![]() ![]() Rose Wilde added towering beehive cakes - tall cakes topped with domes - to the menu of her microbakery Red Bread in May.Ī post shared by Bronwen Wyatt dome cake isn’t exactly new. Los Angeles-based baker Kassie Mendieta is calling her approach to domes “chaotic whimsy,” veering from monochromatic ruffles to a creation covered in pink strawberry shortbread crumbles reminiscent of the ice cream bar. ![]() Every inch covered with butterflies and tie-dye-esque frosting, the ultra maximalist versions from Ginger Mayo’s Gigi’s Little Kitchen are dream worlds for fairies on acid. At Julia Gallay’s Gallz Provisions, dome cakes are more heavily adorned with flowers and fruit. Dome cakes from Bronwen Wyatt’s Bayou Saint Cake - a trendsetter in the naturalist cake niche - are swooped with her signature frosting squiggles. Jun’s versions are their own microworlds, but riffs on the dome cake are increasingly showing up on my social feeds. “I like the imagination coming out of the scene,” Jun says. These cakes feel distinctly natural - adorned with evergreen sprigs and pristine fruit, they’re very much part of the popular “ organic cakes” aesthetic - while also whimsical. This started out of necessity when a friend requested a cake with “90 percent cream,” making a dome the most logical option, but the shape stuck because Jun liked the “soft feelings that dome cakes have.” She’s described the dome cakes she’s made ever since, covered in buttercream or mirror glaze, as fairy hills, violet bonbon islands, and creamy mountains. ![]() A crucial part of that Seussian nature is the shape: One of Jun’s signature designs is a domed cake. ![]()
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