Eat my Blog

If you follow me on twitter (@kitchycooker) you know that I participated in Eatmyblog 2.0 on Saturday in West Hollywood.  For those of you who don’t know, Eatmyblog is a charity bake sale where are all the goodies are made by southern California food bloggers and all the money raised goes to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

While I’ve only been blogging for a short amount of time, I heard about this event and wanted to be a part of it.  As someone who cooks and bakes for fun, it never struck me that there might be something I could do to give back.  Sure, I’ve given money to chairites and I make several donations to Goodwill every year.  But I’ve never done anything with my baked goods (other than bring them into work or give them to friends).  But then someone on twitter mentioned the event and I immediately went over to the Eatmyblog website to check it out.

Cathy Dahn and Laurie Moore of Gastronomy Blog and G-Ma’s Bakery had started the blog because they thought it “seemed silly to have people make food and eat it without a cause.”  Well, I couldn’t have agreed more.  So I e-mailed Cathy and was thrilled to have her welcome my chocoholic brownies to the event.  But since I have a serious sweet tooth, baking wasn’t enough for me. I was going to have to sample some of the other goodies because they all looked so damn good. 

My box of yumminess

While I still haven’t finished my box of sweet treats, I want to thank bakelab for their amazing Coconut Clouds. I only bought one, but it was sooooo good, I had to go back and buy a second. Pete Eat Em All made these awesome mini chocolate coconut cakes that had a toasted coconut custard filling and then covered it with white frosting and toasted coconut. I seriously want that recipe.  I still have to try the Dulce de Leche Brownie from 100 Miles, a peach pie on a stick from Sweet Life Kitchen, and a Mexican Brownie from Foodshethought.com, but I can’t wait to savor each and every bite.

Pete Eat Em All's Mini Chocolate Coconut Cake

And since I know you’re all wondering, I and numerous other Angelenos purchased so much yumminess, the Eat My Blog bake sale made a whopping $5,427.  I know.  Who knew a little bake sale could make and do so much for so many people. I feel honored to have been a part of it and I can’t wait for the next one.