Courtney Rich
Courtney Rich is the self-taught baker behind Cake by Courtney, sharing from-scratch cakes, cookies and decorating lessons through recipes, classes and cookbooks.
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- Known as
- Cake by Courtney
- Work
- Baker, recipe creator, cookbook author and teacher
- Started sharing
- 2015 · Cake by Courtney
- Education
- BA in broadcast journalism, Brigham Young University
- Teaching
- Online classes and classes at Orson Gygi in Salt Lake City
Mini bio
How it started.
Courtney baked her first cake from scratch at 26 for her son’s first birthday. It did not look the way she had hoped, but she loved the taste and kept experimenting. She taught herself through trial and error, then began Cake by Courtney in 2015.
Finding her audience.
Before cakes became her work, Courtney studied broadcast journalism at BYU and spent 13 years moderating focus groups for a television consulting firm. Cake by Courtney grew into a place for home bakers to learn recipes and decorating techniques, with classes at Orson Gygi and appearances on shows including Today and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
On the bookshelf.
Her first cookbook, CAKE, by Courtney, focuses on layered cakes and their fillings and frostings. BAKE, by Courtney follows with everyday desserts such as cookies, bars, tarts and sheet cakes. For 2026’s The Cookie Chapter, she partnered with her mom, Diana Pace, on a book devoted to cookies.
Beyond the kitchen.
In 2020, she launched Courtney: Beyond the Cake, an interview podcast about people’s stories. She has also spoken in interviews about learning from failure and how baking became a source of joy.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
- 2026The Cookie ChapterCoauthor with Diana Pace
- 2023BAKE, by CourtneyAuthor
- 2021CAKE, by CourtneyAuthor
Podcasts
- 2020–2021Courtney: Beyond the CakeHost
Quotes
My goal is to inspire you to give baking from scratch a try.Courtney Rich, official About page
On her website, Courtney explains why she teaches the baking skills she learned through trial and error.
Trivia
- She grew up making cookies, brownies, lemon bars and pies with her mom, but had never made a cake from scratch before her son’s first birthday.
- She told The Lisa Show that part of her motivation for that first cake was to impress her in-laws.
- Her early career ambitions were in television, and all her internships were in that field.
- She described herself as a Chicago Bulls fan who grew up loving Michael Jordan in her followHIM interview.
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