Liz Shim
Cake Designer
Liz Shim, owner and head designer of Eat Cake Be Merry, discovered that she loved creating edible art when she was first taught how to make sugar flowers as a teenager. She was absolutely amazed at how a simple piece of gumpaste can be transformed into a beautiful rose. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Liz moved to San Francisco where she attended the California Culinary Academy. There she cultivated her passion for cakes and graduated the LeCordon Bleu program with highest honors in baking and pastry arts. Then, she flew across the country to New York City to hone her skills with some of the finest cake designers in the industry such as Elisa Strauss of Confetti Cakes and Kate Sullivan of Cake Power. In 2009, Liz started Eat Cake Be Merry and spent a decade making custom cakes for NYC clients. In 2019, Liz relocated to Houston, TX and is now a content creator who shares all her cake decorating tips.
Liz has appeared on television shows such as Food Network’s Christmas Cookie Challenge and TLC’s Ultimate Cake Off. Her works have been published in various books and featured in numerous nationwide magazines such as People, Money, Brides, The Knot and Better Home and Gardens. She was named one of Martha Stewart's Top Pastry Pros in America and has been awarded multiple times for the Best Wedding Cakes in America by Brides Magazine.
She is passionate about teaching others how to bake and has a wide range of experience. Liz has an online cake decorating school called The Art of Buttercream Flowers and teaches in-person workshops worldwide. She is also the instructor of three Craftsy classes: Buttercream in Bloom, Buttercream Succulents and Cacti and The Modern Monogram. Her latest online course is Cupcake Decoration: Edible Art with Buttercream in partnership with Domestika. She also hosts a YouTube baking series for Allrecipes called Bake No Mistake.
Additionally, Liz has collaborated on numerous brand partnerships with leading global companies including United Airlines, Le Creuset, Ruggable, M&M’s, Wilton, Domino Sugar, Michaels and others. She also has a color mixing collaboration pack of high-quality food colors with Colour Mill.
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