Last updated on March 22nd, 2013
I’D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE who entered my latest giveaway, wherein I asked you to mention the most complicated or time-consuming dessert you’ve ever made. Would you believe that I read all 778 responses? And that I drooled, laughed and clutched my pearls all the while? Here’s the winning comment, as selected by the little number gadget over at Random (dot) org:
Jan Evancho, comment #201: The most complicated dessert I ever made was an exploding volcano cake for my son’s 7th birthday. It had many tiers, shaped into a mountain, oreo cookie and graham cracker crumbles, and boulders, red jello lava, steaming pools of koolaid at the bottom and of course, a dry ice concoction streaming from the top. The kids (and even their parents) went CRAZY. The recipe itself was easy, but the design and assembly took a long time.
Congratulations, Jan — a brand new, 7-cup Cuisinart Food Processor is coming your way. Please check your inbox for an email from me!
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June says
Congratulations Jan Evancho,that sounds like a very interesting cake..any kid would love it. Any adult would be impressed…yeah for you.
María says
Congratulations Jan Evancho! If you please share the recipe this grandmother will be very happy to prepare one for my grandchildren one day soon …
Thank you Kevin for your wonderful site!
Vicki says
Congratulations, Jan Evancho! Until I read your comment, I had forgotten all about the volcano cake I made for my daughter when she was, I think, 8. I did not think of using dry ice (brilliant idea!), but I did stick a whole bunch of long skinny sparkler candles at varying heights out of the top of the cake, which provided a very satisfying “exploding volcano” effect when all of the candles were lit! (Especially as these were the trick candles that relight when you blow them out!…) Enjoy your Cuisinart!
Robert Meehan says
RATS!! Can I come over and use yours? 😉
KimH says
Congrats Jan!!
Suzanne Bennett says
Congrats Jan! Going to be hard to top that volcano cake but you can whip up great things with the Cusinart. Enjoy!
Jan Evancho says
Wow, what a way to wake up to bright, sunny spring morning! I’m doing that happy dance, for sure! Ironically, my food processor (a cheap yard sale find) just went kaput and I was bargaining with my sis to send me our mom’s 20 year-old Cuisinart. No need for that now! The synchronicity of this event is purely magical! Thank you, Kevin!
Marie @ Substance of Living says
Jan,
Congratulations! You are going to make so many good things. What are you going to make first?
Kevin,
You are very generous. I know Jan is going to love her new Cuisinart.
Cheers,
Marie
Susan says
Congratulations Jan!
Tammy says
Congratulations Jan, and thank you Kevin for another great give away!
Denise says
Congratulations Jan! You know my address for those yummy cookies, bread and cakes you’ll be making!!
Sonja Jones says
Congrats! That does sound like a complicated cake! Could have been a science project too. 😉
Jan Evancho says
I got my new Cuisinart yesterday, and I LOVE IT!!! Thanks again, Kevin! (Did you get the recipe I sent to you for African Chicken Peanut Stew?)
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Hi Jan – So glad the FP arrived safely. The ACPS recipe looks…divine. It’s on my list of things to make.
Connie says
SO happy for you Jan! Now get busy in the kitchen and utilize some of Kevin’s terrific recipes! Thank you , Kevin, for allowing all of us to participate in the contest and for putting a little excitement into our lives.
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