I pulled together a little video of this giant gingerbread sandcastle adventure. VIDEO: Giant Gingerbread House Building & Smashing This giant gingerbread sandcastle was the dessert at Viacom’s Holiday Beach Bash in Santa Monica, California, 2014 Note to readers: Please … Continue reading
This is an international listing for bakeries, freelance bakers, home bakers, and dessert bloggers. It’s free to join! … Continue reading
In the bakery business, January is the slowest month of the year. While customers make New Year’s resolutions to get back to the gym, forego desserts, and slough off the holiday pounds, bakers from all over the world spank the … Continue reading
Have you ever heard the myth that “freezing cakes is bad?” It’s not true! The freezer is a great tool for cake making, especially when it comes to the engineering of tiered wedding cakes or sculpted cake designs. Here’s how professional bakers freeze cakes … Continue reading
For bakers who sell wedding and stacked cakes, here are my prices for different shaped cakes with explanations as to why certain cakes cost more money than others. Info on how to charge customers for add-on edible decorations is also included. Click below … Continue reading
Protect your cake or bakery business from scam artists, customer disputes, and loss! These five disclaimer forms will help you manage large wedding and specialty cake orders that involve outdoor events, customer pickup, dark colors, allergens, and special recipe requests. Click below to access the … Continue reading
The cake contract is a business tool that helps when working with customers on larger sized orders such as wedding cakes. The purpose of the contract is to clearly outline your policies and avoid loss due to customer fraud or order cancellations. Click here to … Continue reading
Part of what it means to be Wicked Goodies is to be naughty as well as nice in the dessert department. However I understand that a certain percentage of readers get squirmy when it comes to body part cakes. For the … Continue reading
This tutorial demonstrates how to use a color deck during a cake design consultation or bakery client meeting. Follow this link to read the article >> Cake Consultation Color Deck << Follow this link to read the article >> Cake Consultation Color Deck << … Continue reading
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
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 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
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
Here’s how to build large gingerbread structures: by creating boxes and first allowing their sides to harden before adding roofs and stacking them. All the pieces should be decorated in advance and allowed to dry completely before assembly. It helps to designate an … Continue reading
Here is a gingerbread cookie choo choo train that’s on its way to deliver candy to a gingerbread village. It’s carrying a freight of jelly beans, red hots, chewing gum, and sour gummy candies. I made the wheels out of … Continue reading
Here’s what my recipe for gingerbread house dough looks like raw. Here are some of the shapes that can be made with it: Round gingerbread cookies for building wheels, vats, and chimneys. Half moon gingerbread cookies for building chocolate waterfalls. Square … Continue reading
Here are some holiday gift ideas for the baker or cake decorator in your life. Stocking Stuffers Under $10 Mini Roller Cutter This 1 1/2″ stainless steel roller cutter is handy for all kinds of decorating projects involving fondant, modeling chocolate, … Continue reading
So you want to start a cake business or you already own a home-based or commercial bakery? Here are 10 internet marketing strategies for you. #1 Get Active on Pinterest Pinterest is one of the most powerful social media platforms … Continue reading
VIDEO: Cake Drop In October, I made two fake bread cakes, one square and one round. Each one I decorated twice to make a total of four cake designs, including the one shown here. The decorating process was filmed and photographed … Continue reading