Desserts By Rita

The ladies at Desserts by Rita did an awesome job on my wedding day! The cake was so delicious and I had a bunch of cupcakes that were beautiful and tasty! They also made my groom's cake and my cake topper was made by hand there as well! They did a great job, I would recommend it to anyone.

Desserts by Rita made the cake for my daughters wedding and it was awesome. The cake tasting was fabulous and with all the cakes so good it was hard to narrow down but we did.The cake was made to look like a Christmas package and the taste was Oooh La La! It was fresh, moist and flavorful. We couldn't ask for better. Loev Desserts by Rita!

Cindy and Sarah were so wonderful i can't say enough nice things about them. Since i am also in the wedding business i know a lot of cake vendors. The reason why i choose them was because of the quality of service and they were so reasonably priced. They were informative, patient, and really helpful with great ideas. Once i saw my cake i was so happy and the colors were perfect! I will be referring all my clients to there!

YUM!!!!!!! My cake was great. The cake was white with a cream design and was beautiful!!!! And holy cow it was the best cake I have ever had at a wedding. I HATE buttercream but not this! I chose almond and chocolate and vinillia and lemon. Both were perfect. Very moist and fresh. I had a lot of cake for the amount of guest and by the next day it was wiped out! Thank you rita for an Amazing wedding cake that didn't taste like the normal "wedding cake" you get. It was awesome!

These cakes are AWESOME. I'm still thinking about that chocolate-raspberry cupcake! One of my favorite things about their desserts is that the frosting isn't overly sweet. It goes perfectly with the cake. Unlike other bakeries which compensate for a bad cake by using too much sweet frosting, they get the balance just right.

We wanted a cupcake display as opposed to a traditional wedding cake since our wedding was outdoors and cupcakes matched the fun vibe we planned for it. Cindy met with us and we talked in detail about what we wanted, and the real cake turned out just like we had imagined.

Also, we had asked for a groom's cake which was a Sega Dreamcast (the day of our wedding is the anniversary of its release date---yes, quirky/nerdy/strange, we know!). We brought in our dreamcast and they did a perfect replica! http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/31232969878/happy-birthday-dreamcast-taken-with-instagram
The peanut butter frosting on it was so good. I miss that...

Desserts By Rita provided excellent service and a tasty cake for our wedding! They worked with us on every detail, and were very knowledgeable when it came to the delivery and storage of the cake the day-of.
I am more than satisfied with the cake in both taste and design. I simply had an image from a magazine, scanned and sent to them to design from. Not picky, but for some reason I was about the particular color of the cake in the magazine. As a back-up, I went to a paint store and picked up paint sample chips and dropped them off, and asked them to match those colors as best they could if they thought the scanned image color would be difficult to make.
I still admire a photograph of our wedding cake that our photographer took. The actual wedding day you are a little too busy to notice details, but I remember thinking - wow this cake is gorgeous and that color is amazingly close to the magazine...and then I had to cut into the beauty; then later noticing the cake again after we were settled and married...and really saying WOW, getting the magazine to compare that image with our cake. I still can't get over it, though I should be raving about the taste of the cake!
It was basically demolished that night! People devoured it and yet there was more than enough for the amount of guests!
I am very satisfied with our cake experience, and highly recommend brides in the area to meet and taste with Desserts By Rita!

The cake was beautiful and tasted fabulous. Only mistake made was not to order larger cake. I was told not everyone eats cake and had a birthday/grooms cake that no one cut into so ran out of wedding cake even though the grooms cake was supposed to be cut.
Everyone commented who ate cake that it was the best they ever tasted and I have been told by others that the cake is one of the best taht freezes after a year for the anniversary.

Cake was delivered on time was delicious and looked amazing also a great value for the amazing services such as delivery they offer.

We ordered cupcakes for our wedding with starfish and shells on the top. Not only were they beautiful, they were delicous. My husband and I went to decide what to get before the wedding, and I ate two cupcakes! Everyone at the wedding said how delicious the cupcakes were!

The cakes at Desserts by Rita are very tasty and they have some very good flavors to choose from. One drawback is that they do not use fondant for their primary decorating, so you are somewhat limited in what you can have. The only complaint that I have is that, during our consult, the consultant informed me that they cannot stack cakes if "it's too hot out." Being a cake designer myself, I know this is not an issue if dowel rods are used in between layers. I was not happy with the display of my cakes as they were on a very unattractive stand and not stacked as I had asked them to be. They also put designs on my cake that did not allow my cake topper to be put on which annoyed me since I wasted money to get it and no one could see it sitting next to it, hidden by the cake itself.

Thank you so much for making my wedding cake and cupcakes for my recent wedding at the Vandiver Inn! Everyone raved about how much they LOVED the cake/cupcakes, that we didn't have one slice to spare by the end of the night! Everyone snagged what was left over as they left the venue because they just couldn't get enough...they are absolutely AMAZING!
Ed LOVED his Groom Cake, as he won't share it with anyone..he works on it a little bit each night! It was a perfect design for him and he LOVES the Chocolate Raspberry flavor.
I think that we will never be able to eat another cake outside of Rita's after this weekend..because now we know what a "REAL" cake should taste like!
Thank you...

Such a beautiful and tasty cake!! We look forward to our 1 yr anniversary and we can enjoy it again!!

Best wedding cake ever...
My husband and I have been to many weddings so we have tasted a lot of wedding cake. We can say without a doubt that our wedding cake - from Desserts by Rita - was the best we've ever had. AND, we had many family and guests tell us the same thing. Our experience with Cindy during the planning process was great - they did a free sampling with a ton of cake, and it was very easy to figure out the design. I wasn't incredibly specific, just gave some parameters, and it turned out absolutely beautiful and elegant. Did I mention how absolutely delicous it was? It was 4 layers with 4 different flavors and they were all amazing. My husband and I plan to keep going back for desserts whenever we're in the area!

Thanks so much!!!! The cake was totally awesome and everybody loved it and raved about the taste.

Having a cake from Desserts by Rita was part of our contract with the Vandiver Inn. What a match made in heaven! My husband and I still talk about how excellent our wedding cake was. As most newlyweds do, we have our cake top sitting in our freezer for us to enjoy on our first anniversary. That cake was sooo amazing that it truly is a task to wait until our first anniversary to taste it again!

We got married at the Vandiver Inn on 03March2012. The cake from Desserts by Rita was included with the venue. And I must say DELICIOUS!
We met with Cindy 3 months before the wedding for our tasting. After I found out the cake was included and where it was from - I did some research on their website. Once I saw it, I knew I had to have it - PEANUT BUTTER buttercream. O-M-G! Cindy had the usual flavors of cakes and buttercreams ready for us. They were all so good, my wife and I finished almost the whole plate. I asked to sample the peanut butter, though, and saved some cake to try it with...it was better than I imagined! We had a chocolate/vanilla layer with peanut butter buttercream, the anniversary tier was the same, and we chose lemon with vanilla for our middle tier because it was so good and such a great contrast to the heavier layer.
Our design was kind of complicated. Our wedding colors were black and white, with pops of solid colors. Cindy made a map of the cake with notes for everything. She offered to create a mock-up layer so we could confirm it was correct. The mock-up didn't turn out exactly as we wanted - but no big deal; that's what mock-ups are for. Cindy redrew the cake map with more notes...and when our cake showed up...it was GORGEOUS! Exactly as we had discussed.
It's 3 weeks later and people are still commenting on how beautiful and delicious it was...and I'm finding it hard to save the anniversay...

The cake itself tasted so good! We got to do a tasting, and they let me bring my fiancée and both my parents...and even gave us another piece of chocolate when my dad ate the first piece himself! We chose to use two flavors because they were all so good and it was so hard to decide! It is absolutely delicious and I can't wait until my anniversary so I can dig in again! (we even had an extra piece left in our fridge when we came home from the honeymoon and I couldn't resist eating it! It was still good!)

Desserts by Rita was the baker that was included in the price of my venue when I booked my wedding at the Vandiver Inn. However, there is a reason why the venue chooses to business with only one baker...they are AMAZING! The cake was looked and tasted superb. Many times you might get a cake somewhere else that looks fantastic but isn't good to eat. This was NOT the case with my cake from Desserts by Rita. It was moist, rich, and my guests were able to choose from two different flavors. My husband and I can't wait to eat the top tier a year from now!

Our wedding venue included a wedding cake from Rita's which I couldn't have been happier with. The cake iwa delicious and the design was exactly what we wanted. Can't wait for our one year anniversary to eat our top layer!

We could not have imagined a more perfect cake for our wedding. Desserts by Rita matched the blue of our roses (that were with our florist) with the blue details on our cake. The cake was magnificant and delicious! All of guest raved about the cake and there wasnt a single slice of cake remaining at the end of our reception. The price was fantastic as well!

We got married at the Vandiver last weekend so we got our cake from Desserts by Ritas. All I can say is that I LOVED MY WEDDING CAKE! It was beautiful and tasted amazing!! The guests could not get enough, people were walking around looking for extra pieces of cake! My husbands Birthday is this coming weekend and I will be calling to get a cake made for him so that my family can all enjoy it. Thank you sooo much!!

Desserts by Rita makes the BEST cakes!! I am not a big fan of cake, but when I went for the tasking, I loved this cake!! We went with the orange and lemon, they were both amazing. The price per person was comparable or better than other places I looked into. A few days before our wedding day we had to make the decision to move our wedding up by 3 hours due to hurricane Irene :( It was the worst case scenario, but the team at Ritas were able to get the cake delivered earlier than planned with no problem. The wedding went off without a hitch, despite the hurricane going on outside of our tent at the Wellwood in Charlestown, MD.

Our cake was provided through a contract that Desserts by Rita has with Vandiver Inn, so all we had to do was go in, decide on flavors and design, and call with a number before the big day.

They are well prepared to do a large variety of designs, and their cakes are light and moist, topped with fantastic buttercream icing! Our guests were raving about the cake long into the night, and the scrollwork on the cake was lovely-thank you Kimberly Gillis!

Delicious and fabulous cake...decorated perfectly!

I was nervous about having a buttercream cake in the hot august weather, at an outdoor wedding no less! But Desserts by Rita's did an amazing job. The cake was just beautiful, exactly what we wanted from top to bottom, inside and out. It didn't sink or run and the taste was FANTASTIC! I couldn't have been happier, I just wish I had more! Guess we'll have to come back soon:)

During the planning process, we would ask other vendors who they would recommend for the wedding cake, and everyone said Ritas. Each flavor that we tasted was delicious, and we received so many compliments on how good the cake was. We even ordered 2 dessert trays, and they were delicious as well. My mother and I were also pleasantly surprised to find that Ritas was cheaper than a couple other places that we had looked into. The staff was very friendly, and willing to work with my ideas. You're guaranteed a great cake if you go with Ritas!

Everything about Desserts by Rita was wonderful. The design was exactly what we wanted, and I must say it was the best wedding cake I have ever tasted. We had a three-tier cake, with three different flavors. Their staff was very professional and easy to deal with. Best of all, we were pleasantly surprised with their reasonable prices. I would definitely recommend Desserts by Rita for your wedding cake.

Desserts by Rita was a delight. When we went in for the tasting, my fiance and I were in awe of the moist cake and delicious icing! The flavors were amazing, it was so hard to choose! We ended up choosing 3 different flavors for each layer: vanilla and chocolate with fudge, coconut, and chocolate with fudge. Cindy created a beautiful design that coordinated perfectly with our wedding colors. Cindy advised us that with the warm weather, we should have our 3 layers separated as to avoid sliding. The cake showed up on time and beautiful. We saved the top layer and I cannot wait to eat it on our first anniversary! Best wedding cake I have EVER had!

Desserts by Rita's made our cupcake centerpieces for our wedding at the Vandiver Inn. When I originally told Cindy about the idea, she was so excited! She loved the idea of making a cupcake centerpiece...which looked like roses since they cupcakes were in a flower pot with rose shaped icing (since she used to be a floral designer). However, when I called her a month before the wedding, she did not remember that I had asked her to make the centerpieces, she only remembered that I wanted cupcakes. Needless to say, she made them and they were a big hit! Everyone loved the cupcakes. We ordered three different flavors. People bring up the cupcakes everytime they mention our wedding. However, I was disappointed by the color of the icing. Cindy told me she could match David Bridal's watermelon and tangerine. The colors looked nothing like the swatches, in fact they the pink was more like a purple.

Desserts By Rita made a beautiful looking and very tasty wedding cake for me! They are very easy to work with and make sure you get exactly what you want!

Desserts by Rita was a pleasure to work with! We held our wedding at the Vandiver, so our cake was included in that package and I can't really comment on price. However, I can comment on the design of our cake, the taste, and the service we received.

At our tasting it was hard to choose flavors because everything was so good. But choose we did and we gave Cindy our cake topper and inspiration picture. Cindy offered us the opportunity to have a trial run of our top tier to check the design, and I'm glad we did!

Sometimes our visions don't always translate well into reality, and that was what happened with the picture I had chosen when we saw our trial tier. But we were able to sit down with the decorator and find a way to get the feeling we were going for with a look we would love. And the final result was awesome. I love seeing our cake in our wedding pictures now!

So yes, it looked great. But you should also know that guests are still telling me how good the cake was. We really couldn't have been happier with...

We were so thrilled with the wedding cake and groom's cake that we got from Desserts by Rita. The wedding cake was exactly what we wanted....it looked amazing and tasted even better! And the groom's cake turned out better then I could have imagined! We will definitely be using them for cakes/desserts in the future!

WOW! Our cake was amazing. Not only did it look great, it tasted absolutely delicious. Their cakes did seem a little pricey but it was included in the cost of our venu at the Vandiver Inn so we did not have to worry about it. Cost would not have mattered anyway because their cakes are so tastey that we wouldn't have passed it up!
They also have a variety of flavors which made decision making a little hard.

Also worth noting that they were really nice and easy to work with!

Rita's was the bakery included in our wedding package at the Vandiver Inn, and at first I will admit that I was a little bit nervous about not having my pick.

At our tasting all of my fears were put to rest. We chose the lemon cake with lemon butter cream (though I'm not ashamed to say we pretty much polished off all of the hearty samples). Because we love pie, we also asked if instead of getting a large cake we could do a small cake and an assortment of pies as a part of the packaged with the Vandiver. They were on board and brought out samples of their lust pies. We got three total, a lemon lust, a chocolate lust, and an apple bavarian. All three started with a pecan shortbread crust and then this creamy sweetened cream cheese layer topped with lemon, chocolate, and apples respectively.

They were amazing! So friendly, so delicious. On our day the pies and the cake were just as good as those we tried at our tasting! Plus the cake looked beautiful!

Our wedding was held at the Vandiver Inn. The venue provided any cake of our choosing from Desserts By Rita. We set up an appointment with Cindy to do cake tasting, which was delightful. We browsed through her albums and decided on a three tier cake. Each tier consisted of one layer of strawberry and the other raspberry devil with strawberry butter cream filling between. The cake was iced with a raspberry butter cream icing, which had been tinted a light blue. It was finished with white chocolate seashells to go along with our theme. To say it was delicious does not do it justice. We cannot wait for our one year anniversary to taste it again!

This vendor was great to work with. I had a consultation and brought a picture with me of what I would like. The ake elivered was beautiful!! I did a pear theme. My cake had fondant pears and cherry blossom flowers along a vine all around the cake. Rita's exceeded my expectations. I also thought the cost was quite reasonable.

The cake was gorgeous and tasted so good! Working with Cindy was a breeze.

Desserts by Rita was fabulous!! Our wedding cake looked beautiful and it was just what we had envisioned! We were so excited when we saw it for the first time. We received many compliments our how delicious the cake was. Cindy was so helpful when I decided to surprise my groom with a groom's cake only 2 weeks before the wedding. He loved his cake and the guests thought it was very well done. Thank you for helping to make our wedding so wonderful!

Rita's does REAL CAKE. None of that cardboard stuff that looks pretty from the outside. The coconut cream was the top tier of my cake and it was delicious. There was a cake that I had dreamed about having since before I was engaged. It was a company that had replicated vintage lace from a grandmother's wedding dress in fondant. I reviewed their books and then finally had the nerve to ask if they could do it and the results were spot on. I got my dream cake and I couldn't even believe it when I entered the reception. It was perfect.

The cake was excellent. I mean, no joke, best wedding cake I've ever had. It was rich and moist and the perfect icing-to-cake ratio. Rita and her sister run this business and they are extremely accomodating. We met once to go over flavors (bring coffee to best enjoy your tray of goodies ;) and to discuss decoration. They went over our wedding decor in detail to be sure to best match the setting. And they did a great job. Since I was getting married at the Vandiver, the cake from Desserts by Rita was included in the price, and Vandiver took care of all the details. We only went ot Desserts by Rita that one time (months before) and then the cake showed up on our wedding day. No fuss, just yummyness.

I ordered a small cake to cut and cupcakes for my guests. They tasted amazing - they really do have the best cupcakes ever - but they looked horrible. I was so disapointed - my cake didn't look anything like the photo I gave them. When I stopped by to discuss my issue, they completely blew me off.

I absolutely LOVE Desserts by Rita! They were so amazing and helpful during our tasting, even bringing out other options when I mentioned my love of peanut butter. Everyone complimented our cake because it was so delicious! We had three tiers, including the top tier for our one year anniversary. The other two tiers had two flavors each: chocolate cake with chocolate chips and marble cake with peanut butter fudge icing in between, and vanilla cake and chocolate raspberry with raspberry buttercream in between. Both options were delicious! And, the entire cake was beautiful. They matched our colors wonderfully without going overboard on the vibrant blue. It was exactly what we wanted!! We will definitely be back for any events in the future!

Desserts by Rita did a good job with our 5 tier wedding cake. It looked beautiful on seperate tiers. It was fun being able to to have four different flavors to appeal to all of our guests tastes. Completely YUMMY! The only downfall would be that our cake tasting felt rushed. If we weren't a laid back couple things could've gone downhill. Overall, it was nicely done! We hope to go back for desserts just for special occassions.

okay, simply put....FABULOUS! Ladies..do want REAL wedding cake...then choose Desserts By Rita...Yes the design was exactly what I wanted but the TASTE was far better then I remembered from the tasting. PERFECT in every way.

I loved working with Cindy at Desserts by Rita. She was great to work with and had a lot of sample photos for me to look through for ideas because I didn't know what I wanted and most importantly, the cake was delicious! Super flexible because within the last month before the wedding I changed my mind from the design I originally asked for and she gave me exactly what I wanted. I received countless compliments for how delicious the cake was. I couldn't have asked for better.

Desserts by Rita created my wedding cake exactly as I requested. Everyone though it tasted delicious! I was very happy with how it turned out, although it did have some small cracks in the icing (my wedding was outdoors a possible cause) which I noticed in the pictures which probably could have been fixed. The cake tasting was awesome, so many choices and everything was amazing! Over all I was happy with my cake and would recommend to anyone! I have already gone back to Desserts by Rita for cupcakes!

We used Desserts by Rita for our wedding cake because they worked with our venue, the Vandiver Inn and offered a package deal. For the most part, this worked out for us. The cake looked lovely, tasted absolutely delicious and was delivered on time. When we arrived at our tasting a few minutes late they didn't toss us out, so those are all great things that helped our day go smoothly.

It wasn't a perfect experience, though. Our main request in terms of decoration was for each tier of the cake to be piled high with berries. We gave them a picture and a list that included strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. We also asked if it might be possible to use fresh currants (we'd seen a picture that looked incredible), but the baker told us she didn't have the faintest idea where to get currants so that wouldn't be possible unless we could provide them. We understood and said that was fine, and we paid an extra price for the berries.

When the cake arrived, it had some berries on it, but they were resting on bunches of grapes, still on the stem. This disappointed us for a couple of reasons--the first is that it just wasn't the look we were going for. It also made it difficult to eat the cake without getting your fingers messy, because each guest had to pull the grapes off of the stems. Also, I have to say that grapes don't taste nearly as good with buttercream frosting and cake as, say, raspberries and strawberries. Additionally, we'd paid extra specifically for the berries, and felt like the grapes may have been substituted as a lower cost alternative. It looked nice, but wasn't what we had in mind or thought we'd paid for.

We also thought that the bakery was limited in terms of decorations and options. They don't do fondant, and they said that about half of their cake flavors wouldn't work for our wedding because they were really just heavy winter cakes, and we were getting married at the end of summer. This limited our selection quite a bit. Again, what they offered was really delicious, but I would have liked to see more options. I guess I've watched a few too many food network shows and read too many baking blogs for my own good.

So, in conclusion, the end product was easy and delicious and, for us, totally worth the setbacks due to the cost and the ease of working with them through our vendor. If I were in the area I might stop back by there for a tasty birthday cake or something, and I wouldn't hesitate to use them if I wanted a simple but elegant wedding cake. If you're looking for something with more options, or fancier, or have some ideas outside the box--well, I might recommend shopping around a little more.

I LOVED Rita's. When I went in for my tasting, Cindy had a large vairety of cakes to try. She was very patient and helped me look through tons of pictures until I found what I liked. I told her what I had in mind, and she helped me come up with a perfect cake. The delivery was exactly on time, the cake looked better then expected, and it was DELICIOUS!!!!!!

Our wedding was at Vandiver Inn and they work with Desserts by Ritas for the wedding cake. The cake cost was set into our Vandiver bill, so we basically just had to go to Ritas and pick out whatever we wanted. We had no idea what we wanted our cake to look like, but Ritas had tons of pictures to show us and give us ideas. We got to try several different cakes and picked out 5 different flavors for our wedding cake. Ritas has the BEST cake I have ever had! The cake turned out beautifully. All our guests commented on the look and the taste. Everyone was wondering where this place was.

We were married at Vandiver Inn and as a part of the package, our cake came from Rita's. I was a little nervous going in to it, as the thought in my head was it would be a "cookie cutter" style cake since we were required to use them. However, this was FAR from the case. They were open to all of our ideas and the final design was MUCH prettier than any picture we took to them. It was absolutely PERFECT. Not to mention, the cake was DELICIOUS. I am a dessert fanatic and have tried a lot of cakes, and this was by far one of the best. I had several guests tell me they had more than one slice! I can't thank them enough for the beautiful, deliciousness!

We went to Rita's and had a tasting and decided to go ahead and order our cake that night for our wedding. We chose a few different flavors that we loved and a design that we liked. The cake arrived at the same time the ceremony was starting, my husband was getting ready to send someone to the grocery store to pick up some kind of cake because he thought they had forgotten about us. The cake was delicious, but the design was not what we had talked about or what was on the contract/order sheet. The squares were supposed to be shifted/rotated squares but they were simply stacked on top of each other. The middle tier of our cake was also missing the scroll design that was requested. I would recommend them because the cake tasted great, but make sure you follow up and get the cake to look like what it was supposed to. It is your wedding day, and it cannot be redone.

I chose this bakery for the flavor of their desserts. Best cake I've ever had...so moist and buttery, melts in your mouth. When I saw it at the reception it was beautiful. It matched the colors in my gown which were pink and ivory. The scroll work on the cake was ellegant and everyone wanted to know where the cake came from. My son called me and wants his sons first birthday cake ordered from there so I will be calling them again and they definitely have a repeat customer from me.

Awesome job with our cake. Very helpful, presentation and flavor were out of this world!

We used Desserts by Rita for our wedding at the Vandiver Inn. They worked seamlessly with the Vandiver staff and before we knew it, the cake was there. It tasted great, but the presentation was just ok. The cake looked like it was starting to melt by the time we saw it. I will say that it was 100+ degrees that day so maybe the weather was the culprit. Overall though I would say the cake was fine and they were very easy to work with.

Cindy was great in helping us figure out what we wanted for the cake. After our tasting we loved the cake so much we decided to order another for the rehearsal dinner. After the rehearsal dinner, everyone was excited for the actual wedding cake. Both cakes were one-of-a-kind and beautiful!!! I don't think you can go wrong any of the flavors, but we had the chambord cake for rehearsal. For the wedding: strawberry w/strawberry buttercream, raspberry chocolate with raspberry buttercream and then the plain chocolate and vanilla for the picky eaters...although all the flavors were good, i wish we would have done the specialty flavors for the whole thing as those slices went quick!!

The wedding cake Desserts by Rita created for my wedding was beautiful and delicious! I found a photograph of a cake that I loved in a wedding magazine and they matched it exactly! On top of that it tasted great and they were great to work with! I would highly recommend Desserts by Rita to any future bride!

The cake flavor is what drew in my son in law for us to choose this vendor. My daughter, however did not have a satisfying experience in email communication with the vendor. The response was so slow, that we thought that maybe we should have been communicating about the baker with the caterer. Even though it was confirmed that we were not suppose to go through the caterer, it wasn't until the caterer contacted Cindy, that we got a response from her. Due to not feeling confident about the email communication, we made a trip to visit Cindy to give her a specific drawing of the cake, along with magazine pictures and specific instructions for the detail on the cake. These instructions were not followed, as to the size and coloring of the butterflies to be placed on the cake. Fondant was used only on the top tier to supposedly give a ribbon/sash affect. The ribbon was uneven and drooping, not a hot day either. The scroll work design looked like it was stopped and started. Scroll work should be consistent, if done professionally. It was never conveyed in the two visits with Desserts by Rita, that there was going to be an additional fee from what was allowed by the caterer. It was certainly a surprise to see the extra cost. When I questioned the caterer, I was told that the caterer thought that Cindy has discussed that with us. There was never ANY cost discussed. Therefore, we thought everything was within the caterer's dollars. Communication is essential in this type of business. Equally, it is just as essential for the vendor to listen to the consumer.
Outcome-Once the disappointment was conveyed to Cindy, an apology (I'm sorry. My sister and I thought the cake was beautiful) was given verbally to myself (MOB). No apology or anything else rendered to my daughter and son-in-law. : (

I have to say this one of my worst experiences! The cakes was one of the biggest things to me, I love desserts, and I broke into tears when I saw my cake it looked like a 5yr old did my cake! Nothing like I had envisioned or STRESSED to them I wanted! I gave Cindy pictures of a cake with butterflies on it, while we were there I told her several times I want this one and not this butterfly at all! She even circled the one I wanted! The day of my wedding when I went to take a peak at it I saw she did the butterfly I stressed not to do, they did it anyway! Also they were suppose to be bright because I had five bright colors for summer, well lets say they looked like easter egg colors nice and pastel! I can not say the disappointment I had with my cake, I was so excited only to be extremely let down! My mom told them several times the cake was a big deal to me, and they let me down horribly! The top was supppose to be pleated and circle of flowers in the middle. Well it looked like the literally fllung the pleating on and the bundle of flowers were all spread out! Honestly I wanted to smash the cake and tell everyone I didnt have a cake! I supplied swarovski butterflies for the cake it helped the cake to look a little better. Not one person said anything about my cake, as for favor it was ok nothing to brag about! Communication with them was horrible too, we had thought about not going with them because of that but everyone said they had good cakes, and my husband loved it when had the cake tasting. I will always regret this decision!!!

Wow, we had 2 cheesecakes for our wedding. It IS the best cheesecake. It was decorated exactly the way we wanted it. The ceremony and reception were on a boat and certain stands had to be used for this. Everything was perfect!
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Desserts by Rita provided both the wedding cake as well as a groom's cake for our wedding this past weekend. The wedding cake not only looked great, but it tasted wonderful. There are so many choices for the cake flavors, icing, and filling - we could chose a few so our guests had a choice. Our groom's cake was in the shape of the UMD Terp (where my husband and I met) and was perfect.

Full disclosure: Rita and Cindy are my aunts, but I completely believe in their cakes and know that they go above and beyond to make sure brides are happy with their cakes.

Honestly, all I can say is simple. Our wedding was April 24th at the Vandiver Inn in HAvre De Grace. Desserts by Rita came reccomended by the Vandiver. I have never in my life attended or in this case been in the wedding where the dam wedding cake was so good that I crave a piece every night. I cat wait until our 1 year anniversary so we can eat more cake. This place is freaking awesome.

My wedding cake was beautiful and decorated to match a design on my dress. (My dress was not white, but blue with a floral design.)

The cake was delicious - the best wedding cake I have ever had. This was the only wedding I've ever been at where the cake disappeared - several of my quests had two slices and wished they could have more.

The only problem you may have is choosing from the mouth-watering flavors of cake!

Our wedding cake was so wonderful and so beautiful that we ordered.You bring her a picture or tell her exactly what you want, and she will make it real. Cakes are delicious and gorgeous!!

Our cake was not only beautiful but delicious too! When speaking with many of our guests the cake is always mentioned! I also ordered a groom's cake for my husband which was excellent as well. I will definitely go back to Desserts by Rita for ALL of my bakery needs! I may even make up a few reasons to go back!! :)

All I can say is, it is a good thing that their cakes taste so good. We ordered our wedding and grooms cake from the West Ocean City shop and I can't tell you what a hassle it was from start to finish. Rita is a flake, she missed our initial appointment without any explanation or apology. There was no one there to guide us through our tasting, we were just given 5 slices of cake to go. Leery from her initial impression I ordered with her anyway. The desserts are known locally and are carried at many restaurants in our town so I figured she must be a better vendor as far as the actual "business" side of things. Wrong!!!!!!

The day before my wedding my mom drove fresh flowers (over an hours drive) to her shop to be used on my wedding cake. After being assured that she would be in the shop that day (over the phone a couple days prior) my mom showed up to a locked up shop with no one around. After finally reaching her by phone she was instructed to leave the flowers with the package shop next door, Rita was on her way and would pick them up in less than an hour. My mom left the flowers with the manager next door and went on to one of the billion other errands she had to do that day.

Well the cake was delivered on time, but there were no fresh flowers. Where our $50.00 worth of fresh flowers were supposed to be were cheap (I mean cheap!) silk white lilies with blue glitter! Apparently she called my parents house the morning of the wedding to say the flowers had died and what did we want to do... I was at the wedding site by that time and she did not even bother calling my cell which was her main contact #. My dad told her something to the effect of "make it work." What blew me away was during one of our phone conversations she told me of how often she goes to Food Lion across the street to buy fresh flowers to use on her cakes because they have great prices and a great selection... So why didn't she replace the flowers she let die with something of an equal quality??? How hard would it have been for her to take that extra step after she screwed up and go across the street and buy us some fresh flowers to go on the cake... but just like the initial consultation, we weren't worth her time.

Like I said, it's a good thing their cakes taste so good because their service is pathetic.

Desserts by Rita is THE place to get your wedding cake! Our cake turned out beautifully! We were thrilled when we saw it and even happier when we ate it. Our cake was a three layer cake for about 75 people. Within this cake, we had five different flavors. The flavors complimented each other beautifully and it was so moist and buttery. At the end of the night, there wasn't a single piece left. People were getting 2 or 3 slices!

The only reason why I'm not giving Desserts by Rita a 5 star review is that my cake did not come in the shape that I requested. The flavor and texture of the cake was fabulous! We received rave reviews from our guests. But imagine my dissapointment when I was escorted by the wedding coordinator to sneak a peak at the cake and saw that my hexagon shaped cake that was supposed to be topped with sugared calla-lillies, lily of the valley and the same floral ribbon used by my florist was instead a round cake with curly ribbon and three tiny sugared calla-lillies on top. Luckily the staff at the Vandiver took the flower cuttings that were delivered by my florist to decorate the table and used them to create a pretty topping to the cake instead. I was very dissapointed that I did not receive the look that I designed. However, none of my guests knew that there was a mix-up and they all thought it was lovely and it was the flavors I requested.

I do still recommend using Desserts by Rita's because they're cakes are so deliscious. However, I implore you to check with them often to make sure that you get what you want on your special day. I really wish I had.

The cake was beautiful and absolutely delicious! I can't even count how many guests commented that it was the best tasting wedding cake they've ever had.

The cake was wonderful. Everyone commented on how moist it was.

Our cake was delicious, moist and everyone at the wedding complimented its appearance and taste. We gave our caterer a picture of the cake we wanted and she took it to Desserts by Rita and the duplicated it perfectly. We were very pleased and would recommend them to anyone!

The cake from Desserts by Rita was so yummy and beautiful. We had the strawberry cake for the largest layer and vanilla and raspberry chocolate for the second layer. Everyone loved it. They were very professional and the cake turned out exactly how we had planned.

Our wedding cake from Desserts by Rita's was not only very beautiful but also very delicious! Many guests commented that it was one of the best tasting wedding cakes they had ever had. The cake is so moist and there are a variety of flavors so you don't have to have plain old white cake. At our tasting, we tried several types and decided on the bottom tier lemon, the middle tier chocolate raspberry, and the top tier was a combo of both (I can't wait to eat it on our one year anniversary!) Cindy is very easy to work with and really knows what she is doing. I gave her a basic idea of what I wanted (like what colors), but told her to do what she thought was best, and it turned out so much better than what I could have imagined on my own...so don't be afraid to give her some artistic freedom. The cake was decorated beautifully with pink "ribbon" around the bottom of each tier and light green details. Also, Cindy used some hydrangeas in between the layers which was the perfect touch. I am going to start getting our every occasion cakes (birthday, etc) there because they are really delicious!!! I HIGHLY recommend getting your wedding cake (and any other cakes) here!

We went to desserts by Rita because they work directly through the Vandiver Inn (but they also work on their own as well). So we were a little nervous because the cake is included with the venue's package and we didn't know how good it would be. But WOW!

They are so nice and set up a really nice cake tasting with you, and will answer the question, "what flavor is this again?" like a million times still with a smile on their faces. And even though we had our cake included in the package, we still got to choose the flavor and style and design, and we didn't feel limited at all in selection!

We went with a cupcake cake, which allowed us to get a ton of flavors. And the top layer was a mini cake that we got to take home. It came out beautifully!!! We got so many compliments on the design, as well as the taste! We saw people taking some home with them and in the end there were none left, so obviously they were popular! In the end we were super happy with Rita's.

This is the best cake in the entire world. It's buttery and moist and perfect. They are responsive about trying to do the design you want, and their prices are standard. One thing to note - they don't do fondant. I consider this a positive, but it's something brides should know.

The staff at Rita's was wonderful, we did our tasting in the Havre de Grace shop and then ordered at the one in West Ocean City. The cake was beautiful and tasted great, even a few days after the wedding. Everyone loved it and I'd highly recommend them to anyone!

Rita is remarkable. She was patient with us at the tasting, worked through some of the pictures i brought of what I thought the design should look like. The cake was so perfect not only was it beautiful it tasted amazing. She is passionate about her work.I can't say enough good things about her!

Our wedding cake was perfect!!! So delicious and looked beautiful as well. Chocolate raspberry and Strawberry Vanilla, No left overs!! Our friends and family could not tell us enough how great it was. Very easy to work with met with them once for a tasting and to pick the design after that they did the rest.

Desserts by Rita is the perfect place to get a wedding cake! The cake was beautiful and delicious! We just celebrated our 1-year wedding anniversary 2 months ago. We looked forward to that day just so we could eat the top tier of the wedding cake! After being frozen for a year, it still tasted great! I highly recommend Desserts by Rita. We have since purchased birthday cakes from them as well. I just can't get enough of their delicious desserts!

We got several excelent comments about the cake.

The cake was absolutely delicious. The only thing was we had to pick up the cake ourselves and transport it to the wedding site. We also used a cake stand and needed to return it the next day which was kind of a hassle. It would have been better if we could have returned it a within a few days. The cake itself was gorgeous and tasted wonderful! We got a lemon layer, a mix of chocolate and vanilla layer and a chocolate raspberry layer.

Our wedding cake not only looked amazing, but it tasted amazing!! Cindy at Desserts by Rita really captured what we were looking for in a wedding cake. It was calla lilly-themed, with maroon ribbons interspersed throughout the adornments. Our cake was placed on a victorian stand, so each of the three levels were separated. This made the cake prettier when cut and served to our guests. While Cindy had many flavors of cake and icings to try, we went with the party-pleasers of chocolate and yellow cake with buttercream frosting. Yum! I think I had 3 slices that night! I can't wait to enjoy the topper in a year! And we'll definitely be going back to Desserts by Rita for other cakes in the future!

Being that I am a former cake decorater, I had very high standards for our wedding cake and Desserts By Rita lived to up every expectation I had and more. The cake looked amazing and tasted fresh and delicious. I would definately recommend this cake company, everything is made fresh and on site, no buttercream icing from a tub. We look forward to eating it again on our anniversary!!

Awesome cake!! (and I don't normally like cake!)
It's expensive - but worth it - I just wish I'd spent more & gotten more cake - some guests didn't get any.

My husband's mother had always purchased all special occasion cakes from ritas, so I feel in love with this vendor long before my wedding. The cakes they make are delicious, bottom line.

I got "Rita's Delight" cakes for my wedding. I have received so many compliments about the cake. It was delicious!
Yellow cake topped with custard and crushed pineapple then iced with whipped cream and covered with coconut. We picked the cakes up from the Havre de Grace location. Because our cakes were iced with whipped cream we had limited decoration options which was fine, because we wanted the cake decorated as it normally is (which looks gorgeous). We covered the cake with fresh flowers. We gave them very little notice (one week) and were VERY pleased :-)

Rita's has a bunch of options and is very willing to work with their customers.

They also have three locations; Havre de Grace, Bishopsville, and Ocean City.


Thanks Cindy!

I see these people on TV paying big bucks for amazing looking cakes. They are fools. Rita's made a beautiful cake that tasted great!

Absolutley delicious! Very affordable!!!

I would highly recommend this bakery. The cake was everything I wanted it to be, plus more. I have never had a more tasty cake.

Cake was delicious..however the icing was supposed to be white and pink and it ended up being tan and pink..but all around it was wonderful!

I couldnt possible say how wonderful this company was. Its affordable and easy to use. I only et them twice and got everything exactly they way I wanted it. The cake tasted great and the decor was beautiful.

Cindy and her team at Rita's exeeded all of our expectations. We chose to have three different cakes all in different flavors. Each one was prepared with care and an exceptional attention to detail. And above all, there wasn't one piece of cake left over! ...not because there wasn't enough, but rather because our guests were going back for two and three pieces!! I have never attended a wedding where the guests were raving about the cake. We even received comments about in weeks after our big day. It was so good that we will use Desserts by Rita for all of our events in the future whether it is a birthday or another special celebration. Simply the best cake we have ever had!!

the cake was great. very beautiful. we gave her a bunch of loose left over flowers and she incorporated them beautifully! the cake tasted great and was fresh. The entire cake got eaten, no leftovers. They were easy to work with and the cake was on time to the wedding.

YUMM-O! I received so many compliments about my wedding cake. We had a three tier simple chocolate, vanilla, & lemon cake with vanilla butter cream icing. When we went for our tasting, I was shown several sample pictures and chose a design that fit exactly what I was looking for. Also, I requested flowers placed on the cake. It looked great.

Yum!! An amazing two-tier chocolate raspberry cake with raspberry buttercream icing. Beautiful, simple icing style. They did exactly what we asked and many guests said that it was the best wedding cake they had ever eaten. Needless to say, there was none left at the end of the evening!

I was very pleased with my wedding cake from Desserts by Rita. The quality and taste of their cakes are the best around! They sat down with me to design my cake. They showed me pictures and gave me ideas. My cake turned out perfect!

Cake looked great and tasted great. We received many compliments. Cake was supposed to be decorated with leftover flowers from the florist..baker was supposed to take care of the details. Cake was delivered on time, but no one stayed to finish the decorating. My mom ended up doing it before the reception without telling me, and it wasn't decorated the way I wanted it. In the grand scheme of things it wasn't a big deal, but for the price we paid it should have been done correctly.

Rita's is a small, cute little dessert shop in Havre de Grace. I bought my wedding cake there and it was absolutely delicious! You can go for a tasting before the wedding which was really nice. They have a variety of different flavors. My wedding cake had one layer that was lemon and two layers that were double fudge. The cake itself was outstanding, the only negative thing that I could say about Rita's is the way the cake was decorated was very simple. I feel that Rita's probably does not create as beautiful of wedding cakes as other venues may do, but there are cakes are definitely delicious!

I see sooo many cakes every year. Most of the time I don't even give them a second look. When I find out Deserts By Rita is making the cake, I can't wait for the wedding. I know the cake is going to look fantastic and taste even better!

Dessert's By Rita are always Professional and the cakes are a work of art ! I would highly Endorse them for your Event!

Desserts by Rita is truly a wonderful experience. The cake is so flavorful, moist and good to the last crumb. The designers work very hard to create your vision for your cake. The quality, creativity and just absolute goodness will delight you and your guests. Rita's cakes are always wonderful.

Cindy is a true professional, uncompromising customer service and her butter cream is truly divine...always a pleasure to work with Desserts by Rita.