About

Cake Engineering is owned and operated by Mary Burroughs, who is currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering at Iowa State University.  Mary has been decorating cakes for over eight years and has been working with fondant for almost five years. She has only taken one basic Wilton Fondant course and has never worked in a professional bakery, has never gone to culinary school and learned all her skills by reading magazines, books, and watching cake decorating shows on tv.  Cake Engineering was created to design one of a kind cakes for clients at a reasonable price.  Cake Engineering currently only serves the Siouxland and Ames, IA areas.

In Fall 2009, Mary won Fourth Place in the KJJY Cool Cakes contest, which allowed her to attend the Des Moines Food and Wine Festival where she got to meet cake star Duff Goldman.  At the 2010 Iowa State Fair, Mary won First Place in the Amateur shaped cakes category, and Second Place in the Amateur square wedding cake category.  At the 2011 Iowa State Fair, Mary won First Place in the Amateur single tier and Butter cow categories, Second Place in the Amateur mixed shape wedding, square wedding, and shaped cake categories and 4th Place in the Amateur round wedding cake category.

Articles written about Mary Burroughs and Cake Engineering:

Iowa State University: College of Engineering
Sioux City Journal
Chanel 9 News Sioux City
Des Moines Register
Chanel 5 News Des Moines
Ames Tribune
Iowa State Daily
National Academy of Engineering

Phone: 712-251-0283  -  E-mail: cakebymary@gmail.com  -  Facebook: Cake Engineering