The LAYER'D Academy
The art — and the business — of luxury cake design, taught by an award-winning cake artist building her own studio in real time.
Join the WaitlistFounding members get first access and founding pricing.
Learn the craft.
Signature buttercream, sugar flowers, hand-painting, and structural work behind LAYER'D cakes.
Build the business.
Pricing, client experience, and studio operations most courses never teach.
Learn from real work.
Every lesson comes from cakes made for real luxury weddings, not a demo kitchen.
Inside the Academy
A first look at what you'll learn, module by module.
Signature Buttercream & the Flawless Finish
The technique behind the smooth, sharp-edged finish every LAYER'D cake is known for.
Sugar Flowers & Botanicals
Hand-formed blooms, from a single petal to a full cascading arrangement.
Hand-Painted & Editorial Techniques
Watercolor blending, metallics, and fine detail work for magazine-ready cakes.
The Four Signature Designs
Garden Romance, Ethereal Rose, Blooming Veil & Painted Petal — built start to finish, tier by tier.
The Business of Cake
Pricing, contracts, client experience, and the systems behind a fully booked studio.
In-Studio: The Vintage Piping Workshop
A premium, hands-on day in the LAYER'D studio with a small group.
"You're learning from someone doing this now."
Mariya is the artist and founder behind LAYER'D — featured on Amazon Prime, Crave and CTV's Cross Country Cake Off and in wedding and lifestyle press, building a working luxury cake studio one bespoke order at a time.
A taste, available today
Two free tools from inside the Academy are already live — try them now, no waitlist required.
Be a founding member.
Join the waitlist and you'll get first access when the Academy opens this fall, founding-member pricing that won't be offered again, and a free welcome gift the moment you sign up.
- First access this fall
- Locked-in founding pricing
- A free welcome gift, instantly