October is Breast cancer Awareness month and for the past three years, I’ve taken part in Bake It Happen, a campaign that raises awareness and funds for breast cancer research! The campaign started by my friend Shari from My Judy The Foodie and her sister Stacy whose mission is to find a cure for Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC), after losing their mom Judy Levin to this cancer. Judy was a talented baker and cook, so through this campaign, you simply bake one of Judy’s recipes and share photos through social media.
While 41,000 individuals die from MBC each year, little funding for research is allocated to this deadly disease. Partners this year include The Cancer Couch Foundation, Taste Buds Kitchen, Sweet Loren’s and Ford Warriors in Pink. An anonymous donor will donate money for every Bake it Happen photo “shared.” 100% of the funds raised from Bake it Happen will go to directly to The Cancer Couch Foundation to fund Metastatic Breast Cancer Research.
After five years, the Bake it Happen campaign achieved its goal: to build the baking campaign into a national fundraising movement where supporters would bake and share Judy’s recipes or donate to the cause. To date, the Bake it Happen campaign has raised over $60,000 for breast cancer research and this year, Shari and Stacy are determined to raise even more. For more information about the Bake It Happen campaign, visit their website at www.bakeithappen.net.
This year the girls and I chose to make Judy’s Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf, but actually turned the loaf into cupcakes! I absolutely love getting my children involved as well. The kids love helping me out in the kitchen, and it’s something we all look forward to, so baking for the Bake It Happen movement, gives me a chance to explain that we are baking for a cause, and I can remind them that it’s so important to help and give to others.
Here’s how it works: Shari provided four recipes of Judy’s this year for you to bake. This year the recipes are: Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf, Pumpkin Oatmeal Chip Cookies, Compost Cookies, and Judy’s Black Bottom Cupcakes. Click the link here for those recipes. Every time you post your baked goods on your social media channels, remember to tag Bake It Happen (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter) along with the #BakeItHappen
Happy baking friends, and a big thank you to Shari, from My Judy The Foodie, for inviting me to take part again in this amazing campaign!
This year, for every comment left below, SITC will be donating $5 per comment to The Cancer Couch Foundation!
28 thoughts on “Bake It Happen 2017!”
I bake it happen with my kids whenever possible. It’s so much fun to bake with them, and it’s SSSOOOOOO much fun to eat the finished product!
My kids love cupcakes and these are looking so yummy.
These look so good! My kids LOVE to bake with me, so we will definitely be trying our your recipe!
My boys love to get involved in the kitchen. Now that the weather is cooler, we will be baking more often.
Baking for breast cancer awareness – brilliant! Love that you participated and love the pics! The kids looked like they were having a blast!
This is a very important cause and affects so many young women in the prime of life. I think you are doing a noble thing to take time out to help.
I am glad you brought this to my attention. I did not know it existed. I am also glad that there are people out there that are willing to match donations for something like this. I will definitely check out this fundraiser and tell others about it also.
I think you are doing an amazing thing to help raise awareness. This is such an important cause.
My kids and I love to Bake It Happen! I am loving this campaign! These muffins look amazing too!
I love their mission and their goal of donating! Definitely sharing and supporting this cause!
I think it is awesome you will be donating $5 per comment! Thank you for helping to make a difference!
This sounds like a great campaign! This is such a great cause as well. Those muffins sure look great too!
What a great cause … and I love that you’re donating money for every comment! That’s awesome!
The Bake it Happen campaign is such a good idea. I love that people can get involved share photos of what they bake to raise money!
This is such a great campaign! I love to see anything that will be able to donate to this!
My youngest loves to bake with me. While we look for a new house, a kitchen island is a necessity for her…for baking.
It’s awesome that you’re baking with your kids and teaching them the importance of giving back to important causes! And your Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf turned cupcakes looks delish!
Bake It Happen is a great campaign. It is so important to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. I think it is amazing that SITC will be donating $5 per comment.
So glad to see how much you enjoy baking with your daughters. I did the same when my now-college girls were that age. Bake it Happen sound like such a great cause too!
I love baking! And no other fun way to do it but with the kids!
Thanks for raising awareness to such an important cause.
I LOVE that you are doing this! Such a fantastic way to give back, get time with your kids and make something delicious in the process. Going to pick a recipe to do the same!
What a great cause to support! We are going to back Judy’s black bottom cupcakes! How great that there are healthier alternative options too. Kudos to you, Brianne, for donating an additional $5 for each comment on this post. Very cool!
This is such an important cause and baking is a fun way to raise money for research. Every little bit helps.
This looks like something fun I can do with my 2 and 6 year old girls. I’m currently battling two different kinds of breast cancer, and I welcome anything that can take our minds off things. It’s been really tough on my 6 year old to see me sick, I really try to lighten the mood whenever possible and this looks like something we could bond over while raising awareness.
I love baking with our kids and they love it too! This sounds like a great campaign.
Those cupcakes are making me hungry!
I love to bake. I’ll have to try this!