Tools and brands we actually use.
These are the partners, products, and resources we recommend to the MCB community — curated by bakers, for bakers. As an MBC member, you’ll also receive exclusive discounts to select brands!
Packaging
Your packaging is your first impression — make it count.
Miss Cookie Packaging
Thoughtful, Creative Packaging for Modern Bakers. Easy, stress-free packaging that helps busy bakers elevate their brand and presentation.
Baking Tools & Supplies
The tools that make the work easier and the results better.
Cookie Couture
Premium cookie decorating supplies and tools. A go-to for serious decorators who want quality ingredients and equipment.
The Cookiery
Specialty ingredients and decorating resources for cookie artists. Known for quality supplies and a strong baker community.
Daisy Makes
Daisy Makes® is the one-stop pop shop for cake pop artists, offering innovative tools and supplies designed by pop artists for pop artists.
Chua Cookies
Home to the Original Pink Perforated Baking Mat — Chua Cookie also offers fancy decorating brushes and food markers to round out your cookie decorating toolkit.
PK Elixers
Concentrated flavoring drops by Porsha Kimble, for cakes, buttercream, cookies, cake pops, and more.
Education & Courses
Keep learning. The best makers never stop.
Baking with Borderlands
Online classes in french macarons, cookie decorating, and basic cake decorating — taught by Lisa He of Borderlands Bakery. Learn directly from someone who has built a real baking business.
National Cottage Food Alliance
The only national trade association dedicated to supporting, connecting, and advancing cottage food entrepreneurs across the United States.
Software & Business Tools
Run the business side without losing your mind.
BRZY
Email marketing built for food businesses — menu drops, presale announcements, and customer updates made simple.
Canva
Free design tool for creating menus, social posts, branding, and marketing materials. The free tier is genuinely powerful for cottage bakers.
Communities & Directories
Find your people. Show up where bakers gather.
Forrager
The go-to cottage food law reference and podcast, hosted by David Crabill. If you have a legal question about your state, start here.
MCB Community on Facebook
A private Facebook community exclusively for My Custom Bakes members only — sharing tips, answering questions, and supporting each other every day.
Know a resource the MCB community would love?
We’re always looking to add tools and brands that genuinely help cottage bakers. Tell us what we’re missing.