Little Gothic Bakeshop

Author, baker, and television personality Helena Garcia was born in Spain. Due to her father’s job Helena lived in several cities across Spain, Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid, and The Canary Islands before finishing high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.  After completing her studies there, she moved back home and started her degree in psychology in Salamanca. On her second year of university, she joined the Erasmus program and went to Leeds University where she finished her studies. She worked in several industries and went back to study interior design seeking to develop a career in a creative setting, which led to Helena being given the chance 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 and won 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.

"If you love creepy, scary, gothic, macabre Halloween things (or just in general), you must check out this recipe book."

• Introduction Gothic Living: In the Kitchen and Beyond The Gothic Pantry Essential Tools and EquipmentSpooky 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 PopsGhoulish 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 MuffinsTo-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-TreatsMacabre 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 BrewIndex Acknowledgments About the Author