Founded by former dancer Ron Ben-Israel in 1999, this New York studio creates custom wedding and celebration cakes that treat sugar work as couture design. Its 4,500-square-foot bakery and studio in Manhattan’s Garment District is known for one-of-a-kind cakes, while Ben-Israel also teaches confectionery techniques there and around the world. The company has appeared in major food media, including three seasons of Food Network’s “Sweet Genius” and “Cake Wars.”