www.wonderlandbakery.com/

What a neat place to visit next time Im in Calif I'll have to go there. Now thats my kind of bakery.

P.S. go to the bottom of the page

wowy zowie..

but, look...lic characters!

she calls NEMO ...wonder fish....lol

All I can say is..WOW!!!

How can they get away with doing the licensed characters but changing the names?

Wonder Kitty is identical to Hello Kitty, and I saw a couple of others as well . . .

Beautiful cookies, though, wish I could get half what they're charging!

Laura.

I want to live there. lol... No but really, the story of the place is quite amazing. They are ingenious really.
Did you see the price of the parties? $75 per kid!!! I need to open a place like this!
Kelly

They have a great site and some really cute cookies and cakes but good grief!!! Some of their cookies are 8.00 each!!! That is a little over the top for a cookie!!

Cindy

She is located on "waterfront" property where she is sitting between Newport Beach to the West and Corona Del Mar to the South. Some pretty exclusive neighborhoods there and smack dab in the middle of the "World of Disney". Can't figure out how she gets away with the licensed characters either.

Wow ... their cookies and other treats look yummy!!! I'm also curious how they get away with selling licensed character cakes!!!!!

Probably because she's not TECHNICALLY selling licensed character cakes. If you look closely, the images are only similar - not exact. If she does them freehand, and makes them look just enough like them without being exactly like them - she's found her loophole!

I am in awe of that shop! Did you see what the store itself looked like? Gorgeous, a fairytale come true. There has been some serious money put into that place!
Their stuff looks really yummy and if they can get $8.00 for a cookie, more power to them!!

cindy

The storefront is amazing-no wonder they do so much business! It's the "wonderland" that pulls people of all ages in. I would go in...but I wouldn't spend $8 on a cookie!

What a great place! Come on everyone... we can do that!!
As far as HOW she can get away with it....
I used to do craft shows (painting) and Disney closed me down one show because I was doing Ninja Turtles ornaments, etc. After close inspection and a lot of wasted time, I was allowed to sell them again since I freehand drew them, cut them out, painted them, and never 'named' them. Conclusion....even 'registered' items have loopholes. But be very careful with the big name companies. You never know!

Wow they look great, They are all amazing wish i was that good.

the store looks like a kids dream come true-wow

I would have to wonder if maybe she got permission from the companies to do those cakes. From what I understand most commercial bakeries try to do that.

That could be why her prices are so high-she's paying royalties out the wazoo....or she's trying to make enough money that she'll be able to pay the fines! Disney and Curious George vigoriously defend their brands. I was just reading about this not long ago.

I also thought that you could sell them as long as you had permission from the company. There's no telling what she is paying in order to do that. If I sold baked goods for that price in my "neck of the woods" they'd mold before I sold them!

WOW! THey have quite a story - named best chef at 17???? I wonder what business mom was in before they opened the bakery - looks like she was in some mega marketing! I mean private labels & corporate accounts, and a highly decorated and engineered store? (choo choo brings you cookies - choc. dipping fountains?) My biggest question is where did they get the money to do this?! How exciting for a young person to basically own thier own business like this and be so successful. She must truly have some talent! And she must have gone to culinary schoolat 17 or something....still trying to figure that out......

Sugar sprinkles to them for accomplishing QUITE the bakery & best wishes for future success!

I loved the store....just fantastic...
The baked goods were cute....

If she had permission, wouldn't she be calling them by their right names?

I can't imagine a company would grant permission to do their licensed characters but allow the bakery to use different names for them . . .

Laura.

location, location, location...

And an incredible marketing strategy - WOW! They are going to be in big business for a long time in that location, no doubt. I do an entire B-day party for one of my 4 for $75 but when you live in a place where the houses cost $7.5 mil - I think $75 a head is a drop in the bucket!

All those incredible designs... I will be refering to that page as ideas... I guess she can't complain since I will be doing things that look 'similar' but not the same as her stuff

Yeah, I know..... now I'm being catty! It's weird though.... if she were paying the licensing fees, she wouldn't be using generic names so she must be getting around it somehow. And that close to Disneyland, I would imagine it would not take long for someone to run and tattle!

So I noticed on their story page that in the future they want to branch out and open more stores......OK.....who wants to be first?

That kind of talent is amazing at any age. What a wonderful website.. Wish I were that good!

$45.00 for a dozen cupcakes with plain icing??? I couldn't even say that price to a customer and keep a straight face!

I looked at the site and agree with the permission and the name statements. The princess in her logo, I believe, is her own face. She's a pretty girl!

(not to sound negative) Her site reels you in as far as design, enchanting, beautiful, ect. BUT, if you look closely at the quality of her work, I'm not too impressed ( sorry - don't hurt me!). The sides of the cakes aren't smooth and the designs aren't real neat. They are definitley cute, colorful, and fun! I worried that I wasn't good enough to open a store, but if she can do it, so can I (except, of course, I don't have the funds to do so ).