The Little Gothic Bakeshop Over 50 Recipes with Sweetness and Shadows in Every Bite

by Garcia, Helena

• ISBN13: 9781577155430
• ISBN10: 1577155432
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780760397114
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-09-09
• Publisher: Castle Books
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Summary

Give your baking a wicked, whimsigoth twist with The Little Gothic Bakeshop, featuring sweet and savory treats with a gothic flair.

The Little Gothic Bakeshop showcases over 50 spooky and inventive recipes from The Great British Baking Show star, Helena Garcia, who impressed the judges and audiences alike with her creepy creations. Brewing with mystique, this cookbook is your go-to guide to easily transform ordinary recipes into macabre masterpieces, including devilishly delicious cakes, cookies, pastries, breads, desserts, and drinks. 

Covering Bewitching Beverages, Spooky Cookies and Candies, Ghoulish Breads and Pastries, To-Die-For Desserts, and Macabre Cakes and Bakes, unleash your inner goth with recipes like: 

• Black Cat Mini Swiss Rolls
• Spiderweb Sand-witch Cookies
• Vampire's Bloody Valentine Lollipops
• Flying Broomstick Focaccia Muffins
• Skull Boba Bubble Tea
• Scary Berry Lemon Tarts 
• Gothic Arch Peanut Butter Cheesecake
• Bat Fougasse
• Cemetery Traybake slices
• And more!

A combination of tactile illustration and darkened photography throughout the book is a homage to the old Victorian aesthetic of gothic elegance. Step into the dark side of baking and discover recipes that are easy to make, fun and spooky to design, and delicious when devoured. Whether you’re an everyday goth or Halloween-obsessed, TheLittle Gothic Bakeshop is filled with tricks and treats designed to bring some ghoulish fun to your baking repertoire!

Author Biography

Author, baker, and television personality Helena Garcia was born in Spain. Due to her father’s job, Helena lived in several cities across the United States, spending her last year of high school in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduation, she moved back home to Spain to study psychology at University of Salamanca. Through the EU’s study-abroad program, Erasmus, she finished her degree at Leeds University in West Yorkshire, England. After working in several industries, she went back to school to study interior design with the goal of establishing a career in a creative setting. This path led to an opportunity for Helena to take over a beautiful Victorian apothecary, where she developed her own brand of fashion accessories and oddities.

Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off (also known as The Great British Baking Show) contestants, winning the hearts of the nation with her eccentric style, spooky approach, and fun-loving personality. She has also appeared in several television shows, including the hit series What We Do in the Shadows, and she continues to write for national and international publications.

Obsessed with anything witchy, Helena’s self-published book, Introduction to Witchery: A Magical Guide for Witches that Craft, is a go-to guide for crafty witches that covers a bit of history of witchcraft in Britain, a guide to magical plants, and plenty of craft projects and recipes to help you live like every day is Halloween. Her second book, The Wicked Baker, was released in 2020, followed by The Witch-Crafting Handbook in 2021 and The Book of Gingerbread in2023. Her first picture book, My Mummy, was also published in 2023.

Helena lives in Yorkshire with husband Will, daughter Flora, and rescue wolf-dog Kato.

Table of Contents

Introduction 
Gothic Living: In the Kitchen and Beyond 
The Gothic Pantry 
Essential Tools and Equipment
Spooky Cookies and Candies 
Chocolate Spiderweb Sand-witch Cookies, Kinder® Malo Kitties, Mini Gingerbread Haunted Houses 
Scary Teddy Chocolate Chip Cookies, Victorian Doll-Face Candy Apples, Pumpkin Spice Truffles 
Vampire’s Bloody Valentine Lollipops, Kanafeh Chocolate Frogs, Kram-Puss Chocolate Cookies 
Lavender Moon Shortbread, Pumpkin Jelly Pops
Ghoulish Breads and Pastries 
Bat Fougasse, The Dark Lord’s Tower, Toadstool Dinner Rolls, Devils’ Fingers Pastries 
Wild Mushroom and Potato Ouija Pie, Horror Clown Potato Bread Rolls, Spiderweb Galette des Rois 
Batty Scones, Steam-Pump(kin) Bao Buns, Black Widow Profiteroles, Apple S-Pies 
Flying Broomstick Focaccia Muffins
To-Die-For Desserts 
Key Slime Pie, Mini Pavlovas of Peril, Stone Circle Trifle, Gothic Arch Peanut Butter Cheesecake 
Scary Berry Lemon Tarts, Pumpkin Spice I-Scream, Bone Appe-Tiramisu, Blue Moon Panna Cotta 
Banana Slug Pudding, Wraith’s Winter Pudding Cake Pops, Crispy Rice Trick-or-Treats
Macabre Cakes and Bakes 
Cauldron Cakes, Black Cat Mini Swiss Rolls, The Worst “Pie” in London 
Chocolate Monster Cake, Cemeter Poison Apple Cakes 
Creepmas Present Pistachio Cupcakes, Vintage Witch Cakes, Scary Teddy Cakey Traybake 
Bewitching Beverages 
Skull Boba Bubble Tea, Spiced Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Broomstick Stirrers 
Nightshade Elixir, Summerween Lavender and Coconut Mocktail 
Broken Heart Tea Bomb, Lavender Maple Moon Milk, Herbal Energy Potion, Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
Index 
Acknowledgments 
About the Author