Food is top tier! Excellent ! Service is always wonderful. I really like her. The shop is beautiful. I love everything about her bakery!!! Tastes SO good! read more

Icing On the Cake - Ding Dong - Desserts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

Excellent coffee, music and impeccable customer service, family friendly environment.

No icing on that cake . Honestly, I was shocked to hear what happened to my mom yesterday whn she went in to this bakery to order my birthday cupcakes. First she walked in and no one was in sight for well over 5 minutes. Whn someone came to the counter she asked what my mom wanted ? My mom asked do you make mini cupcakes I'm planning a bday party. The employee behind the counter said very curtly, "No" Then my mom started to ask another question but was cut off by the employee walking away as she said is there anything else ? Mom said yes, as I was just asking ... But then she was cut off again w the employee saying have a nice day and walked off . Leaving my mom in the same spot she was in. With no further questions answered . Just rude . No icing on that cake . read more

We really loved this bakery the first time we visited. The second time my daughter was one week past a cold which was not Covid bc we tested for it. (We are a VERY Covid cautious family, for reference). My daughter (age 5) has asthma, so she takes a while to kick the congestion part of any cold she has and will cough for weeks after just because her lungs are weak and can't get it out. She hadn't coughed all day. We walked into the bakery bc she was so excited to get a cookie or any kind of treat with her 3 year old sister. My daughter coughed into her sleeve a couple of times and the woman behind the counter immediately asked if she was sick. I explained it's been a week since she's actually been sick and that I could put a mask on her. The woman (in front of my daughter) told us to leave. I didn't say anything and just left bc I didn't want to cause an issue. But she didn't have to vocalize it in front of my 5 and 3 year old. Immediately my 5 year old was sad and said she would "hold her coughs in." I think next time, they need a sign in front of their window that if anyone is sick, they won't do business with people who have a cough. That way, I wouldn't have entered with my girls. I respect the decision, but part of me is like - what child this young doesn't have a slight cough. No fever, it's been an entire week since being actively sick. Our pediatrician even cleared her to go back to school at this point because she wasn't contagious anymore. It felt like a little much, especially in front of a child. At least pull me off to the side and whisper it or something bc my girls were waiting for it all day. And at the absolute least, place a sign in your business window saying you won't serve people with a cough. That would be helpful. read more

This is a lovely little bakery with some delicious offerings! The staff was lovely and knew menu items well. It's $5 a cupcake but worth every bit! I'm especially fond of the lemon raspberry cupcake. The cake pops not so much, they tasted off and a bit like canned frosting. read more

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A-mazing cakes and bars!!! Key lime and Nanaimo Bars are my favorite. We will be back soon A++++

See the recent negative review from Hannah. BEWARE! Do Not Patron This Business. I ordered a birthday cake on line. I was called by the rude and hostile owner that they couldn't make the cake i ordered days ago- giving me less than 24 hrs notice. I selected an alternate. Then i suggested they offer non dairy icing options. for people like me who can't digest the butter cream. I heard her make an audible gasp- and say i can't work with difficult people. I then was called back by her and she clarified my new choice. Minutes later received an email canceling my order and says she won't be insulted when making a custom cake. Ah that's their business making custom cakes And she suggested i shop at the Co-Op. The owners cancel culture and not-customer friendly or centric practice is shocking. Bham is full of bakeries who want your business and will listen to your request or recommendation. Take it from me having been a Regional Manager at Whole Foods and know how to deal with the paying public. Shame on you. read more

Very friendly. Best cream cheese chocolate dipped brownie I've ever had. Cute place.

Not from the area and only Apple map searched cake pops to buy for my daughter that was in town for a softball game. She has loved cake pops her whole life and we order them in every town we travel through. She said, hands down, the best cake pops she's ever had. Owner was amazingly sweet and kind. Do not miss out on an amazing sweet try. This is a must stop and try location. read more

I parked in an open spot to run briefly into a business nearby not realizing that I was parking in a reserved spot. I came back to a large 1/2 sheet sticker with threatening language about taking my license plate and towing with industrial strength adhesive plastered to my drivers side window--she vandalized my vehicle and also obstructed my view for safe driving. I went into the store to apologize for parking in her spot and she started going on about how ignorance is no excuse and proclaimed herself proud to be a c-word and in a taunting sing-songy-voice told me to hurry on before the tow truck arrived ‍. I actually had intentions of going into the store to buy a desert before heading home. I've never, ever met such a vile individual running a small business. The adhesive on that sticker was intended to be difficult to remove, thankfully the nice kids at oreilys helped me with some stuff to get the sticker off. *Noted* shortage of decent human behavior and understanding and patience at that place. As a former small business owner myself, I treated everyone as a potential customer. New relationships and good impressions are what keep your business going. If you can't even make it through the door to see how the product is, it won't matter if you've got the best stuff on earth. Peace and love to you, sweetie pie read more

Icing On the Cake - Desserts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

The pies were very expensive and small. They're not as big or deep as a normal bakery, and they are not as good as something I would make at home. Overpriced and not worth it. I suspect the glowing reviews are her own or best friends. read more

I went in to get info and pricing for my Daughters wedding and the girl working was very rude. The cupcakes are very expensive for the size. We ended up getting them from Barb' pies and pastries in Ferndale (which we were extremely happy with) read more

We tried this place for the first time. Ordered Chocolate dipped vanilla cupcake. It was very underwhelming. We also had the ginger sandwhich cookie and a ding dong. Ding dong was terrible, barely any filling and super dry. The ginger snap cream filled cookie was pretty good though read more

Do not patron this business. They are overpriced and terrible to work with. They messed up my order, which ruined my event. Then they demanded that I pay for their mistake. The owner is disrespectful and hostile. I think she needs to find a new line of work. Bellingham deserves better businesses than Icing on the Cake. read more

Yummy little cupcake shop! I stopped in here for an early birthday treat while visiting my cousin. I arrived 30 minutes before closing so she was out of a lot of flavors, but the ones I ended up with were yummy. I was torn between two so she actually ended up giving me one for free which was so nice of her. The woman working was also one of the nicest people I've ever come into contact with! She was very friendly and had a very bubbly personality. The flavors I ended up trying were raspberry almond and lemon blueberry. The raspberry was the best of the two. The almond buttercream was so good and not overly sweet. I wanted to go back to try a chocolate one but I ran out of time and I feel bad because she even said she would set one aside for me! You should definitely go treat yourself to some cupcakes. read more

Icing On the Cake - Desserts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

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I've consumed a lot of cupcakes in my lifetime, including those from some of the most acclaimed bakeries in the United States, but this sweet, little shop in Bellingham, WA has the absolute best cupcakes I have ever eaten. The owner has such a genuinely pure soul and sweet personality, and her assistant, Katelyn always greets and serves customers with an adorably bubbly personality. The cupcakes come in all sorts of unique flavors that all just seem to work perfectly, and are incredibly affordable for such high end treats. I cannot rave enough about Icing on the Cake. 100% recommend heading down and getting your hand on these delicious desserts!! P.S. Try the Chocolate Salted Caramel if you can. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE read more

Icing On the Cake - The Chocolate Salted Caramel! It literally oozes caramel but still maintains a perfect cupcake consistency. Don't know how she does it! - Desserts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

The cake - absolutely delicious, moist, flavorful, fresh. My husband said , " where did you get this? This is the best cake I've ever eaten" my sons 15 year old birthday guest made it a point to tell me how good he thought the cake tasted after we'd had a big meal and celebration. It was exceptional. The service - I am so sorry that I did not get this bakers name. She was fabulous in so many ways. She was friendly, sweet, humble, accommodating and more. I know that's a lot to pick up in a short meeting , thus my wishing I got her name. This is a small operation. It's very personal and special. I was fortunate enough to happen upon this place and find her willing to put together a quick birthday cake same day. Further, when my plans changed an hour later, she stepped it up and put her plans aside to get me that cake within 90 minutes . Customized , beautiful and delicious! Unheard of ! All with a smile and a can do attitude in her little shop working solo. Thank you! The shop- so Darned cute! Unique flavors and all look and sound incredible! Cupcakes, pie ( which I should have bought) shortbread cookies, etc). All made with care and thought! It was somewhat sparse when I was there but it's a small clearly personal operation ( and She was going that extra mile for me and my sons cake so I may be partially responsible for this). Yet, there was plenty to choose from for a treat or a take home dessert for a group and no sense of stress or concern - it was a happy place . I was unusually impressed with this sweet proprietor and her charm. When we left, my 17 yo son said to me ... if I met that woman in the street I would think - she makes cupcakes- :-) . I'm certain that that is a Compliment - especially from a teenaged boy. read more

I had a great experience ordering from Icing on the cake for my babyshower. I went with the bakers choice which gave me plenty of good flavors for my event. I was able to give my preferences and the cupcakes were all very tasty according to my guests. I would definitely recommend them as I experienced friendly service as well. The location downtown Bellingham is easy to find. I'm excited to check out the shop to see what else they offer. read more

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Super frustrating, just called to ask a few questions for a dozen cupcakes for a couple of weeks from now. Obviously the person that answered sounded like the owner, I kept being referred to their website. Was told they didn't have time for a consult. If it wasn't on the website they wouldn't do it. Before calling I looked on the website and didn't think it was super user friendly. There was pricing depending on flexibility of flavors. I had some clarifying questions and wasn't given the time of day. They're only open 3 days a week noon to 8pm. In that time they aren't able to provide customer service? Would've been the my first time using this bakery, obviously I will be taking my business elsewhere to someone willing to help. read more

I stopped in here after having a long lunch with a friend down the street. Thought it would be fun to bring some desserts home to my kids. As soon as I entered the lady working started yelling at me about needing to have a mask on. Keep in mind this is months after even doctor's offices stopped requiring masks. I was startled and confused because I haven't carried a mask with me in quite some time but the lady wouldn't stop harping about it. So I left and bought my families dessert elsewhere. I have zero problem with people who still choose to wear masks and zero problem with wearing one if I don't feel well. But felt very attacked by this business and felt ostracized for not having a mask ready even though it is no longer commonly required. read more

I tried the mocha caramel cupcake and vanilla cupcakes. I loved the mocha caramel frosting, but thought the chocolate crumb was dry. I like the vanilla crumb, but thought the vanilla frosting was overly sweet. The shop was really cute and the owner was very nice. I came during happy hour so I scored a deal since I was buying plenty for a family party. read more

Icing On the Cake - Vanilla, chocolate, tiramisu, tuxedo, & caramel coffee cupcakes - Desserts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

I ordered a selection of treats to be delivered for my guests. Without any communication or consideration they substituted the entire order with just cupcakes. This was beyond disappointing and embarrassing. Besides it being over priced for small cupcakes, it was too costly compared to what I did order. The cupcake itself was dry and bland. They were definitely not fresh cupcakes made today. The icing is sweet, however I think the texture could be smoother. They arrived in a plastic container that wasn't post consumer recycled. This could have been handled much better with a customer centered approach. I could have gotten moist cupcakes with the same flavor for 75% of the cost from Whole Foods. read more

I have ordered cupcakes from here at least 6+ times in the last month. The first two batches were excellent! 5 star! then the next couple of batches 2 of the 6 had dry cake..,wondering if it was day old or something. Disappointing because I had such high expectations. I would give it 3.5 stars for that. I had my son pick up the last dozen of cupcakes and the way he was treated by the owner was appalling. We will no longer be purchasing cupcakes there. She was extremely rude. If you get her fresher cakes they are excellent, I just don't condone poor treatment of my family members or anyone by an establishment so I will buy my cupcakes from Pure Bliss. read more

I popped in here to get a Thanksgiving Pie the day before the holiday and I was really impressed. They had many COVID prevention methods in place to keep everyone safe. The staff was helpful and friendly. And they had a TON of pies to chose from! I got a "4 Way Pie" which was a fourth of a pie each of Pecan, Pumpkin, Custard and Key Lime. I tried the Key Lime and Pecan which were great, and I heard the other two flavors were also yummy. I thought this was a cool idea for a pie! I also really appreciated that I could walk in and chose something so close to a holiday as most small bakeries in Bellingham require a pre-order for a whole dessert. read more

I spent $100 today in desserts for a meeting. I was embarrassed by the low quality, second-rate desserts that I fell victim to buying. The banana pie was so old, that is it was grey from very old bananas, that no one was willing to try it. The white cupcakes were stale. Too old to eat. Cheesecake had no flavor. The only dessert worth $2 (but was charged $4.50) was a chocolate cupcake frosted by a 10-year old. I am disgusted and was totally embarrassed in front of my nine guests who will never go to that bakery! read more

Icing On the Cake - Dug to find a fresh banana. Nope! - Desserts Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

Aside from being way over priced, the cheesecake slices we purchases were dry and mostly tasteless. I looks like you used to be able to eat inside, luck for them we had to take it to go or I would have returned every slice we purchased. In hindsight A blizzard from Dairy Queen would have been a better option. read more

I am a cupcake fanatic. In fact, obsessed is more like it. I travel for cupcakes and savor the cake and frosting - bite by bite. I have dreamed of Liz's cupcakes many a night, being teased by vanilla shavings, strawberry fluffiness and red velvet chocolaty-ness. She has the best cupcakes from here to Seattle. If you haven't been to her shop and dined on a fluffy morsel - you must! Run, don't walk to the best little gourmet cupcake shop in Bellingham, It's the icing on my cake! read more

I decided to give the store a chance. Since I had gotten my first cupcake from them at the farmers market and it was cold out, I thought maybe the weather had something to do with the dryness and coldness of it. I am sorry to say that my in-store experience was not much better. I found the cupcake to be somewhat dry and the frosting was a bit dry/crisp on top. The person/owner working at the store was very nice, so I feel bad that I didn't enjoy the cupcake. read more

AWESOME! Vie the chef/owner is super friendly. I picked up a few boxes of cupcakes here for my niece's 3rd birthday party, at the request of my sister who has been raving about this place ever since moving to town last year. I'm personally not a huge fan of cakes and cupcakes--usually because they're usually too sweet for my sweet tooth--but these were amazing. Very gourmet options and interesting flavor combinations: the best ones were lemon/strawberry, which had cake with a light lemon flavor, a dollop of lemon filling inside the cake, and strawberry frosting on top flavored with real strawberries. I'd never had frosting with real fruit, but it made these regular-sized cupcakes seem like a feast of awesome flavor. Most importantly, there wasn't even a hint of fake saccharine sweetness like most cakes and cupcakes. The cupcakes ended up seeming like a gift to the parents who brought their toddlers to the party...all the parents were raving about the cupcakes. My sister had a 3 tiered thing she used to place cupcakes all around so when it was time for cake, the birthday kid blew out 3 candles on hers, and everybody else chose their preferred flavor from the tower of cupcakes. It was an awesome alternative to the traditional birthday cake, and allowed for 4 different gourmet flavors of cakes instead of just one big boring cake. 100% recommend this place for any special occasion cakes, or just to stop in for a treat. read more

For Christmas, the only thing I hinted that I wanted was the once-a-month cupcake gift certificate from Icing on the Cake. My husband, delightful man that he is, honored my request, making me a VERY happy woman this year. I thought my favorite cupcake was the Fleur de Sel with it's caramel infused chocolate cake, mile-high frosting and grains of salt on the top (since the first time I ate it, in the shop, I made noises that gave the experience a PG rating) but I do believe that the chocolate cupcake is my new favorite. Liz is the BEST. We love her. She makes us feel like we are cherished friends. We've taken every visiting member of our friends and family here, even before the requisite mountain hiking and ocean viewing. Pure pleasure, thy name is "Icing on the Cake." read more

I'm not a huge cupcake fan, but these cupcakes are consistently moist and delicious. The chocolate is amazing, as is anything with their cream cheese frosting. read more

Been enjoying truffles from this pastry chef for a couple of years now. Her cupcakes are excellent! My wife and I stopped in Saturday afternoon. Vie - the owner and pastry chef - made the cakes for our wedding. We are so glad that she now has a shop! We've had the Maple Bacon, Salted Caramel, Chocolate / Peanut Butter and Toasted Toffee cupcakes. All were excellent. Her red velvet cake pops are awesome as well. Vie is a true artisan. If you're in Bellingham and you'd like a tasty treat, you can't go wrong with Icing on the Cake! Note: Always check Yelp's 'Filtered Reviews.' One of the businesses I reviewed has a 1-star rating with only 1 review, but there are 5 'filtered' (hidden) reviews averaging 4.8 stars! read more

These are the best cupcakes I have ever tasted! Of the six flavors I've tried, each was incredibly moist and flavorful! It's hard to believe one could incorporate so much flavor into one cupcake! From the taste of them, one would only assume they are using expertly chosen, high-quality ingredients in their cupcakes. The shop itself is elegant and tidy, yet pretty low-key and intimate. This quiet setting speaks volumes for the quality of their cake - less time spent on pleasing our eyes, more time spent on pleasing our taste buds! Overall, these cupcakes are an inspiration! read more

Just dropped in for a pick me up and had a Smores cupcake. Thank goodness I did not eat it there or I would have had 10 more...

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I never would have found this place without Yelp. I had to run to Bellingham for another errand and purposely made my way over to Icing On The Cake because of Ismael's review below. How you can pass up the temptation after reading that? I may have to upgrade my rating after another visit, but can only give it 4 stars this time since I went in just before closing and there were only a few options left. I bought a tiramisu and a fleur de sel (dark chocolate, caramel filling, chocolate buttercream frosting with sea salt on top). The tiramisu was cute, but a little dry. The fluer de sel was impressive in flavor and moistness! These treats go for $2.50 each (no tax). I think that is a pretty standard price for a cupcake these days. read more

Icing is excellent but the cakes were wet and soggy tasting. Good size for the price though. We were very disappointed to have nowhere too sit and eat our cupcakes. It was an overcast day and cold so we couldn't even sit on the sidewalk. read more

Just had 4 bakers choice cupcakes delivered by Viking Foods. I was a tad nervous as Im picky. I asked for simple chcolate and vanilla and no coffee. Everything had chocolate or vanilla and there was no coffee. Ive only eaten two but both were great! Cake was moist and icing wasnt too sweet. My favorite was chocolate with caramel filling with chocolate icing. The best cupcake ever and I never would have picked it myself. Ive been to Icing on the Cake for a couple of years and always get the same 3 cupcakes. Im encouraging everyone to branch out now. Its good stuff!! read more

Wish I had purchased grocery store cupcakes, for $4 per I would have expected so much better. The salted caramels tasted like they dropped a salt shaker into them, everything else was dry and poor flavors. Way too much icing and very little cake, and I'm someone who loves icing. read more

I was in town with my boyfriend last weekend, visiting his aunt and uncle and had a hankering for carrot cake so we stopped into this cupcakery. Lo and behold they had carrot cake! So I ordered one of those and three other cupcakes for 11 dollars. I would have enjoyed them more if the ratio of frosting to cake wasn't 50/50, as I like a bit more cake than that. Also, the frosting on the carrot cake wasn't quite a true cream cheese frosting, but a more fluffy, artificial tasting counterpart. So -1 star for that. They were decent cupcakes though. The -2 stars is for the way the cashier reacted when my boyfriend's aunt tried to take a photo of me buying the cupcakes. She had no ill intent, she was only documenting parts of the trip, and the cashier just started mumbling under her breath about her being rude for assuming that she wanted to be in the photo. I get it, you don't want to be in the stupid picture- I too work in a customer service position, I know what it's like. But do you have to passive aggressively mumble about it and make everyone feel awkward? Just flat out say that you don't want to be in it, jesus christ. It made everyone so uncomfortable that my boyfriend suggested I shouldn't have bought the cupcakes and honestly I didn't really want to after that happened but my card had already been swiped. read more