Cakes by Colby

Fran is a delight to work with, very professional and she honestly cared about our wedding details, what we wanted and especially the flowers on our cake

Our cake was beautifully hand-crafted and exactly how we envisioned it would be during consultation. It was also delicious and our guests even raved about her cake pops. Cakes By Colby was a dream to work with!

This vendor stood out by a mile for a wedding cake. She made the tasting really thoughtful and fun with several different options for our cake flavors that she prepared just for us. Her signature cake decorations are handmade sugar flowers that last forever. I currently have mine in a vase for decoration in my house and they look really nice. The flavor of our wedding cake was so yummy and we were honestly really excited about the whole process. Additionally, she includes a small cake that she will prepare for our one year anniversary, which I thought was nice because we definitely don't have room in our freezer to store a cake for an entire year. I initially was convinced we would go for one of the popular Pittsburgh bakeries, but we ended up supporting this small business and were so glad we did!

Cakes by Colby made what seemed like a difficult choice a super easy one! From moment one walking in the door, you could see the artistry in her work and where her specialties lay. The tasting was a delight, and if anything we ate waaaaay too much while were there, but it was all so incredibly good! Fast forward to the wedding day, everything went off without a hitch and the cake was absolutely gorgeous! She took reference images we provided and went above and beyond, it was elegant without being pretentious and truly lovely on top of being delicious as well. Our guests raved about it too. Can’t recommend Fran and Cakes by Colby enough!!

Fran did such a wonderful job with our wedding cake. The cake was delicious and looked amazing. We received so many compliments on both the cake and the handmade sugar flowers Fran used to decorate. Fran worked with us at every step and went out of her way to ensure our cake was delivered well in advance of our reception. We cannot recommend her highly enough.

We hired Fran to make our wedding cake and we are so happy with how it turned out! Fran is so sweet and very responsive. We ended up choosing the champagne cake with triple berry filling and it was absolutely delicious! We received so many compliments at the wedding about how delicious it was. Also, her sugar flower work is absolutely amazing and everyone was so impressed. Definitely recommend!

I hired Fran to make a custom cake. The entire process was pleasant and stress free. The cake was delicious and beautiful! Would highly recommend.

Fran designed us the most stunning cake. From the first tasting to the cake cutting experience this was one of the best if not the best element of our wedding!

The work that Fran does is amazing. I cannot recommend her cakes enough, which include hand made sugar flowers that look like the real deal (see photo!). Also, the cake itself is incredible and we received so many compliments. She has you come in for a tasting of a few mini cakes with a few different fillings/frostings so you can make your choice. She also delivered the cake and set it up herself.

We are so thrilled that we hired Fran to make our precious wedding cake. Not only has it been such a pleasure to work with Fran, the cake was gorgeous and delicious! AND it was gluten free since I have a gluten allergy. After a lovely cake tasting that was set up for us, we went with the lemon zest with raspberry filling and it was divine. Our most favorite feature, however, is Fran's amazing talent at making sugar flowers. These flowers look so real and truly turn the cake into a work of art. And, if you do not refrigerate the flowers, they will last for years as a keepsake! Lastly, on oue one year wedding anniversary, Fran plans to bake us an anniversary cake as part of the wedding package! My husband and I could not have been happier with our decision to work with Cakes by Colby!

Cakes by Colby was a wonderful choice for our daughter's recent wedding! Fran was great to work with. In keeping with the rustic wedding theme, the cake was decorated with fresh greenery and pine cones. The cake was both beautiful and delicious! We chose the vanilla cake with espresso buttercream filling and the almond cake with raspberry buttercream filling. We also appreciated that Fran uses nut-free almond flavoring, as several of our guests are allergic to nuts. You can't go wrong with Cakes by Colby! Thanks, Fran, for helping to make the day so special!

Cakes by Colby was absolutely incredible to work with! She really made my cake visions come to life! Her work is so stunning/incredibly delicious! We honestly can’t say enough good things about her!!

Wow. My cake was so gorgeous.. beyond my expectation. Fran is a sweetheart and lovely to work with. I recommend them. Oh and she was able to make my cake gluten free!

If you're thinking about it, just hire her! Fran was exceptional throughout the wedding cake process. For starters, the cake tasting is done in the bakery, and is set up like an afternoon tea. She was quick to answer any questions we had, and gave us privacy to discuss the different cakes we were sampling. We ended up choosing a lavender lemon cake with raspberry filling. The raspberry filling tasted so refreshing and perfectly complimented the lightness of the lavender lemon. When I told Fran about what kind of flowers I wanted, and how my bridesmaids all had different colored dresses, she was happy to accommodate this. I mailed her dress color swatches and she created BEAUTIFUL flowers that perfectly matched. She sent me a flower previous a few days before the wedding, and even messaged me a few days after the wedding to see how we liked the cake. She had worked with my reception venue before, which made the cake delivery something I didn't even need to think about day of! Fran at Cakes by Colby was simply amazing!

We are so happy to have worked with Cakes by Colby for our wedding cake. Fran's attention to detail was evident when we booked a tasting. We arrived to find that unlike other vendors, our tasting would occur in her private dining room with real real dinnerware and a selection of coffee and tea. Her cakes were delicious and offered in a wide variety of flavors. We were confident in our decision to use all fresh flowers until we saw Fran's handmade sugar flowers. They transcend decoration and are truly exquisite pieces of art. Fran also shared that she would make a small cake for our anniversary so that we weren't eating year-old frozen cake. We were thrilled to order our cake on the spot. The cake that was delivered to the wedding was exactly what we ordered. She even used fabric swatches to ensure that her handmade sugar flowers matched perfectly. The real testament to Fran's skill was the clean plates that sat in front of our guests. In the end, I would describe Fran's cakes less as reasonably priced and more of an incredible value. I feel confident that you will be happy with your cake from Cakes with Colby. Schedule a tasting and see for yourself.

Our relationship began with Fran at the wonderful cake tasting experience! Not only did my daughter ( then bride to be) and I love the ambience, but so did my husband and son-in-law! ( then groom to be) Fran was warm, professional, and eager to please. The Americana cake was delicious and stunning! Guest still comment on how beautiful and tasty this cake was.

Fran made the experience of selecting the cake so enjoyable, she truly has a passion for her craft. My wife is a vegan was able to provide a cake just for her, it turned out many of our guest love it was well. She was willing to drive a distance to deliver and setup and charged us very fairly. Thanks again for a beautiful and delicious cake.

Our cake was beautiful. Fran made the most magnificent sugar flowers for the cake. The entire cake looked so elegant and everyone talked about how much of a show stopper it was.

Working with Fran was an awesome experience! She was incredibly communicative, helpful and flexible with every request that we had. More importantly, her work is astounding; the sugar flowers looked better than real ones, and the cake was delicious (everyone raves about it)! She offers an over-abundance of flavor options, and her attention to detail is second to none. My husband and I could not have been happier with the experience - from our personalized tasting, to design pictures along the way and delivering/assembling our cake on our wedding day - Fran was nothing but professional and kind. We cannot recommend her enough and look forward to working with her again in the future!

Fran Colby's cakes are truly spectacular and Fran is one of the best professionals we've ever worked with! My wife and I ordered a wedding cake for our wedding originally planned in August 2020. Of course, with the pandemic, that didn't happen. We ended up pushing our reception back three times until November 2021 and each time, Fran was extremely accommodating. When our reception finally happened, Fran came to set up our cake and just, WOW! Our cake was beautiful! She perfectly matched all of the sugar flower colors to the colors of our centerpieces. It also was a delicious almond wedding cake. We are so thankful that Fran was able to make our wedding cake! We full-heartedly recommend Cakes by Colby to any couple looking for an absolutely stunning wedding cake and also one that is delicious for you and your guests. Thank you Fran for all of your hard and dedicated work towards our cake and making such a beautiful cake!

Fran was an absolute pleasure to work with from the very beginning. She was flexible with her time and was very helpful with our design process. The cake was exactly how we envisioned it, and it tasted even better! Thank you Fran for being a part of our wedding!

From taste testing, to designing, up until our wedding day, Fran was fantastic to work with! Her sugar flowers are so life like and your cake will absolutely be a center point of your reception!

Fran made our wedding cake & it was so amazing! Her sugar flowers are absolutely breathtaking & a true work of art. Her cake tastes delicious too! She is so easy to communicate with & really does everything she can to make your vision come to life!

Our cake looked absolutely gorgeous! We asked for a traditional pipping 5-tiered cake, which aren’t too popular anymore, but she made it happen and nailed it. When I saw our cake at the reception I was in love. It was beautiful and everything I could have wanted it to be! Fran was lovely to work with and obviously loves what she does and wants to help make your day beautiful and delicious. We got a lemon and a red velvet cake that were very good.

Fran was very easy to work with. She allowed us to sample several of her offerings and every one was simply delicious, it was difficult to choose. This tasting was a really fun experience in itself. Because we had a covid wedding, all of the other vendors has up pickup samples and take home, but Fran made a very cute Date for us. Wedding planning was busy and just having a reason to sit down and enjoy a desert together was special. The set up at her shop for tasting was too cute, and she left after sitting us down so we could discuss in private. We mentioned upon leaving that we would make a decision about cake vendor once we had samples all of our chosen vendors, but we knew we would probably go with her right away!! We ended up selecting an orange zest vanilla bean buttercream with extra orange zest and it was truly fantastic. We had sampled a few other wedding cake vendors and Cakes by Colby was by far on another level, the price was much less than we expected, she made sugar flowers by hand to match the arch my mother was building. All of our guests loved it. We brought her our own cake stand and she added two tiers for us without charge using foam/fake cake to make it look giant. She also came to our venue herself to set up the cake, and she came and left independently and was just so professional. We are coming up on our one year anniversary now and Fran is making us a complementary mini cake to match our wedding cake so that se can shade a fresh piece together. She told us when we ordered that we should not save a piece to freeze, excuse she does this for every couple's first anniversary. Thank you Fran!!!!!!!

Highly recommend for your next celebration! Fran works carefully with her clients to meet their needs and provide excellent service. She was patient and understanding, took our ideas and turned them into something beyond our expectations to make my mother's wedding day special. I was impressed by her craftsmanship and the cake tasted even better!

You can immediately tell that Fran loves what she does and is beyond talented which can both be seen in her work. We showed her an idea of what we wanted and she exceeded our expectations. Her edible flowers look so realistic. Not only did the cake look amazing it tasted amazing as well. We had the almond cake with raspberry filling. She is quick with responses and keeps in contact. She made this one of the easier tasks in the wedding planning process, which was very much appreciated. We will definitely use Fran again for other celebrations.

Paul and I absolutely loved the cake! It brought me to tears to see how beautiful it was. The taste was incredible. We love the edible flowers as well. We can't wait to enjoy more yummy treats by Fran.

Oh my gosh. Fran absolutely blew me away with the cake. I gave her some loose inspiration and she nailed it, going above and beyond any possible expectation with the most gorgeous sugar flowers. From the get go she was super easy to work with. For instance, I requested an octagon cake. She didn’t mention until the end of the call she didn’t have a pan for that, but said it would of course be no problem, and she was excited to make it! The tasting setup was like our own adorable, personal tea party, and I really appreciated how special she made it for us. She has lots of display cakes in her shop to give you real-life design examples and ideas. One of my favorite vendors from the day. Highly recommend!!

Cakes by Colby is hands down the best place to go for your wedding cake. My husband and I have used this location for all of our major events when needing a cake and leading up to our wedding day we didn’t hesitate to hire cakes by Colby for our big day! Not only will she bring your dream cake to life, but the large variety of flavors she offers is phenomenal. She was able to deliver our cake to our venue as well so that took a lot of stress off with worrying about that. If I could give more than a five star rating, I absolutely would!

Fran was amazing! My sister worked with her for an Alice and Wonderland themed cake. The cake was beautiful and also delicious! Everyone loved all the detail!!

I used Cakes by Colby for my sister's Alice in Wonderland themed bridal shower! A little back story, her events were supposed to happen last year but for obvious reasons everything got moved to this year. So I have actually been in contact with Fran for over a year before the event actually happened. First I want to make note of how amazingly supportive Fran was thru everything, we had to change the date 3 different times and every time Fran just said no problem we will make this happen! I needed that positivity just like everyone else last year! Planning my sister's event went from an exciting thing to stressful burden and finally back to an exciting thing. In part this was due to Fran! So I came up with a cake idea and got a few pictures together of what I had in mind. The cake had the characters from Alice in Wonderland along with quotes, I also wanted mini cakes that said "eat me" on them like in the movies. Fran and I discussed every detail and I was convinced she would come thru. Her excitement to take on such a detailed cake made me know I had the right person! Long story long 😁 the cake came out better than I could of hoped for! The attention to detail was impressive on it's own but the taste was the best I've ever had (I don't personally like cake that much but this cake yes yes yes I loved it!) Every guest commented on the looks of the cake and once it was served ppl were blown away at how delicious it was!! If I could give Fran more stars I would! I couldn't be happier with the choice to hire Cakes by Colby!! I won't ever be able to use anyone but her in the future!!

The cake was absolutely beautiful the sugar flowers were exquisite. It tasted amazing. We went with vanilla bean cake and buttercream with ganache and raspberry filling. Delicious. Fran was fantastic, worked with us we needed a tier that was gluten free and she accommodated our request.

My husband has a dairy allergy and we needed a dairy free cake to enjoy on our wedding day. Our cake was AMAZING. Blew our expectations away!! The guests loved it too and couldn’t even tell it was dairy free! We had 2 layers: French chocolate with raspberry filling, and almond with French vanilla filling. I sent Fran a photo of what we wanted and she delivered. It was so so perfect! My husband and I are very grateful for our beautiful dairy free cake. Lastly, we had shopped around and their price was very fair. Thank you cakes by Colby :-)

Cakes by Colby did an amazing job on my wedding cake!!! She is very professional and super nice to work with. She did exactly what I wanted for my cake and definitely beyond my expectations!!! The taste of the cake was delicious!! She did a great job with the presentation and delivery of the cake to my venue in mt. Pleasant pa. Would highly recommend for any occasion!!!!

My wedding cake was so beautiful and so delicious! The flowers Fran makes are simply a work of art and all three of my cake flavors were perfectly made! Her cakes are stunning and Fran was also such a pleasure to work with. She really listens to what you want and goes above and beyond. I also loved the tasting. The tea-party like set up was adorable and she also gave us space to discuss our thoughts with no pressure. I would highly, highly recommend Cake by Colby!!

The cake was simply beautiful and affordable. It tasted so delicious as well!

Fran made my daughters wedding cake. It was beautiful and went with the autumn theme. The cake itself was delicious!

My husband and I had our wedding cake made by Cakes by Colby and it was perfect! Fran listened to my husbands ideas and came up with the design together. Our guests said it was one of the best cakes they have ever had.

Fran is very professional and made the cake tasting process so enjoyable! Not only was our wedding cake beautiful it was absolutely delicious as well! She also made us cake pops for the wedding which are my favorite!!! I’m so glad I had some extra to take home to enjoy for myself! 😊

She delivers exactly what your needs are. The taste is out of this world.

Amazing!! I’ve used Colby Cakes for baby showers and have not been disappointed! The cakes are fresh, delicious and the detail to Frans decorating are unsurpassed. I give Colby Cakes 5 stars!!!!