Sophie Coates
Sophie Coates is the Baltimore baker behind Sugar Coates Bakery, sharing custom cakes, colorful buttercream designs and decorating videos.
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Overview
- Based in
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Known as
- Sugar Coates Bakery
- Business began
- 2017
- Signature style
- Rope borders, colorful buttercream and ganache drips
- Notable feature
- Melting ice cream cone cake in Food Network Magazine, October 2020
Mini bio
How it started.
Sophie began by baking cakes, cupcakes and cookies for friends and family. Word of mouth brought more orders, and she turned the hobby into Sugar Coates Bakery in 2017.
Her cake style.
Rope borders are a favorite, alongside colorful buttercream, stripes and ganache drips. In her 2020 Find Your Cake Inspiration interview, she described a preference for simple, classic designs and said sprinkle mixes often inspire her colors.
A wider audience.
Her melting ice cream cone cake appeared in Food Network Magazine in October 2020. Food Network also hosts the recipe with her credit. Her Instagram now brings fans into her decorating process, including seasonal cakes and the occasional filming mishap.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2020Melting Ice Cream Cone CakeRecipe contributor and photographer
- 2020September’s Cake Decorator SpotlightInterviewee and featured cake decorator
Quotes
Practice and patience.Sophie Coates, Find Your Cake Inspiration
Her advice for someone starting their cake-decorating journey in the September 2020 interview.
Trivia
- Her favorite flavor pairing is vanilla bean cake with vanilla frosting.
- The Wilton 1M piping tip is one of her most-used tools.
- She told Baltimore Magazine that she listens to audiobooks while decorating.
Find Sophie
Follow her cakes from the first swirl to the finishing border.
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