Guild Member Spotlight: Dawn Konofaos, Alevrí & Co + Sourdough Heaux 

Dawn Konofaos’s cakes look almost too beautiful to eat. Delicate wafer flowers, soft color palettes, and sculpted detail make each one feel like a small work of art.But this is more than decoration. 

Dawn is a Black, Baltimore-born artist and self-taught cottage baker based in Tampa, Florida. Through her cottage operation, Alévri & Co., she creates plant-based sweets that are soulful, seasonal, and full of intention. 

Her work feels ethereal. Frosting flows like brush strokes. Every element is placed with care. What she once did as a milliner—designing whimsical hats and bridal veils—she now does with sugar and flour.