We look forward to connecting. Reach out for personal interviews, additional photography, or to make special requests for appearances.
In the U.S., please contact my press representative, Mimi Hobbes: mimi@juliedeffense.com
For Portugal and Europe, please contact me directly, Julie Deffense: julie@juliedeffense.com
Julie Deffense talks about her courageous move to Portugal in 1998 and her path to become Portugal's leading luxury wedding cake designer. Julie & Jacques Deffense talk with Liliana Campos about how they met and where there adventures have taken them.
Conhecemos Julie Deffense que trocou os EUA por Portugal em 1998
Click HERE to see the full episode (in Portuguese). Clique AQUI para ver a programa.
Julie Deffense joins the hosts of Sarasota’s ABC7 Suncoast View to talk about her Oscar-worthy wedding cakes and share some tips on fun decorating tips to do at home.
Como escolher o bolo de casamento? Um dos momentos altos da festa é o corte do bolo. Veja as sugestões da "designer" de bolos, Julie Deffense. Click AQUI para ver o video.
A wedding cake created by Julie Deffense is a visually, aesthetic marvel, standing as the confectionary statue of celebration for any special day. Read more
2021 is the year to start celebrating again! From micro cakes to towering multi-tiered edible sculptures, Fine Art cakes are in!
There’s a salad for everyone in this book, with inspiration from Europe, Asia and, of course, America! These salads aren’t just green, they are full of color, texture, detail and flavor. View on Amazon.
Julie Deffense was recently awarded Top 10 Cake Artist 2019 by Cake Masters Magazine. in 2018 she was one of the 4 finalists for the Wedding Cake category for the Cake Oscars.
To call a wedding cake created by Julie Deffense a “cake” is like calling Versailles a “house”–standard nouns are not enough. Julie is the founder and owner of Julie Deffense Artistry—Luxury Cake Design. Based in Cascais, Portugal, and Sarasota, Florida, Julie designs, bakes, and decorates one-of-a-kind cakes for weddings and other celebrations.
Luxury Cake Designer Julie Deffense has cool ways to make Gingerbread Houses extraordinary for your holiday season!
Change your career, change your life. By Sara Bliss. From magazine publisher to wedding cake designer… read a selected clip in Forbes Magazine HERE.
“This summer, I made a 1,000-pound cake,” says Julie Deffense. “It was nine feet tall, six feet in diameter and had 35 cake tiers airbrushed with edible gold. Read More
No cake is too big or too elaborate for cake designer and author Julie Deffense!
ABC7's Suncoast View hosts Joey Panek, Linda Larsen and Jeffery Kin learn how to fill and frost a signature sampler cake with Julie!
Too pretty to eat but too delectable not to taste, Julie Deffense's towering wedding cakes are true works of picture-perfect art.
An interview with Julie Deffense, pastry chef, cake designer and author living in Portugal, on the things she loves most about Portugal. Read More
From something old to something new, something borrowed and something blue. Julie Deffense talks about the art of cake design and what's trending this year in Sarasota wedding cakes.
The baker dishes on her unusual career path, why she’s expanding her services to Sarasota and how she makes those amazing sugar flowers. Read More
An insider's look into Julie Deffense's modern day Cinderella-esque wedding cakes and her most recently published book, A Bíblia dos Bolos de Casamento. (Interview in Portuguese) Read More
ABC's Suncoast View hosts Bobeth Yates, Stephanie Roberts and Linda Carson talk with Julie about her recently expanded wedding cake business in Sarasota. View Video
Leading luxury cake designer in Portugal and famed cookbook author expands her business into Sarasota. Read More
Luxury wedding cake specialist, Julie Deffense, discusses the importance and symbolism of a wedding cake and how it should be one of the most important decisions in a wedding, just after choosing a dress. (Interview in Portuguese) Read More
Julie discusses how her background in Fine Arts influences her artistry in cake design and from where she draws her inspiration. (Interview in Portuguese) Read More
Julie talks with host, Ana Rita Clara, about her latest book and surprises the expecting Host with a baby shower cake tasting live on set. (Interview in Portuguese) Read More
On Portugal's most popular morning show, Julie talks about her latest book with fellow foodie and host, Manuel Luis Goucha, as well as demonstrating, live, how to do one of the more complicated techniques in her book. (Interview in Portuguese) Read More
Julie talks about and expanding her wedding cake business in New England and other American cities and discusses plans for her upcoming book in English. Read More
