Karla made our beautiful and delicious wedding cake in 2016. I needed a local baker for my daughter's birthday this year, so I decided to contact Karla. Text messaged her on a Saturday evening and got an early response the next day. Luckily she was available for the date! I was told to fill out an online order form. I ordered a round vintage style cake with Kuromi-inspired colors (no cake topper/no candle - self-provided). After a week, I received a quote and a deposit was made to confirm the order. Finally, it was a day of the party and I picked up such a cute cake! My daughter's guests loved how it looked and tasted! Thank you, Karla! read more

Karla's Cakes - round vintage style Kuromi-inspired cake. - Desserts Near Me

We have been ordering from Karla since we have been living in the east Bay Area. Please note that Karla is a one woman shop so she is the one responding to inquires, baking the cake and delivering. I've always trusted Karla with her vision and let her have at it. I only wish I lived closer. thank you for everything, Karla! read more

Our cake from Karla was great! We don't have photos of the mini cupcakes to post, but we went with a 2-tiered cake for cutting and a large order of mini cupcakes for the guests. Flavors chosen were pistachio and red velvet. Cake was moist even as a leftover. The other awesome thing was that she delivered to SJ all the way from Hayward, and came early! Her rates are affordable too! There are a lot of reviews about communication being an issue, but I didn't have much of an issue. I've actually experienced worse communication from other vendors that are way more established. Karla also stated in her website that she is only able to communicate during certain days, so maybe they weren't aware of that? read more

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Karla's Cakes is amazing! Karla is really talented with her cake designs and came highly recommended to my husband and I. She was kind, patient, collaborative, and easy to communicate with (mostly via text and with quick responses). She's extremely attentive to details and provided a lot of great options whenever we were unsure about what we wanted. Another bonus, she also has great recommendations for other Bay Area wedding vendors if you're in need! Wedding planning during a pandemic put a damper on a lot of things, such as cake tasting, but Karla came through and provided us with a take home cake tasting! It was a whole box of all her cake flavors and icing/filling samples, along with a list of suggested combinations. It was a real fun (and yummy) experience for my partner and I. Our wedding guests not only complimented us on how beautiful our cake was, but how delicious it was, too! If you're in need of any desserts for any special events/occasions, I highly recommend Karla's Cakes! read more

Karla's Cakes - Our wedding cake! Karla even creatively placed the flowers our florist left for her. - Desserts Near Me

I do not recommend her. I reached out to her about a month before my daughter's first birthday event and she told me she was available to bake a cake but was very unresponsive to my messages saying she was on a holiday! After following up multiple times, she cancelled on me, I just have 2 weeks to find another baker for the event. Very Unprofessional. read more

Karla did an amazing job on my cake and other desserts for my baby shower! Everyone at the baby shower loved all of the sweets that we had on our dessert table (cake, mini cupcakes, cake pops and cookies). The desserts didn't just look good, they tasted great as well. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because of communication - I had to text or call Karla several times during the time I was trying to get the order in and the cake was not delivered on time but other then that everything else worked out great! My family loved the cake so much we will definitely work with Karla again for our baby boy birthday parties in the future. read more

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I have been going to Karla ever since my baby shower that was back in 2012 and she still remains my dessert queen! Her cake pops are a hit at every party I've thrown. I usually have to order 200 because a lot of my guests take more to-go. I've tried red velvet, chocolate, Oreo, and marble. The consistency every year never changes. It's always moist and the perfect bite size. I always order simple cakepop designs like sprinkles, swirls, and color depending on what the theme is. She never fails to provide cakepops that have my guests asking me where I get them from! She also if it's not already being rented, she rents the stand! Another hit for classy parties. As far as cakes, she also does my godson's since he was 2. Safe to say that my best friend and I are loyal customers because Karla gets the job done. We give her a few pictures of what we want our cakes to look and she always nails it. *as picture shown, she never fails me. For my baby shower I think she did 100+ cupcakes to fill that tower (which she also rents out for a little extra) and I think I order aside from the usual Oreo, vanilla, red velvet, the s'mores flavor. Last year I asked for a special Hennessy ganache bottle shaped cake along with chocolate cupcakes filled with Hennessy shots. ANOTHER HIT FOR MY BOYFRIEND. The latest creation she's made was an UBE cake, it definitely is up to par with Red ribbon! She is friendly, always delivering with care, and fast at responding, and always making your orders with love. I've been with Karla for so long that I book her as soon as I can, cause the one year I didn't reach out to her, she was booked. BOOK HER THE SECOND YOU SET A date because chances are, she's booked. Good luck! :) read more

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I was very happy with my daughters cake. The cake met all our expectations, It was yummy too. I had to put 4 star because we had a little problem with communication at the beginning, she get so busy that it takes her a while to respond to emails but it got better as the event drew closer. read more

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I got married two weeks ago and Karla made the wedding cake as well as everything on the dessert table. I was (and still am) delighted to see how it all turned out. She did exactly as we discussed, i.e., the colors (purple, silver and a dash of yellow), design (square quilted purple wedding cake with white pearls, gumpaste calla lilies and silver ribbon border), flavors for the cake (red velvet and chocolate kahlua), cupcakes (red velvet and chocolate kahlua), cake pops (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate), and pretzel rods(chocolated-dipped). It was a spectacular sight and drew attention from the guests. Not only did it look so good, it all tasted great! In addition, Karla is so easy to work with. To top it all, her rates are very reasonable considering the quality of work she delivers. We have found and spoken to other excellent bakers, too, but they were charging exorbitant fees. Karla worked within our budget, and for that, we are truly grateful. My husband and I have no qualms highly recommending Karla for those who may be in need of someone with skill and talent like hers. For my father's 90th birthday, I have requested Karla for a birthday cake befitting the occasion. I have no doubt she'll give us a wonderful surprise with a beautifully crafted and delicious cake! read more

Karla's Cakes - Diaz-Tabora Wedding Cake by Karla (square quilted purple wedding cake w/ white pearls, gumpaste calla lilies and silver ribbon) - Desserts Near Me

I was really disappointed with the cake I ordered for my daughter's birthday from Karla. I don't mind paying more for high quality cake, however it seemed that Karla didn't put much work on the cake I ordered perhaps Bc she has larger orders she needed to fulfill. I ordered a 10 inch fondant cake with the happy face emoji around the cake and minions on top of the cake. The minion characters were just plastic toys that can be purchased anywhere, they were not even attached to the top of the cake. So we had to put the toys on top ourselves. Additionally the toys were very small and not the cutest, and definitely didn't match the size of the cake! The cake was super sweet although I have asked for reduced sweetness to 75%. Honestly, this did not worth the $120 we paid for!! I'm not trying to be difficult, it's just that I've had ordered another fondant cake else where, the design was beautiful and completely hand crafted (not plastic store bought), and tasted very good for a much better price!! read more

Sadly, I have to give 1 star. I am a firm believer of supporting independent and small businesses, which is why I contacted Karla in the first place. I found Karla's Kakes on IG and was looking forward to booking her for our wedding. Her work is amazing! I contacted her via e-mail on three separate occasions to inquire about her services. The last e-mail I sent was in October and I have yet to hear back from her. I realize that she is busy with orders and life in general, so in November I contacted her a FOURTH time. This time, I commented on an IG post of hers to follow up on my e-mails. Surprisingly, she promptly replied on IG asking for my e-mail address and said she would get back to me. She never did email me. It is poor customer service that she does not respond to e-mail inquiries. I saw other posts on IG in which people were following up because they didn't hear back from her (similar to the other Yelp reviewer). She has lost several potential clients. :( read more

I really dislike writing bad reviews for small businesses but what I dislike more is a business with bad business practices. Their websites says to text or email I did both with no response. I then saw an Instagram post and commented how I reached out with no response, she quickly responded to say send the text again. WELL I did and again no response. This company has done business for my cousin who was the one who recommended them, when I called and told her she said she would try and text and see if she gets a response VOILA she did and was told they are booked up. I find it interesting that this company doesn't respond if they are too busy and would risk losing a potential customer. I would not recommend them to anyone. read more

Be careful. I found her to be very unreliable and very unprofessional. After leaving countless messages and emails to see if she could make a cake for an occasion 8 weeks away I finally received a response a whole month later. She said that she could make my cake. After that as I tried to move forward with her on the order she simply disappeared again. I suggest you use an established "real" professionally trained baker. read more

I was referred by my friend to Karla. She responded to my email inquiry right away, and said yes toy request. We ordered chocolate cake with shopkins design. The cake was exactly how I requested it to be! All the kids loved the chocolate flavor. Cake was gone in minutes! Rockin Jump commented on how it was the most beautiful cake they've seen! I am very happy to find someone who is efficient, top notch and thorough at their craft. Thank you Karla for making my niece happy! Cake was scrumptious and very cute!!! read more

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Karla did an awesome job for my daughter's my little pony themed birthday cake on 7/14/12. She's easy to communicate with and gets the job done. We got two different flavors. First flavor was chocolate tuxedo with nutella, strawberry and banana. Second flavor was strawberry tuxedo with whip cream and strawberry. My favorite was the strawberry tuxedo. It was excellent. I definitely recommend. Her cakes are affordable and delicious plus she delivers for a small fee! Now days it's hard find a baker who doesn't OVER charge, makes delicious but also awesome looking cakes. I'm glad I found all this with Karla's cakes. read more

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Karla'sKakes is the way to go! Luckily I have called her under short notice and she was always able to accommodate my cake / cupcake needs which I love. First thing first, I am not a cake person at all. But her red velvet cake / cupcakes with cream cheese is everything (heaven). I have had the pleasure to have had Karla make a Hennessy cake for my boyfriend's birthday which came out awesome !!! And cupcakes with CSU LA colors and logos for my friend's graduation dinner. Both came out amazing and delicious of course. Karla works alone and out of her house, so all the amazing stuff she does is all her own hard work and dedication to each and every cake / cupcake / cake pops LOOK NO FURTHER, CALL KARLA!!! read more

I LOVE Karla! She was able to accommodate my pretty short notice order and killed it! Very reasonably priced (I was quoted almost double elsewhere) and her cake was delicious! We got vanilla cake with Oreo filling and chocolate cake with chocolate ganache. Super flavorful and I loved the dense, almost chewy texture of the ganache. The Oreo buttercream was smooth and melted in your mouth. I will definitely be back for our next cake and be sure to give her more notice :) Thanks again, Karla! read more

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I ordered Oreo cake pops for my son's 1st birthday last year, they were Mickey and Minnie shaped and individually wrapped with the cutest tags designed especially for our Mickey-Halloween theme. The cake pops were delicious! The best cake pops I've ever had and now my husband & I are back for my son's 2nd birthday! Karla is a sweetheart and easy to work with, she is extremely talented and creative! Can't wait to see what she'll do for our son's 2nd birthday! read more

Karla did an amazing job with my son's Thomas the Train birthday cake!!! It turned out better than I expected and was so delicious!! Her prices are so reasonable too!! She will be my go to person for cakes from now on. Thanks Karla!! You are the best!!! read more

Karla's Cakes - Thomas the Train cake made by Karla! So cute!!!!!!! - Desserts Near Me

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I am pretty disappointed that I have inquired twice now, through the website. Karla does mention that during wedding season, she can be very busy and will try to respond to emails in a timely manner, however my 1st inquiry was over 3 months ago, and my 2nd inquiry was almost 3 weeks ago. I still have yet to receive a response from her. As a potential customer I find that very disheartening. I will not be using her strictly for these reasons. read more

Very disappointed with the cake I ordered...doesn't look anything like what I requested. Today is her party and I'm out looking for a new cake unfortunately..she wasn't even trying to help me find a solution..I felt like I was just left hanging after trying to figure out myself how to fix it somehow. The top was just a mess, it looked like a kid did the cake and it was just a bad mixture of colors. And the colors weren't even the vibrant rainbow colors like I asked. Initially she was very hard to reach and hard to communicate with, I get it your extremely busy. I was patient with her and I trusted her because her cakes really did look good, but once I picked up the cake I was beyond upset. I didn't even want to be that person and rock the boat, but to be left hanging after I asked if we can fix the drip or if I should spray paint it with food coloring. I then thought I shouldn't be the one paying for more money trying to "fix" the cake. Now I'm left with a hideous cake and literally am out scouting for a new cake. The top part wasn't even smoothed out and had a random white spot. Completely no effort and I felt like she knew it came out bad but just really didn't care. I just can't with how it came out. Even the sprinkles were a horrible dull color. I do not recommend coming here...Beyond upset. read more

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Karla is the best. Her work is amazing and she's the sweetest. I've been buying from her ever since she started and I will only go to her!!

I was recommended by a friend who has had several cakes from Karla. She is not the most responsive and sometimes I had to repeat my texts to make sure she got them, but I'm sure she's super busy. Her prices are affordable. The cake was delicious and a huge hit. We got coconut passionfruit and vanilla cookie butter. The sugar cookies were super cute too. I would order again. read more

This place offers HORRIBLE customer service!!! First of all, she never replies in a timely manner. Not only was it difficult to get in touch with her but on the day of my son's 1st bday party she delivered a completely different cake than what I had ordered. Her excuse was she was unable to find the correct pan to make the cake I had ordered. Not once did she think of contacting me to let me know. she refunded me my money however, that didn't fix my cake situation. I had based all of my son's party decorations around the colors of the cake she single handily ruined my party plans! Plus the cake she made was way smaller than what I hard originally ordered, so I didn't have enough cake for my guest. Needless to say this experience was awful and I will never order nor refer anyone to her. read more

I guess she only responds to people with huge orders cause that's where the money is. I requested a cake and cakepops and she never responded and I know she read my facebook message. I'll be glad to order somewhere else. These are the kind of people I don't like and hate to do business with. And I'll be glad to tell everyone not to order from you! read more

Karla is awesome! I recently contacted her to make a cake and some treats for my sisters babyshower and she did an amazing job. I sent her a couple pictures and she firgured it out for me. Im a very annoying customer I feel so she coped great! A few things you have to know is that she is a very busy gal you have to get her months and months in advance. I have read the previous reviews that she doesn't respond and and as much as I hate to say it, she is very tough to get a hold of. I emailed her, text her and commented on a post on her Instagram and waited awhile to hear back so don't expect to get an immediate response unfortunately. I am still giving her 5 stars because her work was so beautiful and I added to the order last minute chocolate covered pretzels and oreos and she was happy to do it which is not something any other business would allow. She also delivered to tracy all the way from hayward. I will be using her again in the future but months in advance to secure her! read more

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i don't know what to say. i've been trying to contact this business but absolutely no response. not even an email saying, 'please be patient'. it does worry me that once i've paid, she can disappear. read more