Cakes By Elaine

Very below-​par work. Not what you’d expect if you’re looking for a quality custom cake. You’re paying professional custom cake prices, so you should get what you pay for. The quality of the art and design is terrible. Just because you call yourself a baker and open a bakery business and know «how» to make cakes, doesn’t mean you have the artist’s eye to correctly execute a quality custom cake. This was just an average 10-​inch round kids’ character cake and I couldn’t believe how sloppily it was put together. It was uneven. The fondant work was terribly flawed. The fondant color wasn’t thoroughly mixed and was uneven. The fondant decorations weren’t even smoothly applied. (And, they were just stars!). Not to mention the awful rendition of the characters. The cake board was amateurly covered in that cheap ugly hobby-​cake decorator’s foil. (Instead of coordinating fondant, etc). Instead of using rice cereal for shaping the characters (industry standard), they used styrofoam! (Using inedible materials when edible should/​could be used is hugely frowned upon in the custom cake community.) Worst of all, the cake itself was not custom homemade cake! It was a mix! Not professional quality cake work at all! Not even close!!! You are better off finding a friend of a friend who makes beginner hobby cakes on the side out of her kitchen, because that’s what you’re getting here. However, most people can’t see this kind of stuff because they don’t know much about cakes. Consumers should be informed what they should expect for a custom cake and custom cake bakery. Do your homework and shop around!

Elaine made my wedding cake in 2008. I gave her a picture of my dress and a copy of the invitation for her to match. It was an OK match. Everyone said the cake tasted really good which us what really matters!

Elaine was great! Very easy to work with! I had one meeting with her, gave her pictures of my dress and invitations (that had been designed with my dress’ beading in mind), explained generally what I wanted, and she made it beautiful. Tasted very good too! She was contracted through my reception venue, but I’d hire her again in a minute. Will post pictures when I get the chance!