Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
About Me
A course by Cynthia Irani , Cake Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“I'll talk about my 15 (plus) year journey as a designer and artist and how studying graphic design and working in multiple industries from gaming to maritime to e-commerce influenced my approach, process, and style in cake design. ”
In this video lesson Cynthia Irani addresses the topic: About Me , which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art. Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hey, I'm Cynthia Irani, thanks for taking this course. In this lesson, I'll tell you a little bit about myself. I'm an artist and designer based in Montreal, Canada. My brand is called Cynthia Irani Design and I create custom sugar flowers for all events, including weddings that are based in Montreal and I post most of my work on my brand's Instagram. I was born in Beirut but was raised in Ghana in West Africa since I was two months old. I lived in Accra for about 13 years before moving back to Beirut. Growing up, I was always surrounded by things my mother would make by hand. She'...”
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Course summary for: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
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Category
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Areas
Cake Decorating, Cake Design, Edible Art, Fondant

Cynthia Irani
A course by Cynthia Irani
Cynthia Irani is a contemporary cake designer and artist based in Montreal, Canada. Growing up in a creative household meant she was exposed to a variety of crafts from a young age. She painted murals at school and went on to study graphic design at university, minoring in fine art. Cynthia then worked in the tech industry and product design for 15 years for clients including Yellow Pages Canada, OneOcean Group, and Shopify.
After baking a cake in celebration of the birth of her first child, and sharing it on Instagram, her career in cake decoration began. Since then, Cynthia has become known for her free-flowing petals and the muted, neutral designs which she creates and shares with over 100K followers on Instagram. Her work has also been featured in publications including Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.
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