interview with
Violet Lin Tran
Violet Lin Tran is the woman behind The Violet Cake Shop, located in Toronto, Canada. Her cake resume boasts a number of roles and achievements, including Satin Ice Artist of Excellence, and Craftsy instructor.
Written by Kellie Rudland for Cake! magazine
Her ability to combine bright colours and textures with a host of different techniques gives her cakes a signature style that is easily recognised the world over. We caught up with Violet to gain an insight in to her creative process.
Tell us how you got in to cake decorating.
I pretty much fell into it. I had always been artistic as a child but never felt a calling to pursue anything art related.
I was never much of a baker or lover of desserts but I took up baking when I had my first child, as something to do with him to help create memories. I started watching baking shows after that and soon discovered cake decorating shows like Food Network Challenge. Then a few months into it, my husband’ s 40th was approaching and I thought what better way to celebrate then with a custom cake! But I could not find any place in my area that was making them at the time, so I set out to make one myself and started researching online. Once I started looking, I got so enamoured( actually obsessed) with what I discovered, that it just took off from there.