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As couples navigate the complexities of merging diverse cultural traditions into their wedding celebrations, the expertise of talented wedding professionals becomes invaluable. Cue Michelle Sohan.

Sohan, owner of Bakery Treatz, is an award-winning international cake artist and designer for international customers. More specifically, she creates cakes for couples planning a multicultural wedding. Her commitment to creating personalized and culturally significant cakes is unmatched.

Photo courtesy Michelle Sohan
Photo courtesy Michelle Sohan

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Sohan brings a global perspective to her creations and transforms her passion for cake artistry into every piece she creates, ensuring each one is unique to the couple.

With over 15 years of experience in the wedding industry in Trinidad and, more recently, South Florida and Jamaica, Sohan has honed her craft through years of training. In 2017, she won Best Tasting Cake in The World at the Cake Designers World Championships in Milan, Italy, competing against 19 countries.

In 2018, she earned the Caribbean Cake and Pastry Artist of the Year title in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONS

Sohan says she expertly blends her artistic talents with an understanding of diverse cultural traditions to create stunning wedding cakes that celebrate multicultural unions and reflect each couple’s unique heritage and love story. She collaborates closely with her clients to incorporate meaningful elements from both cultures, whether traditional motifs, flavors or colors.

Her ability to meticulously fuse different cultural elements into her designs, from intricate henna patterns to delicate lacework inspired by heirloom dresses, ensures her cakes are visually spectacular and rich in cultural significance. Sohan’s dedication to authenticity means her wedding cakes are culturally and religiously appropriate.

Additionally, she uses only ingredients that align with the couple’s dietary practices, making her creations meaningful and inclusive.

You can check out Sohan’s work on Instagram.

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About Author

Paulette Bethel, PhD

A native of culturally rich New Orleans, Dr. Paulette Bethel brings the essence of that heritage into everything she creates. She is a storycatcher, speaker and identity reinvention guide whose work lives at the intersection of culture, transition, and personal truth.

A retired U.S. Air Force officer, former therapist, and lifelong cross-cultural navigator, she is also a proud Air Force spouse and the mother of adult Third Culture Kids — experiences that deeply shape her understanding of identity, belonging and change.

Through her "Bella’s Front Porch" column and her platform, Step Beyond Coaching & Consulting, Bethel invites culturally fluid individuals — of all backgrounds, ages and identities — to reflect on who they are becoming. Her work affirms that identity is not a destination, but a dynamic, unfolding story — and we all deserve the space to live ours, out loud and in full.

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