In an illustrative embodiment, systems for designing and producing customized food products include receiving a request to design a customized food product containing a printed edible medium. The systems may calculate, based on product inventory at a preferred bakery, a preparation lead time for the food product where the product inventory includes availability of printed edible media substrates. The systems may present customization user interface screens that provide customization options for the food product. The systems may convert customization option selections made at the customization user interface screens into decorating instructions for the food product and transmit the decorating instructions to the bakery. The systems may determine a position in a preparation queue for the food product based in part on attributes of pending food product orders in a preparation queue at the bakery.

A cake decoration that enables visual shows controlled by a controller that is either remote to the decoration or integral with the decoration.

A cake decoration that enables visual shows controlled by a controller that is either remote to the decoration or integral with the decoration.

An edible decoration is laser kiss cut from an edible decorating sheet by optically sensing at least one printed edible design on the edible decorating sheet relative to a laser cutting tool coordinate system and driving a laser along a circuit of cutting locations defined in the laser cutting tool coordinate system. The laser beam forms a separation channel by laser ablation of at least a portion of the edible decorating sheet at the cutting locations while leaving intact the non-adhesive releasable backing upon which the edible decorating sheet rests.

The present invention relates to the formation of pull-apart multi-portion baked goods composed of multiple portions of dough or thick batter, including, but not limited to, bread dough or muffin batter. Specifically, the invention relates to a pull-apart multi-portion baked good developed by arranging the multiple portions of dough or batter such that the baking process creates minimal connections linking said portions and thus obtains better consistency among each portion of the baked good than traditional arrangements. As one non-limiting example, the invention relates to an arrangement of portions that, once baked, form a substantially central connection that links each of said portions to one another. The invention further relates to baking molds that enables the formation of said consistent pull-apart multi-portion baked goods. Additionally, the invention includes methods of making said pull-apart multi-portion baked goods and said baking mold.

The present invention relates to the formation of pull-apart multi-portion baked goods composed of multiple portions of dough or thick batter, including, but not limited to, bread dough or muffin batter. Specifically, the invention relates to a pull-apart multi-portion baked good developed by arranging the multiple portions of dough or batter such that the baking process creates minimal connections linking said portions and thus obtains better consistency among each portion of the baked good than traditional arrangements. As one non-limiting example, the invention relates to an arrangement of portions that, once baked, form a substantially central connection that links each of said portions to one another. The invention further relates to baking molds that enables the formation of said consistent pull-apart multi-portion baked goods. Additionally, the invention includes methods of making said pull-apart multi-portion baked goods and said baking mold.

A batter template system and related methods of forming custom pancakes. The batter template system can include one or more template mats made from flexible, non-stick materials that are suitable for use with food and can accommodate conventional cooking temperatures. The template mat can have thermal properties allowing for rapid heating and can be non-perforated. Each template mat can include a permanently etched design on one or both sides of a non-stick sheet. The template mat can be sized and shaped to fit onto a cooking surface of a countertop griddle, cooking pan or even range top surface. One or more pancake batters can be traced or otherwise applied to the etched design to form a pancake depicting a visual design element.

A gingerbread house construction kit, comprising an easel having a front surface and a rear surface and a ledge extending outwardly from a bottom edge of the front surface, the easel also having at least one support member fixedly secured to the rear surface operatively arranged to support the easel on a flat surface such that the front surface makes an angle with respect to the flat surface; and, a plurality of gingerbread elements operatively arranged to be positioned and adhered to the front surface of the easel to create a gingerbread scene.

A gingerbread house construction kit, comprising an easel having a front surface and a rear surface and a ledge extending outwardly from a bottom edge of the front surface, the easel also having at least one support member fixedly secured to the rear surface operatively arranged to support the easel on a flat surface such that the front surface makes an angle with respect to the flat surface; and, a plurality of gingerbread elements operatively arranged to be positioned and adhered to the front surface of the easel to create a gingerbread scene.

An edible decoration is laser kiss cut from an edible decorating sheet by optically sensing at least one printed edible design on the edible decorating sheet relative to a laser cutting tool coordinate system and driving a laser along a circuit of cutting locations defined in the laser cutting tool coordinate system. The laser beam forms a separation channel by laser ablation of at least a portion of the edible decorating sheet at the cutting locations while leaving intact the non-adhesive releasable backing upon which the edible decorating sheet rests.