Cake Alchemy

Very upset! Was insulted by Lauri's husband. Saying that I sent them NUMEROUS emails about cakes and never followed through and they refused to service me! If they call back in a timely manor I wouldn't had to find someone else for me and my family. Still waiting from an email back from a cake in 2015. They said my cake I wanted is to elaborate and the flavors I wanted. If they had call back in a timely manor. I wouldn't have to find someone else

Cake Alchemy created a beautifully designed 4 layer cake for our wedding, with each layer having its own unique flavor combination. While some wedding cakes can tend to be dry after staying out all day, the sponge from Cake Alchemy was anything but, and all four flavors were phenomenal. The buttercream fillings were also smooth and creamy and the flavor combinations recommended to us for the cake/filling pairings were delicious. I would certainly recommend Cake Alchemy to anyone looking for an amazing design and a truly delectable cake.

When I saw our cake on our wedding day, I was absolutely floored; it far exceeded every expectation I had. Lauri is an artist and an absolute pleasure to work with. When we met with her for a tasting, we described our vision for the cake. We explained that Ganesha (the elephant god) was important to us and was hidden in our wedding invitations. We planned to incorporate Indian culture and themes throughout our wedding, explaining that we had brought in pillows and table runners from India to warm the space. After talking with her, she recommended incorporating our pillows into the cake by making each layer of the cake a pillow with Ganesha perched on top. We worked together to create stencils that could be used on the pillows that worked within our themes. We were excited about our cake, but could not believe the finished product. It was absolutely extraordinary, and was exceptionally tasty as well. It was work of art! It did not look like an ordinary wedding cake. In fact, it didn’t look like a cake at all. It looked so much like a stack of pillows that our wedding planner had to post a guard by the cake to stop guests from touching it. All of our guests were overwhelmed by how beautiful our cake was. Guests and vendors are still talking about it weeks after the wedding. You won’t be disappointed if you go with Cake Alchemy!

We worked with Lauri on our recent wedding, and I have to say, the experience from start to finish was fantastic! We found Lauri on Yelp and other wedding cake review sites, and she definitely lived up to her glowing reviews! - Tasting: Lauri allowed us to schedule it for the night before Thanksgiving (I'd called earlier in the day), when I panicked and suddenly realized we didn't like our caterer's pre-assigned cake option. She worked with our schedule (we were married in NYC and live in LA) to fit us in under extremely short notice. Not only that, she was very pleasant and already had samples waiting for us when we arrived. Her cake samples were awesome - moist and airy, with creamy but not over-buttery frosting (my favorite part of any cake). We found we liked flavors we never thought we would! We selected our flavors and tiers that night, but Lauri let us know we could certainly customize down the road. - Design process: While we first thought we wanted simple cakes that matched our invitations, as time went on, my fiancé decided we should go more elaborate. He's from India and I'm from NYC, and he decided he it'd be cool to show our two cultures coming together. After many changes of our mind of our vision - of which Lauri was happy to work with each time and very friendly, even as the wedding drew quite close - we ultimately decided we'd like a mix of Indian heroes/figures and well-known structures, as well as the same for NYC. The Indian ones would go down one side of the cake (one for each of the three tiers), and the NYC ones would run parallel on the other side of the cake. With no more than this as direction, Lauri created an absolutely amazing sketched design. After one minor tweak, we went with it! For the groom's cake, my husband had gone back and forth on his theme, and ultimately wanted it to represent our new home together in Santa Monica. All we told her was to include the two of us and the Santa Monica Pier. After asking us for a few pictures of ourselves and sending her our wedding website (in which we had many shots of us at Stanford games in Stanford shirts), we were extremely pleased with her artwork. - Cakes: Lauri wasn't pushy on payment upfront, allowing us to pay when we picked up the cakes with no deposit in advance. They certainly weren't the cheapest cakes, but they were so personally and intimately crafted, we felt it was worth the price tag. We used the groom's cake for our rehearsal dinner dessert, and I'm not kidding when I say everyone's jaws dropped. The resemblance to my husband and me was phenomenal, as was the full structure of the Santa Monica pier. It was the talk of the night. The following day at the wedding, she'd done an equally impressive job on the wedding cake. I don't usually post pictures, but these were too good not to post. Thank you Lauri for being so easy to work with and for your fantastic pieces of art that you made - they were such special additions to our wedding!