PEOPLE OF INTEREST
ED DRONDOSKI
The CAKE ARTIST
Charlotte Glover channels her artistic talents into creating custom-made cakes tailored to her clients’ vision.
Charlotte Glover creates cakes that are not just desserts,
they are truly works of art.
Whether it’s lavender orchids cascading down tiers
of Swiss meringue buttercream or an aquatic scene with sea
turtles and starfish on top of aquamarine fondant, each cake
has its own individual style and reflects the client’s personality.
“We want to make a cake that looks so pretty that no one
wants to cut it and tastes so good that there’s not enough to
eat,” she said.
Creating is not only Glover’s passion, it is her way of life.
As a young girl, she was intensely curious about art and
has taken classes in oil painting, ceramics, clay and bronze
sculpting.
“You name it, I did it,” she said. “Creating things was
always in my brain.”
In 2011, Glover decided to strike out on her own as a cake
artist and opened Magnolia Cakes & Confections in Stuart.
Her Southern roots inspired the name.
“I’m from Louisiana, I was studying a lot about cake design
in Savannah and I love the flower,” she said.
It was at a meeting with friends Jan Bruner and event planner
Anna Marie Wintercorn, who first encouraged Glover to
create her own niche in the business world by using her talents.
Later that day, she stumbled upon an Ices (International Cake
Exploration Society) website and learned about an upcoming
cake design class held in Savannah. She signed up, attended
the class and got hooked — and has never looked back.
“There are so many parts of my life that fit into it — it just
felt right,” she recalled. “I realized early on that it was a way
to use my creativity with art. Not only with my painting and
sculpting, but my love for flowers and gardening.”
Hand-painted flowers are her specialty and set her apart
from most cake artists. Her creations, which include calla lilies,
roses, daisies, peonies, orchids, sweet peas and hibiscus,
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BY DONNA CRARY