The LAYER’DAcademy
The art and the business of luxury cake design, taught by an award-winning cake artist building her studio in real time.
Learn the craft.
Signature buttercream, vintage piping, delicate florals, and the structural work behind every LAYER’D cake.
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 events, not a demo kitchen.
A first look, module bymodule
What you will learn when the doors open this winter.
Signature Buttercream and the Flawless Finish
The technique behind the smooth, sharp-edged finish every LAYER’D cake is known for.
Prep and Build Foundations
Sponges, fillings, structure, and stacking. Every skill the signature designs stand on.
Piping, Florals and Fondant Details
The vintage piping, delicate florals, and handmade details that dress every LAYER’D design.
The Four Signature Cakes
The Coral Charm, the Raspberry Crown, the Whimsy Meadow, and the Porcelain Bow, ending on a showpiece all-white three-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, building a working luxury cake studio one bespoke order at a time.
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The LAYER’D Toolkit is already live: the working tools this studio runs on, free to try, with no waitlist. The Academy includes LAYER’D Toolkit Pro while your membership is active.
Can’t wait for winter? The Pro toolkit is available today, and active members take $100 off Academy enrollment when the doors open.
Be a founding member.
- ◆First access this winter
- ◆Locked-in founding pricing
- ◆LAYER’D Toolkit Pro, included free
- ◆A free welcome gift, instantly