Textured Buttercream features florals used to create movement and flow across the cake, guiding the eye up and around the design.
Buttercream finishes remain natural and refined, with crisp edges balanced by organic placement and soft variation.

This approach elevates relaxed, outdoor, or rustic-inspired celebrations—bringing polish and intention without feeling overly styled.

Photo Credits: Kat Murillo Photography, Baker & A Black Cat, Rachel Christopherson Photos, Jessi Burrone, private photographer

Botanical Buttercream leans into lush, garden-inspired design, often incorporating fresh florals as a dominant visual element rather than an accent.
Compositions emphasize abundance, scale, and drama, with softly textured buttercream serving as a refined foundation.

These cakes offer a modern interpretation of floral-forward design, suited to outdoor celebrations and venues inspired by nature.

Photo Credits: Kayla Esparza Photography, Cheyenne Hoff Photography, Baker & A Black Cat

Illustrative Sugarpaste focuses on sugarpaste as the canvas—featuring hand-painted details, pattern work, and graphic or ornamental elements that don’t always fit neatly into a single style but are unmistakably intentional.

These designs prioritize surface artistry and concept over tradition, allowing varied visual expressions to coexist within a single cake.

Photo Credits: Takashi Ozawa, Baker & A Black Cat, Cheyenne Hoff Photography

Modern Sugarpaste is defined by clean lines, restraint, and architectural clarity.
These designs emphasize structure and surface control, allowing form, proportion, and negative space to lead the composition.

Graphic and intentional in execution, they offer a deliberate contrast to softer, more organic finishes.

Well suited to modern, dramatic, or nontraditional aesthetics, these cakes prioritize precision, balance, and purposeful design.

Photo Credits: The Freckled Photographer, Erica Baldwin Photography

Sculptural Sugarpaste reinterprets traditional decorative techniques as seen through a modern lens.
Layered and dimensional elements create movement and texture while maintaining balance and a clean execution.

These designs often reference vintage or classical forms, refined into contemporary, design-forward compositions.

Photo Credits: Color Catch Light Photography, Takashi Ozawa

Inspired by kintsugi—the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold or silver—these cakes explore contrast, structure, and intentional imperfection through bold painted design.

Metallic detailing is used as emphasis rather than embellishment, highlighting form, negative space, and compositional balance.

This design has become a signature of Baker & A Black Cat, reflecting both technical precision and quiet symbolism.

Photo credits: Baker & A Black Cat, The Freckled Photographer

Statement Cakes are defined by impact, proportion, and presence.
Each element is chosen with intention, allowing form, surface, and detail to work together to create the centerpiece of the celebration.

These cakes are meant to anchor a space through composition, style, and craftsmanship.

Photo Credits: Ashley Noelle Edwards, Ari Simphoukham, Baker & A Black Cat, Natacha Jolene Photography + Film, Takashi Ozawa

Dessert Displays make presentation a central and interactive part of the celebration.

Each selection is considered for flavor, balance, and presentation, allowing the arrangement to function as a unified visual element.

Photo Credits: Baker & A Black Cat, Natacha Jolene Photography, Manhart Photography, Kat Murillo Photography

Signature Designs highlight standout pieces that reflect evolving techniques, concept exploration, or particularly distinctive finishes.

This gallery is curated and fluid, changing over time as new work is introduced and the collection evolves.

Photo Credits: Jeff Roush Photography, Baker & A Black Cat, Ashley Baumgartner Photography, Katelyn Bradley Photography, Denise Apgar Photography