Cake Decorator

About the Position

Fluffy Fluffy Leicester is looking for a creative, detail-oriented, and skilled Cake Decorator to join the bakery and dessert team. The Cake Decorator will be responsible for decorating and finishing cakes, desserts, and other sweet products while maintaining consistent quality, presentation, and portion standards. The ideal candidate should have a strong eye for detail, creativity, good hand skills, and the ability to work efficiently while meeting customer and production requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Decorate cakes, desserts, pastries, and other bakery products according to established designs and standards.
• Prepare and apply frosting, icing, whipped cream, ganache, fillings, glazes, and decorative toppings.
• Create clean, attractive, and consistent cake finishes.
• Pipe borders, flowers, lettering, patterns, and other decorative designs.
• Apply toppings, fruits, chocolate, sprinkles, edible decorations, and other finishing elements.
• Follow customer specifications and special decoration requests accurately.
• Prepare cakes and desserts for birthdays, celebrations, events, and special occasions.
• Ensure decorated products meet presentation, quality, freshness, and portion standards.
• Use decorating tools, piping bags, turntables, moulds, cutters, and other equipment safely.
• Prepare and organize decorating ingredients, tools, packaging, and workstations before production.
• Assist with basic cake preparation, filling, layering, and finishing when required.
• Check finished products for visual quality and correct any imperfections before display or delivery.
• Package and label finished cakes and desserts carefully to protect their appearance.
• Maintain accurate organization of customer orders and special decoration requirements.
• Assist with preparing display products and maintaining attractive dessert counters.
• Maintain clean and sanitized decorating stations, equipment, utensils, and work surfaces.
• Follow food hygiene, sanitation, allergen-awareness, and safe food-handling procedures.
• Prevent cross-contamination when handling ingredients and finished products.
• Monitor decorating supplies and inform management when ingredients or materials are running low.
• Assist with stock rotation and proper storage of creams, fillings, toppings, and other ingredients.
• Reduce product waste through careful preparation and efficient use of decorating materials.
• Work closely with bakers, pastry staff, kitchen assistants, servers, and management.
• Complete cake and dessert orders within required preparation and collection times.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and professional working environment.
• Support other bakery and dessert-production duties when required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Cake Decorator, Pastry Assistant, Baker, Pastry Cook, or similar role is preferred.
• Practical experience with cake decorating, piping, icing, and dessert finishing.
• Strong creativity and excellent attention to detail.
• Good understanding of colours, shapes, textures, and visual presentation.
• Ability to follow designs, recipes, instructions, and customer specifications accurately.
• Good hand-eye coordination and steady hand skills.
• Knowledge of food hygiene, sanitation, and allergen-awareness procedures.
• Ability to work efficiently while maintaining consistent quality.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Reliable, punctual, hardworking, and professional.
• Ability to work under pressure during busy periods and special-event seasons.
• Willingness to learn new decorating styles, techniques, and product designs.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay based on experience and decorating skills.
• Flexible shift scheduling where available.
• Staff meals, discounts, or other employee benefits where applicable.
• On-the-job training and opportunities to develop advanced cake-decorating techniques.
• Creative and supportive bakery environment.
• Opportunities to work on custom cakes and special dessert orders.
• Potential progression to Senior Cake Decorator, Pastry Cook, Baker, or Bakery Supervisor.
• Performance-based incentives may be available according to company policy.

Pay: £25,420.00-£42,420.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen
• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Private dental insurance

Work Location: In person