Torrance Bakery

Our hotel venue has a contract that includes the cake with Torrance Bakery or Mayers Bakery. We only went to Torrance for a tasting and booked them. We ordered the Red Velvet, White cake with fresh strawberries, and white cake with lemon mousse. The fresh strawberries were $15 extra, no biggie. This nominal balance was due two weeks before the wedding. With all that happens the last two weeks, the $15 balance slipped my mind. I received a voicemail from the bakery 1.5 weeks before asking for the balance. I was meaning to go in person to pay. I didn't call her back right away and she called me again while I was driving with a complete attitude collecting the $15. She stated that the she left "numerous messages." When I heard that I was completely irritated. Numerous = one message. It's not like I owed $450 for the cake. It was a lousy $15. I told her that I was stopping in but she insisted that I give her payment over the phone. When I told her I was driving and my purse was in the back seat, she got her attitude again...sounding as if the world was ending if they didn't get their money and stated their balance pay off policy. Ridiculous. I finally called back and gave them a credit card. Spoke to another gal who was super sweet. It wasn't the same lady as I would've recognized her voice.

The cake on the day of was decorated the way we wanted and the red velvet layer a bit on the drier side according to my sister. We only had a bite of the white cake so I have no idea. I'm sure it tasted fine but just the way in which it was handled left such a bad taste in my mouth. I won't be ordering any personal cakes from them.

I also just remembered that at one point I wanted my cake layers to be separated so I could have my florist fill in the gaps with fresh flowers and hydrangea. I called once and remembered it was around $15-20 extra which was no big deal. But then when I actually wanted to make the change, I called and I was quoted over $100! From $20 to $100? That the lady that quoted the $100 was the same lady that called to collect.

We just had our tasting with Torrance Bakery and it was great! Melissa was very helpful, patient and friendly during the consultation; she answered all of our questions with ease.

We really liked the white cake with fresh strawberry/french white cream and the marble cake with fudge filling. Melissa even gave us extra samples to take home once my fiance pointed out that I'd annihilated the fresh strawberry sample they gave us. My parents also really liked the white cake with lemon filling. Their price quote was extremely reasonable for a custom three-tier cake for 100 people - even my dad looked pleased.

They're definitely in the running! Three more cake appointments to go!

Torrance Bakery has a great selection of cake designs to choose from. Since our cake was included as part of the contract with our hotel, it was really easy and only took one 30 min visit.

The cake has a nice crumb and density. They obviously use cake flour and for wedding cakes I think that is almost a must. It isn't overly (fake) vanilla flavored as some can be and the crust is a good thickness given what they use to cover the cakes with.

The standard frosting has an okay texture and fat level. It wasn't pure shortening like I expected, but it also obviously was not pure butter. The staff couldn't tell me what type of buttercream it was; they just called it Torrance buttercream. It isn't as light as a Swiss or Italian buttercream, but also not as grainy or dense as an American buttercream. It's more on the dense side but lightened up a bit with some protein probably. You can order the French buttercream for an extra charge, but we didn't think it was that much better to be worth the charge.

Side Note: Since I'm a cake person, my expectations from a bakery are high, so I'm probably being more stringent on this vendor than others.

I am taking off one star because on the wedding day the cake turned out to be much sweeter than we remembered from the tasting. We liked the sweetness level during the tasting but on the day of it was almost cloying and that is unacceptable from a bakery of this calibre.

I am taking off another second star because we ordered a brown ribbon for the cake and they used black instead. It was really only a difference that the groom and I noticed but we felt like it took away from the cake that we had envisioned. I doubled checked the ribbon color because I knew that when ribbon gets greasy it darkens and brown can easily turn to black, but I took a look at the ribbon after it had been taken off under light and there was no way that was brown ribbon.

I had read great reviews about Torrance bakery so was excited to go for a tasting. Upon arriving at the showroom, I was slightly turned off by the dusty cake models on display and the rec-room feeling of the folding tables laid out in the room. The sales person was very pleasant though, and let us start the appointment 15 min. earlier than scheduled. She brought out the cakes, which were each in individually labeled cups (which is so helpful because it's impossible to remember so many flavor and filling combinations!). We were not impressed by the flavor of the cakes, however, as they were nothing special and tasted like cakes you could make from a mix. Also, in looking through the albums of cake pics, we noticed that the craftsmanship of the cakes they created seemed sub-par, and we could see uneven lines and unbalanced symmetry. This might be acceptable for those on a budget, but even the price they quoted us for a basic cake was around the same price as other bakeries who had better tasting and more beautiful cakes.

Cake was delicious, we had a four tier cake with alternating layers of marble cake with fudge filling and white cake with fresh strawberries. Everyone loved it and it looked good too. They also provided the stand rental very cheap. Great service, very professional, tasted great!

So, my reception site actually pays for the cake itself through one of two vendors that we got to choose. I chose a higher end cake and only had to pay about $100 of my own money which isn't bad at all considering I was already preparing for that expense before finding out my reception site would take care of it. So, we gave the bakery a picture during our tasting (and the tasting was delicious). They hit the mark right on! The cake looked perfect and was probably the easiest thing about the whole wedding planning. We had our initial meeting, I called two weeks before to verify the count, and the cake was there with no problem. It was absolutely delicious as I actually ate some of it. And of course we saved the top. They were very professional and very tasty!! I definitely recommend Torrance Bakery. And in this economy I'm sure some people are worried if their vendor will even be in business by the time their day arrives and I assure you they will. They have been in business for a very long time and are just that good!

I swear by Torrance Bakery!!!! They have been my bakery of choice for the last 5years! I have tried other bakeries and they just do not compare! If you are looking for the most moist,rich, and decadent cake, then Torrance Bakery is the way to go! Trust me!!!!!!!

I love cake, and so when I tried my soon to be sister in law's wedding cake (I asked a waiter to serve me some because it looked amazing, and she wasn't serving it as she went to Duke's and served their hula pie instead - I know she is crazy, who chooses ice cream cake instead of cake cake?!) and I knew I had to have this cake for my own wedding! The cake is so moist and the frosting is yumm-y! When I went to try samples, I was given a wide variety - chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, carrot, lemon, marbled, and more - with lots of options for frosting and fillings - there was even a pineapple frosting. I was a little disappointed with taste of the chocolate cake and the red velvet, but I was never going to serve those flavors anyway. Ultimately I went with multiple layer options: marbled with fudge frosting, and yellow cake - shortcake hybrid with fresh cream and strawberries (this - yellow/shortcake - was by far my favorite). I changed my design twice, and it was never a problem. By the way, their turkey sandwiches and cupcakes are also phenomenal, my fiance practically cried with happiness when I brought him one of their cupcakes.

My husband purchased my birthday cake here for our wedding (I got married on my b-day) and they did an incredible job at making a two tier replica of two Tiffany & Co. boxes to go along with the theme of our wedding. The cake tasted so good and looked just as great. Both tiers on this cake was marble cake with chocolate fudge center. I highly recommend them!

During our search for the perfect wedding cake, my husband and I visited Torrance Bakery and were so turned off by the experience. We really wanted to find something that we liked because it was part of the hotel package and we were working on a tight budget. So, we though it would make sense economically to go with them. The flavors were good, especially some of the fruit fillings, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to order one of their traditional, uninspired cake designs.

Upon our arrival, one look around the showroom told me this was not going to be good. The walls were lined with faux cakes, incredibly over-decorated and not even well displayed (some of the tiers were crooked, etc). Then they handed us a binder and might as well have said, 'This is what we make. Pick a design'. Any of the designs with an asterisk were an additional charge not covered by our hotel package, which included any fondant. So, we showed them some of our own examples of what we liked that we had brought along. The salesperson agreed to get pricing for us, but it was over a hundred dollars just to add a bit of simple fondant trim to a buttercream cake.

That was the point where we walked out and they lost our business. They are clearly not interested in creating anything personalized. There are so many great, smaller bakeries in Los Angeles/OC that will make something just for you at a great price. Why waste your time at a place that couldn't care less unless you're willing to shell out some major cash?

If you are thinking of Torrance Bakery and live out of town, make sure you set aside a specific time to do the tasting. We were in the area and thought we could just pop in. Silly us! We nixed the tasting and just went in an ordered what we thought would be good. We lucked out because it turned out to be the best wedding cake I had ever eaten! The design was beautiful and they are making us a small version for our 1 year anniversary:)

We loved our cake! The design was beautiful with the white chocolate sea shells and the cake tasted sooooo delicious. We had marble cake with fudge filling and another layer was white cake with strawberry filling. Everyone raved about the cake. Mario Casias at the bakery is excellent to work with. The cake tasting was the best.

We loved Torrance Bakery. We had marble cake with fudge filling with white buttercream frosting. Pics in bio. Our cake on the wedding day was just as good as the tasting, very moist. They were wonderful to work with.

Our hotel has a contract with Torrance Bakery for any wedding. They made our cake and did a wonderful job copying the picture we took in. Melissa was extrememly helpful and patient answering all our questions and giving us multiple tastings! We couldn't decide on buttercream icing or fondant so she actually had a couple samples make with fondant icing so we could get a better idea of the taste. Fondant was not covered by the hotel contract but it was OK because we ended up loving our cake! Our flavors were red velvet/cream cheese, white cake with fresh strawberries, and chocolate cake with fudge filling. Everyone thought it was delicious! :)

WOW!!!!! Keith is so awesome. My fiance and I were not sure what style or flavor to get our wedding cake in. Upon our first meeting Keith layed out his main flavors but ensured us that he was open to any suggestions. Our guests ranted and raved about the delicious cake and I even have a relative who called the next day to get keith's number because she was going to drop the baker she chose and go with one of Keith's delicious cakes. :)

I loved our cake! Our experience was great. We showed got to sample so many types of cakes and frostings, it was fantastic. They have more choices at this shop than many of the others. I'm confident they can make any type of cake. My friends have even used them for personal birthday cakes since they can print edible photos onto your cake.

Yum! However the fondant was a bit thick and they put the green on the fondant roses, which I asked to have removed.

Delicious cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful design!!!!
Very helpful in choosing the cake flavor.

I did not end up getting my cake from Torrance bakery, not because the cake did not taste good but because they wanted to charge me over a thousand dollars for a design that another bakery was willing to do for free, so no brainer, I went with the other bakery.

But the cake there is so good and they actually take their time to customize the flavors with fillings for you. My absolute favorite was the butterchip. It has got to be the best thing ever. I was sad not to have it at my wedding but I thought it was pretty expensive to charge me over a thousand for a simple design that another bakery was going to do for free.

I've been going to Torrance Bakery for years, so it was a no-brainer on what bakery I would use for my wedding cake. We had a white cake with lemon chiffon filling and french cream frosting. It was delicious!

Cake: Torrance Bakery - A-
i really should give them a "B" since they didn't use the design we agreed upon, but i ended up LOVING our cake and realized that this was the better design (hence the "A-"). the cake was yummy and looked great! we had a different flavor for each tier (top: carrot cake with cream cheese filling), middle: chocolate cake with kahlua creme, bottom: white cake with fresh strawberries and french cream; buttercream frosting). we also rented the cake stand from them, which they didn't push but really should have, it totally made a difference in the overall presentation. i was a little hesitant at first, thinking it would look too overwhelming, but this is one thing my mom decided to push me on... i thank her for it now!

i also purchased a fish tank themed grooms cake for our rehearsal dinner. it was beautifully decorated and my husband loved it!

We had a summer wedding and wanted our cake to taste like a strawberry shortcake. Our four tiered white cake with strawberry filling and buttercream frosting was delicious! I did give them a picture of what we wanted the cake to look like...very simple button design down one side of the cake. The buttons looked like the back of my dress, and the flowers the florist added made it beautiful. Ask lots of questions and bring pictures of what you are envisioning since different ingredients make for different cake looks, for example fondant vs. buttercream!

Our cake was delivered on time and set up on a pretty silver stand just as I had asked for.

Torrance Bakery did an outstanding job on our wedding cake. It was gorgeous.......simply took my breath away on our wedding day, and it couldn't have tasted more delicious! Their lemon cake is to die for!!!!! They were very professional, answered all of our questions, gave us the design and colors we wanted, and delivered our cake perfectly on time. We couldn't have been more happy. Great vendor! Thanks Torrance Bakery!

We loved our cake. We have the Style #700 with variation and it turned out great. Cake tasted great. The wedding consultant Lourie is very attentive and great to work with. Cake picture in my bio.

Great Cakes! Great pricing!

I was so turned off by their lack of customer service here. They would say anything to get you finished and out the door because true, they are ridiculously busy! But we chose NOT to go with this vendor because they wanted to charge me an arm and a leg for a custom designed cake. Let's see, I think they said $7 a person extra which was on top of the regular cost of the cake! They have decent cakes, but the service is lacking big time. Not worth the hassle.

They have a big showroom with lots of wedding cakes and seem pretty professional in the wedding cake business. The cake tastes great. However, for almost for every little thing you wanna add to the cake, or if you want to customize it a little (just a little, not mentioning bring your own cake picture), they charge A LOT OF money. I ended up spending almost $700 on a 4-tier cake that didn't really look that great. And another thing I don't like about them is that most of the time when I call, no one picks up the phone. And once they even messed up my appointment after I called three times within the two months before the appointment to confirm. They told me that I never called them to make the appointment (which I am SURE I did, three times!!!), but they squeezed me in eventually.
Overall, Torrance Bakery is one of the disappointing vendors throughout my wedding planning. Nothing seriously went wrong, but nothing great either.

After a horrible experience with Mayer’s Bakery, I went back to Torrance Bakery about a month before our wedding. Their customer service was top notch at our initial meeting and once I booked with them, which was really important to me. Indrea and Melissa answered all of my emails quickly and didn't mind that I changed my mind a few times. Everything turned out just as I had requested on the day of our wedding.

I heard that the cake tasted great although I never had a chance to taste it on our wedding night but we did eat the top layer a month later and it was fantastic!

The only drawback was a little bit of a higher price but in the end, it was worth it to deal with a reputable company.

Ive had two experiences with Torrance Bakery, the first (my sisters wedding) was decent and the second (my wedding) was horrible. The cake itself was pretty but they made it the wrong color. The cake didn't match my colors at all. Thank goodness the florist covered it with flowers. I ordered an ivory cake and the cake came out an ugly dark yellow color. Literally the color of the yellow stars on this site. The manager of the bakery was not helpful at all when I called after the wedding. Over all I wish I had gone with another bakery.

We are now addicted to Torrance Bakery!! At our wedding cake tasting appointment we were hooked. We tasted 6 cake and filling combinations and had such a difficult time choosing just one, that we choose three! After hearing me rave about the cake, my bridesmaids surprised me with a Torrance Bakery cake at my bridal shower and all of the guests there fell in love with it too. On our wedding day, the cake was absolutely beautiful, delivered on time, and tasted delicious. We also had a groom’s cake that was artfully decorated with a golf theme, and tasted delicious too. We are making up excuses to go get another Torrance Bakery cake and highly recommend them!

The cake was delictious!! Yum!!

The only annoying thing was going to and selecting the samples. The traditional sample flavors for the tasting didn't appeal to me. I am more of a chocolate lover. I would recommend that you sample specific flavors that you want which requires putting in a special order with at least 24 hours notice.

We used Torrance Bakery for our wedding cake. We got a cake for 125 people for about $400 and it was fantastic! We got marble cake and chocolate cake with chocolate fudge chocolate chip filling and buttercream frosting. Everyone has been raving about the cake. It was delicious!

Torrance Bakery provided our 3 tier wedding cake for our April 18th wedding. The price of the cake was included in our wedding package at the Portifino Hotel and Yacht Club. The cake was fabulous inside and out. We had the marble filling on one layer and the lemon filling in the two other layers. I received many complients on the taste and the look of the cake. I love Torrance Bakery and I plan to have them make a mini lemon filled cake for our one year anniversay since i seriously doubt I would want to eat a year old frozen cake. Take a look at the photo of our cake!

I can still taste our wedding cake it was so delicious! My husband chose the cake flavors: fresh strawberry, banana, spice and marble. The frosting was buttercream ... hmmmmmmm good!

Torrance bakery was one of three bakeries that were included in our wedding package. After tasting cupcakes from each place, we agreed that Torrance Bakery was a huge step above the others in terms of taste and quality. We couldn't wait to have our cake tasting session and they didn't disappoint. We settled on 4 tier cake, where two tiers were vanilla cake and two were chocolate with chocolate mint filling, all with buttercream frosting. It was delicious! We know we were supposed to freeze the top layer of cake for our anniversary, but we ate it all the next night- it was too good to wait!

I've used lots of expensive cake artists and Torrance Bakery is every bit as good as they are. Their artwork is incredible and the taste is fabulous - plus they're easy to work with. Tell them I sent you! April, April Whitney Events - Wedding Design, Planning and Coordination

I have been ordering cakes from Torrance Bakery since I was 19 years old so when I became a wedding planner I was excited to highly recommend them to all my brides. My brides have been so happy with the service and product they receive. You can't beat the taste of a Torrance Bakery cake and the frosting is incredible.

Indrea is really nice. Give her a call and she'll help you design an amazing cake. Tell her Kami from Planned Elegance sent you.