Bakerella’s NYC Book Signing & a Cupcakes Take the Cake Meetup

Bakerella & Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake

Let’s just say Bakerella is beyond adorable and it is wonderful to see someone so talented and nice reap the rewards of their significant creativity.

She brought a cute little pink bag embroidered with Bakerella.

In it were some of the tools she uses. She did a short but very informative Q&A with the roughly 200 people who were standing on line to get their books signed. I already had mine for weeks. It was safely tucked away in my suitcase to take back to Germany. The book is fabulous and packed with so much creativity and cuteness, it could make your head explode.

Confession: I don’t do book signings. In my many years as a TV producer I’ve met countless authors and I just never felt the need to get a book signed. Same with getting pictures with the celebrities I produced. No. Desire. What. So. Ever. The few I do have are candid shots with personal friends or personalities like Jack Hanna (but mostly with the critters he brought on the shows.)

However, I wanted to show up to show my support for her wonderful Cake Pops book.

Ok. Maybe I was stalking her. Just a little.

Instead of getting my book signed, I made a little Bakerella madness video using my point and shoot..

Oh and there were cake balls to sample! Red velvet cake dipped dark chocolate and golden yellow cake dipped in milk chocolate. Everything was made from Williams & Sonoma products. Of course I became obsessed with the glitz on them.. They were decorated with gold and silver spray on luster dust. I could not find this product on the W&S website to link it but I remember the sprays come in three iridescent colors (gold, silver and white.) They cost $18 each. I spoke to the woman who sprayed the cake balls. She said she still had a lot left in the can, so a little goes a long way.

So pretty. I had a milk chocolate one and it was  rich and delicious.

I was at the signing in the first place because I read the day before on the Cupcakes Take the Cake blog that one of the founding editors,  Rachel, was doing a meet up there. Her plans included going on to the Magnolia Bakery at Grand Central Station afterwards for lunch. Since my cupcakes have been featured on their blog a few times, and I was actually in NYC, I was excited to join the meet up and thank Rachel in person for those features.

Cupcake Meetup Cookies

Rachel is so adorable. Like a Jewish version of Tina Fey. I nearly fell over when she said she doesn’t bake. However, she is a passionate cupcake journalist and a true fan of everything cupcake. Incidentally, at the book signing,  Bakerella mentioned when she started, it was her goal to get her creations featured on Cupcakes Take the Cake.

Rachel and the Mad Hausfrau

After the book signing, we had a lovely time at lunch. Until, well someone stole Rachel’s iphone. That sucked. I must say she took it really well.

After lunch we sampled some cupcakes. Hummingbird, pumpkin and still my favorite, vanilla.

I had a really great NYC bakecentric Sunday!

Also, don’t forget about this adorable cookbook I am giving away: