“I always steer all my brides toward white,” she laughs. “If it’s a big and elegant wedding, it has to be white if it comes through my desk.” One of her recent favorites, pictured at left, is a five-tier, four-foot-tall creation with four rows of rhinestones encircling each layer and a cascading drape of ruffles that matches those on a bride’s dress.

“People matching things is a big cake trend right now,” she says. “They’re wanting them to be very personalized, making their cake their own.” Bruno’s 23-year-old bakery, which has been featured on TLC’s Four Weddings, Bravo’s Party Mamas, and Style Network’s Jerseylicious, recently designed

a triathlon cake for a couple that swims, cycles, and runs. “There is no cake we can’t do,” she says—secretly hoping it’s a white one.