Cake Man Raven

Raven Patrick De'Sean Dennis III (born 1967), better known by the alias Cake Man Raven, and now of New York, Harlem. DNAinfo.com called him "the foremost red velvet baker in America,"

Early life and education

Born in Harlem, New York City, to Raven Dennis Jr. and Ruth Murrelle Dennis, he was inspired to start baking by his grandmother, Evelyn Nowlin Murrelle, with whom he lived in South Carolina in his youth. Dennis baked his first cake when he was nine, He attended the Mount Pleasant High School, from which he graduated in 1985. Before he graduated, he participated in cake shows and competitions throughout South Carolina. He participated in Marketing & Distributive Education Clubs of Americas competitions in the area of entrepreneurship, and his business plan won the top state award in 1984 and 1985. He went to the national convention in Kansas City in 1984, received honors in the San Francisco during the 1985 finals and earned a scholarship. He received the nickname "Cake Man Raven" from an article in The Lee County Messenger.

He has baked several other large cake representations, such as of the Columbia University Library and a giant wedding cake for the television reality series Bridezillas.