Cinna-Mini Cinnamon Rolls

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A classic ooey, gooey cinnamon roll topped with a rich cream cheese frosting in a fun mini size perfect for a party. Betcha can’t eat just one. 

Annalise, Completely Delicious, recently hosted a pot luck baby shower brunch for our good friend Becky, Vintage Mixer. When you go to a pot luck party with food bloggers, you know you’re going to eat well, and the pressure’s on to make something extra special.

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Honeywell Air Purifier Giveaway

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Day 5 of 5 Days of Giveaways

It’s the final day of  5 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS week on Barbara Bakes. In case you are just tuning in, Carrian, Sweet Basil, invited me to participate in a week of giveaways she’s organized to celebrate turning 29 with a few of her favorite bloggers. It’s also my five year blogiversary this year, so 5 days of giveaways is the perfect way to say thank you to all my wonderful readers for their support over the years.

I hope you’ve been enjoying the giveaways, and having as much fun as we have been. Today’s giveaway is for 2 Honeywell Air Purifiers, the Honeywell True Hepa 5 in 1 Air Purifier to be exact. Two lucky readers will each win one.

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Giveaway: Lowes Outdoor Grill with Built in Rotisserie

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It’s day 4 of 5 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS week on Barbara Bakes. Today’s giveaway is a fabulous Master Forge 5-Burner grill courtesty of Lowes. Carrian, Sweet Basil explains:

Why This Grill Rocks

The Obvious

  • This grill is obviously one of the “hottest” grills on the block. It’s sleek, and includes a gorgeous granite counter. Hey pretty baby…
  • A built in trash? Heck yes! I love that you can throw a little trash bag in the trash container hidden under the grill. No more back and forth inside the house to throw away hot dog wrappers, broken skewers etc.
  • 5 Burners-5 Burn-ers. Did you catch that? That means a whole lot more grilling in a lot less time. Woohoo!!
  • Electric Ignitor
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Hamilton Beach Appliance Giveaway

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It’s day 3 of 5 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS week on Barbara Bakes. If you missed days one (Magimix Food Processor-$400), and two (Vacation for 4 to Deer Valley Resort-$4,000) make sure you enter those too.

Having the right tools in the kitchen makes cooking so much easier. For today’s giveaway, Hamilton Beach is giving away eight appliances to one lucky winner. Carrian, Sweet Basil, was fortunate to be able to test drive all of the wonderful appliances pictured above that Hamilton Beach is giving away:

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Giveaway: Vacation for 4 to Deer Valley Resort

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Day 2 of 5 Days of Giveaways

Today is day 2 of 5 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS week on Barbara Bakes. Today is Carrian’s birthday, so be sure and stop by and wish her happy birthday and thank her for arranging this week’s fantastic giveaways.

Today’s giveaway is a vacation for 4 during the 2013-2014 ski season to Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, a 2 bed/2bath condo for 2 nights, 2 days of lift tickets and ski rentals for 4, group ski lessons for each person, and dinner for 4 at a Deer Valley Evening Restaurant. Travel is not included.

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Magimix Food Processor Giveaway

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Day 1 of 5 Days of Giveaways

This week is 5 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS week on Barbara Bakes. Carrian, Sweet Basil, invited me to participate in a week of giveaways she’s organized to celebrate turning 29 and today is day 1.

It’s also my five year blogiversary, so 5 days of giveaways is the perfect way to say thank you to all my wonderful readers for their support over the years. Thank you to all of you who have stopped by to check out my adventures in the kitchen, taken the time to comment, and shared my recipes with others on Social Media and Pinterest.

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All-American Pizza and Homemade Pizza Sauce

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A great crust is the key to a great pizza, and this quick pizza dough recipe from Red Star yeast makes the perfect crust for an All-America pizza loaded with gooey cheesy, pepperoni, and a spicy homemade pizza sauce.

Red Star Yeast, one of my favorite companies, and I have teamed up again. Red Star invited me to choose three recipes from their website to bake and blog about on Barbara Bakes. They’ll feature my photos with their recipes on their website with a link to my post. The first recipe I picked is their All-American Pizza.

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Black Magic Cake

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Buttermilk and a hint of espresso are the secrets to this Black Magic cake. A moist, rich, deep, dark chocolate cake perfect for a special occasion or any day at all.

Claire K Creations is my Secret Recipe Club blog this month. Claire and I have been blogging friends for a while now. She lives in the land down under, Brisbane, Australia and we often comment on each other’s posts. I remember commenting a long while back that I wanted to try the Black Magic Cake she posted, so I was excited when I was assigned Claire’s blog this month to finally give it a try.

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Ultimate Banana Bread

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For the ultimate banana bread you want a bread loaded with great banana flavor that’s moist and tender, but not overly moist or soggy.

When America’s Test Kitchen emailed me a link to their Ultimate Banana Bread recipe and video, I just happened to have 3 very ripe bananas on the counter. We eat a lot of banana bread and our favorite is a recipe from Cooking Light, Better Banana Bread. We’ve been making that banana bread recipe several times a month for years.  However, I’m always happy to try a new recipe, especially one that claims to be the Ultimate Banana Bread.

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Gâteau à la Crème: a French Brioche Pastry with Lemon Cream Filling

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A buttery brioche dough sprinkled with coarse sugar and filled with a tart lemon custard filling.

I’m a day late, but I couldn’t resist baking this French pastry along with the other Bread Baking Babes and Buddies. Bread Baking Babe Lien was the hostess for March and she chose a pastry with a rich brioche bread crust filled with a luscious lemon custard.

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