My experience here was fantastic! Even though they were in the middle of moving to a new location they continued to communicate with me via email in regards to my ordering my daughters cake. I visited them at their new location on their opening day and was very impressed when I walked in. It was very spacious and clean. As I walked in I was greeted by a few people. As I looked around at their cake displays and treats I got a really good feeling about the cake I had ordered. It definitely looks as though they have great talent for decorating. They have so many cookies, pastries, cupcakes, pies and cakes to choose from that I couldn't wrap my head around what to purchase to take home with me. I had only gone in to speak with Dominica about the final details of the cake I had ordered but found myself needing to purchase some yummy treats. I ended up getting cannolis, napoleons and eclairs. OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS! That's all I can say about those. Some of the most delicious pastries I have ever tasted. And they are HUGE! I've eaten at some top bakeries/cafes in Los Angeles and this bakery is right up there with those.
I am very excited to take my husband there to eat some items off of their cafe menu. I pick up my daughter's cake in a few days and I can't wait! I
3-10-13
I am updating my review because I just had my daughter's birthday party yesterday and the cake review is in! Upon picking the cake up I was very pleased with the appearance of the cake. They did a stellar job decorating. Once it was time to cut the cake and nosh I was a bit disappointed. Although the cake itself was moist and delicious, the raspberry filling was not something to be desired. All it really is is raspberry jelly donut filling...blech! I decided to look past that but then I cut the mini cake that sat on top of the main cake and was upset to find out that it was not lemon as I had requested it to be. I asked for their signature almond buttercream on the main cake and mini cake that sat on top but it was vanilla buttercream. Them when my daughter dug into her smash cake i noticed it wasn't as white as the vanilla cake so I tasted it and it was lemon with almond buttercream. I asked for her cake to be vanilla with whipped icing. They messed up the order a bit even though I had emailed Dominica several times and went into the bakery to speak with her directly. I even took the time to write down everything as I wanted it to be so there would be no room for error. I watched her write it down on the order form and it still got messed up. Oh well.
This bakery is pretty pricey even for my standards and that is why I got upset about the mixup and raspberry filling. Although I am impressed with their decorating skills and pastries I do believe that some of their ingredients could be of a higher quality. I still give them four stars overall.