A cupcake sneak peek …

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It starts with gourmet apples that are high in acidity.
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Core, peel, and chop …
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Cook down into applesauce with a dash of cinnamon …
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Spoon apple sauce-infused batter into a lined muffin tin …
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Bake for 20 – 25 minutes …
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Add some honey to the butter and icing sugar …
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And what do you get?

Find the recipe in my next monthly newsletter on November 1, 2016. Not signed up yet? Pop your email into this form to get my monthly missives directly in your inbox on the first Tuesday of every month.

Dowser 6: Cake in a Cup T-shirt Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: THREE WINNERS TBA

I’m giving away three Cake in a Cup T-shirts today! This is the first of six upcoming giveaways to help celebrate the release of Dowser 6 on May 5, 2016.

Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic (Dowser 6) is currently available for preorder on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

Unfortunately, this giveaway is only open to shipping addresses within the USA due to Amazon Merch shutting down their international shipping. Hopefully they will resolve this issue sooner than later! Because as of right now, even I can’t get anymore of my own T-shirts!

Elizabeth models the Cake in a Cup T-shirt - white printing on black
Elizabeth models the Cake in a Cup T-shirt – white printing on black

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So … would you like to win a T-shirt?

To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:

  1. If you could visit the alternate universe in which the Dowser Series exists, which cupcake would you order from Jade’s bakery Cake in a Cup? [Your comment must include an actual cupcake mentioned in the Dowser Series novels. Such as (Blank) in a Cup.]

Notes/Rules: OPEN TO SHIPPING ADDRESSES IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY (Again, my apologies. The T-shirts were supposed to be available internationally). Each comment will be assigned an entry number. THREE winning entries will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 at 8 p.m. PDT.

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You can find all three Dowser/Oracle T-shirts here.

PS. They fit small. Seriously small. I know I keep repeating myself, but please, please trust me! 

Dowser Series: ‘Cake in a Cup’ T-shirt and a giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. Winner: Lucky #45, Avanti from Indiana!

Last but not least! Cake in a Cup!

Elizabeth models the Cake in a Cup T-shirt - white printing on black
Elizabeth models the Cake in a Cup T-shirt – white printing on black

This logo makes its appearance in the Dowser series (of course), but the actual T-shirt is due to show up in I See You (Oracle 2). Here’s a sneak peek of the scene:

Chi Wen, the far seer of the guardian dragons and my old-as-ass mentor, had apparently decided that his typical gold-embroidered white robes and sandals would stand out too much in Yachats. So he was now clothed in a baby blue, oversized short-sleeved T-shirt emblazoned with a fuchsia pink Cake in a Cup — Taste the Magic logo. The shirt hung almost to his knees, his cargo pants ended at his lower calves, and he was wearing black combat boots to complete the ensemble. – I See You (Oracle 2)

Three guesses as to who dressed Chi Wen. 😛

The logo also appears in Jade’s bakery in the Dowser Series, as well as on Blossom’s apron in Dowser 5!

Note the chocolate cosmos. 🙂

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I made the ‘Cake in a Cup’ T-shirts available in white printing as well as pink printing in the maximum colours I was allowed by the retailer (five). They are printed on fitted American Apparel T-shirts and THEY FIT SMALL!! Elizabeth is wearing an XL in the picture, and she usually wears a medium. I knew this about the American Apparel T-shirts (I also wear an XL) but I really like the fabric and the flattering fit. The site suggests going up a size – based on their sizing chart I’m a large – so please check the sizing.

GIVEAWAY

Would you like to win an ‘Cake in a Cup’ T-shirt?

You would?

Okay then!

To enter the giveaway all you need to do is:

  1. Comment below and tell me your favourite ‘Cake in a Cup’ cupcake.

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Each comment will be assigned an entry number. ONE winning entry will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2015 at 8 p.m. PST.

More giveaways coming through December to celebrate the release of Oracle 2!!

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