A person who specializes in baking and decorating cakes, particularly complex or artistic cake creations.
Compound word from 'cake' + 'maker.' The '-maker' suffix combines with countless nouns (shoemaker, filmmaker) to indicate someone who produces that item. The specific term 'cakemaker' became more common with professional baking.
Before 'baker' became the standard term, English had 'cakemaker,' 'breadmaker,' 'piemaker'—showing how older versions of job descriptions were incredibly specific about exactly what you made.
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