January Who Takes the Cake Contest | Enter Your Cakes Now!

Hey friends!  How’s the New Year going for you so far?  For me it’s been… trying.  My son had a wreck.  We’ve taken turns being sick.  My husband has been working crazy-long hours.  But all that aside, I’m working hard to try and get things back on track here at Rose Bakes and the next thing on my agenda is keeping my contest going.  So here it is… the January Who Takes the Cake Contest is live and you can enter your cakes (or other sweets) NOW!

But wait – you need a theme, right?  I was talking to my friend and assistant Susan and decided that this year every month’s theme is going to be a color (or colors).   And since January is winter (or it should be – it’s been 70°+ in Mississippi for most of the month), I thought this month the theme would be “Metallic”.

You know, like snow is sparkly and shiny like a metallic?.  And ice. Very shiny and sometimes silver.  Right?   Okay – roll with me even if you don’t get it.

Okay – I know “Metallic” is not exactly a color, but Susan and I were running out of options for the month’s.

You see, I didn’t want to venture off into super specific colors like aubergine or chartreuse, so this seemed like a good choice that was similar to the color theme.

Don’t ya think?

So if you have anything silver, gold, bronze, shiny, shimmery, metallic, or glittery… it’ll be perfect for this contest!

See, like this sweet little cake…. with glittery stars and a snowman!  Or…

Or this one that had a sparkly pearlescent finish over the snowflakes and buttercream.

Or silver edible sequins… so pretty!

Or it doesn’t even have to be winter-themed.  Maybe you’ve done gold!  Or bronze!   If it’s shimmery, shiny, glittery, metallic, or you know… anything along those lines, I’d love for you to enter it in this month’s contest!

And remember… cookies, cake pops or cupcakes count too:

You get the idea, right?

Okay… so I will keep the widget open for 5 full days so that you can call get your pictures submitted!   And then once the submission period is closed, at least 12 cakes (or other sweets) will be chosen for voting (possibly up to 24) and readers will have ONE WEEK to vote and choose their favorite!

PLEASE NOTE:  YOUR CAKES WILL NOT APPEAR WHEN SUBMITTED – ONLY THOSE CHOSEN TO BE VOTED ON WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK!

You can also submit cookies, cupcakes, cake pops… all the sweets qualify!

And the prize??  Well this month I’m going to be giving away ONE Craftsy Class – of your choice!!  (Craftsy is not affiliated with this giveaway/contest in any way … this prize is completely sponsored by yours truly!)

Okay?  Okay!  Let’s go!!

Keep reading below to see how to enter…

Who Takes the Cake? January 2017 Contest

I will keep the widget open for 5 full days so that you can all get your pictures submitted!   And then once the submission period is closed, at least 12 cakes (or other sweets) will be chosen for voting (possibly up to 24) and readers will have ONE WEEK to vote and choose their favorite!

You can click here to the “Who Takes the Cake?” FAQ page for all the details but here are the highlights:

• One submission per person per month and it must be your photo that you took of your cake (ie., no professional photographer photos unless you are a professional photographer).  A link is required to a place where the cake is already published (your Facebook page – make sure it’s a public photo, Flickr, CakeCentral, your blog or website, etc.).
• After submissions close, at least 12 of the best cakes/photos will be chosen and posted in a separate post where my readers (and your friends and family and…anybody else) will vote for their favorite.
• I will open up submissions for 5 days ONLY, then the voting will be open for 7 days and the winner will be the photo with the most votes at the end!
• OH – and sign up for my email newsletter here to get all of my posts and cake contest announcements in your inbox!  (that’s not a requirement… just a happy suggestion!)

PLEASE NOTE:  YOUR CAKES WILL NOT APPEAR WHEN SUBMITTED – ONLY THOSE CHOSEN TO BE VOTED ON WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK!  ALSO, ALL PHOTOS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FACEBOOK AND “LIKES” WILL COUNT AS ADDITIONAL VOTES , SO BY SUBMITTING YOUR PHOTO, YOU’RE GIVING PERMISSION TO PUBLISH ON FACEBOOK.

You can also submit cookies, cupcakes, cake pops… all the sweets qualify!