No Kid Hungry Bake Sales Arizona
This past week I have been blogging about my adventures while I bake for our charity. This week I turning my focus from our international mission for Micah 6:8 Sudan to one a little closer to home. In case you have not heard No Kid Hungry Bake Sales 2013 have begun! Bloggers and baking enthusiasts across America are joining together to raise money for hungry kids by hosting bake sales. Every dollar raised goes towards the No Kid Hungry program. To find a bake sale in your area,...
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Baking for Charity Part II Welcome back! I know you must be dying to know how the value of land, the red headed mzungu, a Cottage Law, and a venture into crazy cookies all ties together, right? Many times I feel like we are putting together a 2500 piece puzzle. When you first start a puzzle the pieces look confusing. You have no idea of how it will come together. They just look like random shapes. Then you start connecting them and slowly but surely they begin to form a picture. When I...
Read MoreBaking for Charity Part 1
Baking for Charity Part 1 When most people think of baked goods, I believe they think of expanding waist lines. I like to think about cookies and cakes just a tad differently. Three years ago I began baking for charity by selling lots of brownies and cupcakes. What started as a simple bake sale to raise money for Permina and my husband, Dann’s, first mission trip to Southern Sudan slowly morphed into something else. It is hard for me to believe that I have been baking for our charity...
Read MoreValentine Cookie Kit
Valentine Cookie Kit Yes, I know what you must be thinking. A valentine cookie kit, already? {Collective sigh} I just got my Christmas tree down. I know what you mean. When I walked into the grocery store on New Year’s Eve they were putting up the Valentine’s Day cards. It seems like we just move for holiday to holiday these days. One of my customers helped me come up with a great new product during Christmas that I am so excited to share with you. She wanted to decorate...
Read MoreWhat’s in a Name-The Baked Equation?
I have been waiting quite awhile to start my blog. So many ideas have been swirling around my head. So, where should I start? I thought I would begin with the question I am asked the most, “Why, The Baked Equation?” Why did you decide to call it that?” Anyone who has been with me in the kitchen will see me staring at the ceiling talking to myself about numbers. My husband’s favorite is when I look ever perplexed saying , “Is one-third plus one-third plus one third, a cup?”...
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About Me
Let me introduce myself, my name is Melissa Barbakoff and I have a passion for baking, nutrition and creating beautiful, edible gifts. I have loved to bake since I was a little girl but it wasn't until recently that it became a full time pursuit. The Baked Equation was born as a way to raise funds for our charity, Micah 6:8 Sudan. Our dream is to help train pastors and to build a sustainable farming community in Southern Sudan. So it all started with a "Bake Sale" and the sale has never quite ended. Sponsors
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