Welcome
The Cake Artist's Studio
For Questions or
to place an order
please call us at
(217)403-0900
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Visit us at 1100B W Bloomington Road (halfway between Prospect & Mattis) Champaign, IL 61821 Tuesday thru Friday
10am - 6pm
Saturday
10am - 4pm Check for special holiday hours and order deadlines
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Ashlee's cake entry for the Mid-Atlantic Sugar Show which was held in April in Westminster, MD. The design was based on Ashlee's choice of fabric patterns and entitled "Flowers with Character". Visit the Finished Works pages to see just a small sampling of the variety of cake designs you may choose from. Full photo albums are available for viewing in the showroom during regular business hours and at our monthly wedding tastings.
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Come in and choose from our exciting galleries of Incredible Cakes, Rustic Seasonal Pies, Creative Individual Desserts, Gooey Brownies and Bars, and Nostalgic Cookies. Make a selection from our Incredible Edibles prepared to go or place a custom order for that special event.
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| About The Artist |  | | Owner and Pastry Chef of The Cake Artist's Studio, Ashlee Roderick, is one of Central Illinois foremost cake designers. | | In 1995, Ashlee received an A.O.S. Degree in Baking and Pastry Arts from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Ashlee has also studied under master sugar artists Ewald and Susan Notter of The International School of Confectionery Arts and professional cake designer and winner of a gold medal at the 1988 Culinary Olympics, Betty Van Norstrand. | Her fifteen years of experience have included work in the pastry departments of The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN, and John's Island Club in Vero Beach, FL. From 1996-1998 she was the Pastry Chef at Blantyre in Lenox, MA, a Mobile Four Star Resort and a member of the prestigious Relais and Chateau Properties. Ashlee has been privileged to prepare desserts for such people as Billy Joel, James Taylor, Bill Cosby, Andre Previn, and Sir John Williams. Her work has been featured in the popular Victoria Magazine. | | Since returning to her hometown and opening The Cake Artist's Studio in 2001, Ashlee has made more than 1000 wedding cakes and numerous birthday and special occasion cakes. She is a member of the International Cake Exploration Societe and continues to pursue excellence in her field by participating in educational workshops. At the 2004 World Pastry Forum held in Las Vegas, Ashlee learned from such highly acclaimed pastry chefs as Jean Phillipe Maury, MOF, Exec. Pastry Chef at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and Wayne Harvey Brachman, author of American Desserts and guest chef on The Food Network. | |
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