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How to Edit Cake Photos on Your Phone

Skill level: Intermediate

A lot of people think you need a bunch of fancy equipment, cameras or lights to take a nice photo! Trust me, those things are nice but you don't HAVE to have one to take a nice photo! Especially for social media.

In this video, I show you how to easily take photos of your cakes, light them and edit them quickly so you can get on with your busy day! No special equipment or paid apps required! A must-watch for all cake decorators/bakers trying to grow their following.

8:17 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to find a good lighting spot to take photos of your cakes (even in your own house)
  • Learn how to quickly and easily edit your photos

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist and recipe developer who has been teaching baking and cake decorating since 2008. She founded Artisan Cake Company in Portland, Oregon in 2009 and now runs Sugar Geek Show, where she publishes kitchen-tested recipes, food science explanations, and step-by-step tutorials.

Liz is best known for sculpted and hyperrealistic cakes. She won Netflix's Is It Cake? Holiday 2 in 2025 with a hyperrealistic Santa cake, and has competed on and won Food Network cake competitions. Cake Masters Magazine named her one of the top 10 cake artists in 2017. She is the author of Artisan Cake Company's Visual Guide to Cake Decorating and a graduate of the Oregon Culinary Institute.

Her focus is on explaining not just how a recipe works but why it works, so bakers can troubleshoot instead of guess. Every recipe on this site is tested before it's published.

Liz teaches full-length cake tutorials, including sculpted and hyperrealistic cakes, at Sugar Geek University.