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Fine Wedding Cakes & Desserts
Bean Counter Bakery is an award-winning bakery and cafe in Worcester, MA that specializes in custom wedding cakes. Whatever your style, the team of talented bakers can create a customized wedding cake just for you. They strive to provide exceptional service and delicious treats that can satisfy any sweet tooth. The owner of Bean Counter Bakery is Alice Lombardi, an experienced baker who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. In 1998, Alice started her business from her home kitchen, selling cakes and desserts to local businesses in Worcester. After gaining a stellar reputation for making exquisite wedding cakes, she expanded her business to include commercial premises with highly-trained staff. Today, the business continues to follow Alice’s motto of baking from scratch using quality ingredients. While Alice dreams up new cake designs in the kitchen, her husband Dom is at hand to roast and brew high-quality coffee beans. Bean Counter Bakery offers an extensive range of wedding cakes and sweet desserts. You and your partner will be offered a personal consultation from the team, along with a private tasting session to establish your requirements. Cookies, croquembouche, and cupcakes are available, as well as pastries, pies, and dessert buffets. The team can deliver your cake to you, while also providing cake stands and personalized toppers. They can cater to different dietary restrictions by offering lactose-free, vegan, and gluten-free options.
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Business Attributes
Asian-owned Business, Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
Cake Accessories, Cake Stands, Cake Delivery & Setup, Cake Tastings, Cupcakes, Groom's Cakes
Dietary Options
Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
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Bean Counter Bakery Reviews
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We knew the moment we met with Alice and tried her amazing cakes that there was no other option for us than her. Working with her was a breeze! She responded quickly to any questions I threw at her and never failed to impress us even when we ju...
st stopped in for a dessert. I am a Covid bride, so more than once I had to reach out to “postpone” my order. She was accommodating and understanding every time. Including the last time I had to reach out, 3 weeks before my third wedding reschedule to tell her we had even moved venues! The cake was delivered on time, set up exactly how I had imagined it on the table and the design was everything I could have wanted and more. She nailed the design! I couldn’t be happier! Oh and the flavors! I. any even start. So amazing. No complaints at all
BUY THE CAKE YOU LOVE! At first, we had hoped to spend as LOW as possible for cake/cupcakes (esp. since my husband doesn’t really like cake) & we found some places that were a lot lower than our budget but after doing tastings of 3 different sp...
ots- Bean Counter Bakery was the only one were the leftovers got demolished!! After the wedding we had sooo many people ask us where we got our cupcakes from. Family that live further away said they’d make a day trip just for some cupcakes! I’m so happy that we went with Alice! OH and the cupcakes were so good… it made my HUSBAND GRAB MORE. AND HE DOESNT EVEN LIKE CAKE LOL 😂 (also we went back a month later for my bday cake lol) I will say was a bit more than we hoped to spend originally and prices increased right before our wedding which wasn’t great, but I had budgeted more than we needed so luckily it wasn’t a problem for us.
Bean Counter Bakery was the cake sponsor for our wedding venue. Alice and her staff worked amazingly to satisfy our taste, cake style, and flavors. We got her signature cake for our wedding and it was PERFECT!
Insider: My step-daughter left he...
r table to take some pictures and when she returned her cake was gone. I found out that this happened to a couple of people. LOL
We traveled from VA to my daughter's WPI graduation, and she specifically requested a Bean Counter Bakery cake for her celebration. I ordered it 2 or 3 months ahead but forgot to pay online two week prior to our arrival. I contacted Alice afte...
r hours when I realized my mistake, and she went to the trouble to call me. Ultimately she saved the day by providing us with one of her delicious cakes- even though they were swamped with orders! Highly recommend Alice and BCB for the best cake in town and the best service!!
Alice was great to work with. She was great about staying on top of things and walking us through the process. The cake was amazing -- our only regret was that we didn't ask for leftovers from the venue. So good!
One of the highlights of wedding planning is the cake tasting, and if you choose Bean Counter Bakery, you’re really in for a treat! We chose Bean Counter Bakery because not only did their flavors blow us away, but we were also excited to suppor...
t a local, woman-owned business. We chose a spice cake with an apple caramel filling and buttercream frosting and, oh man, just remembering it is making me hungry! The cake was beautiful and absolutely divine. Our guests couldn’t stop talking about how delicious the cake was: delicately moist, not overwhelmingly sweet, and perfectly fitting for a New England fall wedding. The Bean Counter team was a joy to work with and our wedding day delivery was seamless. I’m still thinking about the cake 🤤. I highly recommend trying this bakery for your dessert needs.
Beautiful and delicious wedding cake!
Working with Alice and Crystal was easy and effortless. We chose a variety of cupcakes for our wedding day and they did not disappoint! As a girl who loves her sweets, I so enjoyed this part of the wedding planning process. Every sample my husb...
and and I tasted was delicious! I would recommend Bean Counter Bakery to anyone for the wedding dessert needs.
Absolutely delicious wedding cake. We did a few different tastings and the one from bean counter had by far the most generous portions and were also the most delicious. In the end, it was an easy decision.
We got to choose two different flavor...
s for our 3-tier cake, and at the event it completely disappeared! Our guests couldn't stop talking about it! I absolutely would recommend Bean Counter to others organizing a wedding.
Alice is a truly talented baker. From the day we had our cake tasting, we knew that her cakes were top quality and would be loved by all of our wedding guests. Alice was very professional and had a plan in place even as we postponed our wedding...
and changed the number of guests. She was flexible in changing the cake size and making a plan for getting flowers onto the cake. The cake was so tasty, we still stop by her shop from time to time for treats!
I highly recommend going here for your wedding cake. The staff that work here are absolutely amazing. I was always in contact with Alice and she was just absolutely amazing. She always got back to me right away with any questions or concerns I ...
had. She also met with me for my cake tasting which really made everything more personable. She got to try so many types of cake ans they were all amazing. We chose Bean Counter Bakery as our cake vendor and I am absolutely so happy we made that decision. Everyone at our wedding this past weekend complmented alot on how good the cake tasted and how beautiful it looked. I highly recommend booking with them!
Alice and team did an incredible job with our wedding cake! From the moment we met Alice she was professional and so organized. We enjoyed trying all of the flavors with her at the tasting and she even invited us back to try more, if needed! Al...
ice and her husband transported our cake all the way to Kennebunk, ME too. I was blown away at how gorgeous the cake was - it looked exactly like the photo I had showed her for by vision! Best of all, Alice's cake flavors and taste are unlike any other. We got the vanilla cake with lemon filling and vanilla buttercream frosting and it was just perfect (our guests are still telling us how delicious the cake was). Even those guests who didn't like lemon LOVED this flavor. The cake looked great on Alice's cake stand as well. I would recommend Alice to any other Bride!
Alice did an incredible job with our cakes. We selected the Tutti Frutti and White Chocolate Strawberry flavors and they were so light, airy, and delicious. Couldn’t have asked for better- HIGHLY recommend!
Our wedding cake was absolutely stunning!! We had tastings at a few other vendors in the Boston area but Alice’s cake far surpassed everyone else’s. She was always available to answer any questions that we had and provided a wedding cake for us...
that was even better than we ever could have imagined! The cake was delicious and fresh and we got so many compliments from our guests on how amazing it was! If she is available for your wedding, hire her!
Incredibly delicious cake!!!!
Our cake was everything we dreamed of and more! Not to mention, how tasty it truly was. They are the real deal, and everyone in Central MA knows their dedication to the craft. Leading up to it was also seamless, you can tell they are profession...
als and did a great job with coordinating with the venue directly.
Alice and the Bean Counter Bakery are wonderful! Alice is a delight to work with and the cake was AMAZING! It was beautiful and absolutely delicious. We got lots of compliments from our guests on our wedding cake. We enjoyed working with Al...
ice who is creative, flexible, professional, and incredibly talented. Our experience was positive from start to finish! We would highly recommend the Bean Counter Bakery.
We had a very stressful wedding planning, as many people do. Our original baker backed out last minute. I can’t tell you how much of a blessing this was, given how amazing Bean Counter Bakery was. They were so empathetic and Alice sat with us f...
or a long time, working over details. I was desperate to have a peeling birch cake, simple but beautiful, without any fondant. Well, Alice worked major magic. Thé cake was absolutely stunning. It was also TO DIE for, we went with different flavors for each tier. It’s about a 2 hour drive for us, and it’s totally worth it. Heading there for our anniversary cake this week. Will be ordering for my daughter’s first birthday as well!
The Bean Counter Bakery has been timely & professional throughout our very long wedding planning process. Due to Covid we pushed our wedding exactly a year and the Bean Counter Bakery couldn’t have been more supportive in this heartbreaking pro...
cess. Moving forward a year the bakery communicated regularly and made changes as needed. On our wedding day the cake was delivered on time with absolutely no issues. I highly recommend this bakery not only because of their professionalism but because their cake is absolutely outstanding!!
Alice and the Bean Counter did a wonderful job with our wedding cake. We found them through our venue (Fruitlands), and heard great things from other couples about their buttercream frosting (no fondant!) which is exactly what we were looking f...
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We did our cake tastings during COVID, so we took our samples to go. We went for it and tried 7 different combinations, and Alice even had a sample of banana pudding cake made for us (a non-standard flavor for them, since I was interested in a banana cake option). In the end, we decided on a funfetti cake with raspberry buttercream filling and vanilla buttercream frosting, and it was delicious! The cake itself was light, and there was the right amount of filling and frosting without it being overwhelming - it was one of the best cakes I’ve had. Our guests loved it, and even though we ordered more than enough cake, it was totally finished by the end of the night. Alice also kindly made vegan cupcake versions of our cake for a few of our guests so they could have some, too.
Her team also frosted it beautifully (a simple horizontal stripe pattern), and worked with our florists to add the cake florals for a simple but pretty look.
I highly recommend the Bean Counter to anyone looking for a wedding cake or another event cake that will be delicious and pretty!
DELICIOUS and beautiful cake!
Bean Counter was such a great experience, in spite of COVID challenges. Alice provided amazing samples and designed the perfect cake for our winery wedding. The flavors (lemon curd & fresh raspberries with vanilla cake in one layer, chocolate c...
ake with cannolli filling for the other) were delicious and on point. Everyone raved about the cake and rightfully so!
As someone that loves to bake, having a great wedding cake was at the top of my list. I am so grateful that I worked with Bean Counter Bakery for my wedding in July 2021! Alice is personable, talented, and organized, and took the time to get ...
to know me and my vision for cake. I also have a food allergy, and Alice took special precautions to ensure that I could enjoy my own wedding cake (and all the samples we tried) without worrying. All of the flavors that we sampled were delicious, so it was hard to decide! We ended up going with chocolate cake/chocolate filling and vanilla cake/strawberry cheesecake filling. The cake itself came out beautiful, exactly as I imagined, and it was so delicious! We will definitely use Bean Counter for future events and are so happy we worked with them for our wedding!
We love Alice!
We first found the Bean Counter as a preferred vendor at our original wedding venue for our summer 2020 wedding. However, after COVID hit, we had to make some changes.
Alice was so awesome in providing us a cake for our intimat...
e backyard wedding! We decided to do a wedding celebration in 2021 and once again Alice came in clutch! She designed the perfect cake to go with our ocean venue.
Her cakes are delicious. I'm a sucker for the cannoli chip!
Using the Bean Counter Bakery was one of the easiest wedding decisions we made! From the initial contact to the tasting to our actual day, Alice was so amazing to work with. They were so wonderful and flexible when we had to switch our wedding ...
date due to the pandemic.
They let us do multiple cupcake flavors and were so accommodating to our gluten free/dairy free guests. The cupcakes were AMAZING! Everyone commented on how delicious they were, which was telling by the fact that there were none left.
Alice was always quick to respond, professional and a joy to work with. I would 100% recommend booking the Bean Counter Bakery for your wedding or any event!
Our guests loved our cake and the design was exactly what we wanted! The owner works with you directly to choose a flavor and design. She accommodated someone in our bridal party’s allergy by making a special cupcake for her which was awesome.
Very disappointed in the service provided. Paid my deposit and I confirmed my samples 5 days prior to pick up and when I arrived they weren’t ready, no one had any idea, I waited over an hour for them. And still was asked to pay for them. I the...
n responded that night with our choice for flavors and have never received a response 6 weeks later. In the meantime, I picked another vendor.
Response from the Vendor on 08/02/2021
Hi Deanna, we are sorry you re-considered. Unfortunately, we never received your email with your cake choice. Since you paid a "reserve-the-date" deposit in May, you have been confirmed with our bakery. All final details would need to be con...
firmed by 2 weeks prior for your September wedding and we would have reached out to you in time. Again, we are so sorry we never received your email and did not know you tried to reach us 6 weeks ago. We would have also welcomed a phone call any time if you did not receive our reply. We also apologize for the delay when picking up your samples in June, as we were experiencing an extremely high volume of requests for orders. We are truly sorry for the misunderstanding and wish you all the best.
Delicious cake! So many compliments! Alice was wonderful to work with!
As dessert lovers, having a wedding cake that was delicious was really important to us. We drove over an hour to try Bean Counter Bakery after receiving multiple recommendations. We had high expectations and were definitely not disappointed. Al...
ice is wonderful; she has so many amazing flavors and worked with us to come up with a cake that looked classy but also reflected our style/preferences. We ended up going with a pretty untraditional wedding cake (chocolate with mocha filling and ganache frosting) and it was a huge hit. Given that she had worked with our venue before, she was actually able to offer us a topping that typically we wouldn’t be able to get in summer. I think the best way to evaluate their quality is the fact that due to covid, our numbers for our wedding were down from 120 to 70 guests. We still ordered enough cake for all 120 thinking we could enjoy our leftovers for weeks after the wedding. The cake was so popular that we had ended up with just a few slices left over, which disappeared quickly over the course of the night. We are very happy we went with Bean Counter Bakery, and will be returning in coming years for some anniversary cake!
Alice and her team are amazing at what they do. She's been doing this for decades, and has made cakes of all different types and sizes. We ended up having a two layer cake for about 80 people that was light on the frosting and emphasized some n...
atural flowers. Bean Counter Bakery delivered from Worcester to our venue at The Oceanview of Nahant in their special cake-mobile, and they beautifully decorated the cake with flowers left form our florist. There are so many details about the wedding cake that Bean Counter Bakery has mastered. For example, our pinterest cake pins were a lot of four layer cakes, so there were some artistic subtleties that needed to be addressed translating designs to a two layer cake. Alice automatically saw that and was really patient explaining and drawing pictures to us. Our families were also blown away by how the cake tasted; they were expecting a cake that was too sweet or too dense, whereas the cake ended up just being delicious.
The Bean Counter did a wonderful job on my wedding cake for my micro wedding. Alice was so easy to work with and really made my vision come true. It was perfect! Not only was the cake beautiful but it was also absolutely delicious. The cake was...
so moist and the white chocolate raspberry filling was to die for. People were raving about how delicious it was. We can’t wait for our big reception in July to have another wedding cake from The Bean Counter! Highly recommend!
Amazing! We were planning to get a small cake just to cut for our wedding (as our venue provided cupcakes for the guests), but after our tasting we knew we HAD to upgrade and get a bigger cake because it tasted so amazing and the prices were a ...
steal! The entire cake was gone before our wedding ended, we weren’t even able to freeze a piece for our anniversary because the guests devoured it all!! We eat desserts often and still, a year later, talk about how our cake was the best we’ve ever had!
I loved our cake, it was exactly what I asked for and tasted delicious. They were extremely accommodating with guests who had allergies and gluten sensitivity. Everything tasted amazing, the delivery service was great, planning went smoothly. W...
ill come back again for any desserts needed.
People raved about my cake all night- so good! And so helpful and responsive, they were a great group to work with!
Alice was amazing to work with. My husband and I had conflicting visions of what we wanted for a wedding cake. Alice was able to take aspects of both of our visions and create the most beautiful cake! A year later, our wedding guests still talk...
about how wonderful our cake was. I cannot recommend the Bean Counter enough, we had the best experience!
Our guests are still raving about our wedding cake (and we got married 8 months ago)!
I've been planning weddings in the Boston market for 10+ years and every time one of my clients shares just how much they love dessert and how important the ...
taste / flavor of their wedding cake will be... I ALWAYS bring them to Alice. The cakes that come out of this bake shop are absolutely delicious and the flavor options are endless! My husband and I ended up choosing three flavors for our cake (Vanilla Buttercream with Rainbow Chips and Funfetti Cake (just like my mother-in-law use to make when my husband was a kid), White Chocolate Peppermint Buttercream and Chocolate Cake (think Peppermint Pattie!), and White Chocolate Amaretto Buttercream with Fresh Strawberries and Vanilla Cake (one of my mom's specialties)! All three were DELICIOUS!!!!
In addition to being super tasty, Alice and her team did an incredible job with the design. I am pretty particular about wedding design / décor and wanted the color of the cake to match perfectly. We chose to do some color blocking with a soft blue over the natural cream so during our tasting I left Alice one of our wedding invitations so she could use it as a reference to create the custom color for our design... IT CAME OUT PERFECT!
All in all I could not be happier with our wedding cake and highly recommend Alice and her team to anyone planning a wedding! If you love delicious dessert then you won't be disappointed!!
Our wedding cake from the bean counter was fantastic. We went with an understated, simple cake design for our micro wedding, yet it was truly very elegant and exactly what we wanted. We didn't really expect guests to comment on the cake, but ...
MANY guests told us how truly beautiful and delicious the cake was. We loved it and our guests could not get enough either! We also had to change our wedding plans on short notice due to COVID. We contacted Alice a month before our micro wedding and she took care of us right away. We did a tasting, placed the order and on the day of the wedding the bean counter delivered everything seamlessly. It was easy, perfect and truly the best wedding cake I've ever had. We will use the bean counter again for any future events and occasions! Highly recommend that you book with them!
Absolutely perfect in everyway! Like many in 2020, we had to change our wedding plans completely. We moved our wedding (ceremony) up 2 months. We decided to give our guests a cupcake favor and have a small cake for just us (no ceremony). The B...
ean counter could not have been a better. They exceeded my expectations. We chose the death by chocolate cupcakes and everyone was raving about them!! One of my friends didn't eat hers till a few days later, and she said you couldn't even tell!! We had vanilla cake with buttercream for us and it tasted like it was just baked out of the oven! It is THE BEST cake I have ever had. We didn't have a formal tasting because of time, so we drove all around MA trying cupcakes and nothing even compared!!! Seriously the best cake ever!!!!
The most wonderful wedding cake we could have imagined. Alice worked with us to get just the right combination of flavors and options to make the bride and groom happy! We did our tasting during COVID and felt safe the whole time. Alice was alw...
ays willing to go with the changes due to COVID, particularly after our venue had changed from the Worcester area and to Cape Cod. They delivered the perfect cake all the way to us there! The cake was unbelievable, and I look forward to using them for all of my future events! No need to keep looking, BOOK THEM NOW!
Before we even reached out to Bean Counter, several friends and even other vendors highly recommended this business! Our first meeting with Alice was awesome & she was so easy to communicate with throughout the process. We did a 3-tier cake (ha...
d about 120 guests) and each tier was it's own flavor & filling -- all 3 were so delicious!! We opted for a fairly simple design on the cake, but it's clear from their social media posts and the wedding cake binder that cakes can be as simple or as complex/whatever you picture! So many works of art!
We live about 45 minutes from the bakery (& neither of us work close by either), but I still try to make it back every few months for their incredible cupcakes, just as good as our cake was. Highly recommend - delicious cake & professional staff
Alice was so great to work with and the desserts were the best desserts I've ever had! Our guests were all asking where they came from and wanted more! We had some changes to our original dessert plan due to Covid-19 but Alice was easily able t...
o accommodate those changes and we had delicious desserts! Can't wait to use The Bean Counter desserts for my next special occasion!
The most wonderful cake and design we could have imagined. They worked with us to get just the right combination of flavors and options to make the bride, groom, and all of our guests happy! After the original wedding was canceled in the Wor...
cester area and rescheduled for Cape Cod, they delivered the perfect cake all the way to us there! Now that is service over and above and very much appreciated! Not to mention the cake was SO YUMMY! Highly recommend!
Alice and the Bean Counter crew did our wedding cake in October. It was the most beautiful cake we have ever seen! Alice was an absolute angel to work with. She was very responsive and very patient. She listened to what we liked, disliked, ...
and helped us create our vision with ease. She is very easy to work with! The cake tasted amazing on every tier. We had so many compliments from our guests about it. We have recommended Alice and the Bean counter to every single person we know for weddings or anything desert related. Thank you for being the best vendor we had!
We met Alice at our venue’s food tasting event and loved the cakes we tried. Alice left such a great impression on us that it was an easy decision to want to work with her for our wedding. They are so professional and the cake was absolutely wh...
at we wanted. I highly recommend going with them! Thank you.
Absolutely delicious! My husband and l enjoyed the entire process of ordering our wedding and anniversary cake from Bean Counter Bakery and loved the results! We also ordered some gluten free Boston Cream cupcakes for our wedding, and they were...
amazing! We highly recommend and will be back for more!
Bean Counter Bakery did an absolutely outstanding job with our wedding cake. Although our cake was not the typical “normal” wedding cake theme, Bean Counter Bakery embraced what we wanted in our wedding cake and completed it to perfection. Now...
if we ever need a specialty cake, Bean Counter Bakery will be our go to!
The Bean Counter is amazing!! They went above and beyond when helping us design a cake and stick within our price range. The cake was sooo beautiful and delicious. There was only one slice left at the end of our wedding- that my husband and I ...
happily devoured. If you’re looking for a cake for your wedding, the Bean is the place to go!! We also have gone back several times, just because and for our baby shower!
The Bean Counter Bakery's cake is delicious, and made fresh on your wedding day (and for tastings)- which makes it super moist. The fillings and frosting enhanced the flavor of the cake, without being overpowering or too sugary. The decoratio...
n was exactly as discussed, and as expected. The cake was delivered approximately 1.5 hours in the winter to our venue and the cake arrived in perfect condition. Our guests really are still talking about how great the wedding cake tasted....and I'm still dreaming of it! Thank you Alice, and all of your staff for providing an elegant and scrumptious cake for us and our guests on our wedding day!
In my family we get Bean Counter cakes for special occasions, so when it was question of wedding cake - we thought, Bean Counter. We weren’t disappointed. Alice sat down with us and talked us through the options, and helped us decide what was t...
he right cake for us. Tasting the samples was our favorite part of wedding planning. The cake ended up being perfect. It was delivered exactly right. It looked so elegant, the crumb was moist, the frosting and filling were fluffy and sweet, but not overly sugary. When we celebrated our one year anniversary, people were still talking about our beautiful and delicious wedding cake. It froze excellently too, which is important to keep with the tradition!
Our wedding cake from Bean Counter Bakery was amazing. They met all our requests exactly. The cake was so good there was no cake leftover at the wedding.
We had the most delicious wedding cake thanks to The Bean Counter! Our wedding venue caterer only works with The Bean Counter and one other local bakery, so we tried samples at two bakeries and thought The Bean Counter was the clear winner. The...
ir cake is gorgeous with a wonderful crumb, their buttercream is some of the best I've ever had, and their fillings are delishious, inventive, and freshly made. We opted for a lemon curd and raspberry filling that was a spectacular hit . At my husband's request, we also opted for funfetti cake, which was a fun treat for our guests. I only wish the bakery was closer to our home so that we could enjoy it often!
When my husband and I were looking for the perfect dessert vendor, we knew right away that nothing compared to Bean Counter. The quality of the desserts, wide variety, and working with Alice were unmatched! My jaw dropped when I finally saw our...
cake at the reception. It was unlike anything I'd ever seen. Alice had made hydrangea sugar flowers with a blue shade that matched my bridesmaids' dresses. The flowers covered the top tier of the cake. I was blown away! Guests couldn't stop raving about how delicious the wedding cake was and our small desserts all selected from the Bean Counter. If you are looking in the Worcester area, I just want to say that I have reached out to every dessert vendor in the area. When I told them that I wanted a traditional wedding cake, some of them even recommended Bean Counter to me. I felt like this was the easiest decision we made. Work with Alice, pick Bean Counter, have a great experience!!
My husband and I aren't even cake people but our cake was absolutely beautiful and delicious! Alice was great to work with - it is hard as the wedding approaches finalizing details and Alice took it upon herself to email our venue for a final g...
uest count which we appreciated so much! We bought our own cake topper and had our florist provide cake flowers and our coordinator left all that on the cake table and Alice handled it all. We saved the top tier but on our first anniversary Alice will bake a fresh top tier for our anniversary!
Alice and staff really know what they are doing and the cake was SO good!
This bakery was included with our venue so it was an easy pick. Our meeting with Alice went smoothly and quickly, the samples were AMAZING. It was so hard to choose a flavor. On the day of our wedding, the cake was delivered in pristine conditi...
on. It looked exactly how we wanted it to and were so happy. The cake tasted fantastic and was a perfect ending to our meal.
Alice did an amazing job on our wedding cake! She sat down with us to make sure she got exactly what we wanted and it came out beautiful and so delicious. Our guests couldn’t say enough about it. I highly recommend the cookies and cream filling...
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Alice did such an amazing job with our cake and desserts for our wedding. I actually tasted the cakes at a bridal expo I went to the year before and they were so delicious! For our wedding we ordered a red velvet cake, vanilla and lemon mini cu...
pcakes, peanut butter and chocolate mini cupcakes, and assorted dessert platters. We ordered so many desserts but our guests loved them and we ran out so fast I barely got to try some of them so I would recommend buying more than you think especially if you have multiple options. We got married in Vermont and they were able to deliver our cake to the venue which was amazing and made the day a lot less stressful for me! My mom actually went back a month later and bought a red velvet cake for my birthday since we all loved it so much! Would definitely recommend!
Alice and her team took my vision and delivered the most beautiful and incredibly delicious 3 tier cake. Each tier was a different flavor and every wedding guest raved about how moist and tasty the cake was. If you want a gorgeous wedding cake ...
this is the bakery for you.
Delicious! Everything tasted just like our tasting, which was delicious. Simple design exactly like we wanted. Alice was a pleasure to work with. Prices extremely reasonable as well.
Alice at Bean Counter Bakery was wonderful to work with! We had a mountain-themed wedding and she and her team made us an incredible birch tree cake. It was absolutely gorgeous and SO delicious. She was also super accommodating when we wante...
d to have cupcakes delivered along with our cake, so that we could give them to some friends who were having birthdays the day of our wedding. She and her team were very friendly and communicative throughout the process, and - have I mentioned how delicious the cake was?? Everything was perfect, and we couldn't have asked for a better experience. Highly recommend Bean Counter Bakery!
Our cake was delish! It was exactly what we wanted!! She provided cookies, fruit tarts and chocolate covered strawberries too! Everything flew off the table.
Alice was so pleasant to meet with and shared lots of cake decor ideas. She had so many tasty options to choose from. She respected our budget with decor ideas but did not compromise on quality. I loved our vegan top layer of vanilla cake, van...
illa buttercream and raspberry filling and guests loved the regular vanilla cake with raspberry filling.
Alice and her team were amazing to work with! The cake we wanted came out perfect and the design was spot on with our vision. We are so thankful for The Bean Counter for making the most perfect cake for our special day
Bean Counter Bakery is amazing!!! They really took to time to see our vision! My husband and I loved all the different cake options and flavors ( definitely the best part of wedding planning)! We ordered the Tutti Fruiti and the white chocolate...
strawberry fillers with vanilla cake and butter cream frosting! It was AMAZING!!!! Our guest kept complimenting us how pretty it looks and how great it tasted! Delivery was right on time with no worries at all!! The cake was just the way we envisioned it and tasted even better! We highly recommended bean counter!
Alice was so wonderful to work with! We were able to have a meeting to go through all the details and include our on personalized symbol that we had used throughout the wedding details. The cake came out flawless and tasted even better. Our g...
uests loved it and it was all gone by the end of the night! I would highly recommend using the Bean Counter for your wedding cake or any special occasion!
Alice and her team are absolutely amazing!! We had so much fun at our tasting and the end result left us speechless! They made our wedding day complete! Guests are still raving about our cake and they loved that it was funfetti, silly just like...
my husband and I! Being a cake decorator/baker, this was the part I was the most worried about. Would I find someone to be able to match what I am looking for? Alice is so pleasant and very fun to work with! Thank you so much Bean Counter for really making our day special!!!
We used Bean Counter Bakery for our wedding cake, and it was absolutely superb. Not only was it gorgeous, but Alice created a delicious vegan cake for us that was a huge hit with all of our guests! Alice was easy to work with, responsive to ema...
ils and executed our requests perfectly. Highly recommend!
Alice was wonderful to work with and helped us design our dream wedding cake. During the tasting, the flavors were so good that we had a hard time narrowing it down for the big day. Alice and her team delivered the cake on time and it looked ab...
solutely perfect. And tasted amazing! It has been almost a year, and I am still getting compliments on how good the cake was, which speaks volumes to the quality that Bean Counter offers. Highly recommend!
Alice and her team at he bean counter bakery were Amazing! She was attentive to detail and incorporated all our requests, including minions :)
Not only did the cake look fantastic, it also tasted amazing!
What can I say - when you go with the best, you get the best results. Alice and her team perfected our wedding cake. It was identical to what we described with her when we did our tasting, and the TASTE was out of this world. At least half the ...
guests smade a comment about the high quality of our cake. We can't thank Alice enough - there is a reason this bakery wins all the awards year after year!
Alice and her team are incredible! Alice was so wonderful throughout the entire planning process. We created a unique cake and she executed it perfectly!! The cake came out beautiful and tasted DELICIOUS!!
Alice and the Bean Counter took a description I gave them and made it into such an amazing cake for our wedding. I went for a more simple design with only a small pop of color with ribbon. I also asked her if within the scrolls to include a sma...
ll "i do" and she did! These cakes don't just look good they are also DELICIOUS!
Bean Counter was amazing! Our meeting to plan went perfectly and they were able to get us exactly what we wanted! We chose cupcakes with a small cake to top the setup. Both were exactly what we wanted and we got rave reviews from our guests! We...
brought the extra cupcakes to the after party and they were gone in minutes! Stop in for a coffee when you’re in the neighborhood too!
Alice is absolutely incredible. We tasted her cakes at an expo at our venue and there was absolutelf NO COMPARISON to the other bakeries. Her cakes were moisit, flavorful and the buttercream was amazing. The other cakes were dry and the creams ...
tasted like lard that left a film in your mouth. I could not believe how well they replicated my vision! Cannot wait for our anniversary to have more.
My husband and I were so happy with our wedding cake from the Bean Counter! All of our guests were coming up to us to tell us how delicious the cake was! Alice was very felxible with us wanting to have three different flavors on our three tier ...
cake. Everything that we wanted, the Bean Counter was able to do!
Alice and her team did a phenomenal job on our wedding cupcakes & small cake that we ordered. From the first meeting to the big day Alice & her team we’re wonderful. We had a variety of flavors that every guest could choose from, & they were a ...
hit. Thank you so much for making our day complete.
Literally the best cake I have ever had. I remember the tasting vividly even though it was over a year ago. I am so glad we did the tasting, too, because our guests loved it so much that the only bite we had at the wedding was from the one we c...
ut! Our guests absolutely devoured the cake and could NOT stop talking about it!
I can't wait to get our anniversary cake.
Working with Bean Counter was wonderful! They were so kind and responsive and a joy to work with. The cake was delicious and everything we hoped it'd be! Highly recommended!
We loved our cake from Bean Counter Bakery! Alice was great to work with and our cake turned out perfect. The flavor options are all amazing it is hard to choose just 3 for our 3 tier cake. Our guests raved about the cake! We would definitely...
recommend this bakery and use them in the future!
I cannot say enough great things about the Bean Counter Bakery! Alice is the sweetest woman in the world and she cares so much about making your wedding cake as perfect (and delicious) as possible. Everyone we spoke with was so lovely and our c...
ake was gorgeous! We have also heard from all of our guests that it was the best cake they had ever had! I love that you can have many flavors (we had four tiers, all different) so there is something for everyone. We can't wait to order more cakes from the Bean Counter for all our future events!
Being a gluten free bride and having several gluten free guests I needed a gluten free wedding cake. Bean Counter made the most delicious gluten free wedding cake. All of our guests could not believe it was gluten free because it tasted so deli...
cious. Alice was so easy to work with. She designed the exact cake I wanted and it looked so beautiful! We could not have been happier.
The Bean Counter Bakery were the super heroes of our wedding day! I realized amidst the chaos that is wedding planning I hadnt fully confirmed the cake, I realized this at 730AM the day of our wedding!!! Alice at the Bean Counter jumped into ac...
tion and helped me plan the perfect cake and it was delivered before our 6PM ceremony! The cake was gorgeous, delicious and I cannot thank everyone at the Bean Counter enough for impeccable customer service and a great product!! I highly recommend!!!
We LOVED our wedding cake and so did our guests! We got a lot of compliments on it, which was so nice to hear. It was also decorated beautifully! Would highly recommend Bean Counter Bakery for your future wedding cake!
Alice at the Bean Counter Bakery is so professional and so talented! When we met with her it was obvious that she is in charge of a quality operation. There were so many flavor options for both the cake and the frosting, and she makes it easy t...
o taste as many flavors as you'd like at the initial meeting. There are countless options for decorating, and our cake was lovely as well as so delicious. They also offer gluten free and vegan options, so we were able to have a small gluten free cake which was equally beautiful, for several guests who have celiac disease. And the gluten free cake was moist and delicious - really remarkable, and not easy to accomplish! Alice was totally easy to work with and very responsive whenever I emailed with a question. Basically once we found The Bean Counter, we were able to cross a worry off of our list as they were so easy to work with and so professional. I highly recommend them!
Alice and her team is wonderful! I had enjoyed plenty of treats from the bakery prior to being engaged so I knew exactly where to go for my wedding cake. We met with Alice for a tasting and not only tried different flavor combinations, but wat...
ched Alice work her magic as she sketched out what we envisioned for our cake and made it come to life. Each of the cakes (we ordered a three tiered wedding cake and grooms cake for our big day) turned out to be exactly what we were looking for and were delicious. I've been to plenty of weddings and I can honestly say I've never seen so many people actual eat the cake. If you're looking for something elegant and with intricate details but don't want to sacrifice taste, look no further. Thank you Bean Counter!
Our cake was beautiful and unique - Alice was such a pleasant and easy person to work with and really took the time to make sure that we were happy with our choices. Just thinking of our cake makes me want to drive into Shrewsbury and get a cup...
cake.
Our wedding cake could not have been better. I have a dairy allergy, so making sure there was an option for me (the bride) was very important. Mary was sure to work with me regarding a dairy free option, even though the cake had dairy. She s...
uggested doing an "upside down" cupcake to match the cake. She personalized the cake tasting for my husband and I and took her time thoroughly explaining to us the different flavors she has. She is professional, attentive, and a wonderful baker. Her enthusiasm for her craft is palpable.
Thanks again Mary,
Michael and Danielle Smith
If you are looking for a bakery to bring your wedding cake vision to life you must check out The Bean Counter. Alice was wonderful at creating the perfect vision while keeping within our budget. Our Lemon cake with fresh raspberries was delicio...
us and perfect for our summer wedding! You won’t regret using them for any of your special occasions.
We cannot say enough wonderful things about the Bean Counter Bakery. Having a gluten allergy they were able to offer so many wonderful options for our wedding cake. They worked with us regarding how we wanted our cake decorated and were so help...
ful! I would choose them again!!
I would recommend bean counter for any occasion but especially for a wedding. I am a very meticulous person and I went here with ease knowing my cake would be extraordinary and full of flavor! Our guests love the summer fruit fillings we chose ...
and that our batman grooms cake was great! We are now celebrating our 1 year anniversary and bean counter made us a duplicate of our top since I'm not into the whole freezing it for a year! I can't wait to have it! We have been using bean counter for 8 years with the first cake being my sisters baby shower! Highly recommend!
My fiancé and I found the Bean Counter Café when they were showcased at our venue’s food tasting. We were floored by how great the cake tasted and how she would use the butter crème frosting. We scheduled our cake tasting. My fiancé had a basic...
idea of how we wanted our cake to look and Alice helped flush out our vision, with the help of a nicely drawn sketch.
The day of the wedding our jaws dropped, along with our guest's when we saw the cake. It’s hard to imagine that a pencil sketch could turn into something so amazing. Everyone loved how the cake looked and it was shame to have to cut into it! The cake tasted amazing!
Bean counter provided us with the most delicious and beautiful wedding cake! We had a portion that was gluten free in addition we had some vegan cupcakes and all of our guests were shocked that it was so good. Thank you bean counter !!
Alice and her team were fantastic. Our cake was delicious, beautiful and affordable!
Alice helped us pick the perfect cake for our wedding. She provided us with a lot of variety (flavors, size, shape, etc.). She, also, helped us stay within our budget. Day of I didn't have to worry about a thing, they worked directly with my ve...
nue and delivered/set up the cake. The cake was stunning, exactly what I had asked for. Not only was it beautiful it so tasty, best cake I have had.
I am a little late with my review since our wedding was in October 2017, but we needed to get one in. Bean Counter is amazing. They have the best flavors and the cakes are extremely moist. They can do any design cake that your mind can imagine....
On top of that they have gluten free cakes and gluten free cupcakes which really helped me out. If you can get your cake from Bean Counter you will not be disappointed. They even did a Star Wars grooms cake that I surprised my new hubby with. May the 4th be with you Bean Counter Bakery! :-)
It was stunning and perfect! Their attention to detail was superb and the flavors were delicious. They really brought our vision to life. So many of our friends and family have been asking where we got such a lovely cake! We could not be more p...
leased with the way it turned out❤
When everyone tells you that they had multiple pieces of cake, well, you know you made the right choice. Alice was amazing to work with, and she totally got our cake vision, adding on her expert advice and suggestion. It came out beautifully. A...
nd most importantly, each of our three flavors tasted divine. Definitely not your average wedding cake. Can't wait to order more baked goods from here!
Our cake was beautiful and tasted amazing. We booked Alice as soon as we picked a date with our venue, even before the caterer! I had some samples at a bridal show and knew I had to book her. We selected vanilla cake with chocolate chip canno...
li filling and everyone loved it. Alice draws a sketch of your cake while you're at the bakery for your tasting, and she was very quick to send over any changes I made down the road as our headcount fluctuated. She was very responsive and helpful throughout the whole process.
The cake was included in our Wedding package at The Colonial Hotel but because we opted for a specialty flavor there was an extra charge per tier. There were other additional charges for the crystal bands, the cake sparkles and cake topper so i...
t was still an additional cost but totally worth it. We decided on the red velvet cake and Alice told us that she could use food coloring to make the two top tiers green and the bottom one purple. The green looked amazing but the purple could have been more vibrant. Also, the word "Forever" was supposed to have extra sparkles to make it pop but I didn't see any difference from the rest of the cake. Regardless, the cake was absolutely delicious and the to-go containers that we ordered from them was a huge hit because so many of our guests were too full after dinner for cake but took theirs home or back to their hotel room. The Colonial even packaged up the leftover slices and brought them over to our after party in the bar where many guests enjoyed the cake later in the evening and none of it went to waste. Overall I was very pleased with the service, quality and value from The Bean Counter.
Alice is a true artist. My husband and I had a particular idea in mind for our cake and she really brought our vision to life. Our flower was calla lily, and she crafted the most beautifully delicate calla lilies that adorned our cake. She was ...
incredibly easy to work with and very accommodating with our schedule. And also of importance, everyone raved that the cake was delicious!
My husband and I hired Bean Counter Bakery for our wedding day and we couldn't be happier! From first encounter Alice was so incredibly kind and we loved sampling her delicious cakes at our tasting. We ended up going with the vanilla cake with ...
lemon and fresh raspberries and oh my was it AMAZING; I wish I was eating it right now, haha. They were so easy to work with, made our cake EXACTLY how we wanted it to look and everyone was so pleased with the taste! You (and your guests) will not be disappointed. Choose Bean Counter Bakery!
Contact Info for Bean Counter Bakery
270 Grove Street, Worcester, MA | New England
Meet the Team
Alice Lombardi
Owner
The owner of Bean Counter Bakery is Alice Lombardi, an experienced baker who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. In 1998, Alice started her business from her home kitchen, selling cakes and desserts to local businesses in Worcester. After gaining a stellar reputation for making exquisite wedding cakes, she expanded her business to include commercial premises with highly-trained staff. Alice loves to work with couples and leads them through a private tasting and design appointment to make their dream wedding cake come true!
Bean Counter Bakery