A Simple Cake

Highly recommend booking A Simple Cake for the cake of your wedding dreams!!! I'm a wedding planner and had already worked with Nicolle on numerous weddings, so when it came time for my wedding, I knew I wanted to work with her for my wedding cake. When we booked our sample cake box order, she made the process super easy and was so helpful with guiding us on the different flavor combinations. As a planner, I had a particular vision in mind for my wedding cake and Nicolle truly brought it to life. I wanted one big cake (for our guests) and two miniature cakes (one for me and one for my husband), but I wanted them to be cohesive with each other and with my wedding design. Nicolle was so patient with me with my (what felt like) hundreds of questions and helped me brainstorm ideas when I wasn't quite sure about certain aspects. We came up with a mix of her designs on each different cake and it went SO perfectly with my wedding theme and color palette. On wedding day, I was blown away by how beautiful the cakes were and they were so deliciousss!! My husband is not really a cake person, and even he still talks about how good his coconut cake was and asks if we can buy another one just to have it again! I couldn't be happier that I went with A Simple Cake for my perfect wedding cake(s) and I highly recommend her to literally anyone who needs a wedding cake. Please book her, you will not be disappointed!!!

I’m so happy we decided to go with A Simple Cake for our wedding. Nicolle was incredibly communicative throughout the entire process, promptly responding to our inquiries and accommodating any special requests we had. She guided us through the various options, providing helpful suggestions while also listening carefully to our preferences. The tasting process was really fun - I had expected to do a tasting with my fiance at the bakery but ASC gives you a box of your trial/options to take away, which was actually even more fun! We brought the mini tasters to our wedding venue (a brewery in Brooklyn) and made a date night of it - it was an unexpected highlight of our planning process. Most of all I can’t get over how flavorful the cake was - normally wedding cakes are dry and bland but this was beyond (we went with lemon cake and raspberry filling)...we can't wait to indulge in this delicious cake and reminisce about our wedding day a year from now!

My husband and I got married in Brooklyn, New York in Fall 2023. We quickly identified Nicolle, of A Simple Cake, as our top choice because of her affordable prices, easy-to-understand website, and wide variety of choices. Despite not having the largest budget, Nicolle worked to create exactly what we needed. We did order a cake sampler with 4 mini cakes of various flavors and fillings. We ended up mixing our favorite flavor and filling from two different initial thoughts and ended up with a spiced cake and vanilla bean filling -- perfect for fall! We opted for a New York skyline design, which is a custom design Nicolle offers. We honestly couldn't be happier with our choice and our cake was both delicious and gorgeous. Nicolle is incredibly knowledgeable and is so friendly and professional. We cannot recommend her enough!

Nicolle is amazing! We were so happy with our wedding cake and all of our guests loved it! Nicolle is professional, organized and her cakes are wonderful! We had a buttermilk spice cake with cream cheese & salted caramel cream filling with a refined pleats design. The cake was beautiful and delicious! Thank you Nicolle!

Working with Nicolle was a dream! From the first moment I met Nicolle, I could tell that she is a lady with great taste (love those custom rose gold pens) and great attention to detail. Nicolle is on point with understanding what her clients need and consolidating her orders into concise invoices. Sometimes she takes a few days to respond to your emails, but that is explained upfront on her website. We opted for one of her pre-set flavor combinations from her cake sample box (funfetti with fresh strawberries) as my husband and I are not flavor-connoisseurs. It was a light delicious flavor and I know for sure my guests enjoyed it. The cake was placed right in front of our sweetheart table and it really elevated the look of our party! Four tiered cakes are the way to go, for sure 🤭😉 I also loved her flower choice for my cake. I’m assuming she contacts your florist (if you have one) and they coordinate the colors. I was honestly expecting rich reds for my flowers but she opted for light pinks. Which considering how whimsical my decor looked, this actually worked out. I’ll be honest, I knew that the cake was supposed to arrive by 3 PM. But at that point in my wedding day, I stuck my phone with my older brother and just ignored all my alarms 😅 I was mentally checked out. But thankfully Nicolle contacted my banquet manager and took care of everything on her end. I saw the bag my kitchen cake was in and she had explicit written instructions about how to handle the cake and even details about whether or not the couple planned to save the first layer for that 1-year anniversary thing. I LOVE her commitment to detail and making sure no one has to ask anything. Was she a healthcare professional at some point in her life? Because Ive only known myself (a pharmacist by trade) to be so meticulous in written instructions and descriptions of anything. 😂😂😂 I pretty much had all of my kitchen cake left over, but this was something Nicolle was very transparent about from the beginning too. I could have safely shaved off another 15-20 servings….but I suppose it is always better to have more than less. Also I appreciate her assuring me that she prepares cakes with nut flavors and cakes without on separate days to avoid cross contamination. I had 1 table of guests who had children all with nut allergies (unsure how severe though) and I was able to assure them that the cake was safe to eat. If you’re based in the NYC area, I definitely would recommend A Simple Cake to be your cake vendor.

Nicolle was professional and the cake was pretty and DELICIOUS. We got into a last minute situation after our initial baker didn't work out. She was quick, efficient, and seamless. Can't wait to order our anniversary cake.

We loved our red velvet cake from A Simple Cake for our wedding! The tasting, order process, and communication leading up to the delivery was seamless, and the cake looked and tasted great! I'd highly recommend!

We used A Simple Cake for our August 2023 wedding. The cake was not only incredibly beautiful, but also delicious! Nicolle was very responsive and helpful throughout the process. From the tasting to the cake delivery, everything was seamless! I would highly recommend A Simple Cake!

I highly recommend A Simple Cake for your wedding! Nicolle was incredibly warm, responsive, and professional throughout the entire process. We enjoyed every moment from the delivery of our sample box to seeing the gorgeous final product at our wedding. We got so many compliments on how beautiful and delicious our cake was! Thank you so much for a wonderful experience.

Working with Nicolle on my wedding cake was a DELIGHT! She's so talented, communicative, and was so helpful with all our questions. The cake turned out beautifully and everyone enjoyed it. Also, her tasting process is so seamless and fun!!! Thank you thank you thank you, Nicolle!

A Simple Cake is where you need to get your wedding cake! Nicolle was amazing to work with from beginning to end. The cake tasting process was easy and so much fun! From there, we were able to work with Nicolle on all other details and on the day of our wedding, we were blown away with the taste of the cake - as were our guests! We can't recommend A Simple Cake enough.

Nicolle is so professional and a pleasure to work with. From the sampling to the wedding day, the process was stress-free and we LOVED our cake! Nicolle's recommendations are spot on and her talent is unmatched.

Nicolle created a stunning and delicious cake for our September 2022 wedding. We chose a classic vanilla cake with layers of mixed berry compote and crushed raspberry cream. It turned out even better than we could have imagined and we received many compliments from our guests. It was not too sweet and had amazing depth of both sweet and tart flavors. Even my husband, who is not a huge fan of cake, loved it!

Working with A Simple Cake was easily one of the best decisions we made. We needed a small and simple cake for our reception and Nicolle absolutely delivered. It was so delicious there was not a single slice leftover at the end of the night! We will definitely be reaching out again to pick up a cake for our anniversary.

A Simple Cake did a great job with my wedding cake! The cake was delicious and was decorated beautifully with fresh flowers. I gave Nicolle a description of what my wedding bouquet was going to look like and she did a great job of decorating the cake with similar flowers. Delivery was seamless as well!

I knew I wanted a minimalist cake with florals and stumbled upon A Simple Cake on Instagram. It was exactly the aesthetic I was looking for! I ordered a cake tasting box and all of the flavors were delicious, but the coconut cake with passionfruit curd was by-far one of the best cakes I have ever tasted! We had to have it for our wedding. Nicolle was extremely pleasant to work with --she worked with our budget, understood our aesthetic, and was super responsive. She was also very understanding when we had to postpone our wedding due to COVID. Our wedding cake turned out beautiful and tasted just as delicious as when we sampled it!

What can we say...the cake was beautiful and delicious and Nicolle was so helpful regarding delivery, picking up the sample box, and adjusting the flavors. And she was so responsive throughout the whole process. Would highly recommend.

When we started looking for a wedding cake, it seemed pretty overwhelming. There are literally hundreds to choose from. Different styles, different price points, etc. And it is very difficult to discern differences once you've looked through hundreds. We are extremely happy we went with A Simple Cake and Nicolle. The difference I noticed immediately was the communication. She is quick to respond, and I do not mean with 1 sentence replies. She is thorough and tries to picture exactly what you are looking for. She made the process easy and gave me confidence that she is the one we wanted to hire. Her website is also easy to use which is a big plus. If you do not see what you are looking for on her website, she is willing to work with you so you can have what you are looking for, just like she did with us. Also, she pays attention to details and gives feedback as to what she thinks would be more ideal and gives you choices. On our wedding day, we received many positive comments about our wedding cake. People said it was beautiful, classy, elegant. Many people asked who made our wedding cake and stated that the cake was delicious. It made us happy receiving so many positive comments about our wedding cake. Another major difference between Nicolle and other wedding cake designers is the price point. Her prices are very affordable and reasonable. You won't feel like you are getting ripped off. I sent our preferred cake design to a number of top cake designers in the NYC area and you would be surprised by the price range. I was quoted anywhere from $1500 to $3000+. Now lets just say I paid nowhere close to that with Nicolle. And honestly for her work and the ease of working with her, she could charge more. Pros: - Beautiful, elegant, classy looking wedding cake - Great and easy communication with Nicolle - Affordable and Reasonable Pricing Cons: -None

Nicolle delivered the perfect cake for our small November wedding. I have heard from so many couples that while their cake was beautiful, it didn't taste great. That is NOT the case with A Simple Cake. Not only did our cake flawlessly match our elegant black-tie wedding vibe, but the lemon scented cake with classic cream cheese & lemon zested cream ​tasted AMAZING. The at home tasting process was so fun and we knew we had nothing to worry about on the big day. Would highly recommend to anyone for their wedding.

Nicolle from A Simple Cake was absolutely fantastic to work with from day one and I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone planning their wedding! She is so kind, warm, and responsive (she usually responded to my emails within 24 hours at the most). I looked into many options and found that A Simple Cake had by far the best pricing for such high quality cakes. Becuase of COVID, Nicolle personally dropped off samples for us to try at home, which was actually really fun! We made a whole night of it and loved everything we tasted. Leading up to the wedding, Nicolle was really flexible and helpful while we made adjustments to our headcount because of the pandemic. On the day of the wedding, Nicolle had made such a delicious, beautiful cake for us with gorgeous florals. We were so happy with our wedding cake! We would definitely hire Nicolle again for any future events :)

I will be upfront and say I’m not much of a sweets person. When I started my research on the best person to make my wedding cake, A Simple Cake caught my eye because that’s all I wanted - something simple. I soon learned that simple does not equal any less delicious, though. Nicolle was able to drop off a trifecta of cake samples at our apartment (as we were still in pandemic times), and we quickly settled on one flavor combination. Nicolle created a beautiful cake that sat next to us during the reception! She is very easy to communicate with and I highly recommend A Simple Cake no matter your dessert tastes or the size of your wedding - she is willing to bake up an appropriate amount of cake for your guests!

Nicolle was a pleasure to work with. She was super accommodating during the tasting process after we went back to her after our first tasting wanting to try a few additional options. She did an amazing job decorating the cake with florals (they ended up matching perfectly with my color scheme!) and the cake itself tasted divine. We are looking forwardto getting another cake from her for our 1 year anniversary! Could not recommend her enough!

A Simple Cake made our gorgeous and delicious wedding cake. Nicolle exceeded our expectations and was so easy to work with from start to finish! 10/10 recommendation!

Nicolle was amazing to work with! She answered every question timely and worked with us to create the exact cake we wanted. But most of all, the cake was delicious! Thank you so much for everything! I would 100% recommend using A Simple Cake and would love to work with Nicolle again.

Nicolle is amazing and everyone needs to order their cake from A Simple Cake! 5 stars are not enough - she deserves 10!! Her streamline and straight forward process is ingenious! I am so happy I found her business after a major mishap with another well known BK bakery for our special day. We ended up ordering 2 cakes for our micro wedding as we were split on our top flavor choice. We went with classic red velvet 2 tier mini and a single cake of Passion fruit. I cannot say enough about the passion fruit flavor - it’s bright, like spring and summer baked into a cake. Perfection! We were also blown away by her craftsmanship with wafer paper flowers. Our cake set is featured on A Simple Cake Instagram. We can’t wait to place our next order with Nicolle - celebrating our anniversary. Do not hesitate to order from A Simple Cake. She is a dream vendor to work with as well!!!

We are so happy that we chose A Simple Cake to make our wedding cake for our October 2020 wedding! Nicolle created her signature Petal Flower design cake (so cute yet sophisticated) with delicious toasted almond cake and crushed raspberry cream filling that everyone enjoyed. With the pandemic challenges, Nicolle was patient and accommodating to our changing plans and was able to deliver a picture perfect cake.

Working with Nicolle at A Simple Cake was truly a pleasure! From our first consult to the final creation, the process was easy, flexible, and well "simple" :) We started by going for a tasting where she brought us three different slices to try based on the flavor preferences we sent in beforehand. After tasting them all, she mentioned that she was working on something new and asked if we might like to try that too. We were so grateful, as that helped us land on our final choice, which was a lemon scented cake with layers of passion fruit curd and raspberry filling (a truly personalized creation). When it came time to coordinating with our florist to dress the cake, Nicolle was more than happy to be flexible and ensure that our cake looked perfect. After having looked at a number of bakeries, A Simple Cake is one of the best values with the tastiest outcome. Thanks, A Simple Cake!

If you are looking for a simple, elegant, and DELICIOUS wedding cake, this is it!! Nicolle was super nice and helpful in our cake shopping process. We wanted a simple, elegant cake for our wedding and it was just like how we imagined! The process was clear and professional. We visited the kitchen and had a tasting session and it was a blast. :) We ended up ordering a three-tier wedding cake in Devil's food chocolate with layers of white chocolate cream filling with "Rustic Linear Ruffle" design. Our guests raved about the cake and we also loved it! The cake looked exactly like the sample photo. Thank you so much, Nicolle!

I’m so happy I found A Simple Cake! Nicolle was wonderful to work with and our four-tiered classic vanilla cake, with layer of raspberry cream, frosted in meringue buttercream and thin layer of vanilla fondant was nothing short of perfection! We loved testing the sample cake in advance (took it to a dinner party and everyone was thrilled!) and the delivery and execution of our cake on the day of the event was flawless, beautiful, and delicious. Our florist adorned the cake with fresh flowers with coordination and guidance from Nicolle. Thank you!

Nicolle Lugo took our aspirations seriously. She made our wedding theme come to life with her cake creation. Above all the taste of the cake and filling where exquisite.

To be honest, I wasn't planning on having cake at my reception originally, as our caterer included a dessert parade as part of their dinner package. However, ultimately we decided on having a cake to cut, so I started looking for vendors... and let me just say, NYC-area prices are ridiculous. I eventually decided on A Simple Cake and another vendor to taste, and despite being about half the price of the other vendor, A Simple Cake's was much better, and a simpler, lighter cake. Day of, the cake was just as good as it was during the tasting (we got the red velvet with buttercream), with our guests telling us it was the best wedding cake they'd had. Nicolle from A Simple Cake was also very easy to work with and responsive. I'd highly recommend working with her and A Simple Cake.

NICOLLE IS AMAZING! I am SO happy I chose Simple Cake for my wedding. Not only was the red velvet the BEST I've ever tasted, it was perfectly dressed in the most delicious meringue butter cream. Nicolle was a pleasure to work with- very accommodating, professional, and thoughtful. I am so glad to have discovered Nicolle as I look forward to more cakes in the future!

Lauren and Nicolle make the most beautiful and delicious cake! The variety of designs and flavors are impressive. I picked an elegant sugar drape design and the actual cake looked just as good as the pictures. I am a big foodie, and I don't want my cake to be overwhelmingly sweet. Lauren and Nicolle recommended several flavors during the tasting based on my preference, and I was able to pick a flavor on the spot. They are also fun to work with! They have great passion for their work and explained the whole process in detail. They were very responsive to my e-mails and were willing to accommodate my requests. Last but not least, their website is super user-friendly, and I learned a lot about wedding cakes from the website. Highly recommend!!!

Great team, highly responsive, beautiful cakes and an unbeatable price!

Lauren is great and talented! First, I found her on google, then I booked a simple for tasting. The simple is HUGE! haha, it can be shared with at least 8 ppl. And true, just like her slogen - her cake is good looking, delicious and same time at an offordable price! Many people telling me how delicious the cake is! Cuz in my opinion, a wedding cake is just for good looking, it can never get tasty but Lauren made both happen! In the same time, I was asking for a really short time change, like 1 week before my wedding. I saw a pic online with flowers and leaf design, I tried to ask her if she can design that, it turns out to be really pretty! I wish I could attach image here to show everyone! Thank you Lauren!

We are so glad that we got our wedding cake from A Simple Cake. Besides being an amazingly talented baker, Lauren was both easy-going and on top of it. From the delicious tasting and helping us conceptualize a cake with photos and sketches to delivering flawlessly on the wedding day, Lauren exceeded our every expectation, and we wish all our vendors were so reliable! We had the scented lemon cake with strawberry vanilla bean buttercream filling, one of the best cakes we've ever had, and our guests loved it. Can't recommend Lauren enough!

Our cake was beautiful but more importantly it was delicious! We did the lemon cake with berry compote. There was no cake left.

She is so talented and creates the most elegant and beautiful cakes tailored to your wishes. Her prices are so good for the quality of her work. The cake was delicious; we had a coffee infused pound cake with hazelnut praline mousse...OMG amazing! We had multiple guests tell us it was the best wedding cake they have ever tasted.

A wonderful combination of professionalism, personal touch, and taste… I cannot thank “A Simple Touch” enough - for their willingness to help us out on extremely short notice, for a cake that was so beautiful (it felt like we ought not to cut it) and so wonderfully delectably delicious (yes, we did make the right choice and did cut it!), and, most of all, for the lovely and sunny attitude with which Lauren did it all!

My husband and I got our wedding cake from A Simple Cake after tasting samples from a few other places. We were so happy with our decision! The cake was gorgeous and delicious -- we were sad not to have ordered extra to have more left over! But we plan to order a small one for our one year anniversary, it was that good. The people we worked with at A Simple Cake were professional and responsive, and the cake was delivered in perfect condition.

Lauren was great to work with and the cake was a hit with all the guests. It looked beautiful the day-of and it was delicious as well. She allowed us to mix and match the flavors of the fillings and I loved the espresso cake that was soaked in real espresso, which was really different. I met with several other bakers and her price and the cake were the best by far.

By far, the best tasting, most beautiful wedding cakes ever! We did several smaller cakes and they were such a hit with everyone! This was one of the best decisions I made! They made it so easy!!!! Love the website, the staff, the cakes.....it was all amazing!

We worked with Lauren at A Simple Cake, for our wedding cake and what a pleasure it was! Lauren herself is lovely, talented and extremely professional. Nothing was a problem working with her. Emails and phone calls promptly responded to, tasting a breeze, and day-of delivery a non-issue! We had a three tier buttercream, golden yellow cake, with tri-berry filling and it was delicious. They have their own buttercream recipe and it definitely tastes that way without the weird grainy, sugary or oily feeling that you get from so many weddings cakes. We didn't want to spend a small fortune on the cake, but obviously wanted something delicious and pretty and A Simple Cake fit the bill perfectly. They had such wonderful designs to choose from and we settled on the Ruffles, which is one of their new designs and so divine! There are a few pictures of it on our wedding photographers blog here http://www.michellelange.com/blog/2013/04/01/wed-clare-john-new-leaf-restaurant-fort-tryon-park/ I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to any of my friends not only for a wedding but for any special occasion!

My husband and I found A Simple Cake because it came with our reception package. This was perfect because we wanted a simple, white cake and probably would have found A Simple Cake had they not been recommended by our reception site. We had our tasting and tried a number of different cakes and filings, as well as the fondant. Everything tasted amazing and we wound up picking an all chocolate cake. Picking the exterior design was also difficult because there were so many pretty options. When we finally made our choices, submitting them on the website was very easy and user-friendly. Lauren was a wealth of information during our tasting, and followed up promptly when she said she would. When the big day came, our cake looked beautiful and tasted even better than I remembered. It was a pleasure working with A Simple Cake and the results were delicious!

For us foodies, the cake was very important. We worked with Lauren at a Simple Cake and couldn't be happier. We designed our own cake with her and it came out exactly how we dreamed. We chose dark chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and wow was it amazing. So tasty, and everyone is still raving about it. Also very reasonably priced.

Amazing! The sugar flowers matched my centerpieces perfectly and the cake tasted great! So looking forward to our one year anniversary so that I can eat more of the cake ;-)

our cake was chocolate cake, with hazelnut filling in the drape design -- it looked really elegant with a couple extra flowers from our florist... our experience was great and we highly recommend A Simple Cake. lauren, who we dealt with, was really nice and easy going. she handled all the set-up and that went smoothly. we went for a tasting (cost $50 i think -- i can't remember if that was per person or not), but it was helpful since we wanted to try out the flavors. the place where you go for the tasting is basically the opposite of a cute little shop -- just a loft, with a table and computer so you can look at designs, so don't expect much else in terms of decor. but we were not disappointed with results at all. the cake at our reception was better than the samples at the tasting.

loved everything - flavors, design, price.

you show them the picture of what you want and they can make it! they are just great!! strongly recommended! very reasonable prices

We weren't going to have a cake at all because my husband only liked simple designs which we couldn't find. Their designs are all simple yet sofisticated. Loved it!

Just enough choices and customization options to provide something that fits your wedding, but doesn't overwhelm you. Cakes are delicious. If you're just looking for a simple and simply delicious cake - look no further. This was probably the easiest, most enjoyable and least stressful aspect of planning our wedding.

6 weeks before our wedding, our cake baker backed out on us! In a panic, we contacted Simple Cake, and within a week we had two beautiful (and tasty!) sample cakes and a contract! We were so fortunate they were able to help us in such a bind. Then, 3 weeks before the wedding I had a "bride moment" and decided to change the flavor of the cake. Again, Gail was tremendously accommodating and wonderful. The cake arrived as beautiful as the samples look online, with no trouble, on time, and tasted delicious. It was a PERFECT experience. Our cake was gorgeous - hardly "simple" - and we loved it!

WONDERFUL TASTING CAKE. DELIVERED DAMAGED AND COULD NOT GET IN TOUCH TO REPAIR. EXPECTED MORE

YUM! the cake looked beautiful. The design was incredibly modern and elegant, but the cake was also delicious! I had the chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling. All my guests raved about how great the cake tasted. I would highly recommend using a simple cake to any bride!

I used Gail Watson for her unique sugar boxes. They were a definite splurge for for my wedding - but well worth it. When I saw the finished product the day of my wedding, I was beyond pleased. Each box was a little work of art - a gift for my family and friends. One of the best parts was that each box came ready to go (nothing to assemble, not a ribbon for me to tie) no work was required by me. With all the other tasks I had at hand, this was so helpful.