Cake baker extraordinaire Gabrielle Feuersinger and I as a wedding planner and designer go back more than a decade. I deeply admire Gabrielle’s talent, enthusiasm and unrelenting perfectionism in creating the most wonderful wedding cakes for my couples. Who better to ask about all aspects of “wedding-cake-decision-making” – than HER?!
So here we go…
– How did you get into wedding cake baking and design?
I make cakes for all and any occasion, but making wedding cakes is my favorite because I get to work with fun, inspiring couples to design something original, meaningful and something that will be in their memories forever. It has to be perfect and I put a lot of extra love into my wedding cakes.
– What makes an exceptional cake?
An exceptional cake is a cake that looks amazing and tastes excellent. Wedding cake got a bad rap for a long time, but my cakes are delicious and I am really proud of my flavor offerings. I get a lot of positive feedback.
– Which factors should couples consider when choosing their cake and its decor? E.g. transportation, ambient temperature, setting, style…
I encourage cakes to be displayed indoors for overall safety. I think the venue and guest count should be considered when deciding the size of a cake. A wedding for 450 people in SF city hall for example shouldn’t be a 2 tier displayed on the steps. I’m not pushing for a 450 display cake, but something in the middle looks better.
– Which factors influence the price of a wedding cake?
Price reflects time. If I am making details that are time consuming and intricate, like fine lace piping details or detailed sugar flowers, this will be the biggest factors in pricing.
– What are the latest trends in wedding cakes?
Right now, 2025, the look is vintage, Lambeth style buttercream piping. I love it… so easy and quick (for me). It doesn’t break the bank.
– Anything else you want to add…?
When coming in for a meeting I love to see all the details you have been working on; the invitation, dress, plates, linens, venue….all these details get my creative juices flowing and I can bring something fun to your cake.
Here are two examples of Gabrielle’s incredible creativity: for a couple of mathematicians who love traveling (!!), she designed a wedding cake in the shape of a vintage suitcase, complete with stickers of the bride’s and groom’s favorite travel destinations, and topped with a stack of professinal math books that looked so lifelike that their fellow mathematician guests tried to pick them up and leaf through them!
And for another couple with a “Tiffany” wedding theme, she designed a cake in the shape of stacked Tiffany boxes, held together with a bow – incorporating (at the groom’s request) a REAL Tiffany box containing a pearl bracelet (do you see it in the photo?). This cake had to be guarded until cake cutting time!
