Baked goodies are always a great gift for thank yous, house warmings or Just Becauses.  Some of us have the natural gift of being able to whip up a moist carrot cake with cream cheese icing or a batch of chocolately cupcakes with elaborately decorated sugar flowers on top.  MOST of us like to think we could do that but then end up spending hours in the kitchen covered in flour with nothing to show for it but a flattened batch of good intentions with icing that looks like it was applied by our 5 year old nieces.   The time and effort it takes to make a perfectly decorated cupcake or a flawless layered cake is not a reality for most of us.

Eat My Words is a local Toronto company that makes gorgeous cakes, cupcakes and cookies using only the highest quality natural ingredients.  There are no chemicals or preservatives and everything is baked fresh daily.  The signature flavours for their cakes and cupcakes is chocolate, lemon, raspberry, or cranberry carrot. When you order a batch, it is delivered in a glamourous hat box tied with a ribbon. 

I received one such package yesterday in a blue hat box filled with mini Lola cupcakes as a thank you for a recent conference I participated in.  As I devoured 4 cupcakes in a row (mini cupcakes, OK?), I decided to delve a little deeper into the deliciousness that is Eat My Words.  Listen, they're bite sized.  Literally.   Like smallish bites.   Stop raising your eyebrows at me, you would do it too. And then I had 2 more this morning.  Anyway, This company had come across my desk before when they were doing a Mother's Day drive at Sherway Gardens last spring.  I was impressed with what I found. Eat My Words supports the Steven Lewis Foundation and was originally conceived to help raisemoney and feed people, through the outreach program Out of the Cold. 

Gorgeous chemical and preservative free deserts, glamorous packaging and charitable giving all in one? That's a pretty awesome gift to give anyone.