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Experienced Custom Cake Decorator
Mia's Bakery | New York, NY
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Description
Mia's Bakery is looking for a talented, experienced, and detail-oriented Custom Cake Decorator to join our team.
We specialize in creating custom cakes for birthdays, weddings, corporate events, and special occasions. We are looking for someone with strong artistic abilities, excellent technical skills, and the ability to produce high-quality custom cakes in a fast-paced, high-volume bakery environment.
This position is specifically for custom cake decorating, not general bakery production. Applicants must have professional experience creating custom-designed cakes.
Key Responsibilities
- Decorate custom cakes according to customer requests, reference photos, and design specifications.
- Work with buttercream, fondant, ganache, and other decorating materials.
- Create detailed piping, fondant decorations, sculpted elements, and custom cake designs.
- Produce tiered cakes, wedding cakes, novelty cakes, and specialty celebration cakes.
- Replicate cake designs accurately while maintaining Mia's Bakery's quality standards.
- Ensure cakes are structurally stable, properly finished, and visually appealing.
- Manage multiple custom cake orders while meeting strict production deadlines.
- Maintain consistency in colors, finishes, proportions, and overall presentation.
- Work efficiently with the cake decorating and production teams.
- Keep decorating stations clean, organized, and compliant with food safety standards.
Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of professional custom cake decorating experience preferred.
- Strong buttercream frosting, smoothing, and piping skills.
- Experience working with fondant, including covering cakes and creating decorative elements.
- Ability to accurately recreate designs from photographs and customer references.
- Experience stacking and assembling multi-tier cakes.
- Strong attention to detail, creativity, and artistic ability.
- Ability to work independently and efficiently under time constraints.
- Comfortable working in a busy bakery with a high volume of custom orders.
- Reliable, punctual, organized, and able to work as part of a team.
- Experience with sculpted cakes, sugar flowers, and advanced fondant work is a plus.
What We're Looking For
We want a decorator who takes pride in their craftsmanship and understands that every custom cake represents an important occasion for our customers.
The ideal candidate is someone who can turn a customer's inspiration photo into a beautifully executed cake, work quickly without sacrificing quality, and consistently deliver professional results.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit:
- A resume detailing professional cake decorating experience.
- A portfolio with clear photos of custom cakes they have personally decorated.
- Examples of buttercream work, fondant cakes, and tiered cakes.
Selected candidates may be asked to complete a paid, hands-on decorating trial to demonstrate their skills.
Mia's Bakery is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $22 - $28