Pat Jacoby, owner of Patty-Cakes in Highland, IL is an award-winning cake designer with over 35 years of experience. Pat opened her cake studio in May of 1981 and has been designing cakes ever since. Her skill in the design of cakes stems from a lifetime interest in art and the love of creating something “different”.

In addition to teaching cake decorating for 15 years, Pat demonstrates new skills and techniques to her fellow sugar artists at seminars, cake club meetings, and ICES days of sharing. She has also been a demonstrator at ICES convention.

Pat’s “Pink Heart” cake design won first place AND People’s Choice Award in 2007 at the “For The Love Of Chocolate” cake competition in Chicago. In 2009 Pat participated in and won a silver medal in the “Disney Classic Cake Food Network Challenge” that aired on June 7, 2009. In July of 2009 Pat and her team won 10,000.00 in the Forth of July episode of "Ultimate Cake Off". As a result, she was invited back in Season 2 for the "Vintage Wedding Cake" episode, also taking the top prize of 10,000.00!!!!

Pat has studied extensively with world class instructors Nicholas Lodge and Colette Peters and has also taken classes from many well known decorators such as Bronwen Weber, Norm Davis, Zane Beg, Toba Garrett, Earlene Moore, Kathy Scott, Geraldine Randelsome, Steven Stellingwerf, Debbie Brown, Mike McCarey, Susan Carberry, and B. Keith Ryder.

Pats cakes have been featured in numerous magazines over the years including, The Best of the Knot, St. Louis Best Bridal, St. Louis Bride and Groom, Magazine St. Charles, The St. Louis Post Sunday Magazine, Atlanta Arts and Expression Magazine, ICES Magazine, Mail Box News, and American Cake Decorating and featured on “Show Me St. Louis” , "Great Day St. Louis", KMOV TV, ABC Evening News, and CBS, all local TV shows.

Patty-Cakes web-site features over 400 pictures of cakes designed and decorated by Patty-Cakes.