Love Link-up & Give Away!

 

2013 seems intent on leaving me in its dust. January was a blur and we are only a few days away from February. Ahhh... February! The month of love, pink, red, chocolates, roses and strawberries!

Yes, strawberries! I have always associated these little red jewels with all things love-related. Dipped in chocolate, topped with whipped cream, or just piled in a bowl, they're just plain sexy, in my opinion. And this dessert is the perfect union of all of the above, sandwiched between layers of light fluffy cake. A perfectly sweet love affair! Anyone else feeling a little hot and bothered...

I was a little late to my own Valentine's party last year, so I aim to get a head-start this year. And who better to look to for inspiration and to help spread the love than my fellow sweet-fiends!

Which leads us to my very first Linkup - not to be confused with 'hook-up', this isn't that type of page. ;) Although... you may fall in love with a few blogs along the way and decide to stick with them. That, I encourage!

This is one of the cakes we made in Baking Arts, will share the recipe in a future post.

So let's get to it, shall we! Here's how our Linkup works:

• FUN - let's aim for lots of it!!
• SHARE - something sweet and valentine-inspired for the rest of us to drool over. Use the inLinkz tool below to add a direct link to the related treat. Links to Blogs, Facebook, Flickr etc. are all welcome. One submission per person please. Add your link and the title of your blog post/dessert.
• SOCIALIZE - spread the love! You'll be provided options to share on Twitter and Facebook when you add your link. I also encourage you to visit the blogs of other linkup participants and show some love by way of comments. Feel free to leave a comment for me as well. ;)
• VOTE - for a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate from Copper Gifts and The Smart Baker! Voting will begin on February 6 and close on February 9. The submission with the most votes at the end of the Linkup wins!
• LINK RESPONSIBLY -  link only to your work and keep it clean. 

If you have any questions or run into any issues linking up, please leave me a comment below. This way, the answers will be available to anyone else with a similar issue. Thx!

A very special thanks to The Smart Baker and Copper Gifts for their generous contributions to this giveaway.

I did not receive compensation, monetary, or otherwise, for this post.