Kelly’s Cake Off for a Cause
Ahhhhh!!! I can’t believe I just spent the afternoon decorating cakes with Kelly Ripa and Buddy from Cake Boss! Seriously BEST BIRTHDAY ever!!
All the fun began early this afternoon when we were ushered from our hotel to Chelsea Market for the main event.
We were asked to wait in the second story lobby and were provided with an assortment of finger sandwiches and sweets to nibble on for lunch.
My first plate included a couple of finger sandwiches and a carrot cake cupcake.
I went back for a few more finger sandwiches.
I finally had a chance to take a photo with Ryan from Foodbuzz! Big thanks to Ryan for bringing all of the bloggers together!
Stepping into the main room was a madhouse!
The press was there covering the event and their energy just brought our excitement level to a whole other level!
Once everyone was settled Kelly and Buddy were able to get to business and explain why we were here.
Kelly’s Cake Off for a Cause is an event produced by both Electrolux and Kelly Ripa in an effort to raise both awareness and support for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (ORCF), an organization that funds research to find a method of early detection and, ultimately, a cure for ovarian cancer.
The fifteen bloggers were to be split into 5 groups of three and with the help of Buddy and his team of decoration specialists were to try and replicate different styles of cake. Once the cakes were completed, an online ‘cake off’ would go live on Kelly-Confidential.com. Everyone would then have a chance to vote for their favorite cake. For every vote cast in Kelly’ Cake Off, Electrolux is donating $1 to OCRF.
Pretty cool, right?
This event is ultimately raising money for a great cause and I could not have been happier to be a part of it! I think meeting Kelly Ripa and Buddy was just icing on the cake.
Both Buddy and Kelly gave a quick cake decorating demo, which included a sales pitch for the new Electrolux Induction Built -In Range. I have to say after hearing about the range’s ability to melt chocolate without the need for a double boiler, I was sold!
Another fun fact: for each vote in the cake-off not only will Electrolux be donating a dollar to OCRF on your behalf, but they will also automatically enter your name in a drawing to win a new Induction Built-In Range!
I had missed out on the chocolate covered strawberries this morning, but I was not going to let that happen again this afternoon. When Kelly came out to the crowd I immediately stuck my hand out and had a strawberry.
It was delicious! 
Finally the time came to decorate!
My cake-off team consisted of Linda from Salty Seattle and Katharine from Smokey Mountain Cafe.
We were team Here Comes The Sun and had to replicate a cake of Sunflowers.
Apparently our cake was the most difficult to recreate and no one on my team really considered themselves bakers. We had no idea what we were doing, but still had a great time learning the techniques from Buddy and his staff.
I wish I had more photos of the actual decorating, but I was too busy piping out flowers to remember to take photos. I did get a shot of the final masterpiece.
(They took a lot of of professional photos that I should be able to post tomorrow of the finished product and details on where to vote! Stay tuned!)
Once the cake was finished Remy from Cake Boss was kind enough to teach me how to make a rose out of royal icing.
It took some time, but I got the hang of it eventually. 
Look Mom! I did it!
Check out our pile of discarded roses.
Kelly decided to get in on the icing fun too.
Unfortunately our cake wasn’t digging our icing skills.
Oh well.
The time eventually came to cut the cake and enjoy our master pieces! The cakes were actually all fresh from Carlos Bakery of Cake Boss. I was very excited about this fact.
The cake was very moist and delicious! The piece was so BIG though and I could only finish about half before I was on sugar overload.
We all ate our cake while discussing blogs, cake methods, and other cool things with Buddy.
Buddy is seriously A-MA-ZING! I told him he had to do a vegan cake on the show! He liked the challenge of the idea and said he would think about it.
He even signed my apron.
We had one final group shot before calling it a day.
All the bloggers involved:
- Diana (Spain in Iowa)
- Jen (My Kitchen Addiction)
- Bridget (Bake at 350)
- Lindsay (Salty Seattle)
- Katherine (Smoky Mountain Cafe)
- Megan (Megan’s Munchies)
- Sandy (Iron Cupcake Milwaukee)
- Laura (The Cooking Photographer)
- Erika (In Erika’s Kitchen)
- Kelly (Evil Shenanigans)
- Jessie (Cake Spy)
- Tina (Carrots ‘n’ Cake)
- Sabrina (Rhodey Girl Tests)
- Joseline (Day Dreamer Desserts)
It was great getting to know each and everyone of these girls!
I promise as soon as the Kelly’s Cake-Off For a Cause voting goes live I will post the details!
Right now I need to sleep of this sugar coma before dinner tonight.
Seriously, Best Birthday Ever!!!
how gorgeous are you ladies?!?!?! i’m loving this trip…probably not as much as y’all, but pretty close
can’t wait to see dinner tonight 
Wow what an amazing experience! Celebrities AND cake, sounds like my kinda day
I think the cake you decorated looks way tastier than the pro one – yours looks more homemade
Have a good sleep, can’t wait for the next recap!
I LOVE Buddy! What a cool experience Meghann! Definitely a rocking way to spend your birthday!
Holy heckuva Happy Birthday girl!!! How fun!
I’m craving cake now! It looks like you had a great time, and it was for a great cause.
great recap-I love Buddy!
This is incredible! Seriously, when you first started your blog, did you ever imagine not only the trips and meet-ups, but getting to do something as once-in-a-lifetime as this? Truly cool, and your cake looks great despite the icing mishap! Mine would be ridiculous lol, I’m totally impressed with yours.
Wow, what a fun day! You’re a very lucky birthday girl.
I love Buddy and his show “Cake Boss.” I saw him on Fox and Friends this morning promoting the Electrolux event.
Such a fun experience for you.
That really is so exciting. Such an amazing opportunity, and it supports a good cause. As someone who just started their blog in December, I can’t even imagine ever being as successful with mine as yours is. It’s motivating and something to work towards though!
What an amazing and unforgettable day – wow!
So awesome that you got to decorate cakes with Kelly Ripa!!!! Definitely the best birthday ever!
What a great day and opportunity! So cooool you got to meet Buddy and Kelly Ripa- I think your cake looks pretty fantastic, despite that one frosting mishap!
OH my goodness how amazing! I can’t believe you got to a part of something so neat!! Your cake turned out really good!
That sounds SO fun. How awesome
Hahah Love the end result!
What a fabulous birthday gift! It looks like you had an ah-ma-zing day – hard to be topped by any other birthday. I hope you get out of all the snow they’re predicting for tomorrow. I know DC/Balto has been hit HARD. Enjoy the rest of your time in the Big Apple dearie!
Your day looks awesome! I would totally have dug in to those cakes
Very cool! Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes photos. LOVE Kelly Ripa; maybe All Bran is her secret for staying so slim, LOL!
Okay I’m having birthday envy!!! What an absolutely amazing experience and opportunity!!! And the carrot cupcake you had looks so yummy!
Looks like SOO much fun. Happy B-day!
What an awesome Birthday !! Love love love Kelly Ripa, decorating cakes with Kelly could not get better.
Eek, what a great day Meghann! And a great cause, too. Sounds like this trip has been so much fun!
Looks delicious! Can’t wait to see the final results.
Looks like so much fun! Your cake looked really cute. And that strawberry…yum…
What an amazing day! I’m so excited for you (and maybe a tad jelly too… haha).
Looks delicious and beautiful!!
What a fun event — you look like you’re having an absolute blast!
Keep enjoying and thanks for taking us all virtually along with you.
Wow it looks like you had a truly remarkable and blessed day. I can only imagine how amazing it must have been to experience all of that! I *almost* feel like I was there – you take tremendous pictures!!!!
So glad you got to have this experience! Glad to hear Buddy is a nice guy.
You had the best day ever! I love it, what a great birthday. Your cake looks SO delicious and you did a really impressive job on it! What a fun and cool event!!
Soooooo fun!!
looks like fun!
That looks like so much fun! ALSO, where did you get that vest???
Oh my goodness!!! That looked like so much fun and such an amazing experience.
Wow! What a day!!!
What fun!!!That sounds like my most perfect day EVER as cakes are my thing and I want to get better at decorating. Your cake looks gorgeous girl!!!
What an awesome experience!! And yay for Vegan cake…you know we love that ; )
What an awesome day! And your vest is so stinkin’ cute!!!
I’ve wanted an Electrolux forever! Someday!
noooooooooo your cake was beautiful, so sorry it fell apart! ;( at least you got to eat your masterpieces though! looks good!
what a great trip! btw you look GORGEOUS in these photos!!! love your hair like that
I can’t believe Kelly looks like that in person! Crazy!
Looks like such a fun day, you look amazing too (way better then Kelly- incase you wanted to know how I felt- and I’m not even kissing your ass- her face looks like it has fondant on it- so smooth)
what a fun time. the aprons they gave you are so cute.
isn’t kelly ripa the tiniest thing ever?? i saw her on kelly and regis a few years ago and was seriously taken back by how thin she is. however, she’s adorable and so friendly.
glad you had a blast!
What an awesome birthday! That looks like soooo much fun!
not only are you in the greatest city EVER but you hung out with my fave tv personalities! THEN on top of all that, you had great sweets!
what an awesome day! and the cake off looks like so much fun. can’t wait to vote!
That looks like great fun! Awesome to learn new tricks from a pro =)
That looks like the coolest thing ever! So glad you got to participate!
Sounds absolutely amazing! I’m glad you had so much fun, met lots of other cool bloggers, and got to support a good cause! Your cake is actually really sweet. I wish I had some icing skills.
Woo hoo! Looks like so much fun. Will you be piping flowers onto all your food from now on?? What a way to spend the birthday week!
It looks like you had a lot of fun learning the techniques. Your cake looks really yummy, too – love the golden color of the flowers!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! So freaking cool! I think you guys did an amazing job. What an event <3<3!
What an awesome birthday!!!
Such a cool event! I saw the girl holding the sign for Electrolux in Chelsea Market yesterday but didn’t see any bloggers
Perfect event for your birthday! See ya at Core Fusion!
Looks like such a fun event – and for a great cuase, too! I think it’s amazing what people can do with cakes!
I love the new haircut and color! But I really love how you style it. I too have shorter hair but I can’t get it to curl right. I think you should do a “hair how to” post and show us all how you make it look so perfect. I would love that.
Oooh I’m jealous you learned how to make a rose – I’ve always wanted to learn that. I love Cake Boss – my boyfriend and I watch it all the time!
This is so awesome! I’m totally jealous of your experience. It must have been SO EXCITING!
What an exciting recap!!! So cool to be right in on the action. I’m glad you had a great time!
That sounds like the best day! What a great way to spend your birthday.
K
Oh wow, I’m so jealous you got to meet the guys from Cake Boss, I loved watching that show this summer
Congrats on turning 25 and having such a SUPERFANTASTIC birthday!
Oh my gosh! That looks like it was so much fun Meghann! I love Buddy from Cake Boss
It was nice meeting you in NY, had a great time.