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About This Vendor
Cakes by Colby, Bite in to Bliss
Cakes by Colby is a boutique bakery specializing in custom, artful wedding cakes. From luxurious and romantic to simplistic and modern, artisan cakes from Cakes by Colby are baked from scratch from the finest, freshest ingredients. As an entrepreneurial international interior designer, who’s designed everything from university buildings to hotels in Dubai, Fran Colby, Owner and Lead Baker at Cakes by Colby, understands that it is equally important for a cake to deliver not just on scrumptious taste, but also on elegant design. She uses formal design elements such as color, texture, scale, and balance, and translates those into her cake designs for a dazzling masterpiece. Fran has been trained by internationally acclaimed cake designer Maggie Austin, who has designed Hollywood and royalty cakes alike. Cakes by Colby will bring your vision to life and deliver you a stunning, memorable confection on your special day.
Details
Business Attributes
Women-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
Cake Accessories, Cake Stands, Cake Table Decorations, Cake Toppers, Cake Delivery & Setup, Cake Tastings, Cupcakes, Groom's Cakes, Other Desserts
Dietary Options
Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Vegan
Awards and Affiliations
Cakes by Colby Reviews
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AMAZING!!!! I honestly couldn't say more. Fran is amazing and so sweet. I needed a wedding cake at last minute and this wonderful woman did it! The cake was the talk of the town weeks after the weeding. We want with the Champagne cake (flavor i...
s light and not over powering), Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting (Amazing, sweet but not to sweet (i'm not a icing person)) and Raspberry Filling (OMG, kind of like a jam, not sweet and not tart just perfect)... This Lady has a gift!!!! We tried her other flavors for a tasting and they were all good! Cant go wrong with Fran. I highly recommend her!!!
Response from the Vendor on 08/24/2020
Thank you Brittany for the wonderful review. I appreciate your kind words. I enjoyed meeting your parents at the tasting and seeing everyone on your wedding day. Congratulations and happy life with Jeremy.
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 gre...
at 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 t...
o 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 e...
xtra to take home to enjoy for myself! 😊
Response from the Vendor on 10/12/2020
Thank you Brianna, It was a pleasure working with you. Cake pops are always a big hit....
She delivers exactly what your needs are. The taste is out of this world.
Response from the Vendor on 10/11/2020
Thank you Amy, Hope you are feeling better real soon.
Take care,
Fran
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!!!!
Response from the Vendor on 10/12/2020
Thanks Laurie for your continuing business... Always a pleasure working with you.
Cakes by Colby are masterpieces! Owner and baker, Fran Colby, makes every cake especially for the client's occasion. Her creativity and attention to detail will make your cake even better than your dreams. Your cake will be beautiful to look...
at and delicious as well. The offerings of cake flavors are exceptional. For a truly fabulous cake I definitely recommend Cakes by Colby.
Fran added lovely fondant flowers to a plain 2 tiered cake for our 50th wedding anniversary celebration. The cake was beautiful and a big hit!
Working with Fran Colby, of Cakes By Colby, for our wedding was a great experience! Before I knew it, my now wife tells me, " Don't forget, today is our cake tasting day!!" WHAT??!!!! We grabbed some coffees on the go and went to Fran's studi...
o. We had our cake tasting in a quaint, bright and newly renovated room with model cakes, flowers, and cake pictures. It was amazing, and the cake was too! The cake was vanilla with raspberry filling and butter cream icing. It was wonderful and the perfect balance to a good cup of coffee. That raspberry vanilla cake turned out to be the wedding cake that we ordered. Fran delivered the cake and set it up on beautiful silver cake stand. The presentation was a bonus to the flavor. I would recommend Cakes By Colby repeatedly. BTW, she also makes cupcakes and other holiday and seasonal goodies! Gluten free slices by request too!!
Fran Colby is wonderful to work with! She is so talented and made the process of making our beautifully unique wedding cake fun and seamless. I appreciated how she included me in every aspect of the cake decorating process constantly asking f...
or my opinion as she created our vision to make sure the colors and sugar flowers were exactly what we hoped they would be. Also - the flavor of her cakes are tasty! We sampled her cakes at a bridal showcase at the Omni William Penn and we were hooked! I would recommend Cakes my Colby to everyone!
Gorgeous cake and cake pops for two bridal showers. The bridal shower cake was delicious and beautifully decorated with the most delicate and intricate sugar flowers. I don’t know how Fran does it! The cakes pops were decorated perfectly to ma...
tch the bridal shower color scheme. They made a wonderful shower favor. Fran is so professional and accommodating! Cakes by Colby was a perfect choice for the bridal showers! Thank you Fran!
Response from the Vendor on 10/30/2019
Thank you Mary Pat for your kind words. Enjoyed working with you, Fran
I needed a cake for an event on very short notice, and not only did Fran agree to help me out with such kindness and generosity and without even one ounce of hesitation, but she totally exceeded my expectations and made me the most stunning cak...
e my guests and I have ever seen! I gave Fran a general idea of the design of a cake I was looking for, but never in my wildest dreams did I think that she would make me something even more gorgeous than the inspiration photos. She hand-crafted the most incredible, colorful, realistic sugar flowers to top the cake with - our guests were in absolute awe of her sugar flowers and could not believe that they weren't real. I've never seen a cake be such a focal point of a party and such a fun conversation starter before. And not only did the cake look absolutely stunning, but it tasted incredible as well! My cake was a lemon cake with almond buttercream, and Fran added some rum into the cake to give the flavor lots of extra depth. It tasted FANTASTIC! I will absolutely use Fran in the future and recommend her to everyone who needs a cake that looks and tastes out of this world!
Response from the Vendor on 10/30/2019
Jillian, you were so nice to include me in your event. Enjoyed designing the cake . Thank you for your kine words.
I worked with Fran on a recent styled shoot and her attention to detail is unparalleled! The intricacy of her cakes make them a true work of art. Any couple who wants their wedding cake to be a statement piece that will leave guests talking sho...
uld seriously consider working with Fran. She's professional, kind, creative, and a true gem!
Response from the Vendor on 10/28/2019
Thank you so much Victoria. It was wonderful to work with you.....Looking forward to more weddings and events together.
Fran from Colby Cakes was wonderful to work with! I have been a bridesmaid 4 times now so I have worked with a number of vendors. When ordering cupcakes for a bridal shower this June she was able to make beautiful and delicious cactus decorated...
cupcakes. She knew exactly what we were looking for so I could tell she really researches different themes and stays current all while having delicious cake and flavors. Everyone loved them! I heard about her through word of mouth and will definitely be recommending her to anyone else who may be looking for such services.
Response from the Vendor on 10/30/2019
Thank you Beth for your kind words. Appreciate it. Hope all is well.....Fran
Beautiful engagement cake,just what we asked for and more. Fran was great.She was easy to work with and helpful with all decisions. Cake tasted heavenly. We then ordered a birthday German chocolate cake. Highly recommend.
Response from the Vendor on 10/22/2019
Thank you Brenda, it was a pleasure working with you.....
Fran is wonderful to work with. Her cakes are DELICIOUS!! Everyone was talking about how fantastic our wedding cake was. She was able to accommodate my request for gluten free and my husband's request for "normal" all in the same cake. Very...
innovative! We recommend Fran Colby to anyone that is looking for a cake. We got exactly the cake we requested. We have become regular customers, ordering cakes, cupcakes, pies and rum cakes! She can do it all!
The best experience I could have asked for. Our wedding guests were delighted at the flavor and the naked cake was a beautiful accent for our winter wedding!
Cakes by Colby was easy to work with, ultra professional, and delicious!!! The guests raves about how fresh the cake was.
I’ve already recommended them to friends! Thanks!
Fran's cakes and cake pops are so delicious I couldn't stop eating them!
I ordered a red velvet cake with raspberry filling as a groom’s cake for our rehearsal dinner in October. I wanted a fishing theme since my husband loves the outdoors and Fran crafted a beautiful and creative cake and it was delicious! My husba...
nd and our guests loved it! :)
The cake was moist and flavorful, and we really liked the raspberry filling and especially the design...we received several comments on how cute and fitting it was for his personality. Some people even went back for seconds and the pieces were quite large!
During the process Fran was professional, easy to work with, responded quickly to emails, and was flexible when I had changed my original cake and filling choice. I highly recommend!
Fran’s cakes are beautifully crafted. Her ability to create realistic flowers is outstanding. I highly recommend her.
We were so lucky to have found Cakes by Colby. Our wedding cake made by Fran was absolutely stunning! Not only are her cakes absolutely delicious, but the attention to detail was jaw dropping. During our initial meeting, Fran made sure she unde...
rstood our vision for our cake and wrote down every detail. We shared inspiration photos, went back and forth on a few details, and even shared paint swatches to ensure she gave us EXACTLY what we wanted. She created beautiful sugar flowers for the cake that guests couldn't believe weren't real flowers. Come wedding day, seeing our cake even better than we imagined sent us over the moon. Fran was amazing to work with and so sweet! She truly has a passion for this work and it shows in every cake she makes.
Fran was amazing and built the most perfect cake for our wedding. She took my inspiration photo, replicated it and made it so much better. My guests were shocked that the flowers were made from sugar, not real flowers on the cake. The cake t...
asted more amazing then it looked. Fran took care of every detail for us.
Fran makes cake dreams come true! I first worked with Fran when I hired her to create a cake for my sister's wedding shower. Her sugar flower work blew me away! (Guests were shocked to learn that her flowers were made from sugar, not real, and ...
the cake quickly became the talk of the event.) I've since worked with Fran on multiple occasions- client wedding cakes, client groom's cakes, my daughter's birthday parties, etc. She always delivers a beautiful and delicious product. A favorite... An almost 10 tier cake with one tier made completely of sugar roses!!! On top of it all, her sweet personality and desire to deliver the best for her clients make her a joy to work with. She's a hidden gem here in Pittsburgh, that I am sure will grow to be one of the most sought after bakers/designers.
Fran created beautiful elegant cupcakes for our daughter's wedding. She has also made delicious cake pops for a rehearsal dinner, wedding showers and baby showers for our family. Everyone looks forward to having a couple to take home. We e...
ven brought some to a Halloween party decorated for the spooky holiday.
Fran is amazing! I met with her to discuss the type of wedding cake I wanted. I had searched for a while looking for someone that does rum cake for weddings and I couldn't find any in Pittsburgh. I was lucky to find her website and contacted he...
r immediately. After a few emails back and forth, we met in person at her store and she had made two wonderful, cute rum cakes for my tasting, a chocolate rum cake and lemon rum cake. One taste of the lemon rum cake and I knew that was exactly what I had spent months looking for. Fran understood my pillow cake design and even made some awesome suggestions. I got exactly what I wanted at an amazing price.
Overall, while planning my wedding, I had little control over many things as family and friends chipped in. But with my cake, i had a very specific concept and I was glad Fran made my expectations a reality.
P.S. Guests loved the cake, It was HUGE. And I drove (Pittsburgh to Atlanta) with the top tier wrapped very neatly. Got to my destination with no problem, my husband and I ate it at our leisure.
Adeola M.
Wedding Cake was beautiful and tasted great. Many comments on how good it was. Worked with a photo the bride wanted. It was better than the photo. Fran is great to work with. Have ordered other cakes from her.
I’ve been ordering cakes from Fran at “Cakes by Colby” for years and have always been pleased. From my beautiful wedding cake to her delicious “specially designed” cakes/cupcakes and rum cakes. Fran is very creative and her specialty gift wra...
p and shipping make gift giving so easy. Highly recommended!
Fran was just the best to work with. She created a one of a kind cake exactly as I asked. And it was amazing! I very highly recommend her!! Amazing and delicious. And extremely reasonable!
Contact Info for Cakes by Colby
101 Mountain View Place, North Huntingdon, PA | Pittsburgh and surrounding area
Meet the Team
Fran Colby
Owner
Fran, Lead Baker at Cakes by Colby, understands that it is equally important for a cake to deliver not just on scrumptious taste, but also on elegant design. She uses formal design elements such as color, texture, scale, and balance, and translates those into her cake designs for a dazzling masterpiece. Fran has been trained by internationally acclaimed cake designer Maggie Austin, who has designed Hollywood and royalty cakes alike. Cakes by Colby will bring your vision to life and deliver you a stunning, memorable confection on your special day.
