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    5.0 (28 reviews)

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    Vanilla cake with strawberry filling, topped with strawberries (all organic), sweetened only with pure maple syrup.

    Penny made the cake for my baby's first birthday party and it was delicious! It was hard to find a pastry chef who would make a cake without adding refined sugars or artificial sweeteners, so I wasn't sure it was even a good idea. But Penny sweetened my cake with only maple syrup, and everyone loved it! Guests were going back for seconds. The cake was moist and just the right amount of sweet. Penny also did tell me that she doesn't specialize in decorating, but she still made the cake look really nice. Communication was quick and easy; Penny was kind and polite. I will be back for more cakes and pastries from Penny for future events!

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    Penny was great to work with. The paleo dark chocolate ganache brownies were delicious -- the perfect elevated dessert for my friend's birthday celebration!

    Disclaimer: Penny gave us a beautiful blank canvas naked cake look. We put the berries on it... don't judge the berry skillz.

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    Penny made a gluten free chocolate cake for a friends 40th. It was amazing!!! Definitely recommend!

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    Bjorn Cakes - The only problem was you don't want to cut it as it is a work of art

    Bjorn Cakes

    4.3(103 reviews)
    1.6 kmNear North Side

    This place never answered the phone despite calling everyday for a month. I don't think this place…read moreoperates business anymore.

    So let me first start out, Kort has one of the best customer service & sweetest personality I've…read moreever met. Beautiful designs and love the work behind his business! When it comes to scheduling, Kort and his team also has your back! Super friendly and generous too! This is beyond any customer service or any bakery I've ever been to with such a good service. I'm blown away by him and his team. Thank you so much for making my cake on such short notice & all the time changes. I ordered a strawberry shortcake w/ vanilla buttercream cake last year and it was so beautiful too; very simple yet intricate and lovely design with roses & macaroons. I told him on short notice(literally the day of) to make the cake & he managed to make it look so beautiful. The pink cake was my first cake I've ever purchased from him, a bit out of my price range, but I heard his cakes were good! So if I was rating on design, 11/10, it's top notch! The flavor wasn't perfect for my family. I had put the cake in the fridge and when I went to cut it; it was super hard and it wasn't pleasant. The flavor was missing something and we really didn't do much with the cake. I've always put cake in the fridge and I should've asked before I left, but I didn't. So I told Kort(Owner) about the cake and he offered to compensate me a new cake which a year later; I got this cake for my mom! So today; we celebrated my moms birthday which is on Friday. I ordered basically the same cake since my mom really enjoys fruit / strawberry cake. I ordered with him one week prior (Jan 28)to my moms birthday(Feb 7th ) to make this cake. Initially it's scheduled to be picked up on the 7th, but I told him I needed the cake by the 6th: time rolled around and the day before I celebrated my moms birthday; she said we were celebrating it on the 5th. So the night before that, I told him I needed the cake by the 5th and he managed ONCE again t make this cake on such a tight schedule. I know I haven't been the best customer, but I really appreciate his efforts to make things right & helping us create something beautiful for my mom's birthday. The cake is the same, but I think there's a custard-curd filling which my family really enjoyed. A strawberry shortcake with vanilla buttercream. It was maybe a bit sweet, cake was dense a little bit, but that's okay! We've never had cream like this before, and it was strange to begin with, but it's super creamy and tasty!! Flavor was pretty good! My family really enjoyed lit and really loved the artwork(flowers) as decorations. I didn't put the cake in the fridge and I'm glad it turned out well! We didn't see how the cake looked like until we opened the box, so it was such a beautiful surprise to look at the lovely cake. Everything's fresh, even the flowers, and designs; so beautiful work I'm super impressed with how it turned out & i would definitely go back to Kort for cakes especially for his customer service & his gorgeous designs. :) Design : 11/10! Taste/Texture: 9/10 Customer service : 15/10 if I could! To sum up, it was a beautiful cake, beautiful even layers, beautiful designs, and I loved it. Thank you for making my mom's birthday a blast! She's going to use these roses for something special. This place makes these designs unlike any other bakery or cake place I've bought from. If you want great service & high quality fresh ingredients, tasty cakes & lovely designs, I definitely would recommend Kort! Thank you once again for all you've done for me and my family with the cake! We appreciate this more than you know and I definitely look forward to buying cakes or others in the future! :)

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    Bjorn Cakes - Best place to order cakes, they are good and not as pricey as other places and they do the same exact copy of a picture that you send

    Best place to order cakes, they are good and not as pricey as other places and they do the same exact copy of a picture that you send

    Bjorn Cakes - Two tier wedding cake with hand made sugar flowers! Over 10 hours of labor just in the flowers...

    Two tier wedding cake with hand made sugar flowers! Over 10 hours of labor just in the flowers...

    Bjorn Cakes - A lovely hand made custom cake for a truly wonderful couple!

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    Sweet Mandy B's - Banana cupcake with chocolate buttercream!

    Sweet Mandy B's

    4.3(138 reviews)
    3.5 kmNear North Side, River East
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    What can I say? I'm a frosting girl and Sweet Mandy B's is the best spot to get my fix!…read more If you love buttercream like I do, you'll find many treats here that will be right up your alley! From frosted cookies, cupcakes, and even cake by the slice, they also sell pies (including by the slice), brownies, scones, and all kinds of other goodies. There's definitely something for everyone (With a sweet tooth) here. It's a great spot! This location in particular had a lot of seating, as well, and is also accessible from the Northwestern Med building or from the street! I especially loved the Cookie Monster cupcake. Vanilla cake with a chocolate chip cookie baked at the bottom, with chocolate buttercream. I think. It was DELICIOUS! The perfect sweet treat!

    A Longtime Fan, but Lately... a Mixed Bag at Sweet Mandy B's…read more I've been a loyal Sweet Mandy B's customer for more than five years. In that time, I've raved about their desserts to friends, hosted celebrations with their cakes, and considered them one of my go-to bakeries in the city. But over the last 12-18 months, something has shifted and the experience has become surprisingly hit or miss. The first indicator was a slice of their snickerdoodle cake that we tried several months ago. The cupcake had always been a favorite so we thought we would try the cake slice, but this time it arrived disappointingly dry. A few weeks later, we tried the banana cake slice, and it was a completely different story, moist, flavorful, and topped with a rich chocolate frosting that reminded me why I fell in love with Sweet Mandy B's in the first place. Their cupcakes were another longtime love of mine. However, they now come standard with sprinkles or chips on top. When I asked if I could get one without those toppings, I was told I'd need to place a custom order (which can't be done for a single cupcake). It felt surprisingly inflexible for such a small request. For a recent birthday, I ordered a yellow cake with chocolate icing. Unfortunately, it landed on the "miss" side of the spectrum, dry and crumbly. Thirteen guests tried it, and more than one commented that even a boxed mix would've tasted better. Lastly, we picked up the peanut butter Rice Krispies treats, a nostalgic favorite. These, too, were disappointing: stale, tough to cut, and ultimately left unfinished because no one enjoyed them. Bottom line: Sweet Mandy B's still has the ability to wow when they get it right. But the inconsistency in quality has become hard to overlook. As a longtime fan, I'm really hoping they return to the delicious reliability that made them such a standout in the first place.

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    Ordering at counter- wonderfully, lovely staff, very helpful.

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