Lead Cake Decorator
Full-Time | Minimum 5 Years Professional Experience Required
Please do not apply if your decorating experience is limited to home baking, hobby decorating, or basic grocery-store production work. We are seeking an experienced professional decorator capable of executing high-end custom cakes independently.
Create Cakes That Become the Centerpiece of Life's Biggest Celebrations
For more than 35 years, Denise's Delicacies has been creating exceptional cakes and desserts for weddings, birthdays, corporate events, and celebrations throughout the Philadelphia region. We are seeking an experienced, highly skilled Cake Decorator who is passionate about craftsmanship, precision, and artistic excellence.
This is NOT an entry-level decorating position.
We are looking for a decorator with at least five years of professional cake decorating experience who can consistently produce high-quality custom cakes with minimal supervision. Applicants should be comfortable executing complex cake designs, wedding cakes, tiered cakes, fondant work, and fine decorative details while maintaining production efficiency.
A portfolio of your work is required for consideration. Applications submitted without photos or a portfolio of completed cakes will not be considered.
What You'll Do
- Decorate custom cakes to Denise's Delicacies' quality standards
- Design and execute wedding cakes and multi-tier celebration cakes
- Cover cakes flawlessly with fondant
- Create intricate handcrafted fondant decorations, figures, flowers, bows, and specialty accents
- Produce clean buttercream finishes using a variety of professional techniques
- Stack, dowel, transport-ready, and construct tiered cakes safely and accurately
- Interpret customer inspiration photos while maintaining artistic quality
- Prepare specialty cake orders accurately and on schedule
- Work efficiently in a fast-paced production environment while maintaining exceptional attention to detail
- Collaborate with management and customer service staff to ensure customer expectations are met
- Maintain decorating equipment and workstations in a clean, organized manner
- Rotate products according to quality assurance standards to ensure freshness
- Track inventory usage on production logs
- Perform weekly inventory counts of decorating supplies and ingredients and submit order requests as needed
- Follow approved procedures for receiving, labeling, storing, rotating, and preparing products
- Handle damaged or spoiled products according to company policy
- Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe work environment
- Assist other bakery departments as needed
- Follow all company policies, food safety procedures, and local, state, and federal regulations
Required QualificationsMinimum Requirements
- At least five (5) years of professional cake decorating experience in a commercial bakery
- Experience decorating wedding cakes and custom celebration cakes
- Experience constructing stacked and tiered cakes
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to consistently meet production deadlines without sacrificing quality
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Required Technical Skills
Applicants must be proficient in:
- Advanced buttercream techniques
- Smooth fondant application
- Sculpting and creating intricate fondant decorations
- Tiered cake construction and structural support systems
- Wedding cake assembly
- Sugar flowers (preferred)
- Piping techniques including borders, lacework, writing, and detailed decorative work
- Working from inspiration photos and customer design requests
- Color matching and custom color mixing
- Airbrushing (preferred)
- Basic cake carving and sculpting (preferred)
Physical Requirements
- Stand for extended periods, frequently exceeding 8 hours
- Lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds
- Work safely around commercial bakery equipment
- Maintain excellent attention to detail in a fast-paced production environment
What We're Looking For
Our ideal decorator is an artist who takes pride in every cake that leaves the bakery. You understand that every wedding cake, birthday cake, and celebration cake represents an important milestone in someone's life. You are dependable, efficient, creative, and committed to producing beautiful work every single day.
To Apply
Please submit:
- Your resume
- A portfolio (or link to your portfolio/social media) showcasing your cake decorating work
- Photos demonstrating your experience with wedding cakes, tiered cakes, fondant work, and custom cake designs
Only applicants with professional cake decorating experience and a portfolio will be considered.
I would also add one sentence near the top that will deter many unqualified applicants:
Please do not apply if your decorating experience is limited to home baking, hobby decorating, or basic grocery-store production work. We are seeking an experienced professional decorator capable of executing high-end custom cakes independently.
Pay: $25.00 - $30.70 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
