CREATIVE DIRECTOR, KENTUCKY CHEF AND BUSINESS OWNER
EDITOR'S CHOICE: We've handpicked the best of the best Wedding Cake Bakers in Lexington to help you pick the right one for your big day.
Best Wedding Cakes In Lexington
While many artists choose to work in oil or clay, Alex Narramore chose an nontraditional route: sugar. Her sugar flowers are a botanically accurate, being perfect recreations of examples she has grown in her own garden. Her cakes have been featured in The Voice Tribune and Sophisticated Living, and she has been a judge on The Food Network. This was a super fun interview and I know you'll enjoy it. You can find her website here and her Instagram here.
A historic downtown Lexington townhome blossoms with Bloomsbury style inside and out.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A woman from Lexington has made her debut on the Food Network.
She is not a contestant on the show, but she is an expert judge representing Kentucky on "Buddy vs. Duff."
Photographer: Andrea Hutchinson
Stylist: Liz Bingham
Assistant Stylist: Madison Ewing
Models: Jon Carloftis of Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens, Haley Harris Gatewood of Carl Meyers, Isabel Ladd of Isabel Ladd Interiors, Stuart Mercer of Stuart Mercer Gentleman’s Shoppe and Alex Narramore of The Mischief Maker
Location: 21c Museum Hotel Lexington in the Harmon Room designed by Isabel Ladd Interiors
To book the Harmon Room today, visit 21cmuseumhotels.com/lexington.
Janice then heard about a gal in Lexington, Alex Narramore, known for creating fantastical cakes, wedding cakes in particular. Inspired by the façade of Janice’s office, Narramore designed a cake for the wedding reminiscent of the Le Pavillon Frais at Château de Versailles in France. The cake required a custom made pedestal approximately three feet tall and combined with the cake, the total height was over six feet and covered in treillage sculpted icing.
The Mischief Maker shares her secrets for creating sugar flower cake masterpieces
By Alex Narramore
Alex Narramore Creative Director of The Mischief Maker shares what inspires her edible artworks. Cover of magazine features detail of sugar flowers. Published six times a year, each Sophisticated Living issue features timely, tailored and world-class editorial with an eye for localized luxury.
Alex Narramore Creative Director of The Mischief Maker shares what inspires her edible artworks.
A guide to wedding cake shopping in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
KENTUCKY – THE MISCHIEF MAKER
Lexington
There’s no mischief here, the team is a true band of artists. They create one-of-a-kind designs (that are retired after the wedding they appear at!) and only take on two clients per month to insure they can spend the proper amount of time creating a couple’s dream cake. Their specialty is highly realistic sugar flowers, so realistic that sometimes it’s hard to tell they aren’t real! If you are looking for custom flavors too, they can handle whipping-up anything from green tea with yuzu and vanilla bean to bourbon and ginger.
Let me tell you a bit about Alex Narramore. I found her because I found her WEDDING video that was shot by a studio local to me. I was struck by her personal style and the bold, artistic vibe of her wedding and could not get enough of the detail behind everything I saw captured. I commented on the video, and she, the bride, commented back.
Come to find out, she is one of the most detail oriented, talented vendors around and she is located right here in KY. I am so excited to share some of her passion and talent with you. Read on for our conversation.
"We are blown away by this sequin cake by The Mischief Maker made for a Las Vegas themed party. Covered in thousands of sequins made and applied by hand, it has all the glitz and glam of Vegas one amazing cake!"
Sugar flower and sugar sequin cake featured in Kentucky Bride Magazine Volume 10, Issue 2 on newsstands October 1, 2018.
Woodland inspired sugar flower wedding cake featured in Kentucky Bride Magazine Volume 10, Issue 2 on newsstands October 1, 2018.
Wedding video featuring Alex Narramore of The Mischief Maker and Deron Eckert by Antonio Pantoja. Sugar flower wedding cake featured.
Yves Saint Laurent inspired wedding cake based on vintage YSL 1969 evening dress made for the October 2018 issue of American Cake Decorating magazine, "L'Amour Fashion: Where Couture Meets Cake".
Alex Narramore of The Mischief Maker named Top 10 Cake Artist in USA by Cake Masters Magazine.
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE CAKE MASTERS MAGAZINE 2018 TOP 10 ARTISTS- USA. THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES TOP TALENT EVERY YEAT AND WE ARE SO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS AS THE BEST IN CAKE DECORATING AND SUGARCRAFT IN THE USA FOR 2018.
While the style focus during the wedding ceremony is usually on the bride’s dress, with guests turning to gasp at her beauty as she swishes down the aisle, the wedding reception brings with it the chance to create another ‘wow’ moment with a luxury wedding cake and so finding the right luxury wedding cake designers to choose from on this all important day is paramount.
The world’s best high-end luxury wedding cake designers create edible sculptures which would not look out of place in an art gallery. These fairytale creations provoke gasps of awe as they are unveiled to guests, creating one of the stand-out moments of any special day.
Hour-upon-hour is spent baking, sculpting, painting and crafting to create each upscale cake. Each and every one is a marvel of artistry, designed as a one-of-a-kind to enhance the theme of a couple’s special day. Designers create exquisite detailing, from hyper-realistic florals to intricate lace, darkly gothic tones to cakes painted so intricately they look like watercolours.
Here are some of the world’s most incredibly talented luxury wedding cake designers, and their jaw-dropping creations.
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
By LWfilms
Eric and Kaitlyn’s wedding was incredible. Once all the decorations and flowers were up, it looked like you stumbled into a royal ball in the middle of a flower garden. Kaitlyn’s dress matched her personality perfectly, it was SILVER. It truly was everything a princess would have wanted. Eric showed off his style as well with a dapper white tux. Their wedding day was filled with dancing, fun, and lots of laughs. It is always such an honor to capture the love that two people have for one another. I hope you enjoy Eric and Kaitlyn’s wedding film.
2017 Golden Tier Award Winners List.
"WEDDING CAKE OF THE YEAR- ALEX NARRAMORE – MISCHIEF MAKER CAKES"
The Mischief Maker was named, by prestigious judges: Sylvia Weinstock, Mike McCarey, Chef Nicholas Lodge, Colette Peters, Ron Ben- Israel, Kerry Vincent, Eddie Spence M.B.E., Chef Sherry Yard, and Lisa Mansour, the 2017 winner of the award for international wedding cake artist of the year by The Golden Tier Awards. The Golden Tier Awards is the first American-hosted, international awards show of its kind. This exclusive event brings together pastry chefs, cake and sugar-artists, dessert professionals, authors and writers, chocolatiers, instructors, and retailers from across the globe to celebrate the very best the industry has to offer.
HOW TO DESIGN WITH SUGAR FLOWERS
Orlando, Florida
Friday, October 13, 2017
9:00am 12:00pm
Taught by: ALEX NARRAMORE
Class Description: Alex Narramore of The Mischief Maker demonstrates the dangers associated with decorating cakes with fresh flowers, the benefits of using sugar flowers instead, and how to take a sugar flower cake from a sketch to the centerpiece of any venue.
Four-page photo spread/interview featuring our sugar flower wedding cakes in Kentucky Bride Magazine Volume 9, Issue 1.
SELECTED AS PARTY OF THE DAY ON MARCH 27TH. Beatrix Potter cake with sugar flowers and figures featured.
Beatrix Potter Cake with sugar flowers and figures by The Mischief Maker featured.
The Mischief Maker NAMED WINNER IN THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2017
Eleventh Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Across America
Kentucky/January 1, 2017—The Mischief Maker is pleased to announce that they havebeen selected as a 2017 winner in The Knot Best of Weddings, an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, the leading wedding brand and marketplace. This is the second year The Mischief Maker has been selected for The Knot Best of Weddings.
In 2017, only 2% of the 300,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. In its eleventh annual year, The Knot continues its longstanding tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2017, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed almost one million reviews across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more. These winners represent the best of the best for wedding professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider in order to inspire, plan and book their own unique wedding.
Make a statement at your reception with a totally original wedding cake! Choosing a wedding cake is an exciting part of the wedding planning process. Remember the cake can be a real focal point, so if you want to make an impact, consider going for something totally different. Whether you’re looking for an elaborate cake full of detail or something unique but simple, we have found the very best unusual wedding cakes on offer.
"Another way of incorporating some colour into your wedding cake is to go for a stained glass window finish, like this cake from The Mischief Maker. The rich reds and greens go beautifully with this style cake."
This month American Cake Decorating explores the dark and illuminating beauty of Alex Narramore’s painted cake in our Story of a Cake feature. We talk with cake creator, Alex Narramore of The Mischief Maker cakes to learn more about her incredible introduction to the wonderful world of cake, and discover the secrets behind her jaw-dropping creations.
Four page spread/interview about our hand-painted stained glass wedding cake in American Cake Decorating Magazine. November/December 2016 "Modern Bride" issue.
Four wedding and celebration cakes featured.
Sugar flower wedding cake featured.
Today’s post is all about the most extravagant wedding cakes out there: from metallic masterpieces to fabulous floral delights, we’ve covered it. This feature is guaranteed to leave your mouth watering – don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Good Housekeeping UK reached out to me for a quote about the use (from my large position) against fresh flowers on wedding cakes and fresh flower safety on cakes in general. Happy to be included in this article and to see that the blog I wrote concerning this issue continues to be seen and influence.
Your wedding (or birthday) cake doesn’t have to be plain and traditional anymore. Instead, you can go another route and base it off your favorite Disney film without it being too obvious (and if it is, who cares?). These cakes will get your brain going with creative, beautiful and tasteful wedding cakes while planning your special day.
Over-the-top wedding cakes. These wedding cakes are all about fantasy and inspiration.
• "This intricate stained-glass wedding cake is unlike anything I've ever seen."
• "Foxglove flowers made of sugar climb this elegant, rustic cake."
Six of some of our most enchanting wedding cakes featured.
Love all things Disney? You’re not alone – after all every Disney story is a beautiful fairytale with a happily ever after, and that’s exactly what a wedding should be. We’ve rounded up our favourite Disney wedding cakes to inspire you.
A freesia wedding cake makes a beautiful ode to spring for the bride who wants to celebrate the fresh, new beauty of the spring season in her choice of wedding cake design.
KENTUCKY/January (1), 2016—THE MISCHIEF MAKER is pleased to announce that they have been selected as a 2016 winner in The Knot Best of Weddings, an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, the #1 wedding resource.
In 2016, only 2% of the 250,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed almost one million reviews from real couples across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more. These winners represent the best of the best for wedding planning professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider order to inspire, plan and pull off their own unique wedding.
Sugar foxglove and fern wedding cake featured.
We all fell in love with the film that made us appreciate the role of every emotion, even of sadness: could we not celebrate it with cake design sweets? Here is a cake Inside Out after the other, with Joy, Sadness, Anger and Disgust and the spheres of memory ...
Inside Out cake and sugar figures featured.
Sugar flower and sugar ruffled cake featured.
Finalist for the international wedding cake award for the Cake Masters Awards partnered with Cake International. "The Cake Masters Magazine Awards is the only major awards programme dedicated to recognising the best talent in the world of cake decorating and sugarcraft". The wedding cake category recognizes , "who is the very best-of-the-best in this highly emotive and extremely personal genre, whether it be traditional tiered beauties or something different."
Sugar flower wedding cakes featured.
More “brilliant” designs from the Birthday Mischief Managed collaboration, this time focused on some of most memorable events from the series…
If you haven’t seen any of our other posts, or seen any mention of these on interwebs already, the Birthday Mischief Managed collaboration was developed to celebrate J.K. Rowling’s (and Harry Potter’s) birthday. Organized by Michelle “Chef Mitchie” Curran of Mitchies Munchies and Suzanne Neri-Medal of CAKELDY the cakes created by the group are a birthday gift to J.K. Rowling and Potter fans around the world. Fans are encouraged to share their own edible creations and birthday greetings using the following hashtags so the group may share in return: #BirthdayMischief, #JKR50, #HBDJK, #HBDHarry. You can find the Birthday Mischief Managed group online at:
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
“The iconic scene of Mr. Weasley’s flying car in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was my inspiration,” said Alex Narramore of Mischief Makers Desserts. The 2-foot-long sculpted cake is completely edible, except for the head- and taillights and the flavor was inspired by the Butterbeer The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. “It is suspended,” added Alex, “even though it weighs nearly 40 pounds! I wanted the overall feel to have an illustrative quality, representing both the look of the books and the movie."
Gravity-Defying Flying Ford Anglia Cake featured.
Gravity Defying/ Sculpted Flying Ford Anglia cake featured as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
Birthday Mischief Managed Collaboration featured. The group, founded in July 2014, proudly honors some of the world’s most esteemed personalities and award winning artists in the food industry. Audiences may recognize work styles and faces of the participants from hit television series and competitions Cake Boss: Next Great Baker, Sugar Dome, Cake Wars, Ultimate Cake Off, Outrageous Chocolate, Halloween Wars, and more.
Gravity Defying/ Sculpted Flying Ford Anglia cake featured as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
Though from the US, Flying Ford Anglia Cake featured with several Malaysian bakers as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
Gravity Defying/ Sculpted Flying Ford Anglia cake featured as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
See publication Bakers Around The World Celebrated J.K. Rowling’s Birthday With Incredible “Harry Potter” Cakes.
Birthday Mischief Managed Collaboration featured. The group, founded in July 2014, proudly honors some of the world’s most esteemed personalities and award winning artists in the food industry. Audiences may recognize work styles and faces of the participants from hit television series and competitions Cake Boss: Next Great Baker, Sugar Dome, Cake Wars, Ultimate Cake Off, Outrageous Chocolate, Halloween Wars, and more.
Gravity Defying/ Sculpted Flying Ford Anglia cake featured as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
See publication 請吃奶油啤酒味飛車！粉絲端創意蛋糕慶祝羅琳50歲生日 原文網址: 請吃奶油啤酒味飛車！粉絲端創意蛋糕慶祝羅琳50歲生日
Though from the US, Flying Ford Anglia Cake featured with several Malaysian bakers as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
"Mr. Weasley's flying car has been put together by Alex Narramore, whose attention to detail is breathtaking!"
Gravity Defying/ Sculpted Flying Ford Anglia cake featured as part of Birthday Mischief Managed. A collaboration of food artists from around the world have debuted a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling.
A collaboration of food artists from around the world will debut what's promised to be a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling. The collaborative event will take place online when www.birthdaymischief.com and several social media outlets GO LIVE.
A collaboration of food artists from around the world will debut what's promised to be a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling. The collaborative event will take place online when www.birthdaymischief.com and several social media outlets GO LIVE.
See publication Birthday Mischief Managed: Worldwide Collaborative of Food Artists Celebrate J.K. Rowling's 50th Birthday
A collaboration of food artists from around the world will debut what's promised to be a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling. The collaborative event will take place online when www.birthdaymischief.com and several social media outlets GO LIVE.
A collaboration of food artists from around the world will debut what's promised to be a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling. The collaborative event will take place online when www.birthdaymischief.com and several social media outlets GO LIVE.
A collaboration of food artists from around the world will debut what's promised to be a sweet and magical collection of edible art in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling. The collaborative event will take place online when www.birthdaymischief.com and several social media outlets GO LIVE.
Brightly colored sugar flower cake featured.
"Ruffles and peonies cake
We love ruffles and pairing them with peonies can be tricky because of their own naturally ruffled look but adding buds, berries and foliage works a treat for this cake! Introducing pops of interesting color by building a floral arrangement can turn one or two flowers into a truly stunning focal point."
"Blush Sugar Flower Cake
The wonderful subtle ice pink and bright white used as the base color of this creation make this design seem to exude light. We love the edible lace trimming and each tier further accentuating the sheer prettiness of the pastel hued sugar flowers."
Moths in Flight Cake featured. A bit about the cake: " Moths In Flight
( Phaelanopsis Orchid/ Moth Orchid)
The main inspirations for this cake are the movement and life moth orchids take on when they are grouped and compacted closely together. They very much resemble moths in flight, something from which their name is derived. With the dozens of hand painted moth orchids encircling the cake in exaggerated spirals, this whimsical element dances across and off the structured cake tiers. The bell shaped tiers with beveled feet take a note from the orchid's grace, while the blue background allows the orchids to spring forward."
French Macarons featured.
"Peach poppy wedding cake
This show-stopping design is bursting with amazingly realistic sugar flowers from peonies, ranunculus buds and bold poppy blooms! We love the attentive use of soft coral tones throughout which helps brighten the decadent gold trims and fresh greens utilized in the design – perfect for light-hearted spring and summer weddings."
See publication Pretty Poppies: 5 Inspiring Cakes Adorned With Sugar Poppy Flowers
"We adore the sweet cake above with its play of depths, lovely scalloped middle tier and super pretty lace detailing."
Sculpted Sleeping Beauty cake featured. #4 on 27 Disney Princess Confections That Will Blow Your Mind.
Gravity Defying Cinderella Cake featured.
Sugar flower detail photograph featured.
Sugar flower wedding cake featured among top cake designs for 2014.
Sugar flower detail photograph featured.
Peach sugar poppy and gold sugar bee wedding cake featured. Named one of Editor's Choice cake picks.
Ruffle/ Sugar Flower Cake Featured.
Numerous sugar flower and sugar ruffle cakes featured.
Medieval Cake and Tablescape Featured.
Lilly Pulitzer inspired sugar flower cake was featured.
Sugar flower and sugar ruffle cake featured.
Muted pastel sugar flower and sugar lace wedding cake featured.
Sugar flower wedding cake was featured.
Sleeping Beauty replica cake by The Mischief Maker featured.
See publication Cake Feature: Alex Narramore (Sleeping Beauty Cake Featured)
Kate Spade inspired black and white striped wedding cake with sugar peonies was featured.
Many of our sugar flowers wedding cakes and tablescapes featured.
Education on sugar flowers vs. fresh florals for cakes. Several sugar flower cakes used for example.
Feature on the towering ( over 6 ft. tall ) medieval castle cake and tablescape by The Mischief Maker.
Two of my sugar flower wedding cakes among some of the best and most well respected cake artists in the industry.
Colorful wedding cake covered in sugar florals and sugar butterflies featured.
