The Pastry Chef

Crème de la Crème was established by Dawn Verwold. Dawn’s love of cake design began at age 12, winning a 2nd Place in a 4-H Group Cake Decorating Challenge. She launched her career as a beginning cake decorator in Atlanta, Georgia, slowly working towards positions that required more intense decorating skills.

Her training continued in Weston-Super-Mare, England, two hours south of London where she trained under the guidance of Private Confectioners Annie Baber and Annie Pickard. Dawn continued her professional development in positions developing specialty cake and wedding cake programs for retail bakeries across the United States. She has provided training to individuals and corporations from Anaheim to Orlando illustrating the capabilities of cake icing.

Throughout her corporate and training experiences, Dawn felt that there was always something missing – that was interaction with and dedicated attention to the needs of brides, grooms, and other specialty customers. Dawn decided that she would bring the art of specialty cake and desserts to the community in a way that invites and encourages customer creativity and inspiration. In addition, she continues to educate our aspiring pastry chefs at the Loretta Paganini School of Cooking. There she instructs a multitude of students on wedding cakes and specialty sugar crafted artistry pulling from her intense training in London, England.

We pride ourselves in the excellent quality of our cakes but also the sophistication of our designs. Our cake designs are customized with acute attention to detail and perfection. We specialize in designs that meet the intricate needs of our customers, right down to the icing on the cake. All cakes are made and finished by owner/designer Dawn Verwold.

Our cakes are unique in that we offer torted cakes enhanced to perfection. Our cakes begin by using the finest cake flour available allowing cakes to rise the highest. We then use an exclusive blend of dutch cocoa and extra dark black cocoa yielding a rich pure taste in every bite of our chocolate cake. We then blend many ingredients together with our premium Belgian Chocolate. Cakes are then brushed with fine liqueurs prior to icing to maximize their flavor. All recipes have been tested and formulated to deliver the ultimate tasting experience.