From Hobby to Lifelong Passion
Lucinda Larson has been creating sugar art for more than 47 years. She began decorating cakes at a young age and even used her talent to put herself through college, earning a degree in Visual Communication Technology with an emphasis in Graphic Design. After working in the corporate world, she realized her heart belonged at home raising her children and building a life around the art of cake decorating.
"I paid for my college with cakes, thinking I’d leave it behind but cakes never left me," Lucinda laughs. "I realized I could be with my children and share my passion for sugar art at the same time."
A Recognized Sugar Artist & Teacher
Known as the Icing Diva™, Lucinda has taught students around the world to see cakes as edible art. She is celebrated for her approachable, playful style (she calls herself as having the “attention span of a grasshopper”) and for making complex decorating techniques easy and fun for her students.
Lifetime Member of ICES (International Cake Exploration Societé)
Past Show Director, State Representative, and Demonstrator for ICES
Author of 7 books on cake decorating and a DVD on buttercream borders
Creator of Multi-Dimensional Floodwork, a unique sugar art technique
Teacher for 17+ years, mentoring thousands of students in live and online classes
About Lucinda – The Icing Diva™
Lucinda Larson has turned sugar into art for more than 47 years, delighting thousands with her colorful, creative cakes. A master-level cake decorator, Lucinda first used cake decorating to put herself through college, earning a degree in Visual Communication Technology with an emphasis in Graphic Design. After time in the corporate world, she returned to her passion—building a career in sugar arts while raising her children.
Lucinda is a Lifetime Member of ICES, a past Show Director and State Representative, and the creator of Multi-Dimensional Floodwork and her well-loved buttercream borders DVD. She has been featured in American Cake Magazine, CreativeLive, and on TV and news outlets. The Seattle Times profiled her as one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading cake artists, describing her as a designer of “eye-catching and palate-pleasing wedding and birthday cakes.”
Known as the Icing Diva™, Lucinda brings joy, humor, and artistic precision into her teaching—helping everyone from hobbyists to professionals master the sweet art of cake decorating.s
Featured & Celebrated
Lucinda’s artistry has been showcased in magazines, on TV, in news segments, and online platforms. She has been a featured instructor on CreativeLive, where her buttercream courses continue to sell and inspire.
The Seattle Times profiled Lucinda in their Job Market section, calling her cakes “some of the most eye-catching and palate-pleasing wedding and birthday cakes in the Pacific Northwest.” The article highlighted her as a master-level cake decorator and one of the Puget Sound region’s leading sugar artists.
Her signature “Flower Power” cake, a lime-green buttercream showpiece with bright fondant flowers, has been featured in magazines and replicated for weddings, birthdays, and celebrations of all kinds.
Lucinda’s Philosophy
At the heart of Lucinda’s work is a simple belief: cake decorating is more than technique it’s about sharing joy, love, and creativity through sugar art. With her background in graphic design, she brings principles of balance, color theory, and composition into every cake, turning each one into a piece of edible art.
She inspires students to experiment, laugh, and never fear making a mistake because as she reminds them: “You can always add more color it’s just harder to take it off!”
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