She started Sylvia Weinstock Cakes in Tribeca in 1980, the Tribeca Citizen reported. Brooklyn native Sylvia Weinstock was known for crafting elaborate cakes for celebrity weddings. Weinstock - who made appearances on “Gossip Girl,” “Today,” “Top Chef” and “Nailed It” - was a former Long Island schoolteacher who only became a full-time baker at age 50 after surviving breast cancer. “The family will have a private memorial at a future date and ask that any donations should be directed to the Oncology Department of New York Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Medical Center,” the statement continued. “Sylvia Weinstock, the cake designer who pioneered an industry of towering, sugar-flower wedding cakes, died peacefully in her home in Tribeca, surrounded by her loving family,” an obituary posted on her Instagram page read. The Brooklyn-born baker - who’s made nuptial confections for Oprah, Mariah Carey, Billy Joel and Sofía Vergara - passed away at her Tribeca home Monday, her family announced in a statement Wednesday without elaborating on her cause of death. ‘The Shining’ actor dead at 94: Joe Turkel also starred in ‘Blade Runner’Ĭelebrity wedding cake designer Sylvia Weinstock - who earned the nickname “Queen of Cakes” for her extraordinary edible art - has died. ‘Breakin’ star Bruno ‘Pop N Taco’ Falcon dead: Michael Jackson dancer was 58ĭaughter of Wu-Tang’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard says she & siblings have received no money since his death