A sugary medium that quickly became an all-consuming passion…
Rachel grew up in Cambridge and began cake decorating in 1985. She had a keen interest in cookery and the arts and felt this sugary craft had the potential to combine both. Without art or catering education she is entirely self taught, her skills were developed by studying books and testing results on guinea pig friends. She moved to London and launched her business in 1992, she worked from home until the cakes would no longer fit out of the door.
London's cake trouble-shooter, top event organisers call with their trickiest design challenges.
Rachel’s finely honed craft techniques have shaped her unique design style. Gifted with bakery, design and swift sugar sculpture skills she has vital understanding of the realms and limitations of this challenging craft. She describes herself as a creative magpie and London as a jewel box of inspiration. She takes a serious interest in the arts scene and keeps a sharp eye on design trends.
Fine art exhibition pieces explore darker themes and journey to a world less saccharine.
In recent years Rachel’s cake sculptures have been embraced by the London art world. In July 2006 she was invited to show her first exhibition at Sotheby's London. In 2007 she entered her most ambitious piece to date into the Royal Academy Of Arts 239th Summer Exhibition. It was selected by the committee and she was nominated for the Best Newcomer Artist Award. In January 2008 renowned art curator Janice Blackburn invited her to show two new cake sculptures in her ‘Small Show Huge Talent’ exhibition in Notting Hill.
A glittering international client list to be proud of.
Her varied and loyal client list includes international royalty, Hollywood actors, rock and pop stars, fashionistas, sporting legends and large corporate clients. Although her cakes have appeared in OK! and HELLO! celebrity wedding features on more than one occasion, she understands the importance of discretion and respect for client privacy. She prefers to be judged primarily by the quality of her work, rather than by the many celebrity names on her client list.
Making cake decoration fashionable, being commissioned to design birthday cakes for UK Vogue’s 90th and Spanish Vogue’s 20th Anniversary collector issues were fabulous career highlights.
Rachel’s trendsetting work is featured in the worldwide media. She designs cakes for fashion and wedding magazine trend-forecast features. Her press list includes British, Spanish and Japanese Vogue, American and Swedish Elle, The FT, The Times, Gay Times, Tatler, Time Out, InStyle and Crafts. Please visit her news pages and Vogue design case study page for further information.
A thousand cakes later and still excited by new design challenges.
Twenty-three years on Rachel is a leading international cake artist and designer. She has resisted the temptation of expanding her business and standardising her incredible designs. It is impossible to mass-produce such unique, fragile and perishable artwork, so Rachel remains delicately hands-on in her studio kitchen. Her passion remains with garnering fresh design and recipe inspiration, her focus remains on developing her craft skills to new heights.
Word has it that royalty around the world love her cakes, but Rachel Mount is so discreet she would not even give us a hint!
You And Your Wedding, Nov 2006.
