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Artisanal Cake and Cookie Designs

"I explore a new vision and concept for every occasion that I am privileged to work on, never are any two cakes alike."

- Nancy Ghaida, Artisanal Artist

Commissions begin at $1,500 and vary by design

Forest Bloom

From a celestial, hand-molded pink base of garden birds, woven baskets, and flowers springs an elegant tiered white cake adorned with gold-embossed forest ruffle and a spiral of handmade ivory flowers.

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Blue Birdie

Something borrowed, something blue: A sophisticated, sky-blue three-tier cake featuring piped white leaf detail, hand-molded blue birds studded with gold crowns, and finished with blooming drapes of white sugar flowers.

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Garden

The classic beauty of the garden combines with the fantastical in this three-tiered, white cake, artfully decorated with a coil of golden vines, crisp green leaves, and intricate gold-rimmed white flowers with gem-like centers of pink detail and more gold.

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Scarlett

Handmade gold dragonflies decorate this blooming bouquet of rose-tinted white petal ruffle, blushing white and pink sugar flowers, and eye-catching gold detailing on this subtle yet endlessly eye-catching multilayered cake.

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Gift

Rich chocolate fondant and intricately detailed, gold-finished ribbon detail covers the three gift boxes that form this tier-by-tier celebration cake. Accentuated with earthy branches of sugar leaves and pink roses, this cake makes for a whimsical, beautiful, and festive gift for any event.

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Rosey

Delicate, ruffled clusters of white roses encircle the base tier of this vibrantly elegant cake, topped with two tiers of handpainted, Monet-style artwork reimagined in stunning pinks, reds, and gold, and crowned with a bright bouquet of haute edible sugar flowers.

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Sweet Jasmine

The classic, colorful garden staple of the jasmine serves as inspiration for this intricately-detailed cake. A deluge of delicate and individually handpainted sugar jamine, carefully layered with petal dust and highlighted with 24K gold, festoons three circular white tiers of cake to form a refined yet vivacious cake.

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Seasons

Petunias are one of the most popular garden flowers and one of my favorite too, and was the inspiration for this beauty. Hours of work to create a paper thin flower and attention to detail by hand colored each bloom in many layers of petal dust to achieve the perfect shade and happy personality and grace Petunias have, then randomly highlighted in edible 24k gold leave to give it sophistication.

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Blossom

A breathtaking homage to renowned designer Maggie Austin, contrasting tiers of square and round cake come together to form this two-tiered cake. Piped with romantic white florals, adorned with sugar flowers, berries, and finished with golden leaves and dragonflies that fall into place, this cake captures and elevates garden beauty.

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Oceania

The mesmerizing beauty of the ocean comes alive in the hand-molded silvery clams, multicolored pearls, and gold-shaded stars that waterfall down two pastel blue tiers and a base of gold tinted ruffle. Topped with luminous white and gold sugar flowers, this naturalistic cake is perfect for a wedding or special anniversary.

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Cookies

Customizable on a client-by-client basis, these cookies are the labor of love, patience, and refined artistic detail. From sugar flowers to golden molded dragonflies to handpainted artwork and pops of bright color, the possibilities for personalized cookies are endless, whether for a themed occasion, or a just-because gift box.

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Moment

Pure white sugar petals, roses, and more blossom and bloom into the exquisite layers of this cake. The simplicity of color and soft intricacy of the design makes for a joyful, distinctive cake fit to celebrate life and new beginnings--all the moments worth remembering.

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Wondery

Simple, vivid, and pure fun. Three circular white tiers are studded with delicate pink and purple sugar flowers traced delicately in gold leaf. Fondant drape detail and statement-making gold accents make this cake the center of attention at any spread.

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Summery

Meticulous care goes into each individual applique and sugar flower  adorning this sensual ode to summer. Three tiers of cake are enrobed in sugar flowers tinted with a tropical-inspired gradient, the cake is finished with a handmade branch of flowers swaying in the gentle summer breeze.

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Beauty

A tangle of  gumpaste dogwoods blooms all along  this sophisticated two-tier white cake, replete with hand-made birds nestling in between and accents of realistic brown branches. Capturing the blushing in-between of spring and summer, this is a cake of timeless beauty.

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Forest Bloom
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Blue Birdie
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Garden
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Scarlett
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Gift
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Rosey
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Sweet Jasmine
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Seasons
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Blossom
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Oceania
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Cookies
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Wondery
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Summery
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Beauty

All cakes are completely hand crafted for different occasions including weddings, anniversaries, baby showers and celebrations. Above is a sample of work from past events. I believe very strongly that no two cakes should be alike and I work each time to make a special and original dessert with every opportunity I'm privileged to have. 

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