Takes The Cake

I just had an awesome Cars party for my little 2 y/​o — the cake was M amazing and it tasted so good– I’m not a cake person but I had a slice and seconds. This baker define fly deserved a great review! I hardly ever write a review! Thank you so much!

I loved their cakes as soon as I took the first bite at the wedding cake tasting. They were very flexible and accommodating to get the cake design we wanted and on delivery times. They answered our questions so kindly and I could trust their service. Our guests also loved the wedding cake. We had three flavors: red velvet, white vanilla, and chocolate. All three of them were so delicious!

Our wedding cake was amazing, and the Taste was great! Also, our 1^st anniversary cake was more than I expected! Thank you for making these special days even more special!

Our wedding cake was amazing. We had a 4 tier wedding cake. All white cake with strawberry mouse (2 layers), raspberry glaze, and apricot mouse.
Very yummy. Ordering was easy, delivery without a hitch.
My guests ate almost the whole thing, which I consider a success!
Perfect for wedding, I don’t know if I’d get birthday cake here just because I tend to go to Costco for those, but for special occasions, this place Takes the cake.

I am so in love with the Superman cake that was made for my son. It’s so beautiful and identical to my request. I am thrilled to have chosen this bakery to take care of such a big part of my son’s birthday celebration.

I ordered a baby shower cake from them, overall it came out very good and I was very happy with it! Only negative thing I have to see is they did forget some details of texture on the cake, but other then that they executed it wonderfully and the cake itself was DELICIOUS!!! I would recommend! Only reason I took one star off is because the pricing, was between 225 – 250 $ (bit pricey but hey I guess what isn’t) & forgetting details of the cake.

We used Takes the Cake for our daughter’s 1^st birthday. We were in a tough bind as our original cake maker had to cancel due to hand surgery leaving us with only two weeks to get a cake. When my husband called them, they were understanding of our situation and were available to help us. They even invited him to their store the same day. My husband went over and showed them our «vision» for our munchkin’s fiesta themed cake complete with inspiration from my daughter’s dress, flowers, and papel picado. They drew up sketches and we were able to finalize the details in a few days which included a cake tasting.
When he came home with the finished product, I was blown away! It was beyond gorgeous! All of my guests could not get over how beautiful it was. And to top things off, it tasted wonderful! It tasted just like a churro. ^_​^
We will definitely keep them in mind for future cakes as they do an amazing job.

You guys blew me away with our surprise birthday/​baby announcement cake!!! My ideas were turned into so much more! The decoration, the detail, and the delectable cake itself were all so divine and wonderful. Thanks so much for being a part of my family’s celebration.

I think my family and I have found a new bakery to buy birthday cakes! Ever since our favorite cake bakery was shut down we have been looking for something close by and able to make customs cakes at an affordable price.
This year I wanted a Drake themed cake and it came out better than I expected! What I enjoyed the most was that they bakery was able to accommodate my order in less than a week before I was asking for it. I might’ve been lucky on that one, but it was still very nice of them to take my business last minute.
I’ll definitely be coming back. Thank you Takes the Cake!
Did I mention the cake was delicious? Chocolate with chocolate mousse filling.

This place is ridiculous. The most amazing cake I have EVER had. They worked with me on my wedding cake. Did a custom design and the prices were very reasonable. It was beautiful… We talk about getting another cake for no occasion since it is so amazing!

We’ve been ordering cakes from Takes The Cake since our wedding cake in 2002. They always amaze!!!

So happy I found Takes The Cake! After visiting 3 bakeries for our wedding cake, we had a good feeling Takes The Cake would be «the one.» We were right! After several emails to Shazi, I finally scheduled an appointment and requested we try chocolate cake/​vanilla mousse, white cake/​chocolate mousse, chocolate cake/​cream cheese mousse, and white cake/​white chocolate mousse. Chocolate cake and vanilla mousse was our first try. So delicious! It reminded me a ding dong. I loved the combination of their flavors. Our last try was white cake and white chocolate mousse! We decided then and there this was our cake! The cake was so fluffy and the mousse was white chocolaty sweet. It was a perfect combination of our tastes since I don’t like too sweet (cake) and he loves sweet (mousse). We both agreed the mousse tasted like Lindt White Lindor truffles. Shazi was available throughout our tasting if we had questions. She was able to answer all our questions! We browsed through the cake books she handed us. It was very easy to choose our cake color and design since we already had in mind what we wanted. Cake slices start from $ 3.75 each with sheet cake slices at $ 2 each. I feel their prices are very reasonable and I didn’t feel there were hidden or extra charges. The entire process was too easy and we left paying a $ 75 deposit and looking forward to our cake on our wedding day. I think this tasting was the most exciting for our wedding planning. Thank you Shazi and Takes The Cake! Best find ever!!!

5 stars!!! They rock! We came back 3 yrs later and they did it again! Not only a fantastic Cake on the «looks» but a great tasty 3 flavor one: chocolate, pineapple and lemon! Strongly recommend!

My experience from the start was nothing but excellent! My cake tasting was easy and delicious. I decided on a small 3 tier cake consisting of a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse, a white cake with strawberry mousse, and my personal favorite, a chocolate cake with mocha mousse.
The design of the cake was simple and I later added my own flowers. I had someone pick it up for me and she had nothing but good things to say. They were really helpful and made the pick up less stressful.
The cake itself was delicious and beautiful. Exactly what I had wanted. I had many people ask me where it was from. I will definitely return here for future special occasion cakes!

I called today to make an appointment for a cake tasting. As soon as i told the woman that the cake was for 20 people, she told me i could only taste 2 types of cake and that if i wanted to taste more, there would be a 5 dollar charge.
Umm, wtf! I’m paying you to give you my business. No thank you!
I’ll just take my small, insignificant business to Fantasy Frostings in south pasadena.

Our wedding cake was perfection.
Design? Flawless
Taste? Best wedding cake anyone at our wedding had ever tasted
Delivery? On time
Set-​up? Perfection — they even helped arrange fresh flowers we provided to embellish the cake
Don’t go anywhere else for cakes. Not only was our wedding cake perfection, it was also a steal. I am now buying every cake I ever get from Takes The Cake.

Takes the cake absolutely exceeded my expectations TWICE with an amazing looking cake for my daughter’s birthday & my baby shower! They are delicious too! Highly recommended!

I asked for a Frozen cake to be done in buttercream and not fondant because a client of mine did not want fondant at all. The cake was delivered to the client and it was covered 100% in fondant. The cake showed up one hour before the party so it was too late to send it back to get it fixed. I made the decision to serve the cake and told the client that the cake itself should taste as pretty as it looks and guests can scrape the fondant if they don’t like it (especially, the client’s daughter –the birthday girl).
The cake was so dense (not moist dense by dry dense) and the fondant made it extra sweet. A few people had a couple of bites from their slices but most people at my client’s party took one bite out of their slice and tossed the rest. This was a two tier cake, only the top tier was served and the bottom was tossed out by the client because they were so upset about the taste. But they didn’t blame me very much for it as things like this happens and they were happy about how beautifully the cake was decorated. It looked good in pictures and that’s what mattered to them at the end of their event; so, I was saved.
It’s just too bad because I was looking for a place that I could rely on for cakes. :-(

I came to Takes the cake in hopes of finding a new bakery in my area. Well. I walked in and walked right out after they quoted me a ridiculous price for a small round cake. For such an expensive cake you would think they have samples off hand. or something. Trust me. cake should not cost that much… even if it’s a special order.
If your looking for quality and a great price. try Cake Sensations in Pasadena.

Takes the Cake did a fabulous job making the PERFECT cake for my son’s 2 year birthday. It was a train party and they created a delightful Thomas cake based on just a few pics I showed her and my ideas on how to keep it simple. It was so perfect, I didn’t want to cut it.
But my guests were happy I did! The cake was delicious and moist and the layers of frosting were light and airy. We did a four layer cake with chocolate and white cake with strawberry frosting filling. Adults who don’t normally like birthday cake told me how much they enjoyed it.
I’ll be going to Takes the Cake for all my cake needs now! So easy to work with too.