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| - I used Retro Bakery for my wedding cake. As an out-of-towner, I had to use Yelp to pick a bakery (thanks, Yelpers!). Retro had good reviews, so I called them and placed my order, which involved a two tier wedding cake and a vegan cupcake. I spoke a couple times on the phone, as well as emailed with the staff to confirm my order.
The good: The cake tasted phenomenal. Despite being stuffed after the meal, everyone wanted to eat the cake. It was moist, and the flavours were intense and authentic. The buttercream was also delicious! It tasted like it was made with authentic ingredients, not chemicals.
The bad: Getting the cake delivered was a bit of a hassle, as the drivers kept calling with changes in plans. On your wedding day, this can be a bit hectic.
The ugly: They got the colour of my order wrong. Seriously wrong. I had asked for a white cake with Tiffany blue accents. The cake arrived and was entirely deep, bright, teal. Children's birthday cake teal. It would have been less bad if just the piping on the cake was that colour, but it was the entire cake! It looked like it belonged at a five-year-old's party. I laughed it off, but I'm not sure how this happened. Even if they thought the entire cake was supposed to be blue, I triple-checked with the person taking the order that they knew what I meant by "Tiffany Blue". They did not.
Bottom line: It was incredibly good cake, and that's what mattered most to me. However, you are paying for the work that goes into decorating, and it would be good if they had gotten it right. Had the colour been right, I would have given them five stars, it was so delicious. It was also nicely decorated, despite being the wrong colour.
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