From start to finish the process was amazing! The customer service is outstanding, and the cake is even better than we could've imagined! The talent is incredible. Would highly recommend and use again! Thank you!! read more

Deborah's Specialty Cakes - Bakeries Near Me - Athens, Georgia

I ordered a specialty birthday cake from Deborah. I basically said I wanted really dense, rich chocolate cake (almost like a brownie cake), with rich fudge icing. Deborah delivered! We had a small party where everyone raved about the cake. It was so dense that a little went a long way. We ended up freezing slices as leftovers, and got to continue enjoying the cake for the next couple of months. They were straightforward about pricing and communication; it was overall stress-free to deal with them. I'll definitely be back! read more

Super easy yo woke with. Ordered a birthday cake for son and everything went well. Ordering, pick up was smooth. The red velvet cake and icing was phenomenal. We liked that the icing was not super sweet. Can highly recommend . read more

From ordering the cake for my wedding, to changing the date due to COVID, Deborah has been a delight to work with. She happily delayed the cake order a few months for COVID and she even had to work with my florist to finish the cake the day of. We ordered a 2-tier wedding cake, one layer strawberry, one layer chocolate fudge. The strawberry was good, but the chocolate fudge was DELICIOUS! Everyone at the wedding raved about the chocolate and said it tasted like a big brownie! I see some negative reviews, but my experience was nothing but great. I will say the cakes are more dense and not "light and fluffy", but we liked it that way! We ate the cake the day after the wedding too, and it was just as delicious. Thank you Deborah for making our wedding great! read more

Deborah's Specialty Cakes - Wedding cake - Bakeries Near Me - Athens, Georgia

I worked in the ICU at Piedmont Athens Regional during the beginning and height of Covid. Deborah donated and delivered multiple cakes to us multiple times. They were delicious, moist and beautifully decorated. We appreciated it so much and they were so yummy! Thank you. read more

Two cakes ordered from here a couple of years apart. After the first cake I told my friend who ordered for me not to order from there again. She forgot and a couple of years later ordered from them again in May 2023. Only improvement for the second was the appearance. Honestly, I have never thrown out a cake before but did not even feel good giving it away. read more

First off, she dropped the cake off several hours before the time we agreed on. We agreed on 1:00 and she dropped it off at 9:00. She went behind our back and contacted the owner of the place we rented for our reception and dropped off the cake before we even got there. She left the cake sitting out and it tasted like it had been cooked the day before. Her "special icing" recipe was something she would not share and it contained nuts because my wife's cousin had a severe reaction to it. That was something she should have addressed way earlier when we placed the order. She charges way too much for her service and honestly Publix cakes beats her at every single aspect, including decoration. It was not up to our standards at all. Very rude while talking to us after we paid and very very adamant about her no refund policy without us asking. Not to mention, at the tasting she was 10 minutes late and had nothing ready. We had to wait almost half an hour for her to bring us samples of the cake. The fillings that she used is only located at the center of the cake as well, and is very very hard to even get to in order to taste. Wouldn't pay more than 20$ for one at the store. Stores tastes better. When she contacted us she was told that we did not want to leave it sitting out all day for fear of it being affected by the heat or by bugs. We all regretted the decision to hire her deeply. This happened before covid was a big issue but we still had a no contact delivery set up to accommodate her wishes, as she contacted us beforehand expressing her concern along with a reminder that there was no refund if the event was cancelled. The agreed on no contact delivery was for at 1, hours before the event started. When we found out she'd dropped it off at 9 we had to scramble to get someone out there to make sure nothing happened to it. read more

An absolute DELIGHT to work with. Easily the best cake I have ever tasted, and her price point is incredible for how talented she is. She has been nothing but flexible throughout the pandemic and happily made so many adjustments that she didn't HAVE to do. You can tell she genuinely cares about her brides/customers and their special days. She even talked to me for half an hour on the phone and gave wedding advice for aspects of my wedding that were outside of her realm. I honestly can't recommend her enough and I wish I could give more stars than 5. read more

Ms. Deborah is AMAZING! She has created 2 fantastic cakes for my family this year. Yesterday, she and her cake were the talk of my mother-in-law's birthday party. She created a masterpiece! I sent her a photo of a cake and it was perfect!!! It was delicious too! I was looking forward to having a piece today as a treat. There was none left! Everyone cannot bake a good carrot cake. Ms. Deborah nailed it!!! read more

I can't stress this enough... DO NOT USE THIS WOMAN! She interfered with our wedding day and I would hate for her to ruin someone else's big day! PLEASE trust me and use another baker. We even gave her a month to make things right and she wouldn't! I'm posting this on every wedding site in hopes that no one else will have to go through what we did. read more

Deborah was very nice and easts enough to work with. The cake I got had a light beige look to it which I did not like. The icing, when at room temperature was very nice, not to sweet, but the cake itself was way to dense and heavy. The top vanilla layer was over cooked and the bottom chocolate layer was good tasting but again not airy/ light at all. The cake was a 10 inch square and supper heavy. It was big, but just too dense. People are little less than half, had to toss the rest because hen next day it was just dry. Only the icing would have been worth saving. Such a shame as I had spent quite a bit and paid in full. It was costly, just very disappointed. Never again, Publix next time... read more

I ordered a cake from her website. The cake she gave me looks nothing like what we discussed. Also had real flowers on it, we discuss roses and peonies. When I got there the cake was covered in fluorescent colored Gerber daisies. The pictured of the wedding cake is actually a pic from pinterest she is using, its not even her cake. When I saw the picture on her website I assumed it was her original creation. She told me the base price and that the cost would increase per flower on the cake. So I was under the assumption that it would be edible flowers. When I got there is was real flowers. She charged me an extra $50 for real flowers from Trader Joe's, that I never asked for. read more

I was very disappointing with this cake. I wish I would have read Katie G's review. The cake and icing tasted terrible. It was for a very special occasion and the cake was one of my splurges, but even though it was somewhat pretty, it did not at all taste like a baker made it. Her attitude wasn't very good either. I will not be ordering from her again and I absolutely do not think it is worth the price. My Betty Crocker box cakes and Pillsbury icing taste SO much better! There isn't much competition in Athens, GA, but I wish I would have called Cecilia's cakes instead! read more