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New Easy Bake Oven Line and a Bake Off

Linette Gerlach — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:59:58 +0000

Yesterday I talked about the Easy Bake Oven I remembered from my childhood. Today I want to talk about a more modern version of one of my childhood favorites.

This spring the Easy Bake Oven and Snack Center reinvented it’s classic aqua color. The latest oven has the classic side load and heats with a 100 watt light bulb. The Snack Center comes with three different mixes, two baking pans, two utensils, a pan pusher, two warming cups and recipes/instructions.

Hasbro added to the line with an Easy Bake Decorating Sensation Frosting Pen. The pen can be used to put finishing touches on your little chefs wonderful creations.

To help kick off the new line the folks at Easy Bake had a bake off that started last fall and ended this spring in Disney World, the contestants weren’t the typical bake off contestants, they were kids (with an adult sous chef to assist), and they cooked their delicious recipes in their Easy Bake Ovens.

In May, after a nationwide search for America’s best young baker, Ohio resident Catherine Ralston was named the Easy-Bake “Baker of the Year” for her delicious ‘Queen of Hearts Strawberry Tart’ creation. As part of her grand prize, she is touring food-related sites in San Francisco in July with her family. While there, she will actually teach a class one afternoon at the CA Culinary Academy how to make her treat!

It’s fun to see a whole new generation making fun memories with one of my childhood favorites.

Images courtesy of Easy Bake

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Easy Bake Oven Fun Memories

Linette Gerlach — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:20:59 +0000

I had breakfast with my cousin a couple weeks ago, and we were reminiscing about our childhood when we used to be inseparable during the summer. We were always spending the night at each others house and I have so many great memories from those summers long ago.

One of my favorite memories, and she said it’s one of her favorites too, was cooking our little hearts out with the Easy Bake Oven. Now my Easy Bake Oven didn’t look anything like today’s models. It was a pea green color like the one on the right in this picture of vintage Easy Bake Ovens.

I can see why the Easy Bake Oven is still a favorite today. Little girls (and little boys, my son had one when he was younger) are still making fun memories baking with their moms and friends, and who knows maybe they’ll be future chefs or foodies.

Image via Flickr Pop Elegantarium creative commons

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Another Easy Bake Oven Recall

Kerri Aldrich — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:08:26 +0000

When I got the heads-up from Karen about an Easy Bake Oven recall, I remembered that Hsien had reported one back earlier in the year. It seems that the issues that were causing concern in February have not yet been properly addressed, and now I’ve seen them use the word amputation. Yep, definitely worth bringing up again.

You can read Karen’s post here at Thrifty Mommy, and see the official report from Hasbro here. Thanks, Karen.

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