A Gift of Taste

ow delicious and beautiful our cake was. I will definitely keep A Gift of Taste in mind for future bakery needs.

e emails and an attitude that you could l my imagine coming from a villain in a show or movie, I brought my business and $600 to an amazing and professional bakery near by. She actually had the audacity to state she didn’t want to make my husbands cake. Run - don’t walk away. This company shouldn’t even be in business given their complete lack of professionalism. It’s one thing to make bad decision. But another to be rude to a publicist.

enjoyed the cake and some of my close friends kept calling to ask if we had any cake left. I can’t wait to have him make our anniversary cakes!!!

was beautiful and all 3 tiers were DELICIOUS. We received many compliments! I am glad our wedding cake was from here!

t) and gave it to them to put it on the cake the day off. The cake looked amazing and tasted SO good. I recommend the double chocolate cake with Kahlua filling!

nd our tasting, which was free, gave us a good chance to taste a wide variety of flavors. The most important part is that the cake and the fillings were delicious! Secondly, the cake looked exactly like what we wanted. And finally, the price was VERY reasonable, especially compared to other vendors in the area. They are a small operation so sometimes they took a few days to respond to our emails and questions, but rest assured that you'll be able to get in touch with plenty of time when it matters. Keep in mind that they are not a gluten-free shop!

offers free tastings, during which you are able to browse pictures of previous cakes and discuss exactly what you want with the baker. They were also able to deliver the cake directly to our venue in Ventura. I would highly recommend their services.

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eanut butter cream filling and vanilla with a champagne filling and raspberry preserves. Everyone was blown away by the flavor and the moistness of the cake. If you're looking for some yummy cake and amazing artistry, then A Gift of Taste is the choice to make!!

which is why I couldn't in good conscience give a five star review. We came here after booking our wedding at Wedgewood Sterling Hills. Cake wasn't included with our package, but we chose to go with the vendor they recommended first. We're still glad we did, and we're not trying to be overly critical, but we hope our experience helps others in the planning process. 1) Color: The cake we chose had hand crafted flowers on it for which we had to pay $30 extra. That fee is totally reasonable for the delicate artistry required, but what was disappointing was that we were told they could make the flowers any color we chose. We specified red fading into white. When our cake was delivered the day of our wedding, the flowers were actually orange. It wasn't the end of the world, but it seemed to me that an error must have happened with the coloring, and the professional thing would have been to redo them. Maybe there wasn't time, but in that case I think the bakery should have reached out after the wedding and offered some sort of restitution, maybe refund the $30 or at least give a gift certificate or something. On the other hand, maybe it actually wasn't possible to make the flowers truly red, but in that case it should have been explained at the time of ordering so we would know what to expect or choose another color. 2) Tasting: I'm not sure what other bakeries do, but I felt there should have been more guidance and information when it came to the set up of this experience. Our actual wedding cake ended up much more delicious than the actual tasting. In fact, we almost didn't book this place because when we went for the tasting, the sweet frosting was just completely overpowering the delicate cake itself. What changed our minds is that after we had been left alone to taste the 3 flavors we'd chosen and flip through books of photos, the owner came out before we left and I actually asked her if we could order the cake with less frosting. It was then she explained that due to the frosting technique, the actual wedding cake would have less. She said most couples really wanted to taste the frosting and so that was why a lot of frosting was squirted onto the sample slices. The other thing about the tasting is that one of the cakes we tasted was marble, but no one told us until we were actually there tasting them that the marble cake actually tastes exactly the same as the white cake and the only difference is aesthetic. So since you're limited to 3 flavors, it would be good to know that ahead of time so you can try a greater variety.

he decorating was simple but had a little bling rhinestone around with fresh flowers added.

a no brainier to use them. On top of our wedding cake, I also had them make a surprise cake for my groom and it turned out amazing! I definitely recommend them! :)

purple velvet instead of red velvet (which Crush Cakes in Carpenteria did beautifully for us). The lady told us, "No one wants to eat a purple cake. No guest will like that." I couldn't believe it. It was our wedding, not hers. Also, we would have spend about $300 more with A Gift of Taste than we did with Crush Cakes.

taff pictures of the cakes and cupcakes my husband and I wanted and I communicated with the owner via email. The cake design and cupcakes had a lot of detail and they got it all down perfectly. The cake was delivered in excellent shape, which was great considering our wedding was this past august and it was hot! When my husband went back to their store after the wedding, he saw a model of our wedding cake in the window. I guess they loved our cake design as much as we did! We definitely recommend this shop to everyone seeking for a custom cake shop.

s. We loved it!

back for seconds because the cake was so good! Carrot cake with the sweet cream cheese frosting was by far my favorite!

e had discussed and was WONDERFUL in flavor. All my guests were commenting how moist and flavorful it was.