Jenneh Kaikai

Jenneh Kaikai is the owner and cake designer at Pelah Kitchen, a micro-bakery run out of Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn that specializes in botanical cake artistry. She creates whimsical and imaginative designs using local and non-toxic, flowers and produce.

Pelah means “home” in Mende, a nod to Jenneh’s Sierra-Leonean heritage. Whether experimenting with indigenous West African spices like calabash nutmeg, or aromatic cardamom and ginger, she likes to think of sharing her cakes as a way of inviting people into her home and ultimately the diverse flavors and ingredients of the African diaspora.