2025 Bake Sale - 29 March
The Bake Sale is one of our main fundraising activities.
We hope to raise over $5,000 with your help!
Let’s get Baking!
Because this is a fundraising effort, it is best to bake things that sell fast and sell for more!
Shoppers generally look for something to eat for afternoon tea or as a dessert, so cakes and dessert items usually sell more quickly than slices, biscuits and chocolate crackles.
If you know what you will be making it would be helpful if you could let us know, so we can get an idea of what will arrive on the day. Email us or ask when you’re next in the Toy Library if you have any questions.
Here are some suggestions for what you could bake:
• Cakes* (sell for $10 upwards)
• Dessert Items such as Flans, Tarts, Fruit Pies and Crumbles (sell for $10 upwards)
• Large interesting cakes eg: lumberjacks, hummingbird cakes (sell for $15 upwards)
• Gluten free or dairy free items (sell for various prices)
• Savoury items (sell for various prices)
• Jams, chutneys and relishes (sell for $6 upwards)
Download or pickup a copy of our Recipe Suggestions if you don’t have a favourite dessert recipe of your own.
*Unfortunately we cannot accept items which require refrigeration (eg: Sponges with cream)
Delivery details:
• Deliver now: Jams and relishes
• Deliver between 26–28 March: Biscuits
• Deliver on Friday 28 March: between 9am to 3.30pm at the Toy Library or between 7pm – 9pm to 7 Winter St (Gumnuts Playgroup)
• Deliver on Saturday 29 March between 8.30am and 12 noon to 7 Winter St (Gumnuts Playgroup)
Fresh is best, so please bake on the day if you can.
Upon delivery your contribution will be labelled, packaged, priced and recorded by our team of volunteers and the amounts you have raised will be listed against your family’s fundraising total*.
*As a member of the Stonnington Toy Library you are required to raise a minimum of $30 in your membership year to assist us in keeping our membership costs affordable. You can do this in several ways:
Baking for the Bake Sale (Buying from the Bake Sale (while very encouraged) does not count towards your fundraising contribution.)
Later in the year through the Fundraising Raffle
Opting to pay the $30 fundraising opt-out fee
Unable to Bake but would like to help?
We need between 50 and 60 additional helpers to help make our day a success.
Can you make items look stunning with cellophane? Join our packaging team on:
Friday 28 March 7pm – 9pm or
Saturday 29 March 8am – 12 noon
Are you a dynamic sales person? Book in to sell for a 2 hour block between
8am and 2pm on Saturday 29 March
Please logon to our Online roster to schedule yourself to help - This counts towards your roster duty hours and is a great way to reach your required volunteer hours AND be a part of an exciting annual community event.
Food Safety Guidelines:
If you are baking for us at home, please comply with the Food Safety Procedures listed below which form part of our Food Safety Program.
• Make preparation area pet free
• Wash hands before and regularly during preparation
• Clean all work surfaces & utensils thoroughly
Food Safety Guidelines insist that we tell you more about washing hands. Please remember to:
• Wash backs of your hands, wrists, between the Fingers and under fingernails
• Use soap and warm water and dry with a paper towel.
• Wash hands again after handling garbage, using a tissue, handling pets, smoking, touching hair or changing a nappy!
Note: Due to Government Food Safety Guidelines we cannot sell items that are required to be kept at a controlled hot or cold temperature. Eg sausage rolls, quiches, samosas, cream filled cakes (cream in cake is fine as long as it is cooked)