Cake artist · Châu Đốc, An Giang
Cake as a work of art
Lâm Ngọc Trân turns buttercream, sugar and rice flour into flowers, landscapes and stories of Vietnam — and teaches others to do the same.
★ 2025 World Champion — Cake Artists World Championship, FIPGC
2025 World Champion
Việt Nam – Land of Silk and Flowers
In November 2025, Lâm Ngọc Trân and teammate Đới Thị Ngọc Diệp represented Vietnam at the FIPGC Cake Artists World Championship in Italy — and won the world title, together with the Best Taste Cake award.
Their three-tier piece carries the Northwest rice terraces, the caves of Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng and the waters of Hạ Long Bay, sculpted from buttercream and Vietnamese rice flour over seven months of work.
Selected work
Wafer-paper flowers — Cake International 2021
Three-tier wedding cake
Hoa giấy gạo — Cake International 2021
Buttercream peony cake
Non Nước Việt Nam
Tier 1 — Northwest rice terraces
Việt Nam – Land of Silk and Flowers
Vòng Hoa Kem Bơ
About
Nearly three decades of craft
From a small kitchen in Châu Đốc to competition floors in the Philippines, the UK, Australia, Singapore and Italy. Ngọc Trân Bakery was founded in 2003; hundreds of students have since learned buttercream flowers, sugar art and sculptural cake at her side.
“Every cake is a unique work. Technique gives it a soul; art gives it emotion.”
— Lâm Ngọc Trân
Beginner · 3 days · 9:00–16:00
Buttercream Flowers — Foundations
The studio’s foundation class: pipe the core buttercream flowers (rose, peony, lotus, chrysanthemum), mix colours, arrange, and finish a complete flower cake…
Intermediate · 2 days
Rice-flour & Wafer-paper Flowers
The technique behind the 1st place at Cake International 2021 and the main material of the 2025 world-championship cake. Learn to work…
Advanced · 2 days
Sculptural Cake Workshop
Build the structure, then sculpt animals, objects and figures in buttercream and fondant — the “too beautiful to eat” style Ngọc Trân…
- 2025World Champion · GoldWorld Champion — Cake Artists World Championship 2025
- 2025Giải Bánh ngon nhấtBest Taste Cake — Cake Artists World Championship 2025
- 2025Best Taste CakeBest Taste Cake — Cake Artists World Championship 2025
- 20252 Bronze medalsFHA Culinary Challenge — Singapore
- 2025Honoured “First-class Artisan”Asia Excellent Taste Awards 2025
- 2025Honour“Bàn Tay Tâm Tài” Artisan 2025
Ngọc Trân wins the 2025 Cake Artists World Championship
Team Vietnam — Lâm Ngọc Trân & Đới Thị Ngọc Diệp — world champions and Best Taste Cake in Italy.
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