Baker - Cake Specialist | Cake Decorator
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About the Role
DEAL Holdings is looking for a skilled Cake Baker / Cake Decorator to produce, assemble, and decorate a wide range of cakes including celebration cakes and large-format cakes. The ideal candidate has strong bakery experience, attention to detail, and the ability to create high-quality products for retail and catering.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare and bake cakes, sponges, bases, fillings, creams, frostings, buttercreams, ganache, glazes, icings, and other cake components
- Produce large format cakes, birthday cakes, celebration cakes, special occasion cakes, individual cakes, cupcakes, loaf cakes, tray cakes, entremets, and other bakery items as required
- Level, layer, fill, mask, ice, glaze, pipe, decorate, and finish cakes to a high standard
- Decorate cakes using buttercream, whipped cream, fondant, ganache, chocolate, fresh fruit, edible flowers, sprinkles, piping, writing, and other decorative finishes
- Support wider bakery production when required, including breads, pastries, muffins, cookies, brownies, tarts, viennoiserie, and other baked goods
- Check the appearance, taste, texture, weight, finish, and freshness of all cake products
- Follow HACCP, food safety, allergen control, hygiene, and municipality requirements
- Use ingredients accurately according to recipes and production requirements to minimize wastage
- Assist with special cake orders, celebration cakes, seasonal products, event cakes, and bespoke bakery requests
Requirements
- Minimum 3–5 years’ experience as a baker, cake decorator, pastry commis, demi chef, chef de partie, or similar role
- Strong practical experience in cake baking, filling, icing, decorating, and finishing
- Bakery background required, with ability to support wider bakery production when needed
- Experience with celebration cakes, birthday cakes, individual cakes, cupcakes, tray cakes, and special occasion cakes
- Culinary, bakery, pastry, or cake decoration training preferred
- Food safety or HACCP certification preferred
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Role Purpose
- The Cake Baker / Cake Decorator is responsible for producing, assembling, filling, decorating, and finishing a wide range of cakes and bakery products to a high standard. The role requires a skilled baker with strong cake experience, including large format cakes, birthday cakes, special occasion cak
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and bake cakes, sponges, bases, fillings, creams, frostings, buttercreams, ganache, glazes, icings, and other cake components.
- Produce large format cakes, birthday cakes, celebration cakes, special occasion cakes, individual cakes, cupcakes, loaf cakes, tray cakes, entremets, and other bakery items as required.
- Follow approved recipes, production methods, baking times, portion sizes, and presentation standards.
- Ensure cakes are baked to the correct texture, flavour, moisture, height, colour, and consistency.
- Prepare fillings such as fruit compotes, creams, mousses, ganache, custards, buttercream, caramel, chocolate fillings, and other relevant components.
- Level, layer, fill, mask, ice, glaze, pipe, decorate, and finish cakes to a high standard.
- Decorate cakes using buttercream, whipped cream, fondant, ganache, chocolate, fresh fruit, edible flowers, sprinkles, piping, writing, and other decorative finishes.
- Create cakes for birthdays, celebrations, events, retail displays, seasonal promotions, and special customer requests.
- Execute simple customised messages, names, colours, themes, and decoration styles where required.
- Ensure all decorated cakes are neat, balanced, visually appealing, and aligned with brand standards.
Required Experience
- Minimum 3–5 years’ experience as a baker, cake decorator, pastry commis, demi chef, chef de partie, or similar role.
- Strong practical experience in cake baking, filling, icing, decorating, and finishing.
- Bakery background required, with ability to support wider bakery production when needed.
- Experience with celebration cakes, birthday cakes, individual cakes, cupcakes, tray cakes, and special occasion cakes.
- Experience in a bakery CPU, hotel bakery, pastry kitchen, premium café, cake shop, or central kitchen is preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong cake baking and decoration skills.
- Good piping, icing, filling, masking, and finishing ability.
- Knowledge of buttercream, fondant, ganache, cream based cakes, layered cakes, and chilled cakes.
- Good understanding of bakery production methods.
- Strong attention to detail and presentation.
- Creativity with colours, finishes, textures, and decoration styles.
- Able to follow recipes and brand standards accurately.
- Good time management and ability to work under pressure.
- Clean, organised, and disciplined working style.
- Team player with a positive attitude.
- Able to work early mornings, weekends, public holidays, and flexible shifts as required.
Qualifications
- Culinary, bakery, pastry, or cake decoration training preferred.
- Food safety or HACCP certification preferred.
- Practical portfolio or photos of previous cake work would be an advantage.
Key Performance Indicators
- Cake orders completed on time and to specification.
- High standard of decoration and finishing.
- Consistent product quality and presentation.
- Low wastage and accurate use of ingredients.
- Compliance with hygiene and food safety standards.
- Ability to support wider bakery production.
- Positive feedback from outlets, customers, and management.
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