Artful Cakery by Julie

09/10/2026

Classic, elegant, and made for this beautiful setting. 🤍

I delivered this three-tier wedding cake to Ashton Gardens over the weekend, and I love how all of the details came together—the smooth ivory buttercream, subtle textured bottom tier, fresh white florals and greenery, and the couple’s gold monogram tucked right into the center.

Sometimes a wedding cake doesn’t need a lot of color or elaborate decoration to make a statement. The combination of clean lines, fresh flowers, and a few personal details can be absolutely timeless.

And that wall of windows at Ashton Gardens made the prettiest backdrop. ✨

Congratulations to the newlyweds! 🤍

09/09/2026

Groom's cakes do not have to be chocolate sheet cakes with a hobby piped on top.

They can actually be the hobby. 😉

This groom's cake became a realistic scuba tank, complete with the regulator and hoses. Projects like this are exactly why I love sculpted cake work.

Have an unusual groom's cake idea? Those are usually my favorite inquiries.

09/08/2026

09/08/2026

What is my wedding cake style?
Whatever the customer asks for!
Here are just a few cakes from last year to show the variety of what my couples chose in 2025

09/07/2026

When I say custom, I really do mean custom.

One week might include a wedding dessert table covered in pearls. Another might include first birthday cookies. And sometimes someone asks me to make an entire plate of fried dumplings out of cake. 🥟😂

That's one of the things I love most about this job. I'm not making the same cake every day. I'm creating something specifically for the person and celebration in front of me.

Weddings, birthdays, showers, hobbies, favorite foods and those wonderfully strange “Do you think you could make…?” ideas are all welcome here.

Those last ones are usually some of my favorites. ❤️

09/06/2026

“How many desserts do we actually need?”

It's one of the questions couples ask when they're considering a wedding dessert table—and the answer isn't necessarily one of everything for every guest.

It depends on whether you're also serving wedding cake, how many dessert varieties you're offering, the size of each item and whether you want the table to be a small addition or a major part of dessert service.

That's why I prefer planning the table as a whole instead of simply adding up individual treats. The goal is enough variety to make the display exciting without leaving you with an enormous amount of dessert at the end of the night.

Save this if a dessert table is on your wedding wish list. 🤍

09/05/2026

A little honey is on the way. 🍯🐝🌸

Baby bottles with dripping honey, tiny bees, rattles, sweet little dresses and soft pink florals made this one of those cookie sets where every design had its own personality.

I especially love taking a theme like “little honey” and finding ways to reference it throughout the set without putting a beehive on every cookie.

Which one is your favorite?

09/04/2026

Wedding dessert tables can include the fun stuff, too. 🤍

These dipped crispy rice treats got the same white chocolate drizzle and pearl details as the more traditional wedding sweets, which let something playful fit right into an elegant display.

That's one of my favorite tricks when designing dessert tables: change the dessert, but repeat colors and details so everything still feels cohesive.