Micki Wilde Giveaway!

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Today's Giveaway:












Giveaway Name: Nicki Wilde Painting 'The Early Girl Catches The Worm'

Painting Description:
* A one of a kind original painting on reclaimed wood, box frame.
* Size (roughly) 8x6 inches and 1 1/2 inch deep sides
* Ready to hang, painted black around the sides
* Created using acrylic paint, pitt pens, caran d'ache pencils, charcoal, various texture mediums and sealed with a matte varnish.
* Hand Signed, Titled and dated on the back.
* Will arrive gift wrapped.

***Please note the reclaimed wood used will have various nicks and dents in it which all adds to the unique charm and character of the painting :o) ***

About Micki Wilde:
The Secret Hermit is a one woman show run by myself 'Micki Wilde'.
When I'm not busy blogging, or being Mum to my 2 adorable children and wife to my wonderfully supportive husband, I am happily painting at my art table in my little house in Leicestershire UK making one of a kind, mixed media, whimsical creations.

Nicki Wilde's Links:

http://thesecrethermit.blogspot.com/
http://ukhandmade.ning.com/profile/MickiWilde


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Check Out Where I've Been Lately....

OK, so not only is this totally exciting, but I think it FINALLY gives the public an eye opening idea of just how ENDLESS the possibilities are when making a cake! Recently I was interviewed by one of the top blog sites, The Village Voice. During our interview I was asked all about the "hush hush" side of my business, erotic cake making! Take a peak into the stuff I bet you didn't know by clicking both links:

Interview 1

Interview 2

In other news about the "dark side" of my field, take a look! Sugar Mama has been featured in the Cheap Eats issue of Time Out New York!

Help Famous Chicago Bakery, Cake Girls!

In Karma Cakes, I highlight an organization or individual that uses baking to make the lives of others a little better. If you know of a bakery, organization or individual that does this please let us know. Mostly everyone I know that bakes, including myself, does it because it makes people happy. Then there are those that use baking as way to reach people in other ways like...

Although this may seem like old news, the impact of this devastating fire is still standing today. On the morning of March 29th Chicago's famous bakery, Cake Girls, burned to the ground. You may be familiar with Cake Girls innovative creations from Food Networks Cake Challenges and the show Amazing Wedding Cakes. The building was declared a total loss and condemned shortly after a Chicago firemen confirmed that the fire started on the residential second floor of the building at about 5:30 am.


Owners, sisters Brenda and Mary lost everything, and are now left with an entire staff out of work until they acquire enough money to reconstruct the bakery. Being a baker myself, I know the Maher sister's will not give up on their passions and dreams. These two ladies built this business from nothing and will not stop here. Here are a few of their breathtaking creations:




Please send your support to Cake Girls by purchasing a T-shirt in efforts to help the employees get by until the bakery is reassembled. I know I did, and also bought my employees T-shirts! Click HERE to help!

Guest Blogger: Nora Campisi of the Blog "Back To Brooklyn"

Every one loves getting guests and the Sugar Mama NYC blog is no exception. It's great to hear point of views, stories and great info from the world beyond my kitchen(and laptop). So when I find someone that I enjoy hearing from, I invite them (read: stalk them until they say yes) to pop in here and share with all of you. If you're interested in guest blogging, feel free to leave your info: name, email, blog link and maybe I'll be able to hang up my binoculars and night vision goggles. I hear the laws on stalking are getting kinda strict...
Now, without further ado, Introducing...

Guest Blogger: Nora Campisi, is a writer living on Long Island, New York, originally from Brooklyn. Get to know Nora better as she takes you "Back 2 Brooklyn" on her Blog and Twitter... enjoy!

Cinnamon crullers, dunked in hot oil, fried until golden brown, rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, remind me of the early 1970s when my maternal grandmother, a small woman with a thousand wrinkles on her face, would come over to my house to bake.

“Mary,” she’d say to my mother. “Set the big pot on the stove and heat the oil, proprio ora - right now!”

As my grandmother moved about my kitchen with the fluidity of a

dancer, she barked out orders for my mother to follow. At the time I was just a girl, secretly pleased that my mother – a woman never without an opinion at least when it came to me – had to comply.

The two generations of women worked in tandem. As my grandmother dumped the flour onto a cutting board, mixed in sugar, baking powder and formed a well in the middle, my mother grabbed a bowl and beat together vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla. My grandmother stood at the ready, flour dotting her nose, her eyeglasses. As Mom gradually poured the egg mixture into the well, my grandmother's capable hands turned the mixture into dough.

While they worked my grandmother took the time to find out “what was doing” with my mother – but she never asked direct questions. Instead, she indulged in the Italian version of “Can You Top This?” She focused on the accomplishments of her other children - my aunts and uncles - and waited for my mother to respond in kind.

Sometimes Mom bubbled over with stories about her own children – good stories that made my grandmother laugh as their hands worked over the dough. Other times, Mom didn’t have much to say – she was worried about one of us or all of us –– a child was failing in school; another was trying her patience – and so she kept silent as she kneaded the dough, which was then flattened across the kitchen table with a rolling pin, cut it into two-inch long strips and braided into ropes.

Still, my grandmother talked as she stood at the oil pot waving her slotted spoon.

“Mary – you move into this big house, and still no dining room table? When you gonna get one? Quando – when"?

“Soon, ma,” My mother, never explaining money was tight, rolled her eyes as she handed over the roped dough.

My grandmother made a face and dropped the crullers into the oil where they floated like buoys. With a quick turn they puffed into a golden brown twists. Plucked from the oil and drained, they were rolled into the cinnamon-sugar and cooled on paper bags (which my grandmother claimed absorbed more oil). Always, I snatched a warm cruller and bit down. The bland taste of the warm dough coupled with the hardened exterior and the hint of sweetness from the cinnamon-sugar made them irresistible.

After the baking was done and the pot cleaned and put away, my mother and grandmother, content to nibble on crullers, avoided the tougher questions. They laughed as they enjoyed the fruits of their labor, forgetting for a time the complexities of their mother-daughter relationship. Perhaps, on some level they realized that a fresh cinnamon cruller came with its own reward.

The way I remember it, they certainly did eat a lot of crullers.

Nora Campisi

www.back2brooklyn.blogspot.com

www.twitter.com/noracampisi

Sugar Mama NYC's Giveaway: Pink Sugar Bakery

Every one loves getting free stuff and giving it away is even more fun! Sugar Mama NYC will host giveaways as often as possible featuring the coolest stuff we can find.
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Today's Giveaway:

Giveaway Name: Pink Sugar Bakery
Giveaway Entry: Candy or Jewelry? And why?
Giveaway Prize:one cupcake pendant on a silver-tone chain (retail value 23.50) and one cell phone charm (retail value 22.50)
Giveaway ends May 26th, 2010!



Pink Sugar Bakery is an online boutique featuring sweet shop inspired jewelry and accessories for the fashionista with a sweet tooth! Each piece is handmade, and often, they're made to order. Many of the items available at PinkSugarBakery.com are hugely customizable, like the super cute cupcake jewelry and accessories that can be made in virtually any color combination you can imagine. Treat yourself or treat a friend - gift certificates and gift wrapping are also available!


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