A 22-year-old self-taught baker in St. Amant is making a name for herself with a cake business. Holly Sigur Broussard started Sweet Elizabeth’s Cakes in 2011 and has already gotten around 2,500 Facebook fans thanks to her made-from-scratch, highly detailed and decorative cakes. With more and more orders coming in, Broussard sat down with 225 Dine to describe her perfect cake and why she likes to keep up with the latest cake trends.
Every time Broussard makes a cake, she tries to top the last one she made. “My recipes are the same, but I try to keep up with trends,” she says. “Right now, it’s all about make the metallic gold and silver decorations. The use of wafer paper as flowers is another trend, and a lot of cake artists I follow are doing things with that. For me, it comes down to executing the simplest things and getting all the details right.”
Average time and weight of a cake? “It can take anywhere from 12 to 30 hours to make one of these cakes,” she says. “They are a lot heavier than people think, too. I’d say they average around 20 pounds. I have had cakes that my husband and dad had to help me put in my car.”
