Modern Royal Icing. Back Where It Began
For modern romantics everywhere
At The Frostery, the wedding cake is a canvas for high design and meaningful storytelling.
From our studio in Greater Manchester, we take on a limited number of bespoke commissions each year for celebrations across the UK. Grounded in exceptional sugarcraft, we translate quiet memories, personal history and architectural detail into highly considered designs — defined by hyper-realistic sugar florals and signature royal piping.
Step inside to explore past commissions and begin your design process.
The Home of Modern Royal Icing
Commissioning a Frostery Wedding Cake
Thank you so much for our amazing wedding cake! It was stunning and tasted brilliant! The sugar flowers were beautiful and so realistic
The Pillars of Our Craft
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Lifelike Sugar Flowers
View our portfolioHandcrafted with exceptional skill, every sugar flower is individually sculpted to capture natural movement, subtle texture, and realistic detail - transforming floral design into enduring heirloom art.
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Modern Royal Icing
View our portfolioArchitectural precision meets historic British heritage. Suzanne’s signature piping techniques redefine classic ornamentation, bringing centuries-old craftsmanship into a contemporary, high-design aesthetic.
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Flavour and Integrity
See our cake menuExceptional art paired with uncompromising taste. Baked using the finest thoughtfully sourced ingredients, every creation is designed to ensure the interior is as memorable and refined as the exterior.
Forever In Bloom©
Your Wedding flowers. forever.
Forever In Bloom by The Frostery transforms the handcrafted sugar flowers from your wedding cake into a permanent keepsake.
Your Frostery wedding cake represents months of artistry crafted with sugar flowers that are designed to endure not be thrown away.
After your celebration, return your flowers to our Saddleworth studio where we'll carefully restore, repair and arrange them in a museum-quality acrylic display case with optional printing.
Your heirloom quality sugar flowers become a lasting daily reminder of your special day and a unique piece of art. Available exclusively to clients of The Frostery
It was a literal piece of art! It blew us both away and complemented our day so much!
Suzanne Thorp | Master Sugar Artist & Specialist in Modern Royal Icing
From her studio in Saddleworth, near Manchester, Suzanne Thorp brings more than three decades of experience in British sugarcraft to a distinctly modern approach to royal icing.
A featured artist on Channel 4’s Extreme Cake Makers and an international competition judge, Suzanne is known for her fine piping, lifelike sugar floristry and contemporary interpretation of classical techniques.
Today, Suzanne undertakes a limited number of private commissions while developing specialist education in modern royal icing for cake artists around the world.
