Minette Rushing: Minette Rushing Custom Cakes (Savannah, GA)

There were more than 2 million weddings in the US last year, averaging out to around 6000 a day, and close to 80 percent included a custom-made wedding cake at the reception. For around 25 of those special couples, their cake designer was Minette Rushing of Savannah, GA. Her business, Custom Cakes, is not only known for the delicious cakes she bakes, but for the outstandingly beautiful and lifelike sugar paste flowers she hand builds to adorn them. From trailing wisteria blossoms in the palest purple to orchids and frilly-petaled garden roses, Minette creates sugary works of art that blush to life under her hand. Celebrities from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck to designer Marc Jacobs have wowed their guests with a Minette made cake, and her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, on the Food Network, and in Vogue, the magazine that started it all for her. She shares the love for craftsmanship and artistry one petal a time in classes, and she is a big advocate of doing what you are joyfully drawn to, then putting in the work and the practice to make that dream a reality.