“Chaos cakes” will be one of the leading food trends of 2025, and if you want to look chaos right in the eye – Billie Belo is the artist you’re looking for. She found viral fame with her brand Cakes For No Occasion, and her food art is all about embracing the mess with open arms and making it your friend.
Belo is a Brazilian-born painter based in New York, and she embarked on quite a journey before finding success with her quirky cakes. She studied social work during her time in college and eventually moved to the U.S. for her master’s, but never gave up her passion for art.
She explored different mediums over the years, from illustration and multimedia storytelling to ceramics, before finding an unexpected form of self-expression in cake art. It all started when she made a cake for a friend’s DIY wedding and attracted the attention of the food and art space Lil’ Deb’s Oasis.
Belo’s designs only got wilder as time went by, and she doesn’t shy away from fully embracing chaos with each of her creations. Frosting and filling are oozing or dripping out of her abstract cakes that look straight out of this world, and she uses everything from fresh flowers and herbs to layers upon layers of buttercream to make them truly pop.
