Sunday 6 April 2008

the airy fairy gets her wings on a SOOPER delight from Blake Makes and McQuade's!


recently i signed up to be a part of the SOOPZ network on Blake Makes which as Blake himself describes it...

"I started SOOPZ as a way to give food bloggers free food. I, myself, am a food blogger, and I love getting free food. SOOPZ is a way for me to share the love. I like the fact that the idea is very simple: “Food bloggers get free food. Food companies get free publicity. Everyone’s happy."

this sounded perfect to me especially when i found out that anyone who signs up is called a "SOOPER HERO"...so cute! i love baking and have no problem trying something new out especially if it arrives at my door in a nicely wrapped package. no fuss but lots of fun tasting and experimenting!

anyway, on thursday, Blake had a giveaway planned for jars of McQuade's Celtic (Fig & Ginger) Chutney. you can read about the giveaway here. all you had to do was post a comment about what you wanted to make with the chutney. of course, i quickly put my baking cap on and came up with two suggestions involving both a sweet (ricotta and chutney) and savoury (goat's cheese and chutney) cupcake and guess what? it must have hit a tastebud with Blake because i was picked and shall be expecting a jar of the lovely stuff in the post sometime next week. you can read more about the other winners here and what they are going to cook up.

meanwhile, i shall be anxiously checking the post box every morning to make sure that the leprechuns don't steal away my SOOPER delight from me first!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! What a great idea and your cupcakes ideas are totally inspired (I would only expect you to make a cupcake being a true cupcake lover ;) )

Unknown said...

thanks lorraine...i hope i can do the delicious sounding chutney justice in one of my creations!

Anonymous said...

That sounds like fun, and congats on your win! Thanks for sharing the info, too. I will have to check this out. Happy baking!

Unknown said...

hi jj, do check it out! it's a great blog and Blake has tonnes of ideas on how he's gonna take over the world! good to get involved!

Anonymous said...

looking forward to seeing your recipe - sounds intriguing and delicious. your jar will be in the mail early this week! thank you!

Unknown said...

hi alison, really looking forward to experimenting with the chutney and especially in my favourite baking medium...cupcakes!