And The Winner Is.....

When the Sara Lee Corporation contacted me about creating

a recipe for them and offered me a giveaway for my

readers, I decided I wanted to make it fun and see

what you would create with a Sara Lee Poundcake.

So many, many wonderful ideas.

Berry Tiramisu with French Cream

Stuffed French Toast

Baked Alaska

Trifles Galore

Strawberry Shortcakes

Grilled Poundcake

Easter Egg Cakes

Easter Baskets,

Lavender Pistachio Cakes

and many more....

What wonderful ideas.  I hope you get some Sara Lee

Poundcake and create some run recipes for yourself.

Some of them brought back memories.

One of our favorite restaurants to go to when we

went home to Madison, Wisconsin was Ella's Deli.

You can see right here in the middle of their menu

board Grilled Pound Cake Hot Fudge Sundae.

(Photos from Ella's Deli web site)

It is a magical place where you are greeted by

this beautiful carousel outside and an unimaginable

collection of whimsical animated toys filling the

deli.  So everyone's suggestions for grilled pound

cake tugged at my heart strings.

Another one that brought back memories of 

younger years was Sue's suggestion (from I Need Mom)

that you line your cheesecake pan with the pound cake.

Unfortunately I don't have the recipe, but one of the

first cheesecakes I made was a concoction my mom

and I created after I had blown a cake recipe.  The cake

turned out flat as a pancake and she suggested we top it

with a cheesecake layer.  The combination of the two

were amazing.  For sentimental reasons, and because

I want Sue's recipe, I am choosing Sue as the

$50 Visa card winner.  

Sue, email me your recipe and I will make it and

feature it on my blog.

But Linda's 

Maple and Banana Layered dessert

(from More Fun, Less Laundry)

sounds so great that I am awarding her a $50 Visa

card also.

Contact me by email and give me your emails so

I can send these out to you.

Thanks everyone.  I had almost 500 page views

on this contest.