Thanks to all who participated in the recent giveaways! Was it your lucky day?

Dominos $20 Gift Card:  Kelly

Nestle Cherry Raisinets:  Ky2here

Vitatops:  Cheryl F.

Cardstore $50 gift card:  Desiree

Scentsy:  Jennifer R.

Martha Stewart Prize Pack:  Heather M.

Whole Foods Gift Card:  Jessie C.

Stride Rite $40 gift card:  Nicole C.

Bake Me a Wish:  Jeanine

Trendy Brandy:  Tina S.

Little Tikes: Annmarie W.

Congrats to all the winners! You will all be sent an email shortly. Please respond within 72 hours to claim your prize!

With Mother’s Day just a few short days away, I am sure you have been searching for the perfect gift for your Mom.  While I am sure your Mom would love another toaster, homemade pot holder or picture frame, try to think outside the box this year….think inside the oven!  Bake Me a Wish, an online company offering gourmet gift cakes, asked me to participate in a Mother’s Day Monday giveaway!

After having worked with Bake Me a Wish in the past, I knew I would love the opportunity to try another one of their decadent creations.  Just to refresh your memory, a little about Bake Me a Wish:

“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.”

In honor of Mothers everywhere, Bake Me a Wish has come up with some special gift ideas that really take the cake!  I had the opportunity to try the new Chocolate Truffle Lava Cakes which were unbelievable.  For just $39.95, your Mom will receive four lava cakes which, after heating in the microwave, are little round slices of heaven.  The warm chocolate cake is taken to a whole new level when the rich chocolate liquid spills out of the center! Divine!  The cakes arrived perfectly packaged and can be boxed with a card you can personalize online.

Need more incentive to buy?  This year, Bake Me a Wish will donate 5% of each Mother’s Day order to Rosie’s Broadway Kids!

Is your mouth watering yet?  Want to have your cake and eat it, too?  You are in luck!  There are many ways to win your very own Mother’s Day creation from Bake Me a Wish!

You can win your choice of Mother’s Day cakes right here at Experimental Mommy, and you can win a cake on each one of the participating Mother’s Day Monday blogs (The Thrifty and Chic Mom, Eighty MPH Mom, Parenting Squad, Cool Baby Kid, The Classy Mommy, Potamus Prefers and Shop with me Mama)!

How to enter:

1. Visit Bake Me a Wish and tell me which product you would choose if you won!

Additional entries:

1. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog and Bake Me a Wish (10 extra entries).

2. Follow me (@BridgetteLA) and @BakeMeaWish on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway using #mothersdaymonday. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)

3. Subscribe to my blog.

4. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and Bake Me a Wish on Facebook.

5. Place my blog banner on your sidebar.

6. Subscribe to my Feed.

7.  Subscribe to Bake Me a Wish’s newsletter!

8.  Purchase a cake from Bake Me a Wish and receive an extra entry.

BONUS GIVEAWAY!!  BONUS GIVEAWAY!!

Bake Me a Wish is feeling generous and will be giving away TWO additional BONUS cakes during the Mother’s Day Monday promotion!  Win a cake by entering directly on the Facebook page of Bake Me a Wish by telling them your best story about your mom and cake!  Or if you have been blogging for at least one year, blog about the contest and paste your link on the Bake Me a Wish blog post on Monday, May 3rd.

Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on May 8th. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.

This product review is the opinion of the Experimental Mommy. Other may have a different experience with the product. I was not compensated for this review other than a product sample provided by Bake Me a Wish. All opinions are 100% mine.

Lots of giveaways have ended recently, so it’s time to hand out the prizes! Congrats to the following winners:

Aunt Jemima Pancakes: Amber G.

Disposer Care:  Kathy S.

Hasbro Game Night:  Nad

Fresh Organics:  Clarissa N.

Sandra Magsamen Ceramic Plaque:  Clarissa N.

Weil Baby Newborn Gift Set:  Kim

Sweet Dreams Maternity Gift Card:  Laura D.

Beaute de Maman products:  Janna J., Charlene K., Rosa

Safety 1st:  Patti H.

Alpha Sherpa Backpack:  Susan

Copper Gifts Cookie Set:  Samantha

Bake Me a Wish Cake: Jillian

Warm Biscuit Treat Bag: Sylvia

Frito Lay Tailgating:  Ali

Bed Bouquet:  Chris and Heather C.

FoldTuk:  Joanne P.

Thanks to everyone for participating and visiting these awesome sponsors!  If you are a winner, you will be emailed shortly.  Please claim your prize within 72 hours of the email, or prize will be forfeited.

There is something about when the season changes and the air turns cooler that makes me crave spice cake, carrot cake and all things Fall!  I love lighting cinnamon candles, baking pumpkin muffins and hanging the Fall wreath.  The sights, smells, and tastes of Fall are heavenly!

Falling  into Fall Giveaway #7:  Bake Me a Wish

Some of my favorite Halloween memories from my childhood take place surrounded by friends and family at my home where we had Halloween parties every year.  Dressing up, Trick or Treating, playing games and eating caramel apples were all a blast!  So, when I found the Caramel Apple Crumb Cake from Bake Me a Wish, I knew it would be a perfect treat for Fall!

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.”

When the Caramel Apple Crumb Cake arrived, I couldn’t wait to cut into it!  From the moment I opened the box, the aroma of cinnamon filled the air.  The cake was not only delicious and moist, but was beautiful as well.  The packaging was perfect and would make a great hostess gift for holiday parties.

This holiday season, why spend hours in the kitchen creating the perfect dessert when you can have it delivered to your doorstep?  Bake Me a Wish offers many varieties of cakes including a Magic Bar Brownie Cake, a Red Velvet Chocolate Cake, and a Boston Cream Cake.

Want to try the fabulous flavors at Bake Me a Wish?  They have generously offered one lucky reader their choice of a Carrot Cake or Caramel Apple Cake of their very own!

Don’t forget to enter at What Mommies Need!  We will be combining entries and pulling one winner when this giveaway ends!

How to enter:

1. Visit Bake Me a Wish and let me know another cake that you would love to eat!

Additional entries:

1. Sign up for Bake Me a Wish’s email updates.

2. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog and Bake Me a Wish.

3. Follow me on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)

4. Subscribe to my blog.

5. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog on Facebook.

6. Favorite me in Technorati!

7.  Enter at What Mommies Need and receive an extra entry here!

Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on October 23rd. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.

Time to announce some lucky winners!  Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaways!

Tupperware Chain of Confidence:  JoeyfromSC

Shappy Apple Dress:  Kiley S

Bake me a Wish:  Peggy G

Surf Sweets:  Lori A.

The Studio by Danielson Designs: Kristy H.

Wanchai Ferry:  Janet C.

Career Bags:  Dana

Palmetto Kids:  Shelly

PUR Water Pitcher:  Barbara W.

CONGRATS to all the winners!  You will all be emailed shortly.  Please reply with the requested info within 72 hours to claim your prize!

A cake from Bake Me a Wish will be the perfect ending to a perfect 35th birthday!  How can you go wrong with chocolate?

One Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie Cake from Bake Me a Wish, two daughters, one husband, Hannah Montana party accessories and the birthday girl…ME!  About Bake Me a Wish:

“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.”

Light the candles, turn off the lights, sing Happy Birthday and DIG IN!  What a fun review!

Because both girls had surgery yesterday, the last thing on my mind was my own birthday.  So what an incredible surprise when a brownie cake from Bake Me a Wish appeared at my doorstep!  Short of winning the lottery, this is the best surprise for this chocoholic!  When I got home from work, I stepped into a dining room covered in Hannah Montana party decorations (guess who picked out the party theme?).  Lily was quick to tell me that a cake had arrived and she wanted to eat it!  So, after removing it from the refrigerator and letting it thaw for about 30 minutes, we dove in!  I was a little concerned that a brownie cake would be too dense, but I was completely wrong!  This was an absolutely divine chocolate cake!  Definitely not too dense and not too sweet, it was perfect with a tall glass of cold milk!  Here is the description:

“Our moist & fudgy brownie cake goes through three chocolate “passes” before it’s “done”: first it’s enrobed in rich chocolate, then it gets completely blanketed with a shower of dark chocolate shaves; last, the cake is finished with milk and dark chocolate glazes drizzled all over and the Belgian chocolate plaque of your choice; for a brownie dessert that’s over-the-top-triple-delicious!”

I have received flowers and cookie bouquets for various occasions, but never have a received a cake!  What a fabulous idea!  Bake Me a Wish has many different cakes to choose from including Red Velvet Chocolate Cake, Caramel Apple Crumb Cake, and a Cookies and Creme Cake.  From my experience with this company, I would not hesitate to order and send a cake to a loved one to help them celebrate.  The cakes were fresh, pretty, and delicious while the customer service was impeccable.  And the best part is that the prices are very reasonable.  The brownie cake I received can be purchased for $39.95!

Bake Me a Wish allows you to do something “sweet” for our Troops overseas!  Five percent of every cake order goes to Operation: Birthday Cake.  Together with Soldiers’ Angels, Bake Me a Wish delivers cakes to soldiers overseas on their birthday.  In addition, for $75, you can have a Freedom Cake delivered to your loved one and Bake Me a Wish will send an additional cake to a soldier overseas in the name of your recipient.  The brownie cake is covered in creamy fudge frosting an sprinkled in red, white and blue.

Want to celebrate my birthday with me?  Grab a plate and a fork and win a Bake Me a Wish Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie Cake right here!

How to enter:

1. Visit Bake Me a Wish and let me know another cake that you would love to eat!

Additional entries:

1. Sign up for Bake Me a Wish’s email updates.

2. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog and Bake Me a Wish.

3. Follow me on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)

4. Subscribe to my blog.

5. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog on Facebook.

6. Favorite me in Technorati!

Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on August 15th. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.