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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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

This review is long overdue. Kristin and her amazing team helped make my son's 1st birthday cake and cupcakes 3 years ago. They were the talk of the town back then and even now, I still have people ask me about the cake. We had an Olympic-themed birthday for him. His name is Cole, so we called it the Cole-lympics. Kristin was so patient and professional as I shared my ideas with her and she helped make my vision not only come to fruition but better than I had imagined! Thank you, Kristin, for making my son's 1st birthday party unforgettable! read more

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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

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Top layer was lilikoi, bottom layer was strawberries n' cream. I absolutely loved the strawberries n cream layer. The buttercream was a very thick layer, Not sure if other cakes are like that? read more

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The Love Bug Boxes are so cute, and equally yummy. Got for a birthday and another for a friend. Cupcakes are soft and moist, icing is beautifully detailed, and equally good to eat and not too sweet. Pick up so easy, ordered online, then parked outside and texted and the boxes were immediately brought out to my car. They were wrapped w plastic wrap so it did not dry out. Such a special gift! read more

A Cake Life - Love Bug Box. (Tiramisu outside the box is from CakeM) - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

We ordered our wedding cake from A Cake Life and we were extremely happy with the way it turned out. We had a two tiered buttercream cake with lilikoi. It was delicious!! Kristen was very sweet to work with. Highly recommend! read more

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When considering to get a cake to celebrate my boyfriend's graduation, my friend highly recommended A Cake Life and I am so glad he did. We set up a consultation with Kristin to discuss what I wanted for this cake. She was very patient and understanding as I was super indecisive about how to design the cake. Kristin was very helpful in providing suggestions and showing us some of her previous cake designs. She was able to incorporate all the elements I wanted in the cake in one cohesive and clean design. I loved how customizable this cake was and how talented Kristin is as she can design so many things. What I absolutely loved was her process to order the cake. She was very timely and responsive to my follow up questions after consultation. Once I provided her with the images and color I wanted to use on the cake, she put together an order form that described the cake to a T so I knew exactly what I was paying for. The order form included the sketch of the cake and the images I provided. If the order form looked good, then I could pay for the cake online. It was the easiest and simplest process I ever went through. When I picked up the cake, it looked good...but there was a miscommunication. One of the images on a poker chip was the wrong image (there were two different designs of poker chips in the image I sent so I totally understood what happened and why). I let one of the team members know and they fixed it for me on the spot! I really appreciated how they fixed it too - not only did they apologize (even though it was my fault for not being more specific), they fixed it then and there and made no fuss. Amazing customer service. A beautiful and delicious cake. Definitely coming back for future events. read more

For my husband and I, it was not about the look of the cake or the layout of the dessert spread. It was about how great everything tasted. We decided to go with A Cake Life because they had nothing but great reviews. Mind you, we were going in blindly at first because our wedding was a destination wedding. About a year from our wedding (we were in Hawaii for a wedding anyway), we booked a tasting with ACL through their website and we chose about 6 of their signature flavors to try. The worst part was narrowing down the flavors to what we wanted because each flavor tasted so good! They weren't too sweet or too heavy either! Kristin also designed the cake based on what our vision was--as we were talking she was already drawing and coloring. She also designed the layout for the dessert spread right then and there also. We went with a MIDI Dessert Table: a 2-tier cake, cupcakes, mango crème brulees, cake shooters, donuts, and macarons. Everyone could not stop talking about the dessert table! ESPECIALLY the macarons! They were the best macarons we've ever had! We loved that ACL was within our budget and that they were flexible. When they came out with the mango crème brulees, we e-mailed them right away if we could do a swap out of something and they were able to accommodate. They are very responsive by e-mail also. We loved working with ACL and we would highly recommend them for anyone looking for great tasting desserts and cake that work with your budget! read more

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Kristen & her coworkers are awesome. We ordered a cake for a Naval retirement party and not only did it turn out BEAUTIFULLY, it was absolutely delicious and got annihilated by our party guests... #cakegoals. We were able to taste test six kinds of cake we wanted, but settled on the Devil's Food Chocolate cake with the Cookies n' Cream icing as it was the personal favorite of our retiree. That being said, every single one we tasted was just fantastic. This team is so creative and were so helpful with the cake concept. They pointed us to their amazing instagram gallery for some inspiration and then helped us narrow down the details. On a different note, these gals are so responsive. I'm an immensely disorganized human and I absolutely suck at planning/organizing, so being able to text them was great. They were so understanding, accommodating, & helpful. I can't recommend them enough. read more

A Cake Life - Absolute work of art. For the retirement of an awesome Navy Chief! - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Cute little cakery! I bought my beautiful creation on Flash Cake Friday's... I was so excited when I saw the deal pop up on my IG feed on Thursday. $45 for a gorgeous 6" layered Cookies and Cream Ganache Cake. I set my phone alarm for 9:30am on Friday (the time the cakes for sale were to be posted) and hoped to be one of the first callers. No one was going to beat me to my cake! I got through quickly, paid for the cake over the phone and picked up my cake the same day. It was that easy. The cake was ready to go at the time I stated. Fabulous customer service! The cake was beautiful and impressive... would've been perfect if I had somewhere to take it to! I ended up cutting and serving the cake to my family for dessert. It was good, but not the best cake I've eaten. The cake part was a on the dryer side. It was a Devils Food cake, chocolatey, but not rich. It was slathered with Cookies and cream in between. This flavored cream was good, but the frosting on the top and sides was a bit sweet. The cake as a whole, even though it was beautiful was not quite as indulgent as I wanted it to be. Even though it was only 6" my family of 6 could only eat half the cake. We decided to freeze the rest. If you want a beautiful cake for a celebration, A Cake Life is an easy venue. read more

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The cake and cupcakes we ordered turned out perfect. We had 4 different flavors and each one was delicious. I am very happy we chose A Cake Life. It was a beautiful day with a beautiful cake. read more

Kristin and her team were amazing! We hired Kristin to do a our wedding cake and dessert bar 7/27/19. Our guests LOVED the dessert bar (they devoured it). Kristin was so easy to work with. We started with a tasting and consultation where Kristin was flexible and helpful. She guided us through designs, flavors and logistics. She is incredibly experienced and in this case even knew the ideal location to setup our dessert table at our venue (to avoid direct sunlight). She was very accommodating and prepped my own desserts for after the reception (anticipating the bride not having time to eat any). The desserts themselves were DELICIOUS. Our guests raved about them. The setup was beautiful and returning decor was easy. Thank you to Kristin and her team for helping to make our wedding reception a night to remember! read more

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Awesomely beautiful (and delicious) strawberry buttercream birthday cake and the service was full of aloha! A Cake Life design was sent to us in less than an hour complete with different options for our butterflies. I called rather last-minute on a Friday, and they came through big time, even offering to open for us to pick up the cake on Monday. Big mahalo to Kristin and company, your cake really made the day special! read more

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Love love the cookie buckets, cake cups, and the cookie decorating sets. These are not everyday sugar cookies. They are so good! I can't wait to order decorating kits for the holidays So reasonably priced to have a decorating party!! So so fun! Good kit to use to play Nailed with friends at a party!!! read more

Wedding has come and gone. While they were so easy to work with and awesome (everything came on time, it looked exactly as discussed, very professional and kind and understanding) The cake was not as good as the samples I had during the tasting. We had 2 different sheet cakes at the ceremony for a champagne toast following the ceremony, and a 3 tier cake for the reception with 2 additional sheet cakes for desert following dinner- 5 cakes total. The sheet cake at the ceremony (guava with lilikoi frosting) and chocolate/peanut butter) were good- the chocolate was dry though. I would say it was acceptable in terms of texture and freshness,but the chocolate left more to be wanted. At the reception, the 3 tier was moist, but the sheets cakes were not very good. They were dry and crumbly, and the white cake with strawberry frosting did not taste the same as I remembered at the tasting, although it was moist in comparison to the chocolate. Overall, with such a bulk order I understand if some cakes were made ahead of time considering we ordered 5 and also I am sure they have many other jobs the same week. However, I thought it was disappointing that the constancy of the cake was not the same as I remembered, nor the taste. I don't know if this is enough to NOT book them again, but something to consider. read more

We had A Cake Life make a dessert table and cake for our wedding. Everything was delicious and delivery went extremely smoothly. Recommend them to anyone getting married in Oahu! read more

I needed a simple wedding cake for my Step-son and bride to be and I needed it pretty quickly, the wedding was April 11th. After searching place after place during COVID wasn't easy. Then on Mar. 5th, I contacted A Cake Life for a quote. Kristin fulfilled every request that I had. Very please with the results. Everyone at the wedding loved it. It was perfect for a special moment. read more

A Cake Life - Carrot Cake with Creamcheese frosting and fresh flowers. - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

What a beautiful dessert spread and our guests loved everything! "Those donuts were unbelievable." "I had 4 of those haha!" "The dessert was so good! And it was gold colored! I have never seen that before!" These are some of the feedback that our guests gave us when we asked about the desserts and they are not kidding! The spread was absolutely beautiful as each item was a piece of art! Kristin with A Cake Life was so easy to work with! There were so many back and forth emails about prices, pictures and recommendations that were provided and she was always quick on her responses! Highly recommend it and I know our guests do too! If I could do it all again I would just have ordered more to have some snacks for the day after! Thanks so much for making our day a sweet one! read more

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Super disappointed that I went with this company for my wedding cake. I ordered a small 6in cake, 1 tier and it tasted disgusting! The fondant was about an inch thick luckily I was able to cut through. Inside was dry and fell apart easily and was way too sweet. I ordered a Yellow butter cake with lilikoi cream. Fondant = gross. I'm used to eating soft cuttable cakes so this is new to me. After I finished eating my slice, the fondant stuck to the plate and would not scrap off. It took forever for me to clean my plate! Imagine what it is doing to your insides! Luckily this cake was just for my husband and I since we did a beach wedding with no guests. If there were guests, I would be super embarrassed about this cake! Now if you are to go with this cake company, I would recommend you to go in to do a cake tasting. I couldn't since I'm from the Bay Area and you have to order way in advance. I would also recommend no fondant and to tell them to tone down the sweetness. I can't tell you whether your cake will be dry inside or fall apart but at least it will be edible if you make these changes! Design wise, the cake was beautiful and just what I asked for. After sending inspirational photos the cake turned out perfect and what I wanted which was Mickey and Minnie in love with Happily Ever After written on it in a fairy tale script font. This company is known for beautiful cakes and looked too beautiful to eat! So 2 stars: one for design and one for the quick and prompt email responses. Wish I can give more stars but for a $200 cake that is not edible it's a big disappointment! read more

FLASH CAKE FRIDAYS! Awesome deals happening weekly at 9:30 a.m. I purposely turned on my notifications for their Instagram just to see what types of cakes they've got available for the week. I love that they offer a variety of premade cakes to purchase for any occasion every week. They got some great creative designs and flavors. Sometimes I wish I had an event just to catch those $45 cake deals. Lol My sister just graduated high school and didn't want a celebration but I decided to get her a cake to congratulate her. I scored on one of the #ACLFlashSaleFriday deals which was a 6" coconut cake with coconut cream filling. It was described as a white semi-naked buttercream with chocolate drip, meringue cookies, and macarons as a cake topper. It was the most appealing of the bunch that was being sold that day. I called immediately at 9:30 a.m. and got through with my order over the phone quick and easy for pick up later that day. I work in Waikiki so it was on the way home to pick up the order. The location is located in a small shop on south king street. The parking there is really limited. I kept circling around for 15 minutes and couldn't find parking. I then called Kristin to see if someone would just drop it outside. But they went out of their way and had me park in their employee parking. Talk about great customer service! The packaged was well wrapped for my ride home and it was a quick sign off for me to acknowledge that I received it. I went home, surprised my sister and she was happy with the cake. It tasted so good as well! Not too sweet and very flavorful. Cant wait to order my next flash cake sale, definitely good for people who needs a quick cake order without having to think what you what. read more

A Cake Life - Flash Cake Friday Sale: Coconut cake with coconut cream filling. - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Dear Moms, If you have young children, the cookie kits from A Cake Life are a godsend! If you're like me and homeschooling is not your jam whatsoever, I know you also probably struggle with finding ways to keep your children busy during the days while working from home. Each month they offer two themed cookie decorating kits that are $30 each and come with twelve fresh baked sugar cookies, four colors of royal icing and sprinkles. I purchased their cute food cookie kit which included cupcakes, donuts and popsicles in the theme. Although I could have made the ingredients at home, I just do not have the time or energy to bake cookies and make icing from scratch. This is a great time saver so you can focus on having fun with your family! They'll be coming out with a Father's day cookie kit and I can't wait to have my kids decorate those for my hubby! In addition to fun and yummy treats, I also want to note that the owner of A Cake Life, Kristin, is so sweet! She's super hard working and I think it's important for us to support other moms in their endeavors! Here's a few tips when decorating: -Take a look at the photos they post on IG to get inspiration on how to decorate your cookies. -Massage your icing to make sure all the ingredients are mixed together properly. -Cut the tip of each bag very small so you can practice pushing out the frosting onto parchment paper. You can always cut it bigger but not smaller. If you cut the hole too big you can transfer to a little ziploc and cut that corner. -Outline your cookies with icing, then flood them. The border outline will help to contain your icing. -Allow each layer of icing to dry, then add on the next color on top. -Add sprinkles when icing is still wet so it sticks to your cookies. -Don't worry about making mistakes, because it'll take you few cookies before you learn how to properly control your icing. -Have funnnnnnnnnn! I would totally just buy this kit for myself even if I didn't have kids! -Eat all your cookies. This is the point of cookie decorating! Happy cookie decorating and big hugs! read more

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This is review is far overdue as we used ACL for pre-pandemic party cakes. We've used Kristin and A Cake Life for all our birthday party cake and party favor needs. Kristin is easy to coordinate items with and she and her team are very prepared for any issues that arised before the big day and day of. Kristin helps make my ideas become a reality. We are truly grateful for her and her team's creativity and flexibility. I also love that she has you taste test the cake flavors before placing your order and that step has always sealed the deal for us. The hardest part was making a decision as all the flavors are delicious and full of flavor. I always pick delivery for our cakes to save myself the stress of possibly damaging the cake on the way to the venue. They are always early to set-up and make sure everything is perfect before leaving. Since the pandemic started, we have purchased ACL cookie decorating kits for kid holiday gifts. These are so adorable and always a huge hit with the kids and grownups. We have also attended the zoom class and it was so helpful to creating the almost-perfect cookie. If you are looking for something unique for your celebrations, this is the dream team to work with. read more

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A Cake Life! Thank you for an amazing and delicious cake. Our guests and myself loved it so much. I wish I was able to bring some back to the Mainland as I am craving more of that Strawberry Guava cake with Lilikoi buttercream from my wedding, YUMMMM!!!!! You nailed every detail and it was a beautiful cake. I was sooo happy :) read more

A Cake Life - Strawberry Guava Cake w/ Lilikoi Buttercream - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Let me start off by saying that we have been a fan of A Cake Life. We got our wedding cake from them, and we bought their cookie decorating kits. We wanted to support this small local business. However, our most recent experience was just HORRIBLE. It started about two weeks ago, when I sent A Cake Life an email and DM through IG asking if they could make a vegan cake for my wife's birthday. I got an email back pretty quickly letting me know it could be done. I'm thinking - GREAT! I immediately emailed back asking about the price, flavor of the cake and providing the info they requested. I also requested a pick up a day before my wife's birthday. I didn't get a response. So, I sent a follow up email. No response. I wait a few days. Still, no response. So, I contact them on Instagram, and I get a message informing me that I will be getting an email shortly. A few days before my requested pick up date, and I still didn't receive the email response I was told I would get. No email confirmation, no confirmation on the price of the cake - NOTHING. Through this all, I'm relying on their initial response that it could be done. I AGAIN reached out to them via Instagram, and I FINALLY received an invoice - this is after multiple follow ups by both email and IG. For the vegan option they added on an extra 20 dollars (1/3 the price of the cake). I was not told this from the start - even though I was clear from the start that I wanted a vegan cake. When I brought this to their attention, the response I received was that they were "very busy" and that I should place orders "3 weeks to 30 days in advance". I asked them from the start if they could make the cake, and I was told yes. At no point was I told it couldn't be done. What upset me even more was: 1) A Cake Life is advertising and posting on IG all the speciality cakes they can make. There is no mention to order 3 weeks to 30 days in advance. 2) I asked if they could make the cake up front in my initial email. At no point did they tell me it was too short a timeframe. 3) I had to continually follow up on IG and email. 4) I relied on our initial contact that it could be done - when, I would've understood if they were too busy or it was too quick a turnaround. Now, I'm without a cake for my wife's birthday. It felt like A Cake Life was shifting the blame to me by responding that I should've ordered the cake "3 weeks to 30 days in advance." Well, A Cake Life, you should've been more responsive. Their IG account is full of posts (sometimes multiple posts in a day!) But, they can't seem to follow up on emails and respond to customer inquiries??? It's absolutely unacceptable to put the blame on the customer for the lack of responsiveness and dropping the ball. I am beyond disappointed in the customer service that I received - especially, since we have been loyal customers for years. read more

I had a destination wedding in Hawaii and even though I was very nervous to begin the process because I had never been to Hawaii or would be able to sample and taste the cake before the wedding. I based my decision on reviews and pictures, so for the bride out there needing reassurance, A CAKE LIFE is the company for you. I chose my flavors and sent a picture of what I wanted and they did great delivering it. My cake arrived on time and looked amazing and very similar to what I had envisioned. My guest are still raving about the taste of the cake and how good it was. Thank you so much for the great service you provided and the amazing cake. read more

A Cake Life - From the topper to the flowers A Cake Life did amazing. - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

A cake life, saved my life! Had last minute changes and decided we needed a cake for my best friends bachelorette weekend. Thankfully A Cake Life was able to accommodate on such short notice, and coincidentally on the biggest weekend of the year 8/18/18. Because of this, they graciously offered to have the cake ready a day prior, which of course I understood fully. To be honest, we ate the cake even 2 days after and the cake was still moist and really tasty! Communication with the staff was super easy and everyone was very friendly and accommodating. I opted for the Guava cake with dusty rosettes, and it came out beautiful & all the girls enjoyed it! (I bought a cake topper of Etsy to put on the cake & it came out really nice) Definitely looking to book more cakes in the near future. Their art abilities are amazing and their passion for this industry shines in their products :) read more

A Cake Life - The cake definitely made our decor! - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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With sweets being a love factor for us, we knew that a dessert table was a must. We were referred to A Cake Life and our sweets journey to the altar began! Their website is beyond informative and helped us get ideas as we were in California, but were getting married in Hawaii. If your sweet taste buds can dream it, they have it. A Cake Life got my vision and then some! I originally hadn't planned for the heart-shaped apple pies but when I saw them on the website and instagram it was a must. It was a surprise for my husband as he loves pies! I was so happy that we could include this personal element into the wedding as some people prefer pies! Since the wedding I am an avid acakelife follower on IG and love seeing the artistry of cakes and sweets! Be sure to keep an eye out because they do "flash sale Fridays"!!!!! Thank you Kristin for capturing such an important aspect of our wedding. It would not have been the same without you and these lovely sweets! read more

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Loved my covid19 birthday cake! Great taste and great details. This was the best cake ive ever had! In August, its my turn! So hopefully you'll be open still so I can order a cake! read more

A Cake Life - Awesome Co19 bday cake - Bakeries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Their service sucks. When I was planning my wedding for July 2022. I started calling in March and they never answered the phone or responded to emails. I only thought of getting my cake from there because it's close to my job. But yeah, bad customer service. I don't know anything about their food though. I went to Cake Works up the street and my wedding cake was beautiful and perfect! Maybe they answer their phones now?‍ read more

Everything about my experience with Kristin and her team was awesome! From the quick responses, the ease in looking through their past cakes and creating our own personal order, and then the Cake/Cupcakes were beautiful and delicious. From customer service, quality, and price you can't go wrong. Thank you Kristin for making our special day even better! =) read more

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So easy and safe pick up! Can't spend Easter with my family this year so wanted them to still have a memorable Happy EasterPicked up A Cake Life Easter cookie kit for all of themThank you so much for accommodating me Shop Local Eat LocalSay Sade everyone read more

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