Company:

Abs of Cakes was founded by Abigail Lodevico in Long Beach, CA around 2009. After the 2008 recession, Abigail was laid off from her Design job at an architecture firm which opened up the opportunity to explore her curiosity in the cake world. She took a couple of beginner cake classes and started making cakes for her friends and family. Abigail began to document her cake making process on her blog (which you can still view today!) and that is how Abs of Cakes was born! 

Abigail worked at a few bakeries and dreamed about one day owning her own bake shop. Her dream opportunity came when she was hired at Charm City Cakes West as Duff Goldman’s Lead Cake Artist. This opportunity expanded her cake creativity and possibilities. She learned so much not just with cakes, but in running the day to day operations. Unfortunately, CCCW closed up shop after the pandemic, but Abigail knew this was her time to take Abs of Cakes to the next level. 

Abigail has designed cakes for some high profile clients including Jhene Aiko, Michael Voltaggio, Trixie Mattel, Christian Yelich, Anderson Paak, Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott, Jimmy Iovine, as well as Lebron James and his entire family, just to name a few. 

Abs of Cakes now operates in East Los Angeles and is currently working on opening up her cake studio soon so stay tuned. She is still accepting orders in the meantime and hopes to celebrate with you for your special occasion.

Abs:

Growing up, Abigail HATED when people called her “Abby” (never call her Abby), so her friends nicknamed her “Abs” instead.

Abs grew up in Southern California and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architectural Design from Cal State Long Beach. She also studied at the International Culinary Center in New York City where she received a Certificate in Cake Techniques and Design.

Abigail has been designing cakes since 2008. Duff Goldman and his crew from the show Ace of Cakes had been her inspiration for chasing this dream. So the name “Abs of Cakes” is a bit of an ode to him. Fast forward to 2013 when she worked at Duff’s Cakemix in Los Angeles. This would eventually lead to her position at Charm City Cakes West as Duff’s Lead Cake Artist/co-manager. 

Abs loves to travel and learn about other cultures and their cuisines. She enjoys creating recipes and flavor combinations that are inspired by her travels locally as well as abroad. Along with food she draws inspiration from art, music, fashion, nature, as well as other creatives. Her favorite types of cakes to create are sculpted shoes and dogs. She enjoys getting requests for wacky and weird designs that are unique to her clients’ celebration.  She believes cakes should be one-half design and the other half flavor, but made with 100 percent love.