**** WINNER UPDATE.  This giveaway is now closed.  Our lucky winner is… Jennifer S E who said “I love the cake clings and the Lucite trays featured on their website!!!” on December 13, 2012 at 7:42 pm.  Congratulations Jennifer!  Please contact me by Monday, December 24th to claim your prize.  Enjoy! ****

I know many of you remember {and fell in love with} the fabulous Cake Plate Clings we featured last month.  Reusable, washable liners that cling to your cake stands and serving pieces.  To provide an extra pop of color to your display while keeping grease stains at bay.  Created by Kelly Lyden, owner of WH Hostess, these decorative pedestal liners are as pretty as they are smart.   Offered in vibrant colors and patterns, Cake Plate Clings are a perfect way to update old stands or coordinate an entire dessert table.  And thanks to our friends at WH Hostess, one lucky reader will win a $100 Gift Voucher to spend on Cake Plate Clings!

Choose from preppy patterns, festive holiday colors and personalized monograms.  There’s also bold black and white patterns and kid-friendly prints as well!  The choice is up to you!

With a non-adhesive backing, you simply peel and stick the cling to your pedestal.  When the party’s over and the dessert is gone, just remove the cling from your stand.  Wash and set aside for next time.  Genius!

**** WINNER UPDATE.  This giveaway is now closed.  Our lucky winner is… Jennifer S E who said “I love the cake clings and the Lucite trays featured on their website!!!” on December 13, 2012 at 7:42 pm.  Congratulations Jennifer!  Please contact me by Monday, December 24th to claim your prize.  Enjoy! ****

Here’s How to Enter:

Visit WH Hostess and Leave a Comment below telling us which clings you’d choose if you win!   Earn an extra entry by doing any of the following.  Please leave a separate comment for each of your entries.  Maximum of 3 entries per person.

• Sign up to follow Half Baked on Facebook
• Sign up to follow WH Hostess (aka The Party Dress) on Facebook

Giveaway ends Wednesday, Dec 19th, 2012 at midnight PST.   A winner will be chosen via random.org and announced here, on this post, on Thursday, Dec 20th.  Winner will be notified by email and must claim their prize within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected.  This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.  Void where prohibited.   Maximum three (3) entries per person.   Must be a US Resident and at least 18 years old to enter.  Prize is for a $100 Gift Voucher.  Not valid on custom party packages or previous purchases.  Does not include shipping, taxes or special fees.  Must be used within 6 months from date of issue. 

A special thank you to Kelly and WH Hostess for offering up such a fabulous prize!  Enjoy your window shopping for Cake Plate Clings !  Good luck everyone!

I hope you’re enjoying the month of December here on the blog!  So much holiday fun from the fabulous KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway to the Free Printable Baking Chart featured yesterday.  But now it’s time to get back to the cakes.  The holiday inspiration continues with our newest cake series, The 12 Cakes of Christmas!  We’re celebrating twelve days of beautifully festive cakes, created especially to inspire you to holiday greatness!  Twelve talented bakers were asked to create innovative and elegant cake designs appropriate for both Christmas parties and winter weddings.  And along the way, we get an up close look at what inspires this talented group.  It’s 12 bakers baking…. it’s The 12 Cakes of Christmas! 

The sixth cake in our series comes to us from Rachael Teufel, owner of Intricate Icings Cake Design in Erie, Colorado.  Rachael has been inspiring us with her beautiful cakes for years now (like this vintage birdcage trio and this tangerine and turquoise tango).  Rachael is a big fan of transforming fashion into fabulous cake designs.  And well, we’re big fans of both Rachael and her fashion-inspired cakes!  So it goes without saying that we’re always thrilled to see what she has up her sleeve.  Sophisticated and chic.  It’s the 6th Cake of Christmas!

Rachael transforms the glamor of the fashion runway into a dazzling cake design worthy of its own catwalk.  Inspired by this gorgeous Jenny Packham gown, Rachael’s sensational creation captures the sparkle of Christmas season.  If there’s ever a time for a twinkling layer of sequins, it’s the holidays!  Shimmering sequins illuminate a delicately piped ‘stitching’ pattern which gracefully flows across the entire cake.  It is exquisite!  And it’s about time for you to see it…

Sparkling and oh-so-spectacular!  The intricate stitching pattern, which would make any seamstress proud, is embellished with countless light-catching details.  With a single statement-making flower, the glitz and the glam of the holiday season has arrived!

Rachael of Intricate Icings shares more about her inspiration:

“When posed with the question of what inspires you most… Fashion is always my first choice.  I was drawn to this beautiful Jenny Packham “damask” gown for its stunning embellishments, giving this gown a vintage Hollywood feel.  The gowns “bling” factor makes me think of a winter scene full of glistening snow and dangling icicles, perfect for a winter wedding.”

Rachael of Intricate Icings talks about her technique:

“The cake was covered in white chocolate fondant and adorned with hand piped lines to mimic the design on the gown.  These piped details were then painted silver and accented with non-edible crystals and rhinestones.  A single white sugar peony was placed on top.”

As striking as the inspirational gown, this cake is perfectly polished and fit for the holidays.  Let’s enjoy one more strut down the runway, shall we?

A special thank you to Rachael of  Intricate Icings Cake Design for inspiring us with her shimmering sequins and stitching!  And to Revert Imaging for the incredible photography!

We’re officially at the half-way mark for The 12 Cakes of Christmas!  If you missed any of these gorgeous cakes, you can see them all HERE.  And if you haven’t entered our current KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway… what are you waiting for?  Enter HERE now!

VENDORS & CREDITS:
Cake :  Intricate Icings Cake Design
Photography :  Revert Imaging
Gown : Jenny Packham

Today the holiday festivities continue and we’re decking the halls!  Or perhaps I should say we’re decking the walls.  Your kitchen walls to be specific.  With a fabulous Free Printable created especially for those who love to bake… especially for you!  It’s kitchen wall art that will make your heart happy!

In the spirit of giving, my friend Kori Clark of Paper & Pigtails designed this incredible printable, especially for you!  If you know Kori, it’s not hard to imagine her doing something kind for others.  For those of you who don’t know Kori… she’s an amazingly talented graphic designer, blogger, party planner and mom with a big heart.  Not only does she create gorgeous digital designs (like our lovely cake stand logo) but hand illustrations as well.  Her work has been featured around the web on sites like HGTV, DIY Network and more.  And you’re going to flip when you see what Kori has in store for all of you!!  A vintage style baking chart filled with handy conversions that we too often forget {and have to look up}.  So get ready to deck your walls with fabulousness!  It’s a FREE Printable Baking Conversions Chart!

Print and frame one for your mom’s kitchen.  Your aunt’s kitchen.  Your neighbor’s kitchen.  YOUR kitchen.  Print and frame one for every baker you know and love!  It’s a quick and easy gift that’s simply delightful.

And it’s available in four different color schemes so that all kitchens are covered!  I have my eye on the red for Christmas and then the yellow for January and beyond.  Choose from these four color options…

Print one… print all four.  Seriously, go crazy!  They’re free!!  Give all of the bakers in your life a little holiday cheer.  And your kitchen is screaming for one as well!  It’s as simple as downloading, printing and framing.  Then let the gift giving begin.

FREE PRINTABLE BAKING CONVERSIONS CHART

Blue Baking Chart  :  FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Yellow Baking Chart  :  FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Green & Red Baking Chart  :  FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Red Baking Chart  :  FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

I cannot thank Kori of Paper & Pigtails enough for creating such a charming design for all of us.  The red one is going up in my kitchen today!  If you print and enjoy this little freebie… be sure to let Kori know how much you L.O.V.E. her design.  And you should totally check out her free printable gift tags as well.  Find the gift tags HERE.

We’ll be back tomorrow with the next fabulous cake in our series, The 12 Cakes of Christmas.  Cake #6 is soon headed your way!  Oh and don’t forget to enter our current KitchenAid Giveaway!!  Someone is going to win a 5 quart stand mixer to keep… and a hand blender to gift to a friend!  But you can’t win if you don’t enter.  Enter now HERE.

VENDORS & CREDITS:
Printable Baking Chart & Photography : Kori Clark of Paper & Pigtails