All-Purpose, Handy-Dandy, Calorie-Free, Bake Sale

Your Virtual Bakesale Headquarters

No calories if you just look? We all love a good bake sale, so grab your glass of milk, sit back, and indulge in some virtual goodies (allergy-free too!). This page supports Longhopes Donkey Shelter and The Wild Animal Sanctuary - pretending to have a bake sale for a good cause!

Remember when you were young, waiting for the bell to ring, feeling that dollar in your pocket, and knowing that after school the bake sale would be set up in the lobby? Or what about those great church bazaars when you prayed extra hard for services to be over just so you could race to the basement because you just KNEW that tables would be overflowing with the most amazing home baked goods in the whole universe?

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Bake Sale Wiki

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A bake sale is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with ethnic foods, are sold. Bake sales are usually held by small, non-profit organizations, such as clubs, school groups and charitable organizations. Bake sales are often set up around an area of pedestrian traffic, such as outside a grocery store or at a busy intersection near a mall.

A major selling point of bake sales is the supposed and often advertised homemade nature of the goods being offered, but with the proliferation of prepared cookie dough and boxed muffins and cupcakes, this claim has become increasingly dubious.

In the United Kingdom the 'bake sale' is known as a 'cake stall' although pies, biscuits and so forth are also available.

Items available at a bake sale usually include the following:

-cake slices

-pie slices

-brownie squares

-cookies

-muffins

-doughnuts

-water

-juice

-lemonade

-soda

-snowcones (flavored crushed ice)

For health nuts out there it can also include:

-fruit cups

-granola bars

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How We All Started Our Love Affair With Cookies

'C' is for Cookie, and it's still good enough for me!

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People Who We'd LOVE To Run A Bake Sale

The Ace of Cakes: Can you imagine what Duff would come up with for a bake sale?
Team USA: The American Team in the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie. They didn't win this year (darn French team), but oh, can you imagine how impressive their bake sale table would be?
Mrs. Fields: I wonder how many bake sales she did before turning pro?
Cookie Bouquets: I nominate these guys to make the centerpieces. How sweet would that be?
Seth Godin: I think Mr. Godin could promote the heck out of a good old-fashioned bake sale, don't you?
The Gluten-Free Baking Invitational: It's all I can do to stop myself from licking the screen.

Nummy Yummy Recipe of the Week

Chocolate and Butterscotch Brownies

It's true, everybody loves brownies whether they are the regular ones or any of the many variations. This recipe is great because it combines chocolate and butterscotch which go together like coffee and cakes. It's really quick and easy to prepare t...

The Best Cookbooks For Bake Sale Treats

Around The World Making Cookies!

by: Josephine Perry

Amazon Price: $3.99 (as of 12/03/2008)

Fifty-Five Best Brownies in the World

by: Honey Zisman, Larry Zisman

Amazon Price: (as of 12/03/2008)

The 47 Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World: The Recipes That Won the National Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest

by: Larry Zisman, Honey Zisman

Amazon Price: (as of 12/03/2008)

The Only Bake Sale Cookbook You'll Ever Need: 201 Mouthwatering, Kid-Pleasing Treats

by: Laurie Goldrich Wolf, Pam Abrams

Amazon Price: $12.03 (as of 12/03/2008)

Mom's Big Book of Baking: 200 Simple, Foolproof Recipes for Delicious Family Treats to Get You Through Every Birthday Party, Class Picnic, Potluck, Bake Sale, Holiday, and No-School Day

by: Lauren Chattman

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 12/03/2008)

The Net's Best Cookie Recipes

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The Famous Corn Flake Cookie: Ah, the good ol' days. Remember Corn Flake Cookies? Staple of bake sales, church bazaars, white elephant sales, and more.
The World's Best Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe: Cooks.com claims to have the best Peanut Butter Cookie recipe in the whole world! What do you think?
Quadruple Fudge Brownies: Anything named "Quadruple Fudge" has GOT to be good!
Bake Sale Bars: I think I would kill for one of these right about now. Yum! *Pass the milk*
Jolly Jelly Thumbprints: These are so much fun to make with kids!
Lemon Bars: My orchestra teacher was famous for making these every year for our bake sales at school (and for after our concerts!).
Fudge Drops: Brownie Cookies to DIE for.
Cheesecake Truffles: Lucious cheesecake covered in chocolate. Heaven meets Nirvana.

Need Something Special?

Lenses With The Good Stuff for Allergy-Free Baking and Vegans

Vegan Dessert Recipes: The Most Delicious Vegan Dessert Recipes Ever!

Hooray! You can end your search here! In this lens, you'll find Vegan Dessert Nirvana (well, you'll come pretty close, I think). I wanted to share some of my very very favorite Vegan Dessert Recipes because I believe dessert is the most important par...

Gluten Free Treats

Needing to eat only gluten-free, or wheat-free foods shouldn't mean going without the good stuff or restricting your diet to boring meals. You CAN enjoy lots of yummy (if not entirely healthy) treats and goodies!

How to Eat Gluten Free ~ Gluten Free Snacks ~ Gluten Free Baking ~ Gluten Free Recipes

This lens was created to help you have an easier time eating gluten free and teach you how to eat gluten freeif you are just getting started. People are increasingly becoming aware of how the foods we eat affect our bodies. More and more people are...

Vegan Cookie Recipes

Are you looking for fun-to-make, delicious-to-eat vegan cookies? I've been making vegan cookies for over 14 years and this lens is where I share my favorite vegan cookie recipes. You'll be amazed how wonderful these cookies taste! I...

New Decorating Ideas For Cupcakes

Cupcake Decorating Video on Ebru TV

Watch Anne's appearance on Ebru TV demonstrating easy to follow cupcake decorating techniques. The video includes quick and easy decorating ideas: * Explain basics of piping including selecting your tip, setting up your pastry bag, and piping buttercream on cupcakes * Using shredded coconut decorations for your cupcake topped off with a tropical umbrella * Using fondant to make acorn and leaf decorations * Kneading fondant and how to deal with sticky or dry fondant (Shortening vs sugar) * Decorating cupcakes with Savorski crystals * The importance of a cupcake display including tiered stands and cupcake display plates

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Fun and Games With Your Goodies

Online Games - Play With Your Food!

Bake Sale Game: Play 'Bake Sale' online for free at Grab.com
Decorate Your Own Virtual Cupcake: Sweet graphics and even sweeter fun!
Cookies and Milk: A munchies-inducing variation of the popular Bedazzle games.
Fast-Bake Cookies. REALLY Fast-Bake: Try to get all of the cookies made before the timer runs out. And don't let them burn!

Bake Sale Pretend Fun For Kids

Large Kitchen

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JR CHEF RETRO BOX BAKEWARE SET

Amazon Price: $21.16 (as of 12/03/2008)

Pillsbury 25 Piece Play Cooking Set - one color, one size

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 12/03/2008)

Zebra Mix - Decorate & Dazzle Organic Cupcake Activity Kit

Amazon Price: $22.00 (as of 12/03/2008)

No-Bake Treats!

In the summer, I abhor needing to turn the oven on, don't you? Why not try some yummy no-bake goodies?

Chocolate Squares: A recipe from Kraft that looks mouth-watering!
Chocolate Scotch-A-Roos: Any recipe utilizing a word "A-Roos", has got to be good!
Energy Bars: Rice cereal energy bars. A healthier option, and a delicious one too!
Rum Balls: There's a reason why I like making these.
Apricot-Coconut Balls: My absolute FAVORITE no-bake cookie. In the whole universe.

Rice Crispy Treats

How to Make Rice Krispie Treats AndreaCanCook.com

Video instruction how to make rice krispie treats in 5 minutes!

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Squidoo's Got The Good Stuff

WARNING: DO NOT READ WHILE HUNGRY.

Chocolate Brownie Tips

Do you love brownies? I sure do. Every now and then I get this uncontrollable urge to eat some brownies... which of course won't happen unless I go to the trouble of making them. Read on for some tips for making tasty chocolate brownies!

Holy Cupcakes!

There is nothing more delightful and comforting than a cupcake, is there? Specialty bakeries are popping up everywhere you look, not to mention the oodles of cupcake blogs and websites that mesmerize and tempt me. My cupcake baking skills are la...

Super Soft, Melt in Your Mouth, Sugar Cookie Recipe

This sugar cookie recipe bakes up super soft. Follow my recipe and roll the dough thick and you'll get a soft, flaky sugar cookie that melts in your mouth.

Vegan Banana Bread

Here you'll find the Best Vegan Banana Bread Recipes which will nourish your body, nuture your soul, and help make the world a more peaceful place. These recipes will help satisfy your cravings for a moist and sweet treat, will give you something del...

The Best Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe!

I created this recipe almost 20 years ago and have perfected it over time. I have been told to sell these however I've decided to share :-) This cookie recipe I posted on allrecipes.com about 3 years ago to rave reviews. These cookies should be soft,...

Our Virtual Bake Sale Benefits Longhopes and The Wild Animal Sanctuary

I'd do it in person, but
the donkey's would eat all of the carrot cake, the coatis are so darn picky,and the bears would just make a mess! Plus, I'm pretty sure last time I invited them over to bake, the tigers stole my wooden spoons. Sneaky.

Longhopes Donkey Rescue

Our mission is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find permanent homes for donkeys that would otherwise be destroyed for meat consumption overseas. These animals are often shipped in horrific conditions to processors outside of the US - many die fr...

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

Saving One Animal May Not Change The World But Surely, For That One Animal... The World Will Change Forever! The Wild Animal Sanctuary provides a safe haven for wild animals rescued from private owners, abusive situations, and others who would other...

Don't Forget Some Treats for Your Best Friend!

Homemade Dog Treats

What better way to show your dog how much you love him than with fresh baked cookies? I started making my own treats years ago when I had a German Shepherd that was allergic to wheat and dairy. These days, the availibility of books and recipes for ma...

Search for More Recipes Online!

Search for new recipes, baking games, and anything else you need! Goodsearch is a downloadable search toolbar that utilizes Yahoo search functions. Each time you use your Goodsearch toolbar, a small donation is made to the charity of your choice. When you sign-up for Goodsearch, just select Longhopes Donkey Shelter (Bennett, CO) as your charity! It's that easy. Feel good again about searching the web!

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Dress Up Your Sale!

Cupcake Goddess Apron

From: A Painter's Kitchen Designs by Karina

Price: 16.99

i love cupcakes BBQ Apron

From: Embrace: Let Yourself Shine

Price: 18.99

Master Baker Kitchen Apron

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Price: 22.99

Cookies and Hugs BBQ Apron

From: SassyBites

Price: 19.99

Come to the Dark Side White T-Shirt

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Want to Make Your Bake Sale A Reality?

How To Run A Bake Sale - In Real Life

BDKZ, Squidoo's resident mentor-to-the-stars has created a wonderful lens with tips and tricks on how to run a perfectly successful bake sale.

How To Host A Bake Sale

Having a Bake Sale is a boat load of fun and a great way to raise money for your school, church or community center. Here's some great tips on how to have the Best Bake Sale Ever!