Cakes

Wedding cakes • Birthday cakes • Everyday bakes

These cakes span years of baking—from early celebration cakes to more recent creations. Some photos were taken with a phone long before I ever imagined starting a food blog, but each one represents a celebration, a lesson learned, and a cake I’m proud to have made. Whether you’re looking for wedding cake inspiration, creative birthday cake ideas, or simple everyday bakes, I hope these cakes spark ideas for your own celebrations. As Baker Meets Chef grows, we’ll be adding the recipes, decorating tips, and techniques behind many of these creations so you can recreate them at home.

Wedding Cakes

I’ve had the honor of making wedding cakes for a handful of couples over the years. Each bride had her own unique vision, and it was a privilege to create a cake that became part of such a special day.

Semi-naked lemon wedding cake with vanilla buttercream, fresh flowers and greenery.
Six-inch vanilla wedding cake decorated with smooth vanilla buttercream and piped white buttercream flowers.
Two-tier tree stump wedding cake with chocolate bark texture, peanut butter buttercream, woodland animals, and fresh succulents.

Birthday Cakes

Every birthday deserves a cake! Whether it’s simple or over-the-top, a homemade cake has a way of making the celebration feel even more special.

Two-tier Toy Story-inspired birthday cake featuring colorful fondant decorations inspired by the beloved movie.
Colorful interlocking LEGO brick birthday cake.
Two-tier pink buttercream birthday cake with elegant buttercream flowers celebrating a 21st birthday.
Two-tier white chocolate cake with lavender buttercream and custom candy melt shards with polka dots and edible metallic paint.
Two-tier baby shower cake with blue and pink candy melt drips, macarons, and buttercream frosting.
Eight-inch cake decorated with ombre blue buttercream in playful textured designs.
Two-tier white buttercream cake decorated diagonally with a colorful bouquet of piped royal frosting flowers.

Everyday Cakes

Not every cake needs a special occasion. Everyday cakes are the perfect excuse to experiment with new flavors, practice decorating techniques, or simply satisfy a craving for a classic slice of chocolate cake.

Chocolate cake decorated with a tropical Hawaiian beach theme featuring sandy and tiki-inspired details.
Lemon poppy seed cake topped with fresh strawberries and finished with smooth white chocolate whipped cream frosting.
Chocolate layer cake with mocha buttercream wrapped in a hard candy melt shell.
White chocolate cake layered with lavender buttercream and finished with a simple, elegant design.
Classic chocolate cake decorated with a delicious chocolate buttercream and a strawberry flower design.
Lavender Earl Grey layer cake topped with fresh blackberries and dried tea leaves, finished with a smooth buttercream.
Traditional Black Forest cake layered with chocolate cake, cherries, whipped cream, and chocolate ganache.
Fresh mango cake topped with an elegant mango rose and finished with smooth cream cheese frosting.
Winter Olympics-inspired cake featuring a sugar glass ice rink and ice skater toppers.

Want to Recreate These Cakes?

Many of these cakes were custom creations, so they don’t all have recipes just yet. We’re working on sharing our favorite cake recipes, frostings, fillings, and decorating techniques so you can recreate similar designs at home.