Want that extra special something for your wedding cake design, but not sure exactly what you’re looking for? Join Melbourne Wedding & Bride’s Belinda Coleman as she talks with Megan Robinson, owner and cakemaker extraordinaire of Sugar by Megan, a cake company that brings the best of custom cake design.
Cake is an integral part of the wedding celebration, with cake cutting, cake photos and hopefully cake eating creating the core memories of many weddings. From vividly being able to picture the cake from family wedding albums and hearing the pass-down stories about how the cake tasted, cakes are more than a sweet mouthful, but also a sweet memory. With all the pressure a wedding already carries, it’s important to get the cake right. This is why picking someone you can trust to deliver the perfect cake of your dreams is essential to avoiding the chaos of a cake disaster!
That’s where Sugar by Megan comes in. Megan is a one stop shop, helping couples from design to delivery. And as the sole business owner and operator, you can be guaranteed that Megan is devoting 100 percent to your cake the whole way through. Megan runs this business out of her home and it’s truly her pride and joy, alongside her delightful husband and kids of course! But helping you get the right cake is her passion and the pictures truly speak for themselves.
Image courtesy of Bright Light Weddings.
Delightful Details
Megan prides herself on her eye for detail. For her, the process of making and decorating a cake is a week-long event as she does sugar work and preparation, before finalising and decorating the cake. Megan describes how “the whole process of a wedding cake from start to finish can sometimes take up to five days.” As a cake artist with more than fifteen years’ experience in the industry Megan loves to decorate and bring little details to the cake. Megan loves intricate hand crafted, sugar flowers and fondant modelling.
“I can create almost anything out of fondant,” she says, “from animals, to roses, boats to 3D sculpted cakes.”
She adds that “the more you look at my cakes the more details you can find.” With her mediums including gumpaste, wafer paper and even edible lace, Megan prides herself on her ability to make almost anything come to life in sugar on your cake.
Tempting Texture
One modern trend Megan is currently in love with is texture! She loves how you can create a “truly unique feel to a cake.” Texture comes in all shapes and sizes, from lace detailing to sugar flowers, to spatula buttercream designs. Texture options are limitless and their usage to “create a picture around a cake” is endless. Megan is “flexible with mediums, and confident with buttercream and fondant.” She is “able to accommodate all cake sizes, from a single-tier beauty all the way up to an elaborate ten tier masterpiece.”
Coming Custom
With the flexible options Megan offers, as to be “almost limitless” it can be a nice touch to add something truly personal to your cake. “I work with my couples” Megan says, “to put together a design for their special day.” Sometimes clients provide an inspiration board for Megan, with their likes, dislikes colours and venue all included. For Megan, the perfect cake is a cake that captures the “heart and soul” of the couple in a tasty and visually appealing desert their guests can enjoy. Megan often includes personalised memento or messages into her cakes. Some couples like to include a personal dog fondant topper to pop out of their cake, as an important inclusion of their delightful fur babies at the event! Megan’s advice is the more personal, the better! “It is great to have a cake that truly reflects you as a couple so that you’re happy to have it out on display during your celebrations but also happy looking back on your photos in years to come and knowing that it was a reflection of you 100 percent at the time.” She adds that while “styles and trends change but your cake will reflect how you as a couple were feeling on the day you say, ‘I do.’”
Dare To Dream
“Don’t be afraid to go outside the box,” Megan advises, “no idea is too crazy to explore with me.”
Whether it be half/half cakes with superhero designs mixed in with the traditional florals and whites of a wedding cake, including custom textures and colours, or something else you’ve only ever dreamed of, Megan is keen to make it happen. Give her your dreams and she’ll make them come to life. From her stunning sugar decorations to her artful arrangements, Megan’s cakes not only look amazing but also taste great! She is the person to take your dream wedding cake and turn it into a reality.
Just remember, the more unique and personal, the better Megan likes it!