Beth Ann is incredible! She makes absolutely beautiful, intricate, delicious cakes. I trust her vision completely, and would recommend her to anyone looking for a beautifully designed, delicious cake. As well as being tasty and beautiful, Beth Ann listens to what you are looking for and delivers an incredible product. She is also so kind and easy to work with, and we have had complete success both times we've used her (please see my husband's review below for our oldest's first birthday cake!). Look no further if you are looking for a custom cake! read more

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BethAnn is the most incredible, genuine, and lovely person to ever run such a beautiful bakery. She does such an amazing job, our wedding guests were having seconds and thirds before the night was over. Not to mention the cake was gorgeous!!! If you need a cake, this is the place! read more

What can I say about BethAnn of Studio Cake?! She is the cake connoisseur of the year! My husband and I had a such a blast working with BethAnn. She is so sweet, fun, and creative. She allowed us to dream our cake to life, in ways I didn't think possible! The entire process was smooth and easy. We absolutely loved the cake tasting and chatting with BethAnn. She was clear and communicative, showing us a few drafts of our wedding cake and letting us get creative. We ended up choosing two flavors (Lovey Dovey and Strawberry Shortcake) with airbrushed coloring and dried fruit. Our cake was stunning AND delicious! Thank you so much, BethAnn. We really had so much fun working with you. I was nibbling on the cake all night! read more

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I made an order for a carrot cake for a birthday and they canceled the same day as the event, had to buy from another store...

What a gem! So lucky to have you as part of the Westin St. Francis on Union Square team. BethAnn your sketch of our inspiration pictures & vision to the actual execution of our wedding cake was absolutely perfect. You created exactly what we wanted for the atmosphere of the venue & our theme "a Gilded Age". On top of that the cake tasted amazing - the orange and the chocolate were both delicious and we're still enjoying the chocolate tier at home. When the pictures are available from our photographer I will share. Thank you again! read more

Studio Cake - Original sketch by BethAnn - Bakeries Near Me - Menlo Park, California

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We just had our wedding last weekend and I'm still working my way through the leftover cake (I drove it back with me to LA it was that good!) I'll post some photos when we get them back from the photographer. Bethann was a joy to work with, even though I was an indecisive monster, and worked with the florist to give us a really beautiful cake. I highly recommend the coconut cake!! read more

Bethann's hands are golden and I'm still thanking my coordinator for connecting us! We initially saw her for a tasting in December 2021 and instantly knew that we wanted to order our wedding cake from her! She had us pick our top three flavors for a tasting but to our surprise, she had six flavors for us to sample and each flavor we tried was better than the previous one. We ended up picking a total of 3 flavors because we couldn't decide -- they were all SOSOSO gooooooood! Our cake was absolutely gorgeous, delicious and I'm still getting calls from guests asking if we have any left over cake for them to pick up! Thank you so much, Bethann! read more

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Our wedding cake by Studio Cake was just what we wanted! It was a pleasure to work with BethAnn as she was always very responsive and kind. The tasting process was also easy during these COVID times. My husband and I just arranged a time to pick up a custom sample box from the bakery and tried six different flavors at home. Everything was delicious and we ultimately chose strawberry shortcake. I highly recommend Studio Cake! (Photo: @leophamphotographer) read more

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Where do I even begin. I am not sure how much I am truly adding to the chorus of five-star reviews, only to say that my expectations were high given the rave reviews and they were exceeded. We contacted Studio Cake to create a custom birthday cake for our daughter's first birthday. It was a large outdoor party with the theme of "The Very Hunger Caterpillar", her favorite book. In the past we had gone with the "usual suspects" for wedding and birthday cakes, but this time wanted a special design that we knew had to be done by a specialist. From the outset, BethAnn could not have been more responsive. She was quick to respond and thorough about expectations and timeframes. She engaged with our ideas with nothing but excitement and positivity and made us feel like we were her only client. When it came time to pick up the cake, she was outgoing and friendly and enormously helpful with regards to advising us on how to store it, when to take it out for the party given the weather, and she even threw in a "smash cake" for free. To say the cake was gorgeous and creative is an understatement - you can see our photos to judge for yourself. Not to mention it tasted FANTASTIC. There is no chance we ever go anywhere else in the future. BethAnn and Studio Cake are a class act, extraordinarily talented and creative to boot. You are in amazing hands if you decide to work with them for your birthday or wedding. read more

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We got the cake through Freedom Hall and Gardens Venue - they provided packaged wedding specials. On the day of the event, the cake was immaculate and looked just like the pictures. The chocolate cake was moist and so chocolately delicious! During the cake tasting at Freedom Hall, it was a little dry but the flavors were REALLY good. I figured the cake tasting wouldn't be as fresh as the actual cake anyway and I was right (thank goodness). The spiced apple cake was surprisingly delicious, considering I've never had anything like that before. They were also very responsive and easy to work with. We were cheapo and ordered a simply designed wedding cake (beautiful satin ribbon around each tier) and added our own decorations (orchid flowers and plastic dinosaurs). The cake arrived on time and need I say again, it was delish! read more

Studio Cake - my simply designed wedding cake with my own addition of orchids - Bakeries Near Me - Menlo Park, California

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BethAnn nailed it! Our cake was gorgeous and it was the moistest most delicious wedding cake I've ever had. The top tier was gluten free red velvet. Thank you for making such a flawless piece of art! We loved it. read more

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BethAnn did an amazing job! We decided to have a wedding cake very last minute and luckily Studio Cake graciously agreed to help us. I brought a Pinterest picture, the first thing I pinned when planning our wedding, a beautiful and classic white cake with cascading flowers. Studio Cake brought that picture to life. AND the cake tasted amazing! Best gluten free cake ever! The top layer was gf strawberry shortcake and the other layers were their banana cake. Can't wait to order our anniversary cake this year! Thank you Studio Cake read more

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Studio Cake made our wedding cake, and WOW. The bride has a gluten allergy. We tried several gluten free wedding cakes in the SF Bay Area, and Studio Cake's was our favorite. We got so many compliments on our wedding cake - it was truly beautiful (see the attached picture!). Thanks BethAnn! We loved working with you. read more

Studio Cake - a three tiered cake with fresh flowers - Bakeries Near Me - Menlo Park, California

We worked with Studio Cake for our wedding, and we were extremely satisfied. The cake was meticulously designed and turned out beautifully, and the toppers were adorable and exactly what we envisioned! We had in mind a twig-and-flowers kind of design with two nesting birds on top, and BethAnn was able to work with us to make that vision happen. Even better, we never imagined we'd be able to get such a unique flavor (guava lava) for our wedding cake, and we received many compliments from our guests about how tasty it was! BethAnn was responsive and friendly, from when we first reached out for our tasting to the day-of, and we found her such a joy to work with. Thank you for making our special day extra special! read more

Studio Cake - The beautiful toppers to our cake. Credit: Michelle Chang Photography. - Bakeries Near Me - Menlo Park, California

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Studio Cake made our wedding cake last February, and we used them again for our anniversary cake this February. We had a little mishap with our cake topper not making it to our venue because it ended up being too large. Studio Cake originally recommended we put it on the table, but in the whirlwind that is a wedding day it accidentally was left at their shop. I really get the feeling that this sort of thing does not happen to these lovely ladies, because they felt awful, and gave us our anniversary cake for free as an apology. It really was not a big deal, and I also got the feeling that had we had time to alert them the day pf, they would have gotten it there. These women take pride in their yummy beautiful work, and have wonderful customer service. Their shop is adorable too. The cake for our wedding was simply lemon for two layers and simply chocolate for the other. I love love loved the chocolate, and really enjoyed the lemon, but it was just a tad too decadent and sweet for me. For our anniversary we went with a cherry almond that I can't remember the name of, but which was also delicious. The wedding cake they made beautiful with ribbon we matched to our colors and white pearl pins, and the anniversary cake was adorable. I will upload pictures later. Their buttercream is rich and thick and their cake is on the denser side but not dry. Fillings are a tad too sweet for my taste, but perfect for what my husband likes. The cakes are definitely rich, so small slices are satisfying, unlike cheap or bland cakes where people eat a ton without noticing or enjoying the flavors. I recommend doing a tasting with them to choose your flavors. They will deduct the cost of the tasting from your cake. I have heard people complain that tastings should be free, but let's be realistic, if you don't order, that is a big cost for them to put it together and spend the time with you, so it's just good business to charge a small fee to deter people who aren't seriously looking for a cake in the first place. Overall, we really enjoyed our experience with Studio Cake, and wish they were closer to our house so it would be more convenient to order from them more often. The cakes are great, but you really cannot beat their fabulous friendly personalities, and their wonderful customer service. The people themselves, their efforts to get things just right for the customer, and their clear love and enthusiasm for what they do make this business one that I would seek out over the competition. read more

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Studio Cake was recommended by our wedding planner. BethAnn is wonderfully amazing. She's super talented and creates just STUNNING cakes. She made our Pinterest cake dream come true - in fact it turned out even better than we had ever imagined. We really wanted an impressionist romantic style cake. It tasted delicious - we had a three tiered cake. Guava, Hazelnut and Orange. We would recommend her in a heartbeat. For those looking for beautiful cakes, look no further! (Photo credits go to Micaela Go Photography - also highly recommend her so if anyone is looking for a photographer, she's the person to go to! This photo was taken with film). read more

Studio Cake - Photo credits: Micaela Go Photography; captured on film. - Bakeries Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Studio cake did the cake for my mom's wedding and we couldn't be happier, picking the flavors and the design was so easy and fun with the help of BethAnn (even in this corona times). We loved the taste and also how pretty it looks. I definitely recommend Studio Cake. read more

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BethAnn delivered the most delicious and gorgeous cake (& cupcakes) for our wedding!!! We went with the Mocha Dream flavor and it was heavenly. We had guests continue to mention how much they love the cake and get 2nd and 3rd pieces throughout the evening :). BethAnn also went above and beyond to accommodate our gluten-free guests with equally-delicious gluten free versions of the cake. We even got a comment "best cupcakes EVER" from a guest with a very experienced cupcake palette, which really speaks to how good it all was. On top of delivering very tasty treats, BethAnn was a delight to work with. She was kind, organized, and helpful throughout the entire process. Hope anyone considering definitely works with BethAnn! read more

We chose Studio Cake because their great reviews on yelp and they're on several recommended vendor lists. Our wedding cake was beautiful and delicious. We had a hard time deciding which flavor to choose because everything at our tasting was so yummy. read more

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For our wedding cake, we originally ordered with Cake Expression in San Jose since it was highly recommended, but they screwed up my husband's birthday cake so bad that we ended up cancelling the whole thing. We were so stressed out since our wedding was only a few months away and a lot of popular places get booked up fast. But lucky for us, we were the last order Studio Cake was able to book for that month. After one of the most decadent cake tastings (being the amazing person that she is...BethAnn also sent me home with all the leftovers), we decided to go with a 3-tier buttercream frosting, zero fondant (I hate fondant) and 2 different flavors (mocha dream and gluten-free peanut butter). I also described to her how I wanted my cake to look without any actual photographs, BethAnn drew up what she thought I'd like and I couldn't be happier with how pretty it turned out and how amazing the cake tasted on the day of. A lot of our guests even asked for seconds and thirds. I've tasted A LOT of wedding/birthday cakes in my life and Studio Cake, by far, has some of the best cakes ever. I'm a huge fan and have reordered twice since our wedding. I don't love many things, but I certainly love Studio Cake. Thank you for the amazing work that you do! read more

BethAnn made a "wee cake" for my daughter's 2nd birthday last month. See the cow cake here: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/-Z3sOtqQnpkAWwEzNDjiKw?select=6TTbWNBVHsTgVbdq5QSwyw! I picked up the cake the day before the birthday party. BethAnn walked the cake out to my car and made sure that it was placed perfectly so as not to experience any trauma during the ride home. You can tell very quickly in talking to BethAnn that cakes are her passion. The cake design was nothing short of exquisite. All who saw it ooed and ahhhed over it. The best part of course were the smiles on the birthday girl's face. It was vanilla cake with rainbow sprinkles and vanilla buttercream (called polky dots). The taste was light and airy, unlike many sugar-heavy cakes which seem so common. There's no question BethAnn's cake helped create a special experience for a special little girl, and it will not soon be forgotten. For that, Studio Cake is highly recommended! read more

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I had really high hopes for here. I've had a really difficult time finding a bakery in the bay area that meets the level of some of the ones I used to go to in Ohio (White Flower) and NJ (Butterflake). I actually went and got cupcakes from about ten bakeries in the area, looking for the perfect cake. This one, unfortunately, fell woefully flat. First: the price, I paid $45 for a cake not really decorated at all, with just a handful of sprinkles on it. The top had smudges and fingerprints Second: the buttercream was greasy feeling, this typically comes from cheaping out and using 'crisco' style shortening, rather then the bakery standard of hi-ratio shortening (lookup Sweetex). Third: the attitude of the staff was horrible. When I went to pay with credit card, they forced me to pay a 4% fee that was not mentioned on the website. Handling credit cards is a cost of doing business, on a $45 6inch cake, they should easily be able to eat the fees. read more

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Studio Cake made my husband and I an AMAZING (both in looks and taste) piano-shaped cake for our white-tie wedding in Feb 2013 in San Jose, CA. Uploaded several photos for your viewing pleasure; see "10 photos" link above this review. BEFORE THE WEDDING The planning/tasting process was incredibly easy. BethAnn, the owner, is very responsive via email and answers any and all questions quickly. She is also super friendly and clearly loves what she does. We met with BethAnn twice, the first time for a general "this is the idea we have" discussion plus cake tasting and the second time to choose a flavor and finalize all of the design details. On each occasion, BethAnn listened to what we wanted, made her own suggestions, and thoroughly addressed any questions/concerns. She took our budget seriously and was honest with us about what we could or could not do with the money we had for cake. And with that information, we settled on a final cake design of a Steinway grand piano with the lid CLOSED--having the lid open would require a ton of additional detail out of our price range--and sheet music stand up with sheet music on it. Flavor: tiramisu (white chocolate cake, marsala cream cheese buttercream, espresso buttercream, fudge, kahlua). DAY OF THE WEDDING When the delivery guy arrived with the cake, he was concerned about us having to move the cake table later in the evening as we were using the same room for both ceremony and reception. When asked why it would be a problem--we were envisioning a basically flat cake on 3 legs--he said "I'm worried the lid could fall off." His reply to the confusion on our faces was "let me just show you the cake." And when he did, we nearly died. BethAnn and her staff had gone above and beyond the original design by OPENING the piano lid--and doing all of the inside details! It was an incredible piece of work; almost no one thought it was the cake! When our catering coordinator arrived and found out (she thought the cake hadn't arrived yet), she exclaimed "I'm not f***ing touching that!" (the delivery guy instructed a family member on how to move the cake). All of our guests thought it was simply a decorative piece in the middle of the room during the reception (even the ones we had told about having a piano-shaped cake). Everyone came up and took pictures as soon as they found out (our photographer went to town, too), and the entire room audibly cringed when we finally cut it. Not only was the outside absolutely stunning, but the inside was to die for. Not a single piece of cake was left on a plate (to the surprise of the catering coordinator) and guests came up to nibble on various fondant parts (we had to cut the piano keys into individual pieces because everyone wanted one!). Note that this is fondant that is actually edible; Studio Cake makes their fondant from scratch using white chocolate. And we had plenty of cake as BethAnn had sent over several boxes of sheet cake in addition to the piano-shaped masterpiece. IN SUMMARY Cake that will taste as amazing as it looks made by people who love what they do for (what seemed to us to be) a reasonable price. 5 stars. And the hubby and I are already looking forward to ordering a (smaller) piano cake from Studio Cake for our anniversary! read more

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Studio Cake did an amazing job on our wedding cake, and they were absolutely wonderful to work with. The staff responded very quickly to our inquiries, and it was easy to make an appointment. We did a tasting with the owner, BethAnn, who was very friendly and pleasant. All the flavors were so fantastic, and they generously gave us additional samples of flavors that we hadn't requested. We chose two flavors for the cake - Strawberry Shortcake and Lovey Dovey (passionfruit and raspberry). On the day of the wedding, the cake looked fantastic and the guests raved about how good it tasted. Luckily for us, there was plenty left over so we can continue to enjoy it. I wouldn't hesitate to use Studio Cake again. read more

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We were very pleased to order my daughter 2nd birthday cake from Studio cake. The manager Daniella was very helpful and pleasant to work with. We communicated through email regarding cake designing and flavor. The cake designer even helped me to place the tiger doll (which was from last year birthday cake from a different bakery shop)! The cake itself was beautiful and excellent in every detail. On the day of the party, everyone was very impressed with the cake design. The cake was delicious, moist and not too sweet! Everyone enjoyed it very much! I'm happy that I make the right choice and will definitely back again next year! Thank you Studio cake! read more

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Studio Cake did our wedding cake in March of 2011 and BethAnn is SO great to work with! She has a lot of energy and is extremely creative. We only met with her in person once, to do the tasting, and the rest of our communication happened via email or phone. We went with the "Gone Bananas" flavor -- definitely an unusual flavor for wedding cake but the servers at the wedding could hardly get out the kitchen door before people descended upon their trays so it clearly wasn't a deterrent to people eating cake. We finally got a piece later that night and while it wasn't quite as good as I remembered it being at the tasting (which I suppose is to be expected when you are making it on a large scale and have to get the layers to stack), it still tasted yummy and way better than any other wedding cake I've tasted. It's worth noting that BethAnn makes her own fondant and while it still tastes like fondant, it is WAY better than any other fondant out there! My mother-in-law also, as a surprise, had BethAnn do our rehearsal dinner cake. That one was chocolate and really delicious AND it was possibly the most creative cake I have ever seen! The main part of the cake was a tent and it had my groom's and my feet sticking out and lots of climbing and camping gear (made out of fondant) all around. See the photos section for a picture! read more

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My cake at my wedding was made by Studios Cake, and I honestly don't believe we could have had a better cake vendor. My husband and I researched a lot of different places for our cake, and we went to about 7 cake tastings! Studios Cake was the only place where their cake really stood out. I had the best chocolate cake of my life during their cake tasting in their cookies and cream cake. It was beyond amazing! In addition, their professionalism during the cake tasting was impeccable, and they understood our vision for our cake. We ended up ordering a five tier square cake (large families so large wedding) with three different flavors. We had the cookies & cream, the lemon blueberry, and a pumpkin cake with snicker doodle frosting. All three flavors were amazing, and everyone loved all the cake flavors. When we walked into the reception and saw our cake, I was pretty amazed! It looked exactly how I wanted the cake to look. They were able to put together the perfect cake based off of some random information I gave them. A lot of other vendors we had tastings with didn't always quite understand the direction we were going with. However, studio cakes understood and made it come to life. I would definitely recommend them for any of your events. You won't be disappointed! read more

BethAnn and her team helped create a cake for our wedding in March 2011. She has such passion for cakes and the clients. If you ever watched Top Chef and seen Carla Hall say you can taste the love in food? Well you can taste the love in these cakes. It starts with BethAnn. When talking to her at our initial meeting, it is clearly shown that she loves her craft. She gets so excited when talking about cake and really wants to get to know the couple. She says it helps her be able to create a cake that she knows the couple would love. Even without tasting the cake yet, I could tell my, now, wife wanted to book her on the spot. Even her bio on the website shows that she used to be a NASA engineer and Stanford grad. She could probably be doing a whole lot of other things than baking cakes, but she's here baking because she loves it. We tried some samples of cake and loved it! She doesn't have all the flavors immediately available for tasting so be sure to ask for others if you feel like you want to try something else. I asked if she had any banana cake and her eyes lit up! She loves the banana cake they make and it got me excited to try it. There is so much joy and passion. She didn't have it right there, so we requested a 2nd tasting and she was sure to have banana that time. It was delicious. I can continue to go on about how awesome I think she is, but it would take forever. Another cool fact? She names all of her flavors. We ended up getting lovey dovey and gone bananas. The cake was a hit at the wedding. It was beautifully crafted. Their team customized it to our wedding design and it fit amazingly. Guests really enjoyed the cake as I had some friends come up to the head table and ate off our plates! I think we ran out of banana! Thanks again BethAnn and Studio Cake crew! read more

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Studio Cake made our wedding cake and we were blown away. Our wedding was not the best planned wedding - in fact, we only chose the bakery and design of the cake less than 2 weeks before the big day! Despite all this, our wedding cake was just perfect. BethAnn provided our family samples and we chose the Strawberry shortcake flavor for our reception. Our reception colors were purple and pink and BethAnn designed a beautiful cake based on designs I wanted with her own personal spin. I loved the beautiful flowers surrounding our cake - it was more than I had hoped for. I cannot thank her enough for accommodating us on our big day. Not only was the cake beautiful, but it tasted amazing. I know in future, for the next big event in our family, I will go to Studio Cake - and this time, it will be much better planned out! read more

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Awesome ladies! These ladies have to be the sweetest in the business! ;) I ordered a 2-tier rustic cake, using the birch wood trunk as inspiration. It was so spot on! Not only did it look good but I also got nothing but great reviews from everyone saying how great it tasted! Awesome talent and great customer service! Thank you ladies! read more

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Studio cake is amazing. Ultra good service and cakes that blow your mind both in visual and sensory delight! Can't recommend these folks enough. read more

Studio Cake - there are only good things to say about Bethanne and her team! We ordered our wedding cake here and it was absolutely the best decision to make. Our theme was Alice in Wonderland and Bethanne really listened to what I wanted. She was so cute! Super excited and with lots of ideas. How refreshing to find a baker that thinks outside of the traditional wedding box. Our cake was absolutely amazing design and taste wise. We had the 'g wiz' flavor for the top layer and 'sticky caramel apple' for the rest of the cake. I was so exicted to have apple pie flavor as cake since I wanted apple pies and hubs wanted wedding cake. Cake was so so so good! We didn't keep the top layer to freeze though because we plan on reordering for our 1st anniversary. :D Our friend loved our cake so much that she is now ordering with Studio Cake for her November wedding as well! We're so excited to see and taste her cake! ;) read more

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Let me start by saying they made my wedding day extra special. I could not imagine a more perfect cake! Daniella is super creative and on top of everything. The cake was delicious. It was a pleasure working with her! For our wedding cake we had blueberry lemon twist, and strawberry shortcake tiers. Our grooms cake... BEST grooms cake ever! Tiramisu A's baseball cap and ball. Thank you Studio Cake! read more

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I want to start by saying that no only does Bethann provide exceptional service and communication but the cakes themselves are so so STUNNING. She was so helpful and provided local delivery. The cake was GORGEOUS and the vision we had for my brother's wedding. I cannot recommend this buisness enough!! read more

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We searched all over the bay area with no good wedding cake contenders, until we found Studio Cake. Daniella was very responsive with email and we set up a tasting right away, since we couldn't decide, she set up a to go box for another day so we could taste even more flavors. We decided on Lovey Dovey, Gone Bananas, and the Chocolate. We couldn't decide on a cake topper and Daniella suggested they make one out of white chocolate. Honestly, I was a little skeptical but they were SO CUTE! I am so impressed. The cake was delicious and they even brought us amazing cupcakes while we were getting ready. So great to work with and definitely very reasonable prices in comparison to others in the bay area! Yum! read more

Studio Cake - Cute personalized wedding cake topper (nurse and medic) made of white chocolate!! - Bakeries Near Me - Menlo Park, California

I could not have been happier with the wedding cake that BethAnn created for my daughter's big day. It was absolutely delicious, and she decorated it beautifully with preserved edible flowers to make it a work of art. Plus she is a delightful person, and it is so nice to be able to support a local small business owner! Would give her six stars if I could. read more

BethAnn at Studio Cake is nothing short of a cake genius. If you want a beautiful, original, and delicious cake for a special occasion, look no further than this tiny, unassuming Menlo Park shop. BethAnn can turn any wacky idea into edible art. Studio Cake made my 50th birthday party cake, based on the Game of Life...each little tile along the road of life had one of my life's milestone's on it--birth, school, marriage, career, etc. The center was made to look like the game spinner and actually revolved! Every piece was made of delicious "clay" fondant. All the guests were in awe of BethAnn's masterpiece! Thank you, Studio Cake for making my 50th birthday so memorable! read more

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The creative, fun ladies at Studio Cake were wonderful to work with. They have such decadent flavor combinations, and their cake textures are divine. We worked with Arlene, and she was a real artist! Our wedding cake was beautiful, modern, and tasteful. It went perfectly with our wedding palette and theme. Most importantly, the cake was absolutely delicious. Best wedding cake ever! read more

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I splurged in two areas for the wedding: my bouquet (see review of Fantasy Floral Design) and the cake. When we first started the planning (okay, maybe before that... like a few years ago), I knew I wanted something special for our cake. No regular tiers for us! Instead, I wanted the cake to look like a stack of books. My now-husband and I both love reading, so it was a natural choice. When I started looking around for a bakery, I quickly came across Studio Cake. The gallery on their website looks great--and BethAnn delivers on the promise of those beautiful photos! We had our first tasting at her Menlo Park bakery and loved three of the four flavors (the fourth was just a bit too rich). So BethAnn suggested we pick up a box of four more flavors (our choices) to try in a week or two. We enjoyed round two as well and finally settled on three flavors: vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream, almond cake with almond buttercream, and chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream. And the cake tasted so wonderful on our wedding day! But even more impressive was how the cake looked. We were blown away when we saw it--and so were our guests. In fact, several of them didn't realize that it was a cake at all... they simply thought it was another table setting (we used vintage books for our table centerpieces). BethAnn did a wonderful job designing the cake, and added a terrific "bookplate" on top with our names & the date. Fabulous, fabulous work! I highly recommend Studio Cake for your special occasions--it was definitely a splurge, but well worth it! read more

Update - It's been 8 months since the wedding, and I just got my pictures. I TOTALLY change my mind about the ivory color fondant because LOOK AT THIS CAKE! It's so pretty! Thank you Studio Cake, and thank you for replying to my review. You are right about the venue, there were a couple other minor hiccups. But seriously, look at this cake! Our cake tasted AMAZING. I give this baker a million stars for flavor. I only docked one point because I wasn't crazy about how the cake looked... They delivered the cake without the topper on, and it had to be positioned a certain way (discussed and noted at our tasting), which the reception venue wasn't aware of. So they placed it how they thought it'd work, but the tattoos I painted on the bride weren't visible (I'm a tattooed bride and painted matching tattoos on my topper's back for kicks). They also didn't provide a box for the cake top to take home, so we had to improvise and wrap it with cellophane. Luckily, it was a fondant. Had it been whipped cream, you know the deal. Lastly, I thought plain fondant was white. Rookie mistake on my part, and my cake arrived an ivory color. I wasn't happy about this at all. I didn't know I had to specifically ask for white. I thought white was standard. So, take note of this if using this baker. None of these were deal breakers, the cake was still pretty (I just really dislike ivory) and delicious. But for the sky-high price, making this clear would have been a plus. Who knows, maybe they did tell me at our tasting appointment, and I was too busy stuffing my face with all those miraculous flavors to catch it. read more

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