Bovella's Pastry Shoppe

enjoyed it. The flavors and design was an okay approximation of what I requested. Cons: It was very difficult to establish contact with the Bakery and my Caterer didn't offer much help. It was very much the case of old school mom & pop + poor business skills, a personal pain point for me. When I requested samples, I was met with surprise that I would want to taste cake before ordering and I was then presented with a take home pile of cake scraps (although some say this is common). When prepared to order, I again ran into issues with communicating and gaining confirmation. Because of my catering "package", I had limited options for the cake design. But I selected something simple (white background, mix of metallic gold and lilac swirls with a navy ribbon). Couple days before the wedding, I call to confirm and he can't find the order for a solid 5 minutes, but then finally confirm. Wedding day: delivered and no issue. From a distance, the cake looks fine. Up close, it looks like I pipped on bumpy swirls in standard bold purple and yellow colors (no metallic gold), and the seams of the ribbon were frayed with loose threads. Taste: Taste was fine - it's cake. I had 3 tiers, all white cake, 2 tiers with chocolate raspberry mousse filling and one layer with vanilla raspberry mousse filling (due to someone with a chocolate allergy). The mousse is supposed to be a whipped combination of their chocolate mousse and raspberry jam. Instead, each tier of the cake had both vanilla and chocolate, with a giant solid lump of raspberry in the middle, and almost no mixed mousse in the cake. End result: It was cake and it tasted good and no one noticed. It was dark and no one could clearly see the design. Dealing with the Bakery was irritating and inefficient. Overall, it affected no one but me that spent hours looking through inspiration and constructing a design to have it botched at the end.

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ke looked stunning in photos and you could tell all the extra detail and effort they put into their work. Not to mention, after following their instructions for preserving and freezing the top tier, the cake actually tasted just as amazing on our first anniversary! Highly recommend - they are the best!

ke! It was a tall order to fill and they met the mark. Their staff is wonderful! We will definitely recommend them in the future!

t with it and we are SO GLAD that we did! Our cake tasting was fantastic, professional, and while everything tasted perfect we made a clear choice with a white cake, with lemon filling and vanilla custard. We chose a fondant cake with blush ruffles on the bottom layer, quilted on one layer with pearls and the top layer plain. I could not have imagined how wonderful it would turn out. The cake was perfect, absolutely stunning and it tasted FANTASTIC! I have always heard how fondant can taste funny and mess up a cake but it was necessary for the design we wanted but we had no issues. Fondant and all, it was so delicious! Would recommend this bakery 100%.

duct was beautiful and delicious! Definitely recommend them.

ad budgeted for – that’s when friends of ours recommended we consider Bovella’s in Westfield, NJ…and we are glad that they did. When we met Bobby for the tasting, he walked us through the process and all the decisions we’d need to make (the “icing on the cake” was that he whipped up homemade fudge frosting for us to try!). Fast forward to the day of our wedding - the delivery went smoothly and needless to say, the cake was a hit. A big thank you to Bobby and the team at Bovella’s!”

y of options - all delicious. They helped us in selecting the best combination, and picking out a beautiful design. The cake was amazing, and we couldn't be happier with Bovella's! We would recommend them 100%, and give them 5/5 stars!

are of Bovella's and their amazing work. Thank you so much for creating that masterpiece! Chocolate cake, peanut butter and fudge filling, peanut butter cookie crumble and butter cream frosting. I'm drooling! You are the BEST!

ecorated traditionally all in white as I wanted (they can do trendy too), with our own Royal Doulton figurine on top. We didn't save the top layer (who wants stale frozen cake?) - instead Bovella's promised us a free small cake on the house on our first anniversary! We also ordered trays of Italian cookies to put on every table, so that our guests would have something to nibble during the hours between entree and cake.

e everything was so delicious! We picked our flavors and showed them a picture of the cake we wanted. The cake came out beautiful and it was delicious!

r. He was attentive, responsive and able to meet our needs at the face of adversity. Ultimately, we were grateful, satisfied and did not have to compromise on our Wedding cake dreams. If you are looking for something as beautiful as it is scrumptious, this is your wedding cake / pastry destination. Thank you and Besos, Tiny

y! The whole process was a breeze--Bovella's has a contract with our venue (The Grand Summit).

before. We went there one night to check it out and as soon as I walked in I knew this place was heaven. Growing up Italian, the amazing smells of the cookies and cakes made me feel like a little kid. We did a tasting with Bobby, who was our cake baker and decorated and he is just such a sweet man and so incredibly talented. Our cake was not only delicious but so beautiful. And Bobby did everything he could to make sure it was exactly what I wanted. He even texted me the day before the wedding (after asking if I would be okay with that, which I really appreciated) to make sure that he the right idea of what I wanted my cake to look like and confirm he had all of the items I dropped off (ribbon, pearl brooch, etc). Also, on top of the cake, they provided pastries for the table at the reception and every single one of them were amazing and soooooo delicious. Amazing old school family bakery. I definitely recommend.

ry, perfect for a summer wedding. Ralph graciously arranged two tastings- one for my family and another one for me (when I was visiting from west coast). Hard to choose among the many delicious and creative flavors... Ultimately went with Ralph's seasoned suggestions and did a red velvet layer, vanilla w fruit preserves and chocolate with hazelnut layer. Day of the wedding cake looked stunning and was beautifully decorated. By the way, priced cannot be beat- this was the most reasonable rate in north central Nj.

ve to the bakery to do the cake tasting and we were not disappointed. The bakery itself is lovely and enticing. I would recommend going to a cake tasting just to see the bakery and town. We had a good time. The staff was very nice and very accommodating and they designed the cake very close to what I wanted....I was pretty particular and had brought in a few pictures. The cake itself was delicious and we had loads of compliments...many frequent wedding go-ers said it was the best cake they've had. We had vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream and raspberry filling with vanilla buttercream icing. Simply amazing....not too sweet, just perfect.

ing a trip out to Bovella's to sample all of the cake and filling options. We sat with Bovella's wedding cake baker and he explained to us the entire process. He allowed us to design our own cake, including the exterior, colors, cake flavors and filling. The entire process was so easy and enjoyable. Bovella's delivered our cake the day of our wedding and handled all set up. Bovella's also provided two additional small cakes for my husband and I to take home the night of our wedding: a small cake for the two of us to eat immediately following the reception (night-of, but we ended up enjoying it the night between our reception and honeymoon) and a small Bride & Groom cake to freeze for our anniversary. The cake tasted amazing and everyone raved about it!

The cake was beautiful and absolutely delicious! It was the best wedding cake I ever tasted!

s three hours away in another time zone. Because they're up in Westfield, and our venue and home base in NJ was down in South Jersey, it was easy to forget about all the cake logistics. However, Ralph at Bovella's was extremely understanding and accommodating - they sent a tasting plate down to the venue one weekend when we were back in NJ, which was much closer to us than the bakery. They took our (east coast) late night calls when we forgot about the time difference, and checked with us multiple times to make sure everything was perfect. We sent over several different pictures of cakes that we liked, and what we liked about them, and trusted the rest to Bovella's. With all the last minute details we had to take care of, everything else about the cake sort of slipped our mind once we got back to NJ. When we saw the cake on our wedding day, it was more beautiful than we could have even imagined. It had three different flavored fillings, and everyone was raving about how delicious it was. Bovella's was absolutely amazing. Here is a photo of the gorgeous cake they made for us: https://flic.kr/p/pB6TGD

osting. Some were an extra cost from what is built into the package. We went with chocolate cake, white butter cream and chocolate fudge, an extra charge. In terms of decoration, we had white fondant, an extra charge, 3 round tiers with blue ribbon at the bottom of each tier, and piped silver icing double hearts throughout and silver beads underneath each ribbon. It was absolutely beautiful, coordinated with our colors perfectly, and most important, was delicious!

many flavors! I only wish I could have taken home the leftovers from the wedding!

veryone love the cake and taste! Highly recommend them....

ot only met our vision – but went beyond!! Folks raved how nice the cake looked!!

ific to work with. He made the cake selection process easy and fun!

different tiers and each tasted great

hem a picture, and they made it happen. Our wedding cake was vanilla with cream cheese, raspberry and cannoli filling. YUM!! We all really enjoyed it! I'd highly recommend the bakery for any other needs as well. They have delicious pies and cookies too!

cakes are made from scratch, using natural fresh ingredients which is apparent in the taste. There were many excellent flavors to mix and match, we had quite the time deciding! We chose to do a chocolate and vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and cream cheese filling. Out of all the food we had that night, people are still raving about how excellent the cake was! It was so good that we had no leftovers out of the three tiered cake. I'm definitely ordering a replica for our anniversary as my husband and I only had a small piece! Thanks to Ralph and the team at Bovella's for such an excellent cake!

equested amount and then was told more ribbon was needed so I supplied twice as much as was needed just in case. Of course, they kept the additional unused ribbon even though I requested that it be returned to me afterwards. I specifically wrote this message as well on all the packaging and ziplock bags as well. The Westwood gave them an additional order cancelling our original cake order so in the end we received the wrong cake. It was fresh and beautiful, but just not what we ordered. My husband does not eat strawberry and I don't eat banana. However, we got a cake of strawberry and banana.

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able to make a cake identical to the picture we had sent them. Oue cake was DELICIOUS!