I am sorry to have to give Craig's Cake Shop only three stars because I was expecting and hoping for better.
The staff was nice and the product was ok but it did not rise to what I was expecting to find based upon their many good reviews and the fact that they are a small local bakery as opposed to some large producer of a variety of baked goods.
I compare it to Cupcakes A-Go-Go which exceeded my expectations in flavor and quality while CCS didn't do this. Though CCS does use a very pretty frosting technique we didn't particularly like the flavor. The cake was moist enough but the crumb and flavor did not reach to the level of what we have experienced from other bakery that we have purchased. We once had an outstanding cake from The Rolling Pin and another one that was good was purchased at Metcalf's.
We decided to try CCS in the hopes that we would find another bakery to add to our best list. Instead, we will be going back to the Rolling Pin or Metcalf's for our next cake.
Three stars state what is an a-okay rating which these cakes were just a notch below in relation to our high expectations. But to not be so harsh I will give them this rating.