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A Cake Fit for a Trump

Confection artist Sylvia Weinstock dishes on Ivanka Trump's wedding cake

Sylvia Weinstock may not be the Trumps' official cake baker, but she certainly has created many confections for the world-famous family. Her latest will be the cake at Ivanka Trump’s wedding to Jared Kushner, which is sure to please the crowd both in style and taste. —Cari Wolfert

"I have been honored to work with the Trump family over the years," says Sylvia who has created cakes for Ivanka’s brother’s wedding and her grandparents' 50th-anniversary party. So before Sylvia sat down with Ivanka to speak with her about her cake, she had an idea of what the bride would want. "Ivanka is stunning and statuesque and I knew that she would want something very special and probably something personalized."

Ivanka’s style is very traditional and sophisticated, but still has a young feel to it. If you have similar taste, Sylvia would suggest a white or cream-color cake. "Ivanka doesn’t strike me as going out of the box with bright colors, autumn colors or any dramatic colors," Sylvia says.

When Sylvia finally had the opportunity to sit down with Ivanka, the bride shared her ideas, and Sylvia says she interpreted it into an edible form and gave it a personalized twist.

Although Sylvia will be the only vendor in charge of showing up with the cake on Ivanka and Jared’s wedding day, she did get some inspiration from fellow vendors, event designer Preston Bailey and wedding dress designer Vera Wang (whose wedding cake was also created by Sylvia).

"I used what Preston did and coordinated with his design so everything complements each other," says Sylvia who is known for the buttercream flowers that she uses to decorate her cakes. "I also talked to the chef to make sure the cake doesn’t duplicate what he’s serving for dessert and to Vera Wang about the dress to incorporate the dress style in the cake design."

Ivanka trusted Sylvia to create a beautiful cake that still tasted great. To ensure Ivanka would be pleased, Sylvia had a cake tasting that was attended by father-of-the-bride Donald Trump, the groom, his mother, the party coordinator, event designer Preston Bailey and his chief associate. "I brought samples of six cake flavors and 15 different fillings," says Sylvia. "Everyone had input and I think their choice will please the whole family."

Since the cake will need to feed the many guests Ivanka and Jared will be having at their reception, the couple was able to choose a variety of cake and filling flavors. "Her guests will have multiple options of what flavor of cake they would like to have," she says. "I think it’s nice to give your guests choices. When you hit a certain number of guests I usually recommend choosing different flavors like this."

So what is the process of creating and delivering such an elaborate cake? "The cake is created in sections and delivered in boxes and assembled on site," says Sylvia. "The cake is baked the day before so it’s fresh but the décor could take weeks to complete. In the end it will look like one large cake, but really it will be stacked in multiple tiers."

Sylvia Weinstock's Sensational Cakes is currently available for purchase at abramsbooks.com.

Melanie Dunea

Gary Spector

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Courtesy of Stewart, Tabori & Chang

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