Alire Modern Bakehouse

else who left glowing reviews for her did. Communication: Correspondence with Toni was a bit confusing, but I'm not really even letting that affect this review...this review is just for the quality of what we got versus what we expected from seeing her portfolio. More on that later. Our wedding date was originally set in March 2025, but had to be pushed back to December. The contract does have a stipulation that introduced the possibility of up to "30% inflation increase" for materials and labor, so watch out for that. She gave us a 15% inflation increase. The actual inflation was not nearly that much. I have included a screenshot showing the buying power for $912.58 in July 2024 when first signed, and the actual value in September 2025. Wedding Schedule Adjustment: Our original contract states a 9-9:30 am arrival to the venue. There was some confusion between our day-of coordinator and Toni, which led to a mistakenly confirmed 11:30-12 pm delivery window by our day-of. Our day-of asked 24h prior for adjusting back to 9-9:30, but Toni had already re-arranged her day to allow for an 11:30-12 pm window. Not her fault, but she did also arrive at the end of the delivery window (12:06 pm). We had to adjust our entire wedding schedule to allow for our coordinator to box up the cupcakes when they were delivered. The coordinator did send an updated pdf prior to 48h which shows the schedule, however, so in my opinion Toni should have tried to arrive at 11:30 when the ceremony was scheduled to end and not closer to 12. Appearance (Cake): For the actual cake design, we sent two photos for inspiration. We ordered a geode cake, and wanted it to look like a sky blue crystal with gold accents as stated in our email correspondence. Our actual cake does not look up to the same quality as the geode cakes included on her Instagram, and it's completely missing any gold accents. A lot of our guests couldn't even tell it was a geode cake -- they thought it was a very strange design and were surprised when we told them what it was supposed to be. Flavor and Texture (Cake): The chocolate cake was very dry. I (and many others) felt like the cake was frozen and thawed before the wedding. The Our 10-year-old, who lives for chocolate, refuses to eat the chocolate cake, saying it's too dry and doesn't taste good. Appearance (Cupcakes). Now, the cupcakes look good. They're basic, but that's fine. They're what we discussed (yay!). We did assume that the peach compote was going to be embedded into the middle of the cake portion, and not just sitting on top hiding under the icing, but whatever. Not nitpicking in this review (I know I know...this is a long review, but you can't say anything so far has been a nitpick). Flavor and Texture (Cupcakes): Guests said that the "Millions of Peaches" cupcakes were delicious and moist. My wife confirmed this. However, guests said the Chocolate cupcakes were extremely dry. It's a bummer, and I hate to write such a negative review...but here we are.

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