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Celebrating 17+ Years of Inspiring Nigeria’s Cake Industry

For over seventeen years, Lekki Cake International Exhibition has been at the heart of Nigeria’s cake industry — inspiring creativity, empowering bakers, and connecting stakeholders.

Here’s how we’ve made an impact:

  • Raised Awareness: Showcased the potential and opportunities within the cake industry.

  • Discovered & Promoted Talent: Introduced young Nigerian sugar artists to global audiences through social media.

  • Supported Businesses: Provided a marketplace for local manufacturers and importers of cake tools, equipment, and ingredients.

  • Partnered with Government & NGOs: Rolled out empowerment programs that support bakers and entrepreneurs.

  • Trained & Mentored Bakers: Offered affordable access to world-class training with experienced sugar craft icons.

  • Created Networking Opportunities: Connected upcoming bakers with established professionals and mentors.

  • Drove Industry Growth: Helped raise the standard of cakes and sugar art in Nigeria — improving style, finishing, and overall quality year after year.

At Lekki Cake International Exhibition, our mission remains simple: to grow the cake industry, inspire excellence, and create opportunities for everyone passionate about cakes.

Miriam Nwokoro — CEO, Mel Cakes & More | Co-Founder, LCIE

Miriam’s passion for cake making began at age ten, inspired by her mother, a trained confectioner who baked at home for leisure. She recognized the commercial potential of the craft when her mother made her wedding cake, saving her the cost of hiring a professional baker. After voluntarily leaving paid employment in 2002, Miriam chose to pursue cake making professionally. She committed to extensive upskilling through training programs at leading local and international sugarcraft schools.


A trailblazer in the cake industry, she founded Mel Cakes and More, now a distinguished brand. The enterprise facilitates the highly successful Lekki Cake International Exhibition, which attracts confectionery consumables and equipment manufacturers, dealers, cake makers, and trainers from across Nigeria, West Africa, Europe, and North America.


A gifted instructor, Miriam is the pioneering Nigeria – accredited tutor for the renowned Paul Bradford Sugarcraft School of Scotland, United Kingdom and has organized live online interactive sessions for the local sugarcraft community with Paul Bradford himself. She continually seeks to break new ground in the industry.


Miriam is passionate about the wellbeing of young women around her and runs a fully subsidized cake-making empowerment program for them. She has also authored two well-received books: Easy to Bake for children, and Guide to Cake and Pastry Making.


In recent years, the exhibition has expanded its focus to empower Nigerian’s youth and persons living with disabilities, providing a platform for them to showcase their talents and access support. The success of the “Ability in Disability” program at the 2025 edition underscored the need for consistent enabling support for persons with disabilities to contribute to the economy and national development.

This resulted in the birthing of Miriam’s Foundation For Disability Inclusion which aims to train and raise physically challenged bakers and empower them with basic required equipment, to enable them to live self sustained and fulfilled lives.

Okoye Eniye — CEO, Cakes by Somchez | Co-Founder, LCIE

Eniye’s baking journey began in her mother’s kitchen, where she learned the craft under the guidance of her mother, a Home Economics teacher with exceptionally high standards.

Over the years, she has refined her skills by completing professional courses in Sugarcraft, Wilton Decorating Techniques, and advanced baking, earning certificates from prestigious institutions worldwide.

For Eniye, baking is more than a profession — it’s a passion. Her commitment to quality and attention to detail have earned her recognition, including a Special Honorary Award in 2019.

Today, Cakes by Somchez stands as a symbol of excellence, delivering treats that consistently exceed expectations.

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