Here is the true story of one baker’s perseverance in the face of adversity. My friend, Jen Drury, is the owner of the specialty cake bakery, No More Boring Cakes in San Marcos, California, USA. All of the beautiful custom themed … Continue reading
If you haven’t seen this already, check it out! It’s what I made for Easter last year: a candy and cookie house. (It was day 1 of my 2013 Gingerbread House Advent Calendar.) Follow the link below to view the Easter Candy & … Continue reading
This is a video tutorial with info and instructions on how to decorate a wedding cake with an optical illusion pattern using white and dark modeling chocolate. Click here to read the tutorial: >> Optical Illusion Cake Tutorial << Click here … Continue reading
UPDATE I just added another ugly cake to my ugly cake portfolio. I was sifting through the old photo archives and found a doozy! Click below to see my “Ugly Mascot Cake” >> VIEW THE UGLY CAKE << … Continue reading
Here are a number of spring cake design ideas for your decorating inspiration including bird’s nest cakes, daffodil cakes, Faberge egg cakes, and more. Click here to read the tutorial Click here to read the tutorial … Continue reading
Here is a video tutorial demonstrating how to decorate a cake with colorful strips of modeling chocolate. This is an easy design idea that can be used to dress up birthday cakes, kid’s cakes, or special occasion cakes. Some of you … Continue reading
When you work in bakeries, sometimes you get requests for fake cakes or dummy cakes. It may be because someone wants a super huge cake even though a small number of guests are attending their wedding. It may be because they … Continue reading
Here are some simple dinner rolls that can be made using my easy bread dough recipe. VIDEO: Garlic Herb Rolls Recipe & How To I made the big batch below for Thanksgiving 2013 Follow this link to get the Bread … Continue reading
My modeling chocolate book is now available at public libraries in the following U.S. cities. That means you may be able to request it through your local network and check it out for free! Public libraries/networks that have my book Phoenix, AZ … Continue reading
VIDEO: Easy Bread Dough Recipe Here is an easy and versatile bread recipe that can be used to make sandwich loaves, cinnamon-sugar-swirled loaves, dinner rolls, free form boules, breadsticks, pizza, and calzones. While experimenting with this formula, I also came up … Continue reading
This video shows how to use melted chocolate to decorate the edges of cakes with a drippy chocolate effect. VIDEO: Chocolate Dripping Cake Decorating The birthday cake in the video is the same one that was featured in last week’s … Continue reading
Here is another peek back in time at my Valentine’s day baking adventures while working at a wholesale bakery in Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S.A. I have some fond memories of seeing the sun rise over the Mystic river in the mornings … Continue reading
This video tutorial shows how to write the words, Happy Birthday Catherine onto a cake using melted chocolate and an edible plaque. For the writing, I use melted chocolate combined with vegetable oil to thin the chocolate enough for writing. For the … Continue reading
This giveaway is now closed. WINNER: Robyn Gable Congrats, Robyn! Please email me your address so that I can send you your prize. mywickedgoodies@gmail.com For Valentine’s Day, Wicked Goodies is giving away a free set of Fat Daddio’s heart-shaped cake … Continue reading
Happy New Year! 2014 marks the four year anniversary that Wicked Goodies has been in existence. In that time, it has morphed from being a custom cake bakery into a dessert blog into an indie cookbook publisher, which has been … Continue reading
I hope you enjoyed my gingerbread house advent calendar! You might also enjoy Gingerbread House Dough Recipe & Baking Instructions Gingerbread House Designs Gingerbread House Decoration & Construction Gingerbread House Tutorials 30 Gingerbread House Ideas Click on any number below to … Continue reading
Gingerbread House Feature “Hansel & Gretel” Made by Debra Rodger & Carla Dobro I just love this gingerbread house competition entry that was made by Debra Rodger & Carla Dobro for the 2013 Boston Christmas Festival! From the classic Necco wafer roof to the … Continue reading
Gingerbread House Feature “The Tale of Despereaux Mouse World” Made by Melody Morse This gingerbread house made by Melody Morse won 1st place in the grand category of the 2010 Gingerbread City Competition in Del Mar, California. I was lucky enough to get … Continue reading
This amazingly realistic gingerbread competition piece made by Heather Plawski Lewis won 2nd place in the 2011 Grove Park Inn Gingerbread House Competition, the most prestigious gingerbread house competition in the U.S. It comes with a wonderful explanation of how they were … Continue reading
Gingerbread Creature Feature “Draco the Dragon” from the movie, Dragonheart Made by Tiffany Morse This incredible gingerbread cookie creature was crafted by Tiffany Morse, a fellow gingerbread house artist who I met in the California competition circuit. I think it’s … Continue reading