaway. The Sponsors are responsible for shipment and delivery of giveaway products, unless otherwise specified.

8. DISCLOSURE: Peggy Does Cake may or may not have received the same prize and/or compensation in order to facilitate a review for giveaway purposes. The comments made within the post are in no way reviewed, edited, or influenced by any parties, including any Sponsors. All opinions are 100% that of Peggy Does Cake.

Friday, June 1, 2012

20,000 Fan Giveaway Terms and Conditions


Giveaway Terms & Conditions

Unless otherwise noted in the giveaway post:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. HOW TO ENTER: Follow Rafflecopter instructions on my Facebook fan page:  https://www.facebook.com/PeggyDoesCake

2. ELIGIBILITY: All prizes are open to winners 18 years of age anywhere worldwide. 

3. WINNERS SELECTION: Winners will be selected within 24 hours after the close of the event from among all ELIGIBLE entries received during the Giveaway. Winners will be determined at random using Rafflecopter or Random.org. Winners will be announced on the giveaway post and contacted via email. Winners will have 24 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be selected.

4. PRIZE/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE: Prize value is listed on each individual giveaway. Odds of winning prize is dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.

5. GENERAL: Subject to all federal, state and local laws/regulations. Neither Peggy Does Cake, the Sponsors, nor any affiliates will have any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize or participation in these promotions. Acceptance of a prize shall be construed as and signify the winner’s agreement and consent that Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors may use the winner’s name, voice, likeness and/or prize information, without limitation, for promotional purposes without further consideration, review, approval or payment, where allowed by law. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of Peggy Does Cake and the Sponsors, which are final and binding in all respects.

6. INTERNET: Neither Peggy Does Cake nor the Sponsors are responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. If, for any reason, the promotions are not capable of running as planned for any reason, Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway and select the winners by random drawing from among all eligible entries received from all methods combined up to the point of the action taken by Peggy Does Cake or the Sponsors.

7. SPONSOR: Peggy Does Cake is the host of the giveaway and is in no way to be considered the Sponsor, unless the giveaway specifically discloses that Peggy Does Cake is the Sponsor of a particular prize component. The Sponsors are deemed to be the parties providing the products for the giveaway. The Sponsors are responsible for shipment and delivery of giveaway products, unless otherwise specified.

8. DISCLOSURE: Peggy Does Cake may or may not have received the same prize and/or compensation in order to facilitate a review for giveaway purposes. The comments made within the post are in no way reviewed, edited or influenced by any parties, including any Sponsors. All opinions are 100% that of Peggy Does Cake.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

RECIPE: Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting


Start with a batch of SMBC (try my favorite recipe here) and incorporate room temperature caramel. You can use anything from store bought ice cream topping like this (which works “okay,” but you won’t get the best results this way) to homemade caramel (nom nom nom). Let's make some homemade caramel together real fast!

Remember to work quickly, caramel is temperamental if you don’t hold your mouth just right.

For the caramel:
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons water
½ cup heavy whipping cream

Heat sugar and water in small saucepan on low, stirring at first to incorporate and then swirling the pan instead of stirring as the sugar melts. Continue cooking on low, being sure to swirl the mixture as it warms. Don’t stir it and don’t let it get too hot. When the sugar is melted, increase heat to medium/medium high and bring to a boil. Set timer and boil for 2 minutes. Only when the timer dings can you swirl the pan again - and continue cooking until mixture takes on an amber tone. Remove from heat immediately. Be careful to not overcook – this can burn quickly and unexpectedly. As soon as mixture is removed from heat, count to 5 to avoid splatter, and pour cream in slowly and carefully while whisking.

There are lots of variations of caramel, here’s a fabulous version that incorporates butter.  Swoon!

Remember to incorporate COOLED caramel into your Swiss meringue. After icing is piped (preferably over a chocolate cupcake), sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt.  LOVELY!

This method works great with crusting American buttercream, too.  Find my favorite recipe for that here!

I'll be back to add photos to this post on Monday!

Oven's on; I'll be back soon!

~ Peggy

Sunday, April 29, 2012

The "Thank You" Post!



April has been a LONG month and as it’s coming to an end, so has my “Peggy Does Cake Big 10K Giveaway” come to an end.

I want to take a minute to congratulate all my winners. Many of you who entered are fellow bakers I consider a friend. Thank you so much for your participation and most of all, your support! (Click photos for enlargements.)
Week 1 Winners
Week 2 Winners
Week 3 Winners
Week 4 Winners
Week 5 Winners
Finally, I want to take a minute to thank my sponsors! This could never have happened without them to "back" me, and I know without their support and amazing patience I could have never pulled this off. I especially could have never managed to award $1,200 worth of prizes! 

One final shout out is in order for them, so here, in alphabetical order, I’d like to thank each of them from the bottom of my heart:
  • Baked: $30 Amazon Gift certificate
  • Beater Blade: $35 gift set including a ZestN'est and a MixerMate Bowl
  • Cakes by Dusty: $10 Amazon gift card
  • Cakes by Kerrin: $22 ecrandel copper cookie cutter
  • Cakes by Raewyn: $30 Amazon gift card
  • Cakes Décor: Three (3!) custom t-shirts
  • Casey's Confections: $50 set of custom cookies
  • Coppergifts.com: $25 gift certificate
  • CorrieCakes: $50 set of custom cookies
  • Design Me A Cake: $26 tutorial DVD
  • Dillicious Cakes: $40 gift set including upper and lower case funky tappits and Pampered Chef spatula
  • Fondarific: $120 gift certificate
  • House of the Rising Cake: $25 custom hedgehog tutorial
  • The Little Red Wagon: $15 gift certificate
  • mycakeschool.com: Free 1 year membership ($30 value)
  • Not Just Cakes by Annie: $20 Americolor food color set from Amazon
  • Royal Bakery: $30 custom monogrammed apron
  • SugarEd Productions: $52 pair of tutorial DVDs
  • Smidge N Pinch: $20 gift certificate
  • Sugarbelle: $50 set of custom cookies
  • SugarMommas Custom Cakes: $40 set of custom cake pops
  • Sweet Tweets: $16 CopperGifts.com hedgehog cookie cutter
  • Sweetopia: $100 spring gift set (sponsored by Ticings)
  • Sweet-T-cakeS: $40 set of custom holiday minis
  • The Baking Sheet: $50 gift set including “The Baking Sheet” t-shirt, Ateco stainless steel teardrop spatula, Batter Daddy batter separator, and 1,000 Ideas for Decorating Cupcakes, Cookies and Cakes
  • The Designer Cake Company: $50 Amazon gift card
  • The Little Salmons Baker: $30 Amazon gift card
  • Torta Couture: $50 Amazon gift card
  • Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen:  $25 Global Sugar Art gift certificate

Look for some new cakes and some picture tutorials coming in the month of May.  Also, in June, we’ll be having another giveaway (but this one will be just ONE, haha, not an entire month of giveaways!).

Oven’s on – I’ll be back soon! xx

~ Peggy

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Week 5 - Final Week!



The fat lady is just on the verge of singing.
The fat lady has sung!  
Contest is over! Congratulations to our winners! (See winner names at the end of each week's post.)
Welcome to Week 5, our final week of the month-long “Peggy Does Cake Big 10K Giveaway”! Our contest opens Monday, April 23, and runs through midnight, Saturday, April 28, 2012.  

Our final drawing is Sunday, April 29.

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:
Once again we’ll have two (2) winners this week for the following prizes:
Prize Package #1:
“What a Bratt!” prize package 
(YAY, this prize can be won by anyone, anywhere in the world, must be 18 at time of entry):
Prize Package #2:
“Fat Lady Singing” prize package
(Due to shipping constraints and other circumstances beyond my control, prize package #2 is open to U.S. residents only, must be 18 at time of entry):
(**We are excited about accommodating our winner, but custom prizes will be awarded as allowed by the schedule of our sponsors. Final design and delivery date of custom cake pops will be determined by our sponsor, SugarMomma’s Custom Cakes, at her sole discretion.)


HOW YOU ENTER:
CONTEST IS OVER!
Congratulations to our winners:
  1. Stephanie Hancock Dill, Mississippi
  2. Gaby De Francesco, Argentina
It’s SUPER easy to enter! This week you will have six (6) chances to win! Just follow the simple directions using the Rafflecopter widget here:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

No comment necessary to win, but feel free to leave one!

Good luck!

~ Peggy

BORING STUFF (Contest Details):
Winners will be chosen randomly and will be contacted via email on April 29th.
If any winner doesn’t respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.
See Terms and Conditions HERE.

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