Alana Miller
Portland,OR
Summary
Passionate Cake Decorator with exquisite artistic abilities. Dedicated to maintaining food, associate and product safety. Provides premier customer service and works well with others. Experienced in icing, decorating, packaging, labeling and pricing bakery products. I love working in a team to accomplish a bigger goal.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Cake Decorator
Hip Hounds
Portland, OR
08.2023 - 12.2023
- Decorated cakes for special occasions, showers, birthdays and christenings.
- Prepared buttercream and icings to use for decorating cakes, cupcakes, tarts and other pastries.
- Assisted customers in selecting appropriate cake designs for their events.
- Frosted finished cakes evenly and smoothly using various techniques.
- Assisted customers with planning cake vision, including color, theme and size.
- Cleaned display cases, utensils, and working spaces to keep sanitary work environment.
- Answered phone calls, put in orders and handled customer disputes or complaints.
- Mixed colors and flavors of frosting to create desired aesthetic effects on cakes.
- Made toppers for cakes per customers request.
- Monitored inventory levels of baking supplies and alerted management when restocking was necessary.
Assistant Cake Decorator
Grounds and Gold
Arlington, TX
06.2022 - 07.2023
- Created custom cakes for special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries.
- Cleaned work area after completing each project for sanitation purposes.
- Decorated cakes for special occasions, showers, birthdays and christenings.
- Mixed colors and flavors of frosting to create desired aesthetic effects on cakes.
- Boxed, weighed and wrapped cakes and other bakery products to prepare for pickup.
- Made deliveries to venues for weddings.
- Assembled multiple tiers of cakes with precision and stability.
- Worked with common cake decorating and baking tools, such as mixers and carving tools.
- Applied fondant to cakes with precision and accuracy.
- Sculpted 3D figurines out of fondant for use on specialty cakes.
- Finished baked goods with glazes, icings and other toppings.
- Blended ingredients and mixed dough, following recipes.
- Cut and shaped dough for rolls, bread and various pastries.
- Wrapped items in plastic in preparation for display and to sell to customers.
- Measured and weighed ingredients to prepare dough for recipes.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Culinary Arts
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TXSkills
- Food Handling Safety
- Cake Decoration
- Stock Rotation
- Design Methods
- Quality Control
- Knowledge of Raw Materials
- Design Techniques
- Food Safety
- Time Management
- Positivity
Timeline
Cake Decorator
Hip Hounds
08.2023 - 12.2023
Assistant Cake Decorator
Grounds and Gold
06.2022 - 07.2023
Some College (No Degree) - Culinary Arts
Tarrant County College District