Thank you for a fun time of cookie decorating, and then eating! We bought the cookie decorating kit for their online class last weekend. What a great idea! I love iced sugar cookies but have never gotten up enough energy to make them myself. So this was a perfect way to enjoy them, with premade cookies and everything you need to make them even better. The kit was very affordable, considering that decorated sugar cookies are at least $3 each. At first I was worried that there wasn't enough frosting to decorate all 12 cookies, but there actually was an ample amount for all of them plus a few more. And I love that their cookies and frostings didn't have any preservatives! Kristin and of course Emi made the class enjoyable and relaxing. Kristin and her assistant decorated the cookies so perfectly it was amazing to watch. If they have future cookie decorating kits, especially gingerbread ones, Ill be first in line to buy several! read more

I bought a cake for my son's surprise 25th birthday because is friends were flying in for the party. I did so after trying their sampler pack because it was important that the cake taste as well as look good. Unfortunately, the cake was nothing like the sampler. The cake itself was beautifully presented but it simply tasted awful -- very dry, tasteless except for the heavy cream icing. We all know that batches can differ and this cake felt like it was not fresh, it was pre-baked and then someone pulled it out of the refrigerator two weeks later. I promptly emailed Kristen and asked if we could return the uneaten cake for a refund. She agreed and asked that we also bring back the flower toppings, which we did. Unfortunately, after that, she changed her mind. She emailed back saying that she tried our uneaten cake and that it was fine even though it was not. I've actually never had a business conduct itself this way -- take the cake and the flowers back and then not refund the customer? Who does that? Why not just take responsibility for a bad cake? So word to the wise - if you order, be forewarned that you're going to spend $140 min on a cake, it may not taste good, and she's not going to refund you. Which means she has no obligations to you to deliver what you purchased. Even if you tried the sampler first! read more

A Cake Life - Beautiful cake, but tasted awful - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I recently picked up a cookie decorating kit for a yelp event. The process was so easy. I emailed Kristin told her I needed to pick up a cookie kit, she sent me an invoice via Venmo and told me the pick up time. I showed up at the specified pick up time and everything was ready. Simple, easy transaction. The cookie decorating kit came with 12 fresh baked sugar cookies. The shapes were cupcakes, popsicles, and donuts. Royal icing frosting, and sprinkles. It was $30, a great price for the kit. The cookies tasted delicious! The frosting was very colorful and the sprinkles were just plain fun! I recently celebrated my 5 year wedding anniversary. I saw that Kristin was selling cakes for pre-order. Since A Cake Life was actually my wedding vendor I knew their special cakes would be just as delicious! I ordered a special cake with vanilla sponge and strawberry filling. This is one of their most popular cake flavors. The cake was topped with fresh roses, strawberries, and blueberries and the top was dipped in delicious chocolate. The cake was too pretty to eat! I didn't want to cut into it. It was absolutely delicious! Since we weren't able to go out to eat for our anniversary due to the pandemic this made it the perfect way to end our special day. Thanks a Kristin and team! You are officially my favorite and go-to bakery! read more

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The first time we ordered a cake was for our wedding. However we could not afford how expensive it was so we bought a common design BUT still beautiful 2 layer round cake. It was amazing! Very tasty even though it was still pretty expensive. However, my grandmother decided to help herself to it and ate all of it before my husband could get a chance. So, when my husband was promoted recently I bought him his own. EVERYTHING the same! Same flavor and same frosting, just no decoration to save money. Sadly, it was very dry. Not at all what I remembered for our first cake at our wedding the year prior. I am so thankful that they made our wonderful cake for our wedding and it was very moist. This one was not even close to that. Very sad. I highly recommend you open your doors for customers to come in too. It is a little scary to me going into any place that serves food where you are not able to see their sanitation practices. Photos is a copy of what our wedding cake looked like. We don't have a picture of the promotion cake but it was slightly smaller, with no decorations to make it more affordable. Lilikoi yellow cake flavoring read more

A Cake Life - A copy of our wedding cake decoration. - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This place does amazing work. They were so organized. I asked for what I wanted and they were able to accommodate everything and create such a beautiful piece. They were able to work with the display stand that I created, incorporate the cake toppers I made and created a design on top to work with it, and put on the cupcake wrappers I had gotten previously for free. I reslly didn't have to worry about anything. When my husband and I came up from picture taking, it was already all set up. All my guests said that it was delicious. And even though my husband and I didn't get too have too much of the cake on our wedding day, the slice that we cut was delicious. Our cake table got a lot of attention at our wedding, and I honestly don't think it would have been nearly as impressive with any other company. read more

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We ordered the Love Bug Box for a dessert to bring to a Super Bowl Party. It was filled with an assortment of sweet treats decorated with a Valentine flare. The assortment of goodies looked beautiful. As for the taste, there was an assortment of sweet goodness! You can find them on Instagram and they're located at 2320 S King Street, Honolulu. read more

A Cake Life - The Love Bug Box. ($30). - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Kristin and her team is so sweet and very helpful! Our first cake from them was our wedding cake. We got a cake along with a dessert table. We loved the service they gave us! Since our wedding we've been getting cake bentos for our anniversary of our wedding cake flavors, getting shortie cakes for my birthday, and got custom cakes for my daughter and son on their first birthday! Thank you for making these special occasions extra special! read more

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A CAKE LIFE MADE MY DREAM WEDDING CAKE AND I AM FOREVERRR GRATEFUL! The team absolutely nailed it. I got exactly what I wanted. I simply said I wanted two tier cake with florals and donuts. They delivered!! Not only that...the cake was so incredibly delicious! My wedding guests ate everything, no crumb left behind! Guests kept asking where it was from and said they never had a wedding cake so good. The top tier was coconut and pineapple, bottom was strawberries'n cream. I highly recommend those flavors! My husband and I were lucky enough to enjoy it the next day since we asked the wedding coordinator to save us some slices. lol I totally recommend ordering your next cake from them. Do it quickly because they book up fast! read more

A Cake Life - My dream wedding cake was covered in donuts!YUM! #Donuts4Ev - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

What a great place. During COVID quarenteen there was limited activities to do in home. This was a great idea for family time. The kit came with 12 cookies, 4 bagged colors of total frosting, and 3 types of sprinkles. Packed in the perfect box I couldn't have been happier to support local. Best of all the cookies tasted amazing. Thank you A CAKE LIFE. read more

A Cake Life - $30 kit - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

If you're looking for a beautiful AND delicious cake, go see Kristin at A Cake Life! You can follow them on Instagram to see many of their cakes and desserts. Based upon all the photos and "wedding buzz" choosing A Cake Life was a pretty quick & easy decision. They were able to schedule me for a tasting and consultation. A week later I already put my deposit down. They have a lot of experience and skills in cake creation and decorating. They can do elaborate designs with lots of details, or, they can keep it simple and clean. If you want floral decor on your cake, they can pick up from Watanabe floral, too if you arrange for it. They have six flavors in the sampling (their most popular flavors). The cake is sampled into a "cake bento" which was a cute and smart idea. My top two favorites were the strawberry shortcake and the guava/guava. For my wedding cake, I ordered the strawberry shortcake for both tiers. It had a lot of frosting but it was so yummy! Thank you A Cake Life, for a sweet wedding cake! read more

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The entire process from beginning to end was so easy. Kristin responded quickly to my email and we were able to set up a pick-up date for her sample box! It was so hard to choose which flavor we wanted (they were all SO YUMMY) but you can pick different flavors for each tier which I was happy to hear! In the end, we decided to go with guava and lilikoi. We opted for a pretty simple design and just had our florist add on the cascade of flowers and our cake topper. It turned out so beautiful and I couldn't be happier about it! We saved the top tier for us to eat on our 1 year anniversary, I can hardly wait to eat it again (= read more

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I ordered a 6in cake and a sheet cake for my wedding celebration. The flavor was strawberries and cream, it was super tasty! I didn't have time to take a picture because of how fast my guests and I wanted to eat the cake. Overall my experience ordering from this business and the cakes were amazing. read more

Consultation- 5/5/2019: Love it. Love her (Kristin). Never been more excited about a cake in my entire life. At the consultation, we were given a bento sample of 6 amazing flavors. Loved EVERY SINGLE ONE! So excited, that the plan was originally to order a small cake for our wedding, but after the experience, we ordered a round 3 tier wedding cake! 3 different flavors- red velvet, lilikoi, and guava! WATCH OUT! Look on her website and Instagram and see the beauty! I will update and post pictures after the wedding in January! :) read more

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An amazing cake my sister ordered for our baby sister's 50th birthday. It was super nice and not too fancy. Tasted great also. Gotta give them a try if you're looking for a custom cake. read more

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Our wedding Cake was beautiful and tasty!!! We ordered the cake months prior to our wedding. All I sent was a picture and an idea about what flavors we were interested in. I'm beyond happy with the outcome. read more

Now where do I go to get a colorful tiered Mickey Mouse decorated cake for a 3rd birthday party that I'm hosting for my granddaughter, Kayla? After looking around town to see what's available, I wasn't satisfied in what I had wanted. My party planner, Tessa Gomes of Fred and Kate Events, came to the rescue: A Cake Life. A Cake Life opened in July 2009 by Kristin Kato, who is its owner, lead cake designer, and artist. She and her staff (Elana Geyrozaga, Communications Manager; Gina Yanigihara, Administrative Assistant; Heather Ogoshi, Lead Sugar Artist; Amber Ramirez, Lead Baker; Jessica Nelson, Lead Cake Decorator, and Liliana Hernandez, Cake Decorator) specialize in creating beautiful, elaborate, and delicious customized cakes for any occasions, such as weddings, birthdays, bridal/baby showers, corporate events, and special events. Their philosophy is "there's no life like a cake life." All cakes are custom-made; hence, they are not like a regular retail bakery with generic cakes on display to be sold. The cost is dependent on the complexity of the cake design, with 40% of the cake cost to be pre-paid and is non-refundable. As A Cake Life is in heavy demand for weddings, they are limited in the number of cakes they can provide each day, depending on their schedule of wedding cake orders. Cake orders should be placed at least 3 to 4 months in advance for weddings and 1 month for other events; however, orders for popular wedding dates should be booked at least a year in advance. They can deliver for a fee. As my Kayla's birthday party was on 8/18/18, I hadn't realized that it was a popular good-luck date for weddings. So when I tried to order a Mickey Mouse cake in Feb. 2018 to be delivered to the party site on 8/18/18, they could not take my order, as they were at a maximum with their orders. However, Kristin provided an option that they could make the cake the morning before, and that I would have to pick it up the day prior to the party date, refrigerate it on my own, and transport it on my own to the party site. A little inconvenient, but at least there was an option for me to have a Mickey Mouse cake. During the next few months, staff was especially patient with my numerous changes until I knew what I wanted in the end. Upon picking up the Mickey Mouse cake, I was amazed at the detailed decorations on the 2-tiered cake covered with a fluorescent pink fondant frosting with a handmade colorful rainbow atop the cake! They matched the colors from the invitation! I chose yellow butter cake with fresh strawberry cream filling (or strawberry shortcake, which is the most popular) for one tier, and devil's food chocolate cake with Oreo cookies 'n' cream filling (3rd most popular) for the other tier. I didn't serve this cake as it was a display cake only and instead, had a sheet cake for serving (easier to cut); the sheet cake was ordered elsewhere as A Cake Life was unable to take any more orders. We shared the Mickey Mouse cake with family, and all said that it was delicious and artfully/skillfully decorated. The cakes were moist, light, tasty, and not overly sweet. If you're not sure how you want the cake decorated, you can request an optional 30 min. to 45 min. cake consultation appointment with Kristin for a $30 fee. Appointment times are Tues to Fri, 10a-6p and Sat/Sun, 10a-3p. Or you can pick up a cake sampler of 6 flavors in a to-go bento box to taste on your own for $20 (24-hour advance notice required). In addition to the above, their popular cake flavors include: butter cake with lilikoi cream filling, guava cake with guava cream filling, coconut cake with pineapple filling, and red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. I look forward to ordering a smaller sheet cake from them in the future for a special occasion. They sometimes have flash sales of decorated single round cakes if you follow their Facebook page. A Cake Life is on So. King St. across from Stadium Park and in a small complex with L&L Barbecue, Kozo Sushi, Sweet Home Café, and Pizza Hut. Open Tues to Fri 9a-6p; Sat/Sun 9a-3p; closed Mon. A Cake Life has won numerous awards in recent years from Wedding Wire Bride's Choice and the Knot Best of Weddings. Thank you, Kristin and staff for your part in making Kayla's birthday a special one! Yes, I will be back for the next special occasion that I will be celebrating. Amazing cakes with fantastic decorating and superb taste! read more

A Cake Life - Mickey Mouse decorated cake (based on Mickey's Clubhouse) for granddaughter's 3rd birthday - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I cannot even believe how amazing my cake came out! I have been trying to find a place to make this exact cake for the last 6 years and I am very thankful that I found A Cake Life. Kristin was very responsive and made my birthday the best ever! The cake was delicious and picture perfect! The price was high, but after being disappointed from every other cake shop across the country that I have tried to have make this cake over the last 5-6 years, the price was not an issue for me. read more

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He had the pleasure of ordering out single wedding cake for our celebration. We started with buying their sampler where you could chose 5 different flavors for you to try. They were all amazing, and I'm a chocolate lover, I opted to go with the strawberry shortcake. That should tell you how amazing this cake was. The staff was incredibly fast and friendly with responding to my emails, questions, and even making recommendations. Everything was done by email which made this and easy process, especially with all the wedding planning that goes on. Their shop is small AND continues to practice safe protocol, that when you pick up your cake, you text them and they bring the cake right out to you. This was such a smooth process and the cake was amazing. Everyone absolutely loved it. Thank you so much! read more

We LOVE A Cake Life!!! They are always quick to respond and very patient with our requests. Planning a wedding can be very stressful but working with Kristin, the owner for A Cake Life, to create our wedding cake was such a smooth and seamless process. She is very detailed and the sky is the limit. Our wedding cake was exactly what we had imagined! From the flowers to the topper to the position of the decor to the flavors of the cake. It's was perfect!!! The cake testing was so fun too! Not overpowering and she was so accommodating. On our one year anniversary, we ordered a replica of our top tier of our wedding cake and she remembered exactly what we had ordered as well as the type of roses we had. I didn't even know there were different types of roses!! She even makes desserts and creates amazing dessert tables! Love, love, love everything about A Cake Life! read more

A Cake Life - Our beautiful wedding cake - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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I called about a week and half prior to finding out the gender of my baby and called them to see if they were able to make a little gender reveal smash cake for my son to smash and us to eat of course lol, they did inform me that they were pretty booked, I spoke to Gina and she was awesome, super friendly and knowledgeable, they were able to squeeze me in! Cake came out so cute!!! We find out later tonight what we are having! thank you guys for making this happen! read more

A Cake Life - Confetti Shortie Cake (Gender Reveal style) - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

My wife ordered a cake for my mom's birthday this past Sunday. Semi-custom with the design (beads, coloring, message, etc.) and the flavoring. Only minor complaints were that it was really sweet and the high price. However, the cake was beautiful. Hands down it looked like a work of art. It was very impressive and we were all blown away by it. read more

I always knew that I wanted to order my wedding cake from here after I kept seeing people post about their wedding cakes on Instagram. After researching inspiration for my wedding cake, I realized that A CAKE LIFE was the only one that could bring it to life, and I was ECSTATIC when I finally secured my order. Given the pandemic, they were able to provide my now husband and I samples of cake so we could decide on the flavor for our wedding cake. Kristin was so punctual and great at getting back to us via email, especially during this crazy time. They worked with our budget AND our allergy and dietary needs. Oh and they have the cutest cake toppers! The cake tasted amazing and the cupcakes that we ordered for my dairy free guests where so beautiful. I can guarantee you that I will be ordering from them again and again in the future. SIDE NOTE: They do have a ton of Instagram cake specials that they post also. Be sure to follow them! (Shortly after the wedding I saw an adorable cake that I just had to get for my sister in law's GENDER REVEAL - it was also SUPER delicious). Also - those CAKE CUPS are delicious too. You have to try those! The location is a bit hidden depending which direction you are entering from. It was easy to find on the GPS though. They also do deliver for wedding cakes (we had ours delivered to our reception site) for an additional fee. If not, you can always pick up your treats at the location. Because of the pandemic, be sure to have your mask on and read the front door for instructions. :) read more

A Cake Life - 3 tier cake with cake topper - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

We picked up our 6 inch Strawberries and Cream wedding cake the day before the event . The cake was so moist and delicious the next day . My husband ate almost half of the cake that day , it was delicious!! read more

A Cake Life - a cake with flowers on top - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I ordered a special cake for my daughters 16th birthday. While it LOOKED impressive, the flavor and enjoyment of the cake was lacking. The cookies and cream filling didn't even make it to the edges, the entire cake including the drip that was requested was actually fondant. The cakes itself was dry and we didn't eat more than one slice. Very disappointed. For the amount paid, we were expecting a much different experience. read more

A Cake Life - Custome Spider-Man cake - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Let me start off with me being a Groom-zilla. Yes, I know it's rare, but it happened. When you want the best of the best for your better half and everything must be perfect, you do all your homework and some extra credits. We went to many, many tasting, we consulted with friends, and sure learned a lot about wedding cakes. In the end, we knew that "A Cake Life" was the one for us. Kristin Kato was personable, extremely helpful in designing our cake and we didn't feel pressured like we did from the other companies. As busy as they are, Kristin's communication with us was superb. On our wedding day, A Cake Life came on time, set up our cake beautifully and most importantly our guests were blown away by the design and the taste! A Cake Life bakes some delicious cakes! I've been in about 25 wedding and attending about 50 in the past and trust me I've tasted plenty of cakes in my lifetime. The cake from "A Cake Life" was by far the most delicious cakes I've ever had. Thank you A Cake Life, thank you Kristin and team. You guys made our wedding perfect! Save yourself some time and energy. If you're looking for that perfect wedding cake or cupcakes for any special day, I would highly recommend you going to A Cake Life. read more

I'm thankful that I chose this place to make my wedding cake. It was beautiful. I contacted them last minute and they still took me in because I contacted them earlier in the month. Thank you for making a delicious cake for my wedding. I picked two flavors for the cakes and two different flavors for the cupcakes. They were all amazing and I can't wait to order more desserts in the future. read more

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Kristin and her team made a beautiful 3 tier cake decorated with beautiful fresh flowers for my wedding over a year ago. Cake was moist and pretty at same time. Thank you for the memorable cake. read more

A Cake Life - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I ordered cake from this place because high rating reviews from yelp. Everything was fine. We been emailing back and forth. I ordered cake samples and chose red velvet flavor but for me it's too sweet, so I emailed her and she said she can make it less sweet and I got another sample, it was not perfect but less sweet. So I told her okay. Not what I like but I can live with that. She asked me what kind design I like, I told her I like the cake in her yelp picture. And I screen shot the pic and I told her I like exactly like the picture, she said no problem but it's peony on top and peony is not at season on April, so it will be extra $60. I said okay, I pay $60 as long as the cake look like in the pic but I want black trim and pink trim. The big day arrived and the cake delivered to my reception Chef Chai on time, but when I walked in, omg the cake looks different. The flower look frozen instead of nice and lively. Omg!! The original cake picture was from their own website and they can't even make the cake from their own website?? What's wrong with them? One time wonder??! I would be more understanding if I want them to make cake look like random picture. But this is from their own website. Oh c'mon!! I was so disappointed!!! Especially when I ate the cake, it taste super sweet!! I guess she forgot!! She forgot I order less sweet!! The cake is so sweet, giving you headache. I am not happy abt it!! Especially it's a wedding cake, something you want to show off to your guess and colleague. I notice she was really nice before I signed the contract and pay but after I paid she didn't touched base with me anymore so I assume she remember. Will I recommend this place to friend and family? The answer is of course NOT. I paid a lot for this cake and I was a good customer. I paid in full way before it's due date. But I get the cake that not even pretty on my wedding day and too sweet. You only have one shot, no second chances. And they failed! They failed and I failed to give my family and friend a nice and delicious wedding cake. VERY UPSETTING!! I emailed them to asked what happened with my cake? How come it was so sweet and looked different. Their answer was just sorry. Hey sorry doesn't fix it. You ruined my day with junk cake! You could email me the day before and touch base if you think the flower was not fresh flower like the picture. You should talk to me and gave me option!! I opened for other last minute options, maybe like roses?? Or other fresh pink flowers?? I posted her email to show that she knew but she didn't give me any update abt it. Now if I see picture of other people wedding cake, I feel sad and jealous how beautiful their cake are. I feel sad!! You only have one shot and you BLEW it!! read more

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I've always loved A Cake Life and ordered cakes for special events from them in the past. I didn't know they also offered cookies until I recently signed up for a Virtual Yelp Event, Cookie Decorating with A Cake Life. It was a great example of businesses innovating to adapt to social distancing while still providing a way for people to get together through special experiences. I purchased a the cute food cookie kit for $30; it included 12 cookies, 4 colors of frosting and a generous amount of sprinkles. It was easy to order the kit and I paid through Venmo. I picked up the kit the next day from their location in McCully on King Street across the Old Stadium Park, behind L&L. I called the business when I got there and they brought it out to me. The class was so much fun and exactly what I needed after being home for so long with the stay at home orders! Kristen explained everything very well, so even an inexperienced and non-artistic person like me felt comfortable. Kneading the frosting well, outlining with the frosting first, shaking the cookie to make the frosting smooth, allowing the frosting to dry for different layers, and making hearts, were all tips that I didn't know before this class! Emi and Kristen were both so patient and helped us all along. The cookie designs were so cute! The decorating was broken down in steps so it was not difficult, but it did take steady hands and some skill. It is easy yet challenging enough for both children and adults. My first cookie was a little messy, but I got better with each one! The kits change with upcoming holidays and I can't wait to do this again! Definitely recommend this for anyone! read more

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We booked A Cake Life for our June 2022 destination wedding. All the flavors we tried at our tasting were delicious so it was hard to narrow it down! We ended up selecting Guava chiffon and Coconut with Lilikoi (passionfruit) filling and both were amazing! Kristin and her team are also very prompt and responsive and we loved working with them to design the cake we had envisioned. read more

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We got our cake from A Cake Life for our wedding last year. We met with Kristin in June 2018 and had a cake tasting, and we decided on a 3-tier cake with different flavors of each. She drew us up a design, and we left happy with our choices. After some discussions, my husband and I decided to go with a smaller cake since we weren't sure that we would really need 3 tiers of cake. Kristin kindly downsized our cake and allowed us to use the extra money that we had paid for the bigger cake towards desserts that could be used for our bridal shower. Our family greatly enjoyed the cake cups and macarons. At the wedding itself, they delivered our cake, and we loved it. They are truly professional and gave us a simple cake that we were happy with. The cake was yummy as well. We really liked the strawberry cream cake. We have also been visiting their sales of treats at the store. They have an array of very yummy treats. Definitely check them out. read more

A Cake Life - Our simple cake from A Cake Life - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

picked up a cute cookie kit for $30 and decorated cookies with my neighbor. It was a fun couple of hours. We had lunch as we waited for the frosting to set. You order via email or phone and pay via venmo. They say you can find everything you need to know and order via their Instagram but it was confusing when you search acakelife there are apparently many....so is this a millennial thing, because I never heard the phrase a cake life before. Maybe there are a brownie life and a cheetos life out there too... Anyhow I give 4 stars because it was a bit confusing to find them online and get my order placed and they sound a bit busy on the phone...a little more patience and empathy would go a long way on the phone since you can't just show up at the bakery. Once I got my order in, it was also a bit hard to find them, google.maps insisted I was right there...but I included a shot from my car in the parking lot, it's hard to spot them if you dont know. So I'm helping y'all out now by saying you should turn in immediately at L&L bbq and they are between L&L and the Aloha Vietnam storefronts. If you miss, as I did, and pull into the adjacent parking lot, there is another bakery that is not the right place and the women there were very grumpy about being asked. But, once I got there, no problems at all, they knew exactly what my order was, it was ready, and when I got home the box was compact full with promise. My neighbor and I unpacked the box and began by tentatively filling an outline. You definitely get better and more creative with each cookie and there is plenty to fully decorate the cookies. The set comes with 12, of a lollipop, donut and cupcake shapes. We had orange, blue pink and white Royal icing and 3 different types of sprinkles. I think it's a great idea, and while $30 sounds like a lot for unfinished cookies, it is really less than $3 a cookie and you dont have any mess or fuss in baking or prepping the icing. You could even decorate more than the 12, so next time I may supplement by buying some extra cookies to decorate. They also offer a make a cookie lei kit and other kits besides their fabulous cake designs. read more

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My husband and I now live in California but are both born and raised on Oahu and our wedding plans had us doing our ceremony in LA and our reception in Honolulu. Therefore I was planning the reception remotely and did not get the chance to sample any cakes! I browsed through yelp reviews and company websites and found A Cake Life! I loved their sample photos as I was going for somewhat of a rustic feel but also wanted to make sure the cake tasted great and could support our custom cake topper. Our dogs are our babies and we got married on Lunar New Year which happened to be year of the dog too! I corresponded with the folks at A Cake Life about flavors, size, pricing, colors, and they assured me that the cake topper would fit and would be well supported by the top layer. They arrived on time and quickly and easily set up the cake! It was perfect! It was also definitely the best photo spot for our guests and went so well with our other decorations! We already had 4 desserts included in or reception buffet so I was worried people wouldn't eat our cake but it was almost gone by the end! We had the strawberry guava flavors throughout and it was so yummy! My mom took just a few slices home as that was all that's left and I'm sure she's already finished eating it! 5 stars for service, quality, and peace of mind when it comes to planning a wedding reception from the mainland! Oh and also at the last minute I found that my best friend knows the owners and that made me even happier as she was so glad we went with this company too as she use to be in wedding planning! As for the photos, the one without the topper was the concept I was going for but our reception was small so we needed a cake just enough to feed about 60-75 people. Ours is the one with the topper! Also I believe they rent stands if needed but we went without one. read more

A Cake Life - Our cake! - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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I am currently assisting my sister with her wedding planning. After hunting around for a cake vendor, we found A Cake Life listed on The Knot as one of the top wedding cake vendors in Hawaii. After reading all these wonderful yelp reviews, my sister was sold. I sent in the email and Kristin responded. Everything seemed great, she was helpful and also gave us tips. Since this is a rather large wedding, we were up front with the guest size. Not that it should matter, at least that's what I thought, we are a polynesian family. Compared to non-polynesian families, this is a huge wedding with just immediate family members. If there was a problem, we weren't made aware so we kept moving forward. My sister picked her design, things still going great. Now, considering the size of the guest list, we were already prepared to dish out some serious money...still no problem. I emailed twice about the cost to verify, mainly because what we were being quoted with was not what was advertised on the link that Kristin emailed. Both emails, she sent me the same link for their pricing. Then we get the invoice, naturally the cake is near $1500 which is what was budgeted (again, it's a huge guest list). Looking through the invoice, noticed extra charges we weren't made aware of prior but ok, that's what the bride wanted-fine. It was for a design and then delivery. On their website, the $200 range is for the west side and North shore area. The venue is in Waipio. My sister emailed questioning that charge and we were emailed the webiste charges, again. Due to lack of communication, my sister started to feel like she was being pressured to sign the contract that was sent with invoice because every time we had questions, we were sent the website link. Told her, don't sign anything until you try the cake! I'M SO GLAD SHE LISTENED! This is where things go bad and quick. We asked for a cake testing, they're still on covid restrictions, which is fine. I get it, not everyone feels comfortable with the restrictions being lifted. You have to purchase their bento to taste the cake. I buy the $28 bento box. I just want this to be a nice experience for my sister. After purchasing the bento box online, I got a receipt that says "PICK UP TIME AT 9AM". We live in Ewa and I am a mom, so I had to drop my kid to school and zoom straight to town. Traffic was light so I arrived at 8:45am. Walked up to the door and there is a sign that says "DO NOT ENTER! PLEASE TEXT 808-542-0131 WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND WE WILL BRING THE ORDER OUT TO YOU" I texted to let them know I was early. I had my 4 year old nephew with me so we stood outside because I'm thinking we'll get the bento box at 9am...like it says on the receipt I was emailed and the sign. 9am-still waiting outside. 9:10am-I text again. No response. 9:15am-texting my sis to email that I'm waiting outside because no one is answering the texts. 9:30am-still waiting, no text. Now I'm getting irritated, its been 45 minutes. I walk up to the side door and start knocking. This little lady opens the door and I told her "I'm here for a 9am pick up, I've been waiting almost an hour!" I called my sister and told her "don't use this company. If they're late for me to pick up a bento box that I paid for, imagine what will happen on the day of the wedding!" Another lady comes running out and says that she had to reset the phone and they didn't get the texts. My thing is, YOU said to pick up at 9am, NOT ME! You should've been prepared knowing that someone will be there at 9am to pick up a bento box! In my frustrations with the horrible customer service, I made a social media post about my experience WITHOUT NAMING THE COMPANY! A few people DM'd asking the name of the company. To my surprise, so many other brides had the exact same experience! Funny, they were all polynesian too! If the issue was that you could are not able to make that amount of cake due to staffing issues or that you just didn't want too...then say so! Don't waste anyone's time! That's what pissed me off, the time that was wasted! I'm glad it was me experiencing this and NOT the bride! Fast forward to the cake testing... I ordered: Strawberries N' Cream, Red Velvet, Marble and Raspberry, I Heart Chocolate, Lilikoi and Vanilla. The samples were awful. I don't know what that was that I purchased but it wasn't cake. The Red Velvet, Lilikoi and Choclate were so dry, there was an awful after taste. I'm offended that I had to pay to try whatever that was. I feel like I should get a refund. Thankfully, my sister found another vendor through another dissatisfied customer from A Cake Life. Do better, you're in a business that cater's to a very important moment in someones life. This was an awful experience, I would never recommend this place! I'm wondering if TheKnot actually tried the samples because I'm confused on how A Cake Life landed a top spot! read more

For my husband's 50th birthday, I decided to splurge and I spent $708.90 for 4 dozen cupcakes (2 dozen decorated and 2 dozen of their regular cupcakes). That comes to nearly $15 per cupcakes which I was willing to spend on good quality, special cupcakes...which is definitely not what I got. The cupcakes that we got looked like they were decorated by an amateur and not at all like the pictures we provided or the pictures they post on social media and their website. On top of that, all the cupcakes were EXTREMELY DRY and not at all the quality of the $20 sample we purchased. Honestly, I can make a better cupcake! I contacted the company to let them know how bad the cupcakes were and all they could offer me was 10% off with a comment that no one else complained that day....what a huge disappointment. And this was after they assured me that their cupcakes would be as moist as their cakes and the samples we purchased. I'd give A Cake Life zero stars if I could for quality, design and customer response to our honest feedback. Even the guests (some kids) were so disappointed that the cupcakes were so dry and some adults said it seemed like they were possibly 1-2 days old. Needless to say, we dumped more than half of the cupcakes in the trash the next morning after contacting the company. Even they didn't want their dry cupcakes back. I'm never coming here again. Consumer beware!!!! read more

A Cake Life - This is what I got for $708.90. 4 dozen DRY DRY DRY cupcakes and not at all like the design samples on their website and what we provided. - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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It's been a year since our wedding and I forgot to write this review until now. Kristin and her staff are cake artists and their flavors taste so much better than all of the other cakes I have had at weddings (and we have been to many since we are the last of everyone we know to get married). She made three cakes for our wedding, all of which were showstopping, but the one everyone raved about was the groom's cake. My husband wanted an anatomical heart cake. We met with her and gave her our ideas and she had us pick multiple pictures and took notes on what we wanted. We later found out that her staff made 3D models from the pics we gave them to be as accurate as possible - they really went above and beyond. My husband and our guests that are medical doctors (including cardiologists) were stunned with how anatomically accurate it was. So accurate that we had leftover of it and our driver told us we couldn't put an animal heart in his car, haha! We had to explain that it was cake. Our cake flavors were so good as well. We did the tasting and it was hard to pick, so we were glad we got five flavors total - orange dreamsicle, lilikoi, guava, coconut pineapple, and strawberries and cream with actual strawberries inside. Everyone loved the flavors. They set everything up so nicely day of and were also so accommodating with our pandemic rescheduling (twice!) I highly recommend A Cake Life - you won't regret it! (Pics are from Chelsea Stratso Photography). read more

A Cake Life - a human heart and a wedding cake - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Love the design and freindly people there. They are very helpful and willing to help when you have questions

The cake we ordered for a gender reveal was so beautiful and exactly what we requested! She was so accommodating, flexible, and patient with our constant delays in finding out the gender! read more

A Cake Life - Gender cake - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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We ordered our wedding cake from here and we were just so impressed with Kristin Kato's communication throughout the whole process. From getting the quote on what we envisioned what our wedding cake would look like to the execution of it by delivering it to our reception. Everything went smoothly and we loved the guava cake! All the guests loved the cake and it looked absolutely beautiful! read more

A Cake Life - Gorgeous! - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I ordered a cake for my wedding in March 2022 and it was delicious! Kristin was also very easy to communicate with via e-mail - her responses were very timely. The cake design was exactly what we wanted (semi-naked) and she stuck to our colour scheme for the flowers. I would definitely recommend A Cake Life for your wedding! read more

A Cake Life - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii