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Hello fellow Miltonians!

I wanted you all to be the first to know that I am holding an on-line cake / baked goods silent auction (with Rick's help, thanks for the awesome forum Rick!).

All proceeds will be going to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (by way of the CIBC Run for the Cure), a charity near and dear to to my heart.

As they say, "necessity is the mother of invention" and after 10 cake decorating classes (quite regularly involving actual cake) I had to find a better way to make use of my (fabulously delicious) creations or I will be the size of a house. And so the cake auction was born! Of course, wanting to capitalize on the exposure, I'm adding a few additional things to help increase the funds raised.

The good stuff:

The Main Event
2 layer scrumptious chocolate buttercream cake (covered in fondant), lovingly decorated (so as to get an A+ in my class!)
Top bid gets it. Starting bid $16.00
CURRENT TOP BID - $55.00



Other Wonderful Things
1) 1/2 dozen chocolate buttercream cupcakes (also scrumptious and lovingly decorated) ... 4 lots ... top 4 bids get them. Starting bid $4.00
CURRENT TOP BIDS - $25.00; $24.00; $19.00; $14.80


2) 1/2 dozen vanilla buttercream cupcakes (also scrumptious and lovingly decorated) ... 4 lots ... top 4 bids get them. Starting bid $4.00
CURRENT TOP BIDS - $25.00; $20.00; $19.00; $14.80


3) 1/2 dozen fabulously delicious dessert bars (graham crumbs, coconut, milk chocolate, white chocolate, scor bits, pecans - totally worth blowing your diet for!) ... 4 lots ... top 4 bids get them. Starting bid $5.00
CURRENT TOP BIDS - $50.00; $25.00; $20.00; $10.00

4) NEW ITEM! Updated! Generously donated by Matt at The Training Edge in Milton, 1 FREE weeks at his bootcamp. Starting bid $30.00 (retail value $75.00) www.trainingedge.ca
CURRENT TOP BID -

5) NEW ITEM! Generously donated by Matt at The Training Edge in Milton,
3 FREE 1 hr training sessions. Starting bid $75.00 (retail value $195.00) www.trainingedge.ca
CURRENT TOP BID -

How fabulous is that?!? Now you can buy a delicious treat and then work it off. Totally a win/win!! Thanks Matt!!

Please e-mail bids to bakeforthecure@hotmail.com, making note of the item being bid on in the subject line. I will update top bids here every couple of days. If bidding is overwhelming, I may add additional lots as necessary.

Bidding will commense immediately, closing on August 27th at midnight. Unfortunately photos of the actually items will not be available to view until the 27th (or possibly the 26th) as they will be made fresh, but I will post examples of my work so far in a bit (examples added below).

Free delivery within Milton

Thanks so much for your continued support!!

Jennifer

I moved this to the general forum.

Those pictures and descriptions are making me hungry

Done
& bump. Good Luck with the fundraising.

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I've got a huge chocolate craving from those pictures.

Mmmmm cake!!

Updated with a new auction item!

4) NEW ITEM! Generously donated by Matt at The Training Edge in Milton, your choice of either 2 FREE weeks at his bootcamp or for 3 FREE 1 hr sessions. How fabulous is that?!? Thanks Matt!! www.trainingedge.ca

This has been slightly modified:

4) NEW ITEM! Updated! Generously donated by Matt at The Training Edge in Milton, 1 FREE weeks at his bootcamp. Starting bid $30.00 (retail value $75.00) www.trainingedge.ca
CURRENT TOP BID -

5) NEW ITEM! Generously donated by Matt at The Training Edge in Milton,
3 FREE 1 hr training sessions. Starting bid $75.00 (retail value $195.00) www.trainingedge.ca
CURRENT TOP BID -

How fabulous is that?!? Now you can buy a delicious treat and then work it off. Totally a win/win!! Thanks Matt!!

FREE BUMP!! (since I'm bumping my bids!)

I just want to know who's bidding $12.08 on my cupcakes!?!? hehe
Be a good bidder and up that to $13

Jennifer, once they do, you can bump my $12 up to $14 on both - I'll email those in once I see the increase

I did a few cupcakes for a neighbour and thought I'd share a couple of photos. Don't forget, you have till midnight Friday to get your bids in!

I've updated the original post to include a photo of the actual dessert bars up for auction. There are four lots (each containing 6 bars) up for auction with just 2 bids. Don't miss out! All proceeds to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (by way of the CIBC Run for the Cure).

Thanks!

Hurray, the cake is done!! I've added photos to the original post.

We enjoyed our cupcakes this evening made by Jen. They were fantastic!! KEEP BIDDING! Well worth it!

Thanks Jen!!

Come on guys... she's asking you to donate to save breasts. Could there be a better cause? Surely those cupcakes are worth more than $10. We want to make sure she does more than break even after all the baking costs and time are factored in!


Crank up those donations!

AGREED!!!

Hey everyone, it looks like there's an open bid on the dessert squares!! 2 bids are up, the third I emailed this morning, and the 4th is still up for grabs!!

Skor bits?? nuff said!

I've added the chocolate buttercream cupcakes pic. I should also give a big thanks to Metro for providing me with a gift card that let me buy ingredients as well as the appropriate containers from their bakery department! THANKS!!