Head Cake Decorator
Yuba Sutter Cakes Inc
Yuba City, CA
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Created custom designed cakes and pastries for special occasions, such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and corporate events.
- Instructed and supervised team of decorators on methods of cake preparation and decoration techniques.
- Developed new recipes to enhance flavor profiles and textures in cakes and pastries.
- Ensured compliance with health regulations regarding sanitation, food storage, and temperature controls.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors for ingredients needed for cake production.
- Ordered supplies necessary to maintain efficient operations within the bakery.
- Designed intricate decorations on cakes using fondant, buttercream frosting, marzipan, chocolate glazes, fresh fruit garnishes.
- Managed inventory levels to ensure sufficient quantities of ingredients were available at all times.
- Performed regular maintenance checks on equipment used in the baking process.
- Coordinated with other departments within the company to ensure timely delivery of finished products.
- Maintained records of customer orders including pricing information for billing purposes.
- Assisted customers with selecting appropriate cake designs based on their individual needs or preferences.
- Developed training programs for new employees related to preparing cakes and pastries according to established standards.
- Reviewed employee performance evaluations to assess progress in skill development over time.
- Provided guidance to staff members on proper baking techniques and troubleshooting issues that arose during production processes.
- Analyzed customer feedback data to identify potential areas for improvement in product quality or presentation.
- Ensured compliance with local laws governing food safety practices when producing cakes or pastries.
- Decorated cakes for special occasions, showers, birthdays and christenings.
- Assisted customers with planning cake vision, including color, theme and size.
- Used pastry bags and tips to pipe messages and decorative roses onto cakes.
- Prepared buttercream and icings to use for decorating cakes, cupcakes, tarts and other pastries.
- Applied creative techniques to design beautiful, memorable wedding cakes.
- Produced frostings and creams for cakes and other edibles.
- Boxed, weighed and wrapped cakes and other bakery products to prepare for pickup.
- Reviewed expiration dates on items and removed expired products from stock to maintain quality.
- Coordinated supplies, placed orders and managed stock on hand for bakery.
- Adapted measurements to meet quantity of bakery items being prepared.
