Holiday Cooking

The Holiday Cooking event was originally available December 19, 2012 through January 2, 2013 as part of the 2012 Holiday Event. Users could find ingredients and recipes that were scattered around the Dragon Cave website. By combining basic ingredients, new recipes could be discovered.

In the original iteration of the game, once a user collected all 17 of the basic ingredients, "red star" recipe cards would begin to appear in addition to ingredients. These "red star" recipes were usually more complex, and gave users a ticket for the 2012 Holiday raffle. As they were used for raffle entries, it was not possible to create a dish from a red star recipe until the user found the relevant recipe card. In the 2019 Advent Calendar return of the game, red-star recipes could be discovered without a recipe card.

Once a user collected their first ingredient, they would gain a Cream Pie Badge to commemorate their participation in the 2012 Holiday Cooking event. After finishing all recipes the Cream Pie Badge turned into a Pumpkin Pie Badge.

As part of the 2012 Holiday event, Holiday Cooking was also used to unlock an additional mini-game, Gingerbread House Decorating. After discovering and making a gingerbread house through the cooking game, users could decorate and share their own gingerbread house.

Contributors[]

Coding: TJ09
Organizer: Thuban
Badges: Kiffren
Room Art: Mysfytt
Sprite Artists: listed below

Badges[]

Cream Pie	Pumpkin Pie	Strawberry Pie	Blueberry Pie	(Contributors)	(Contributors)
Users		Contributor

Recipe Cards[]

Oven Recipe	Preparation Recipe

Frequently Asked Questions[]

FAQ information provided by TJ09 via the news thread: 2012-12-18 - 2012 Holiday Event

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Where do I get ingredients?

Basic ingredients have to be gathered. You can find them randomly around the site. More advanced ingredients have to be made from combinations of the basic ingredients.

Where do I get recipes?

Experiment! Lots of recipes can only be discovered by choosing the right combination of ingredients.
Once you have all of the basic ingredients, you'll be able to find advanced recipes around the site instead. These advanced recipes cannot be discovered, even if you know the ingredients.

I can't discover any recipes!

That's not a question, but here's some help anyway:
A lot of key items can be made by cooking or preparing a single ingredient. Once you have these, you'll be able to prepare advanced recipes more easily.
Also, try looking at advanced recipes. See what items you don't have, and think about how you could possibly make those missing items.

How do the raffle tickets work?

You get one raffle ticket for each advanced (starred) recipe you successfully make. You only get entered once per recipe; even if you make the item multiple times, it only counts the first time.

How do I cook on a mobile device?

The cooking feature works just fine on mobile browsers. Simply tap the recipe you want to make, or tap ingredients to add them to a blank recipe.

How do I know when I'm done?

When you're done, your badge will change from an cream pie to a pumpkin pie. If this happens, you have discovered and made all of the recipes.

How many ingredients, common recipes and red star recipes are there?

There are 17 basic ingredients, 33 common recipes and 40 red star recipes, which makes a total of 90 food items in the Holiday Cooking Event.

Collection of Recipes[]

List of all recipes. (Source: Dragon Cave Recipes : ALL the food!)

There are two main types of recipes which are labeled as "Preparation" and "Oven". It takes a lot of trial and error to attempt recipes. For successful recipes you gain the recipe card. For failures, the following message is displayed:

"You throw all of the ingredients together...
And the result is a giant mess. You toss it into the garbage before anyone notices."

Common Recipes[]

There are 33 possible dishes/ingredients that can be made with the 17 basic ingredients.

Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Apple Pie	Plain Dough	Apple Slices	–	–
Apple Slices	Fruit	–	–	–
Boiling Water	Water	–	–	–
Bread	Bread Dough	–	–	–
Bread Dough	Plain Dough	Yeast	–	–
Cake	Flour	Eggs	Milk	Sugar
Caramel	Sugar	–	–	–
Cheese	Milk	–	–	–
Chocolate	Cocoa Beans	Ice	Milk	Sugar
Fruit Jam	Sugar	Fruit	–	–
Gingerbread	Sweet Dough	Spices	–	–
Gumdrops	Soft Candy	Spices	–	–
Hard Candy	Caramel	–	–	–
Ice Cream	Eggs	Ice	Milk	–
Icing	Chocolate	Milk	Sugar	–
Lemon Curd	Fruit	Sugar	Eggs	–
Lemon Meringue Pie	Plain Dough	Lemon Curd	Meringue	–
Marshmallows	Water	Sugar	Herbs	–
Mashed Sweet Potatoes	Sugar	Spices	Roasted Vegetables	–
Meringue	Eggs	Sugar	–	–
Mushroom Gravy	Sliced Mushrooms	Flour	Water	–
Mushroom Soup	Sliced Mushrooms	Boiling Water	Spices	–
Peanut Butter	Nuts	–	–	–
Pecan Pie	Nuts	Plain Dough	–	–
Plain Dough	Flour	Eggs	–	–
Pumpkin Pie	Vegetables	Plain Dough	Sugar
Roast Chicken	Poultry	–	–	–
Roast Meat	Meat	Herbs	–	–
Roasted Vegetables	Vegetables	Herbs	–	–
Sliced Mushrooms	Mushrooms	–	–	–
Soft Candy	Water	Sugar	–	–
Stock	Meat	Boiling Water	–	–
Sweet Dough	Eggs	Plain Dough	Sugar	–

Red Star Recipes[]

There were 40 possible "red star" dishes that could be made.

Recipes with a red star in the upper right corner functioned as raffle tickets for the 2012 Holiday raffle. To enter, users had to collect the recipe card, then make the recipe.

Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4	Ingredient 5
Apple Cider	Fruit	Spices	Boiling Water	–	–
Apple Pie à la mode	Apple Pie	Ice Cream	–	–	–
Banana Split	Fruit	Ice Cream	Nuts	–	–
Beef & Salad Sandwich	Vegetables	Fruit	Roast Meat	Bread	–
Biscuits and Gravy	Mushroom Gravy	Bread	–	–	–
Bûche de Noël	Fruit	Meringue	Icing	Cake	–
Buckeyes	Sugar	Chocolate	Peanut Butter	–	–
Cabbage Roll	Meat	Vegetables	Grain	–	–
Caramel Apple	Fruit	Caramel	–	–	–
Chicken & Salad Sandwich	Fruit	Vegetables	Roast Chicken	Bread	–
Chocolate Covered Strawberries	Fruit	Chocolate	–	–	–
Cookies	Sweet Dough	–	–	–	–
Eggnog	Eggs	Milk	Spices	–	–
Fruit Salad	Fruit	Apple Slices	–	–	–
Fruitcake	Fruit	Spices	Plain Dough	–	–
Gingerbread House	Gumdrops	Hard Candy	Gingerbread	–	–
Ham and Cheese Sandwich	Cheese	Roast Meat	Bread	–	–
Hot Cocoa	Milk	Chocolate	Marshmallows	–	–
Lemon Meringue Pie à la mode	Lemon Meringue Pie	Ice Cream	–	–	–
Lemon Tarts	Lemon Curd	Sweet Dough	–	–	–
Meat Pie	Meat	Plain Dough	–	–	–
Meat Pie	Poultry	Plain Dough	–	–	–
Minestrone	Meat	Vegetables	Herbs	Boiling Water	Grain
Mixed Soup	Meat	Vegetables	Stock	–	–
Nobake Cookies	Grain	Chocolate	Peanut Butter	–	–
Pastie	Meat	Vegetables	Plain Dough	–	–
PB&J Sandwhich	Peanut Butter	Fruit Jam	Bread	–	–
Pecan Pie à la mode	Ice Cream	Pecan Pie	–	–	–
Pumpkin Pie à la mode	Ice Cream	Pumpkin Pie	–	–	–
S’mores	Chocolate	Gingerbread	Marshmallows	–	–
Smothered Steak	Vegetables	Roasted Meat	Mushroom Gravy	–	–
Sticky Buns	Fruit	Sugar	Spices	Bread Dough	–
Stollen	Fruit	Nuts	Sweet Dough	–	–
Strawberry Tarts	Fruit Jam	Sweet Dough	–	–	–
String Bean Casserole	Milk	Vegetables	Mushroom	Cheese	Mushroom Soup
Sweet Pastries	Fruit	Sweet Dough	–	–	–
Tossed Salad	Fruit	Vegetables	–	–	–
Vegetable Soup	Vegetables	Boiling Water	–	–	–
Wine	Yeast	Fruit	–	–	–
Yam-Stuffed Mushrooms	Spices	Mushroom	Cheese	Mashed Sweet Potatoes	–

Sprites and Sprite Artist(s)[]

Here you can see all items that could be discovered.

Artist	Sprites
Dolphinsong
Mysfytt
Earthgirl
ParticleSoup
Fiona BlueFire
Pokemonfan13
Imbecamiel
Sif
JOTB
Thuban
Kiffren
Wynni