This is the reason why this web site exists. Why do I call my little haven Brownie Addict? Well, that’s the word came that up most with people begging me to stop making them anymore brownie, cause they were so addicted to my brownie they could not stop opening that little box and telling themselves “Okay one last one!” or sneaking pieces out of the box before it can reach the party or like in my brother-in-law’s case, scolded for eating the brownies and “snatching” with the other family members.
Been a while since I’ve added any updates. Month of July was spent baking brownie after brownie to raise funds for Charmaine and her family. Most of the sales aggregated in the first 2 weeks and response kinda died down in the later 2 weeks. People just sometimes got busy as days went by. Still, I’m so proud to have raised $1,500 for Charmaine. Sold 45 brownies in 2 weeks. Ha.. if only this happened every week! I could quit my job and stay home with the kids. (Jealous mummy noticing Nevan going to the maid more often these days! Sob Sob!)
Anyways, here’s Charmaine’s fund raising team’s response to the donation I’ve made on behalf of Brownieaddict’s fans.
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From: Jolene Loh <eateateat_82@hotmail.com>
Cc: ourfeistyprincess@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, 3 September 2009 12:32:48
Subject: RE: Elena: A donation of $1500 - Pls confirm
Hi Elly,
We have received your funds. Thanx a lot for helping little Charmaine. She is not alone as she has many wonderful angels around to fight this battle with her and you are one of them.
In the meantime, please continue going to http://ourfeistyprincess.blogspot.com/ for updates on Charmaine.
Regards,
Jolene
Copied & pasted from IB:
I was sent a link recently about a 4yr old cancer patient who needs USD350K to get to New York to increase her chances of survival from 20% to 50%. As I browsed through her site, viewing her videos… tons of thoughts and fear rushed through. Just 3 ft away, my 2 daughters (3 and 5) lay asleep. Just 1 cm away, Nevan sleeps peacefully. I’m blessed.
Hubby and I discussed and within minutes, he made the decision to pledge the profits of his wedding jobs to Charmaine. So proud of him! As I tossed through the night, I decided that though the proceeds from BrownieAddict will be small, it’ll still help Charmaine and her family through this difficult time.
Sooo.. an event was set up on facebook last night and sent to all my friends, an sms was sent to those who were not on facebook this morning. Within a day, I’ve sold 10 brownies. I’m hopeful that as we move along in the month of July, the orders will come in.
I’ve also roped in Nic to draw a thank you card to stick onto the box of brownies. I wanted her to grow up counting her blessings and extending her blessings to others who were less fortunate.
So I hope you’ll help too. $30 for 1 brownie cake - either Triple Choc or Macademia Nuts. Please help.
More about Charmaine… http://ourfeistyprincess.blogspot.com/
Banana falls into the category of fruits that go really well with chocolate, amongst others like strawberries, raspberries.. well basically any berries for that matter.
Soooo… here’s BrownieAddict’s Go Bananas Brownie with sweet ripe “Ang Bak Jio” slices in the middle. Marital bliss with the crisp top and chewy brownie base!
What is Valentine’s Day without bright red cream and a pretty organza ribbon? Can give Mrs Fields a run for their money.
HL called me and asked if I could make a raspberry brownie for her. I’ve never done it before but since she says her bf loves raspberries, I decided to do her a favour. I’ve never been much of a raspberry fan other than the Magnolia raspberry swirl vanilla ice cream that the ice cream man sells (my fav!). Personally, you have to love raspberry to like this brownie. It was slightly sour but on seconds, the sweet-sour combination was quite nice actually.
Well, when I checked back with HL, she said her bf finished the entire heart shape brownie on his own on the same day! Amazing cos I never met a guy with a sweet tooth before! : )
