We had a wonderful (and delicious) cake tasting experience with Room for Cake! What we loved was…read morethat you can choose any four styles of cakes from their list of signature cakes or build your own custom one! We went with lemon blueberry, lemon olive oil, coconut cake, and a custom one of banana cake with mocha buttercream and toffee bits! Coconut cake with passion fruit cream and toasted coconut was our favorite, with the tartness of the passion fruit cream and the wonderful texture of the toasted coconut. While ultimately we didn't select Room for Cake for our wedding cake, we thought it was a great experience regardless. Communication with Lauren and pickup was very easy. Her kitchen is located in a converted seminary which is located near the old mission, so driving into the property was a cool experience itself.

Laurie at Room for Cake is AMAZING! We hired her to create a completely custom cake for our wedding…read moreand I am so, so glad we did. Laurie was extremely communicative and fast at responding throughout the whole process, which was almost a year from the day I first reached out to our wedding day. We made several changes along the way, and Laurie rolled with the punches and always said 'yes' no matter how complicated or complex the request was. I sent her an inspiration photo from Pinterest and she made our dream cake come true. She even accommodated putting on two cake toppers and florals! We received so many compliments on our cake and our guests were blown away with the quality of the taste but also the presentation and design. Laurie is a magician and I cannot thank her enough for agreeing to work with us on our cake. It turned out better than we could have ever imagined - the pictures speak for themselves! You will not regret hiring Laurie!! Seriously, just do it!

Cinthia did a wonderful job with our wedding cake!! She was very communicative and the cake looked…read moreexactly like the inspiration picture!! Her pricing is also very reasonable and her work is truly amazing. I wish I had photos to share but I would definitely recommend Cinthia for any event!!

I contacted Cinthia to order a personalized cake for my 24th Birthday and I told her that I wanted…read moreit about Taylor Swift and The Eras Tour. Cinthia literally recreated her stage, clock and even a Taylor figurine!! It looked AMAZING!! Very very happy with her service, definitely booking her again for my next birthday or cake occasion!!!

We used Lele Patisserie for our wedding cake and it was delicious! We chose Citrus cake with…read moreVanilla buttercream on the outside:-)

We absolutely loved our wedding cake from Lele Patisserie! We chose a 3 tiered 8" 10" 12" cake and…read moreit was the perfect size and so beautiful for our photos! It was also delicious, we especially loved the honey lavender and citrus buttercream frosting. We chose a different flavor for each tier so our guests had options to choose from. Lele was great at communicating and very helpful, we are so happy we decided to go with Lele Patisserie!

For our wedding cake, I wanted a design that blended our cultures and acknowledged our heritage…read more Heather did such a beautiful job, everybody kept asking how she made the floors look so real! We were not able to taste test due to our work schedules and location, so we chose a flavor that sounded great. We chose white chocolate icing with blackberry lavender filling. We LOVED it! Our guest asked for seconds and begged for large slices! We cut our cake on a chartered yacht, and delivery was great. Our crew noted it was the most beautiful cake they have seen on board. Erin and Heather, thank you so much for being part of my day and forever part of an important memory.

Heather's cakes are beautiful, inventive, and DELICIOUS! At our recent "Whimsical Spring Wedding…read moreShowcase," held at Live Oak UU Congregation in Goleta, Cakes by Heather added to the whimsy and elegance of the occasion through her floral design, four unique flavors, and innovative slice packaging in acyllic boxes that serve as keepsakes and reused for other purposes. She served cake with a smile and guests came away with the tell-tale expressions of gladness having tasted a delectable treat! She even provided a gluten-free option! Photos below by Emily Hart-Roberts.

Try her chocolate cake and be amazed!! Cindy is an excellent pastry chef for all occasions. I have…read moreworked with her for years and she has never disappointed me!

I was craving some local homemade sweets and found Messy on Yelp. I browsed the website and saw she…read morewas doing a fundraising box for a local shelter. The box came with butterscotch blondies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate M&M cookies and Oreo brownies. I was emailed soon after placing my order and scheduled a day and timeframe for pickup. It was all so easy! My kids, husband and I really loved the chocolate chip cookies! The chocolate M&M cookies were also a hit! The butterscotch blondies weren't my thing but they tasted great (I hope that makes sense). The brownies were solid but I probably wouldn't order them again. They just didn't stand out to me. I'm really interested in trying her scones and other baked goods and would highly recommend her!

We got an order of the ghost pepper chocolate cookies for a friend's birthday because he loves heat…read more Order and pickup were a breeze and he loved the cookies! He even got a little sweaty, he said. A wonderful local business and talented baker to support, would recommend.

I ordered a birthday batch of cookies for delivery to my student at UCSB on less than 24 hours…read morenotice....and Good Stuff crushed it!!! Their communication with me via email was proactive, personal and so helpful. Originally, I'd forgotten to ask for an included note sending birthday wishes and noting who the order was from, and Good Stuff was flexible, helpful and reliable in fixing that oversight of mine. The cookies were "SOOOO delicious" and so many, according to my daughter. Getting anything delivered into the dorms/living spaces around UCSB is often a roll of the dice, but Good Stuff seems to know the turf and how to navigate it. They hand-delivered to my student, and sent me an email right away to confirm that hand off. I'm looking fwd to my next visit to Santa Barbara and stopping in at Good Stuff. This was a great experience.

I grabbed THREE of these cookies from Lighthouse Coffee on Turnpike because they looked absolutely…read moreamazing. And let me tell you, they were! The chocolate chip cookie was a solid choice. Just a great cookie. Nothing fancy but it tasted fresh with good ingredients. My sons devoured the snickerdoodle cookie and exclaimed it was better than mine (okay, we didn't have to be rude). The caramel coconuts cookie was recommended by staff as their favorite cookie so obviously I had to get it. What a surprisingly good cookie. Just the perfect amount of caramel and coconut. Not overwhelming at all. I need more of these cookies in my life.

We selected Heather of Frances Baking to create our wedding cake and have no hesitation…read morerecommending Heather to anyone who needs a wedding cake or any special cake in the Santa Barbara area. About a month prior to our wedding, Frances Baking was one of the few bakers we selected for cake tastings. For that tasting, we went with the earl grey cake with seasonal preserves (which at the time was cherry). Even for a tasting, that cake could serve up to 5 people. Be sure to bring your friends along! For our actual wedding cake, we went with the coconut passion fruit cake with seasonal fruits and it was delicious (we wish we could've eaten more of it during the wedding)! All our guests enjoyed it and we couldn't be more happy with selection. Heather is very easy to work with and communication was seamless. Thanks Heather for baking us an incredibly delicious and beautiful cake!