Christmas is coming early to Planet Byn, and we’re celebrating the release of Rosie Daykin’s new book, Butter Celebrates! You’ll remember the Butter Baked Goods Bakery from previous gushing here (when I visited the store in Vancouver last year) and here (when we hosted a giveaway for Rosie’s first book a year ago). I was so excited when I found out Rosie had written a brand new cookbook, and that it was organized around holidays and special occasions (I have just a teensy bit of experience with books like that!).

I was obviously drawn to the Christmas chapter of the book when picking the recipe I wanted to make for today’s post (I will neither confirm nor deny that my Christmas tree is already up). First I made Yum Balls, and let me tell you those suckers are not for the faint of heart! Then I moved on to this Orange Gingerbread Cake, and it was love at first bite. Rosie writes in the book that it will fill your kitchen with the scent of Christmas, and she was right! The cake is filled with molasses, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and bakes up into a super hydrated bundt cake, with a hint of orange flavour. My co-worker asked me yesterday if there was Grand Marnier in it, so maybe more than a hint of orange. I feel like when I make this again, I might leave out the orange, and then pour over a brown butter glaze {insert heart eyes emoji here}. You can find the recipe on Page 224 of Butter Celebrates!

Now for the GIVEAWAY! You can win a signed, personalized copy of Rosie’s new book, Butter Celebrates, plus a whole box of treats from Butter Baked Goods!  Just leave a comment telling me what your favourite holiday is and then fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter (start by filling in your name and email address). You can gain even more entries by following the gang on various forms of social media, but that part is optional.

You can click the links below to see what my friends made from Butter Celebrates!

• Amanda made Banana Pecan Caramel Cake {Once Upon a Recipe}
• Christina made Hostess Cupcakes {Strawberries for Supper}
• Gwen made Christmas Panettone {Devour & Conquer}
• Heather made a whole bunch of cookies {The Tasty Gardener}
• Jacquee made Eggnogg-less Bars {I Sugar Coat It}
• Jan made Animal Cookies {Family Bites}
• Jenny made Guinness Cake with Pretzels {The Brunette Baker}
• Kelly made Peppermint Nanaimo Bars {Bacon and Baileys}
• Libby made Gingerbread Guys {Libby Roach}
• Mardi made Champagne Cupcakes {eat.live.travel.write}
• Meg made Lemon Loaf {Sweet Twist of Blogging}
• Tessa made Chocolate Gingerbread Genoise {Style Sweet CA}

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway is open to all legal residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority at the time of the contest in the province or territory in which they reside. Void in Quebec. 

Winner must answer a skill-testing question. 

No purchase necessary to enter. 

Giveaway will run from Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 12:01am to Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 11:59pm. Winner will be contacted via email and name will be displayed on Rafflecopter widget. Email address will never be given out to any third party or anyone for that matter. 

Prize value is approximately $125.

*Note: I was provided a copy of Butter Celebrates at no cost from the publisher (Random House) but I think it’s pretty clear my obsession with Rosie pre-dates this review/giveaway*