With the amount of time and effort that goes into crafting one of Ji Youn Sung’s cakes at CreARTive Cakes, delivering one to her clients used to be a bittersweet moment for her. She’d spend anywhere from a few hours to several weeks on one cake, and established a bit of a bond with each piece of edible art that she crafted. When the time came for Ji Youn to part with her cakes, she had a hard time letting go.
“You know what, now I’m better,” she says, laughing. “But in the beginning when I delivered it to the hall and the clients came out, I felt like I was losing my child.”
It’s not surprising she became so attached; the cakes Ji Youn creates at CreARTive Cakes are entirely handmade, from the bases (which are fairly straightforward) to the ornate and elaborate flowers. Her flowers feature fragile-looking folds and edges that curl under each other, sitting delicately on top of the cake as though plucked out of heaven.
