Sylvia Weinstock, owner of luxury wedding cake, dies aged 91

Weinstock, a former Long Island school teacher who became a full-time baker after surviving breast cancer at age 50, is a celebrated baker, known for making The style cakes are as delicious as they look. She specializes in decorating her cakes with botanical sugar flowers – roses, violets, lilies and poppies, each petal is hand-made – but is also a master of trompe l’l design. ‘oeil, making cakes that look like cars, ties, deer, snakeskin shoes, a barrel of wine and a box of cigars.