Amber Spiegel
Amber Spiegel, known as SweetAmbs, is a cookie artist, teacher, and author who turns royal icing into intricate edible designs and shares how to make them.
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SweetAmbsOverview
- Known as
- SweetAmbs
- Work
- Cookie artist, author, and decorating teacher
- Training
- Business administration at Ithaca College; baking and pastry at The Culinary Institute of America
- Full-time leap
- Returned to New York in April 2011 to make SweetAmbs her career
- Recognition
- Named a Forbes Top Influencer in food in 2017
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How it started.
After studying business at Ithaca College, Amber trained in baking and pastry at The Culinary Institute of America. Decorating gave her a way to bring art and baking together. A grand prize in a Wilton cake decorating contest in 2008 led to a Master Course and then a decorating job with the company.
Taking the leap.
While working at Wilton, she practiced cookie decorating during nights and weekends in her Chicago apartment. In April 2011, she returned to New York to turn SweetAmbs into her full-time work. Her online tutorials grew into a teaching career, and Forbes named her a top food influencer in 2017.
Sharing the craft.
Her books Cookie Art and Cookie Canvas bring her recipes, templates, and decorating techniques together. Through the Cookie Art Club, she shares video lessons and individual decorating advice. Her recent projects range from pressed-flower cookies to edible trinket boxes and Halloween designs made with natural food coloring.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2022Cookie CanvasAuthor
- 2016Cookie Art: Sweet Designs for Special OccasionsAuthor
Cake and cookie design
- 2012Wilton YearbookCake and cookie decorating work
- 2011Wilton YearbookCake and cookie decorating work
Awards
Quotes
My passion for creating edible art is what helped me turn my hobby into a career.Amber Spiegel, ConnectHV
In a February 2020 interview about her life and creative work in the Hudson Valley.
Trivia
- Sunsets on her commute between Kingston and a rented studio in Beacon inspired some of her cookie art.
- Her 2026 lemon cookie designs borrowed their blue and white pattern from her grandmother’s napkins.
- For her 2026 star quilt cookies, she asked Instagram followers whether to add icing stitches and followed the majority vote.
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