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NINA ATELIER
A four-layer chocolate mousse cake with a glossy ganache top, crowned with raspberries and chocolate curls, on a marble stand

Handcrafted in the DMV

The art of the celebration cake

Cakes made by hand, one commission at a time.

Begin a commission See the work

01 — Four-Layer Chocolate Mousse

The Atelier

Every cake here begins as a conversation and ends at the center of the room — sketched, tasted and made by hand, for a day that will not come twice.

Nina, founder of Nina Atelier

“Data scientist by day, baker at heart.”

Nina · Founder and baker

Meet the atelier

The latest commission · Milestone

Ocean Magic

A third birthday in shades of blue, with a dolphin leaping from the waves.

A white cake washing into ocean blue at its base, dotted with pearls and crowned with a dolphin leaping from a splash of clear blue waves, on a marble and walnut pedestal
Plate 1: The finished cake
The ocean cake at the birthday party, in front of a garland of blue and white balloons and a blue number three
Plate 2: At the third birthday
The cake cut open to four layers of vanilla chiffon, filled with cream and chopped strawberries around a dark red center layer, a slice beside it on a white plate
Plate 3: The cut — four layers of vanilla chiffon
  • Vanilla chiffon
  • Silky hazelnut praline cream
  • Fresh strawberries
  • Rich dark chocolate ganache
  • Finished in shades of blue, with pearls and a leaping dolphin
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From the portfolio

Recent work

All 12 pieces
A four-layer chocolate mousse cake with a glossy ganache top, crowned with raspberries and chocolate curls, on a marble stand

02 Celebration

Four-Layer Chocolate Mousse

Four layers of silky chocolate mousse under a velvet ganache.

A charlotte cake ringed with ladyfingers and tied with a cream ribbon, its golden piped cream scattered with rose petals and pistachios

03 Celebration

Rose & Pistachio Charlotte

Ladyfingers around a golden cream, strewn with rose and pistachio.

A tall ivory cake on a marble pedestal, finished with dried pineapple flowers and gold leaf, beside two lit taper candles

04 Celebration

Pineapple Bloom

Coconut chiffon and pineapple, finished with dried pineapple flowers.

A white buttercream cake on a wooden pedestal, crowned and circled with yellow roses, white carnations and baby’s breath, beside a glass of champagne

05 Wedding

Forever in Bloom

White buttercream, sugar pearls and a crown of yellow roses.

A white cake with a chocolate drip, crowned with a crescent of cherries, blackberries, blueberries and rosemary, on a marble stand

06 Celebration

The Season’s Jewels

A chocolate drip crowned with cherries, blackberries and blueberries.

A cake shaded from blush pink to white, topped with garden roses and baby’s breath, with lilies behind

07 Milestone

Blush & Bloom

Pink ombré buttercream and garden roses.

A cake wrapped in a hand-piped dark chocolate lace collar, crowned with raspberries, blackberries and golden berries, with a single candle

08 Milestone

Chocolate Lace

A hand-piped chocolate collar, crowned with berries.

A chocolate cake with a glossy ganache drip, decorated with gilded chocolates, blueberries and violet flowers, beside white lilies

09 Celebration

Chocolate Chiffon

Soft chiffon, dark chocolate and little treasures.

A two-tier white baby shower cake with sugar teddy bears, blue alphabet blocks spelling BABY, and blue and gold balloons

10 Milestone

Little Bear

Two tiers for a baby shower, with sugar bears and alphabet blocks.

Lemon possets served in halved lemon shells with blueberries and mint, arranged on a marble tiered stand in afternoon light

11 Dessert

Lemon Posset

Silky lemon posset, served in fresh lemon shells.

A round chocolate brownie cake with a coconut layer and crisp chocolate top, on a marble and wood pedestal

12 Dessert

Crispy Bounty Brownie

Rich chocolate with a delicate coconut crunch.

How a Commission Unfolds

From first note to the day itself

Four unhurried stages, each with a clear handover, so you always know where your cake is and what comes next.

  1. A cake wrapped in a hand-piped dark chocolate lace collar, crowned with raspberries, blackberries and golden berries, with a single candle

    Enquiry

    Three weeks out, or eight to twelve for a wedding

    Share the date, the guest count and what you have in mind. Every enquiry is answered personally, within two business days.

  2. A cake shaded from blush pink to white, topped with garden roses and baby’s breath, with lilies behind

    Design

    A conversation and a sketch

    Silhouette, finish and flowers, considered alongside your florals, your venue and the light of the room.

  3. A single lemon posset on a gold-rimmed plate with a gold spoon, more possets on marble behind

    Tasting & review

    Once the design is underway

    For weddings, a private tasting of the flavors under consideration; for every commission, a final review of the design before we begin.

  4. A slice being lifted from the pineapple cake, showing four layers of coconut chiffon with pineapple and cream

    The day

    Delivered and set by hand

    The finished cake arrives, is assembled in place and left ready shortly before your guests arrive — and then, the first slice.

Lead times, servings & pricing

The Repertoire · 10 sponges, any filling

Flavors & fillings
Vanilla beanVanilla chiffonPistachio & roseDark chocolateLemon & elderflowerRed velvetSalted caramelEarl GreyAlmond & cherryCoconut chiffon

The Studio

See it before it exists

Compose your cake in three dimensions and turn it in your hands. Send the design to the atelier, and it becomes the first page of your commission.

  • 01 Tiers, shape and size for your guest count
  • 02 Sponge, filling and finish, in any combination
  • 03 A live estimate, and a link to share with your planner
Open the studio
A three-tier ivory cake crowned with garden roses and baby’s breath, as rendered by the 3D studio

The studio

Tiers
Color
Crown

Your choices carry into the studio, where the cake turns in 3D.

Before You Enquire

The essentials, plainly

Commissions in full
Lead time
8–12weeksfor weddings; celebration cakes from three weeks.
Servings
10–110guestsfrom one tier to four, sized to your guest list.
Investment
from$180for celebrations; weddings are priced by the serving.
Delivery
Includedset in place by hand across the DMV; further afield by arrangement.

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Begin the Conversation

Tell us about the day you are planning

A date, a guest count and a feeling are enough to begin. Every enquiry is answered personally, within two business days.

Begin an enquiry or write to hello@byninaatelier.com