Bake Me A Wish Blog

Sending a birthday cake to a deployed soldier is a great way to show him or her your love and appreciation for their hard work and sacrifice. And it’s a lot easier to send a birthday cake to a deployed soldier than you might think.

All you have to do is visit this page, choose your soldier’s favorite cake flavor, select your preferred date of delivery and we’ll send the birthday cake to your deployed soldier as quickly as possible.

Each cake is packaged to ensure freshness and includes a card and plaque to mark the occasion. Even if it’s not your deployed soldier’s birthday, you can choose from a number of other occasions like:

• Father’s Day
• Happy Anniversary
• Love
• Thank You
• And more!

In addition, 5% of your order will be contributed to Bake Me A Wish!’s Operation: Birthday Cake which donates birthday cakes each month, with our partner Soldiers’ Angels, to deployed military overseas.

Let your deployed son, daughter, husband, wife or friend know that you’re thinking about them on their special day with a gourmet birthday cake from Bake Me A Wish!

What kinds of cakes can I send to a deployed soldier?

Bake Me A Wish! offers a variety of gourmet cakes to send to your deployed soldier, including:

• Cookies and Cream
• Magic Bar Brownie
• Chocolate Mint Chip
• Cinnamon and Walnuts Coffee Cake
• Raspberry Coffee Cake
• Apple Coffee Cake
• Cinnamon Coffee Cake
• Chocolate Coffee Cake

Our Decadent Delight Brownie Cakes are 7 inches in diameter and our Ultimate Coffee Cakes are 8 inches in diameter.

Unfortunately, frosted cakes cannot be sent to deployed military overseas because of the time required for shipping cakes.

When will my deployed soldier receive his/her birthday cake?

While Bake Me A Wish! does its best to send birthday cakes to deployed soldiers on the date you request, we cannot guarantee it will arrive on a specific date.

Operation: Birthday Cakes are bulk shipped every two weeks via USPS and usually take about 10-14 days to arrive once they are shipped.

If you have any questions about the Operation: Birthday Cake service or process, please call or email us. We’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

HAPPY 237th BIRTHDAY TO THE ARMY!

We hope that everyone had a great Father’s Day with Dad and  is ready for a wonderful summer!  As always, we’ll continue to celebrate birthdays all year round by delivering gourmet birthday cakes for your loved ones.  As part of our regular offering, we also deliver cakes to deployed soldiers through our Operation Birthday Cake program – we full support our military personnel overseas with donations and birthday cake delivery online.

That said, we couldn’t resist sharing this wonderful article on the Army’s 237th birthday. Mr. Buddy Valestro, of Cake Boss fame, created a tank of a cake! Literally!   They celebrated their birthday right here in NYC.  You can read the full article over at the Daily Mail, but you’ll find a picture of his creation below. That a great cake… but I doubt we could ship it!

Win a Mother’s Day Cake Delivery! –  CONTEST CLOSED.

Mother’s Day is a week from Sunday!  Once a year, we have this special day to tell our Mom’s, Grandmother’s and special women in our life that they are appreciated and valued.  I know that growing up, I didn’t really have an understanding of what my own Mother went through to raise three rambunctious boys. Now, she is the most important woman in my life.  What did I learn from Mom?  A HECK of a lot!  But one of my favorite mommy adages is:
“If you don’t ask, the answer is no.  It never hurts to ask.”

It seems simple but that’s a life lesson that applies to just about everything I’ve ever done!

We want to hear what you learned from Mom – the special lessons and memories that you have from growing up.  Reach down and talk to that inner child that will always be Mom’s special boy or girl.  Post your comment below for your chance to win a free cake delivery from Bake Me A Wish!!

COMMENT ON THIS BLOG POST WITH YOUR FAVORITE LESSON FROM MOM!!

RULES:  Post on our blog about your favorite lesson from Mom – each lesson you post is a new entry into the giveaway.  We’ll select three lucky readers to receive a free Mother’s Day Cake delivery for themselves, or to send to their mother.  Your comment number is your entry number and we’ll select the winners at random using a random number generator.  Let’s hear those life lessons from Mom!

GIVEAWAY ENDS TUESDAY, MAY 8th @ 11:59PM

This past weekend, Bake Me A Wish! had the pleasure of honoring families of deployed service members at the “Love of Chocolate” party in North Dakota in coordination with our good friend, Shelle Michaels, National Communications Officer for Soldiers Angels. Shelle has been a great ally in our effort to show deployed service members that they are not forgotten by us at home through our Operation Birthday Cake Program. The event was also brought together with Colonel Michael and was attended by David Sprynczynatyk, Major General and Adjunct General of the North Dakota National Guard as well as Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley.

This year, Bake Me A Wish was able to bring some additional smiles to the Love of Chocolate event as Bake Me A Wish cakes were handed out to family members deployed soldiers. Take a quick look at those faces below – happy to have some chocolate and know that we’re working to support their family members overseas.

Read more about the event at KFYR-TV.

Or watch the video clip!

It’s that time of year again! Time to show your romantic side – an excuse to be mushy, gushy and let our loved ones know that we care about them. You can write a poem, make dinner, give them a massage… there are lots of ways to express your love. Here at Bake Me A Wish!, we’re in love with sending people cake deliveries for their birthday, valentine’s day, anniversary – you name it. It makes us extraordinarily happy to make other people happy.

We want to spread the love even further this Valentine’s Day! We’re giving away 3 of our Freedom Cakes to our fans… they can be for you, or a loved one anywhere in the continental United States. Along with Each Gift, we’re also going to donate a cake in your recipients name to a deployed service member through our Operation: Birthday Cake program with our partner, Soldiers Angels. You feel good, we feel good and one of our dedicated soldiers, far from loved ones and home, will have a happier birthday.

SAY SOMETHING SWEET! GIVEAWAY

Win one of 3 Valentine’s Day Freedom Cakes for you or a loved one and have it arrive ON Valentine’s Day!

1. Post a comment below and tell us who your Valentine is! Then just tell us why you think they’re so sweet!

2. We have lots of loved ones in our lives, Mom, Dad, husband or wife – enter as often as you like, but you have to have a different sweetie each time.

3. Enter by MONDAY MORNING at 10am (2/13/12). We’ll choose 3 comments randomly, using a random number generator to win a Freedom cake. Winner emails will be sent on Monday by noon so we can set your cake to arrive on Valentine’s Day! We’ll also announce it on our Facebook page.

Thank you everyone for participating and being a fan! We know the Soldiers appreciate it too!

Ooo – a tip of the hat from the Huffington Post for our Operation: Birthday Cake program! Lest we forget, our military personnel are still stationed away from loved ones around the world – we’re happy that we can bring a little joy to some of them on their birthday. With your help, we’ve delivered thousands of birthday cakes to soldiers overseas! Thanks for your continued support; as mentioned, a portion of each Valentine’s Day and Birthday Cake goes to this program, or you can purchase a Valentine’s Day Freedom Cake and have a cake donated on behalf of your loved one!

Huffington Post – Bake Me A Wish! Gifts That Give Back

This Friday, January 27th is National Chocolate Cake day!  That’s as good a reason as any to celebrate .  As you know, Bake Me A Wish has a variety of chocolate cakes… but which one is best?  Help us decide what our most popular chocolate cake is by posting your vote below – that also enters you into our giveaway for the chocolate cake of your choice!  Read on!

National Chocolate Cake Day Giveaway!

COMMENT ON THIS BLOG POST WITH YOUR FAVORITE BAKE ME A WISH! CHOCOLATE CAKE FLAVOR:

* CHOCOLATE MOUSSE TORTE

* BLACK AND WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

* TRIPLE CHOCOLATE ENROBED BROWNIE

* RED VELVET CHOCOLATE

* COOKIES & CREAM CAKE

* CARAMEL PECAN FUDGE

* SMORE BROWNIE CAKE

RULES: Vote for your favorite chocolate cake by this Friday at 11:59pm from the list below. That is also your entry to receive a free cake as part of our giveaway.  We’ll select one lucky fan to receive the chocolate cake they chose.  Your comment number is your entry number and we’ll select the winner at random using a random number generator.  Only one vote per fan please;  Vote now!

Perfect for the discriminating Star Wars fan, this 300 lbs Storm Trooper cake was baked by Amanda Oakleaf of Winthrop, MA (wow Amanda!) and was featured the WTSP.com down in Tampa Bay… just had to share this photo!  Amazing!

Photo Credit: Amanda Oakleaf