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“For those who always say nobody eats the cake at weddings… I highly recommend scrolling to the next slide 😉”Maybe you h...
30/05/2026

“For those who always say nobody eats the cake at weddings… I highly recommend scrolling to the next slide 😉”

Maybe you had a bad cake experience before.
But please don’t put all bakers into the same category 🤍

Not all wedding cakes are dry.
Not all wedding cakes are just for decoration.
And not all wedding cakes get left behind untouched 😉

This is exactly why I always recommend ordering a tasting box or individual cake samples before booking your wedding cake. Make sure you truly LOVE what you are choosing — because your guests will remember the taste just as much as the design.

Feedback like this from brides and mothers of brides means so much to me, especially because it’s not the first time I’ve heard:
“Not a crumb was left.” 😂

And honestly… that will always be one of the best compliments.

Beautiful cakes are important.
But delicious cakes people actually WANT to eat?
That is the real goal 🤍

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Tyla & Christian 01.11.2025Just look at this beauty 🤍This cake truly tested my time management skills 😂It was one of tho...
29/05/2026

Tyla & Christian
01.11.2025

Just look at this beauty 🤍

This cake truly tested my time management skills 😂It was one of those long, detailed projects where every single element took hours and hours of work.

Handmade sugar roses.Wafer paper ruffles covering the bottom tier.Hundreds of wafer paper strips attached one by one around the middle tier.And personalised embossed initials on the top tier to finish it off ✨

Apart from the design itself, every tier had its own unique and delicious flavor combination, making this cake just as special inside as it was outside.

This wedding cake for Tyla & Christian was definitely a labor of love… challenging, time-consuming, and incredibly rewarding to see come together in the end 🤍

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More than 10 years ago, when I first started making Russian Honey Cakes, almost nobody knew what they were.People would ...
28/05/2026

More than 10 years ago, when I first started making Russian Honey Cakes, almost nobody knew what they were.

People would ask me:
“What is a honey cake?”
“What does it taste like?”
I remember delivering my first cakes to coffee shops and people stopping me in the street to ask if I was the one making “that beautiful honey cake.” 🤍

The compliments, the excitement, the happiness people felt when they tasted it for the first time… it was overwhelming in the best possible way. I still remember it so clearly.

Back then, people started asking me if I could make birthday cakes using my honey cake inside. And my answer was always:
“No, never. I don’t know anything about decorating cakes. It’s too stressful.” 😅

Then later came the question:
“What about wedding cakes?”

And again I said:
“Never ever.”

Wedding cakes felt terrifying to me at the time. Too complicated. Too much responsibility. Too much stress.

But little by little, cake by cake, I learned.

And now I look at this photo — a couple cutting into their wedding cake and holding a slice of my signature Russian Honey Cake — and it feels surreal sometimes.

This cake has been with me through the whole journey.
Through the fear.
Through the learning.
Through the growth.

I have made thousands of honey cakes over the years, and somehow it never becomes boring. People still love it just as much, couples still choose it for their weddings, and seeing them enjoy it still brings me so much joy 🤍

More than anything, I feel grateful.
Grateful for every person who trusted me along the way.
And grateful for the honey cake that changed my life.

Tyla & Christian
01.11.2025

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26.09.2025 — Chloe & Mcebisi 💍✨This cake was all about flavor love! 🥰 Top tier: my signature Russian honey cake 🍯, middl...
25/05/2026

26.09.2025 — Chloe & Mcebisi 💍✨
This cake was all about flavor love! 🥰 Top tier: my signature Russian honey cake 🍯, middle: Raffaello dream 🥥, bottom: back to honey goodness 🍯. They couldn’t get enough — totally obsessed with every bite! 🎂💫

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26.09.2025 — Chloe & Mcebisi 💍✨Cake cutting = pure joy 🎂Two hands, one knife, and a whole lot of laughter. Because shari...
25/05/2026

26.09.2025 — Chloe & Mcebisi 💍✨
Cake cutting = pure joy 🎂
Two hands, one knife, and a whole lot of laughter. Because sharing that first slice together is more than tradition — it’s the sweetest start to forever. 🥂💫




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26.09.2025Chloe & McebisiDETAILS…. Credit for this picture
25/05/2026

26.09.2025
Chloe & Mcebisi

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Hey, if someone doesn’t know me — it’s me, Alena — the baker behind all the cakes and creations you see here 🎂✨Truth be ...
11/05/2026

Hey, if someone doesn’t know me — it’s me, Alena — the baker behind all the cakes and creations you see here 🎂✨
Truth be told, I’m way better at decorating cakes than posing behind them 🤣🤭
Striking a pose is definitely something I still need to learn and practice… but hey, you can’t be good at everything, right? Luckily the cake is doing all the modeling for me 💍

10/05/2026

A different take on a wedding cake 🤍

This 45cm in diameter cake was covered in hundreds of wafer paper spheres to create a soft pleated effect, finished with delicate wafer paper flowers floating above the cake.

In the video I’m showing how I steam the flowers to shape the petals and give them more movement before placing them onto the cake ✨

What looks soft and effortless took hours and hours of cutting, folding, shaping flowers, steaming, and carefully attaching every detail by hand. Sometimes the most delicate designs are the ones that take the longest to create.

Simple, modern, and one of my favourite wafer paper designs I’ve made.

11.09.2025 Flavor - my signature Russian Honey cake Decor - Hand made wafer paper
10/05/2026

11.09.2025



Flavor - my signature Russian Honey cake
Decor - Hand made wafer paper





01.05.2025 💍✨ Veronica & Chad Hand made wafer paper decor that took hours and hours.Inspired by well known cake artist P...
29/04/2026

01.05.2025 💍
✨ Veronica & Chad
Hand made wafer paper decor that took hours and hours.
Inspired by well known cake artist
P.S.
I still don’t know what the story behind the blue pineapple is, but one day I’ll find out 😅

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