sugar bowl bakery

We weren't really big fans of wedding cake and were considering going the cupcakes route for our wedding, but I convinced my husband that we should at least go on cake tastings - that's how we ended up getting our wedding cake from Sugar Bowl Bakery.

From the beginning, Michelle, the wedding cake consultant, was very easy to work with and prompt in responding to my emails. We were able to tweak our choices and design, as well as the delivery time, without any problems. I even asked her to add extra info to our contract (to make me feel more comfortable), which she took care of.

We were able to choose 5 different flavors (raspberry dandy, strawberry rum, strawberry ganache, princess, and strawberries, bananas and cream) for the tasting, which were presented as 5 mini-cakes (the leftovers of which we took home and ate throughout the following week!). She didn't pressure us, at all, and gave us estimates for a couple of different designs.

Because having an extravagant cake wasn't really a priority, we chose a simple design. We had two square cakes stacked asymmetrically with a tiered round cake on top and each layer was a different flavor (strawberry rum - nice light flavor, princess, and strawberry ganache). On the bottom of each layer, we had a ribbon with piping around it (we had yellow, pink, yellow for the ribbons). Our florist also provide some flowers with which to decorate the cake. We decided on buttercream frosting (which wasn't too buttery or too sweet) instead of fondant, which was embellished with simple swiss dots. We also ordered 1/2 a sheet cake.

People really, really enjoyed the cake, which was nice and moist. Instead of freezing the top tier of the cake, we shared it with our families, and finished it on our "week-i-versary."

We used them and for the most part I felt everything was ok. The cake tasted fine, looked good. They showed up on time and all of that. I not going crazy gaga or anything but I was satisfied in general.

We shopped around and tasted several bakeries' cakes, but we liked the strawberry ganache from the Sugarbowl Bakery the best. Michelle Bach is the contact person at the bakery. She was really nice and professional. The cake was delicious. She was incredibly helpful in keeping the cost down by using sheet cakes, etc. Would recommend to friends and families.

Good service, deliverd on time, tasty cake. I was disapointed with the look of the cake it wasnt square like I ordered. It was somewhere in between a square and a round cake. Free deilvery was a bouns. If you are looking for a WOW cake I would keep looking. Good for on a budget cakes.

Sugar Bowl is well known for their petite brownies and palmiers. But their wedding cakes are divine.
We ended up ordering the raspberry dandy and chocolate fudge. Prices are excellent for those with a tight budget.
I had a specific design that I had seen in a magazine that I wanted duplicated on our wedding cake. So I sent photos of the design via email to Michelle. The cake came out PERFECT!
I had a special topper for the cake, and everything came together beautifully! The bakery is located in a warehouse district, so it's not going to be like visiting a fancy bakery. But free local delivery too!

I went to Sugar Bowl Bakery for a tasting and had a great experience. They are very reasonably priced, very responsive to email, and have very nice looking cakes that are surprisingly affordable! I'd rate them as one of the best cake makers in their price range.

We went to a fancy cake baker first, and both left saying, “I don’t really like cake.” Then, we visited Sugar Bowl Bakery because we had heard about their amazing prices. It’s a commercial bakery, so the set up isn’t as fancy as a regular wedding cake baker, but the tasting left us amazed! “WE LIKE CAKE!” we both thought to ourselves. I actually dreamed about the chocolate ganache. I was a tad worried the design and color wouldn’t come out how we wanted them because of the low price, but everything was perfect. The fondant was smooth, the color was right on and the lattice-work icing looked great! We worked with Michelle and she was super responsive and helpful. I think it’s best to come in with a really good idea of what you want, and then supply them with a picture or rendering to help in the final construction of the cake. The more I think about it, and the more I look at the pictures, I am ABSOLUTELY amazed at how good this cake looked and tasted for the price. They may not be able to do fancy sugar flowers or intricate marzipan fruit, but they do the basics (fondant included) with style and expertise. See pics in my profile.

We also worked with Michelle, but didn't have the same stellar experience. She was very slow in responding to emails, and the nail in the coffin was when she left a cryptic message 2 days before the wedding saying she needed to talk to us about the cake. As it turned out, she had screwed up the math on the final invoice, and wrote down an amount that was $27 less than what we actually owed her. I would
have paid to beat the crap out of her that day for the heart attack she gave me...
Service aside, the cakes are very tasty and reasonably priced. The tasting alone is worth it - they give you several mini-cakes to try.

We picked Michelle Bach at Sugar Bowl Bakery for our wedding cake. She knows her stuff and is very honest and upfront about things- for those of you working with wedding vendors, you know how difficult it can be to get a straight answer/price from someone! Anyway, ask for her, she rocks!

Sugar Bowl Bakery is a great place for anyone looking for a good-tasting cake that won't break the bank. The pricing is very straightforward and simple. Michelle will answer your questions very simply and will not try to "sell" you into spending tons of money like many vendors try to do. My personal favorites flavors are the tiramisu and the berries and cream. Initially, I was most interested in the strawberry rum though I was disappointed that it didn't taste so much like rum to me. The only small con is that they can only do a limited number of designs, so if you want something really elaborate and unusual and you are willing to pay lots of money, you might consider another bakery. However, if you want a good quality, nice-tasting cake that won't break the bank then Sugar Bowl Bakery is a great place to check out!

Sugar Bowl Bakery provided cupcakes for my wedding - they were delicious and larger than other vendors we looked at. The service was okay - I had to follow up on some items rather than them calling me. Also, I found out after my wedding (thank goodness) that when the cupcakes arrived all the frosting was smashed on top and the caterer (Wine Valley Catering, who I highly recommend) actually fixed it - not Sugar Bowl!

You won't forget it.: Absolutely amazing cakes and the presentation of the cakes are amazing as if it was done professionally and costs hundreds of dollars. You won't regret it and your guests will definetely remember it.

perfect very accomidating

The cake was wonderful and pretty. I loved it.