Cakes by Gray

want the cake to be. Our wedding cake turned out beautifully, and all of our guests absolutely loved the exciting flavors. Our favorite flavor combo had to be the almond cake, pineapple curd, and lavender buttercream. The chocolate cake with cherry jam and black pepper buttercream was a crowd favorite - we actually didn't even get to have any before it all disappeared! We can't recommend Cakes by Gray enough!

ove of creation. She was professional in delivery and set up and worked well with our wedding planner. We could not have imagiend a more delicious cake.

be false information. Obviously that has not happened because there is no such thing as slanderous truth. There's nothing false about me and my guests not eating her cake because it wasn't there. She demanded I not only take down my review, but also somehow possess the bodies of the guests at my wedding who also chose to leave a bad review so those could be taken down, or else face a lawsuit. Even though each and every one of those guests dealt with the negative consequences of her mistake as well. The cake was supposed to feed 40, meaning 40 guests are at liberty to be upset. Her excuse to me on a phone call made in anger (after telling me in email that all further contact would be from her attorneys) was that we did not send her a timeline, but she never asked for one and this was not in the contract. On the phone, she said she did not forget it at all...which means she purposely blindsided a bride without so much as a phone call just because that bride didn't adhere to an imaginary requirement she made up to cover up her unprofessionalism. You decide if you want to do business with that. I feel every bride deserves to at least be warned of the possibility of her business practices getting in the way of your receiving the desired product. She indeed failed to silence or intimidate me, but I should never had to deal with the harassment in the first place (on my honeymoon at that) after she is the one to have been in breach of her own contract. Her words from her email say so much: "I was prepared to write you a very apologetic email today with multiple ideas on how I could make up for this, but you have gone too far." So I no longer deserve an apology either, especially because she is convinced she did nothing wrong. After all, if she purposely didn't give me a cake, what's there to apologize for? She is being a child throwing a tantrum who can't face the consequences of her gigantic mistake. Please go with a bakery who will make you a real cake, not an imaginary one that comes with imaginary rules.

y other vendor I have worked with has been able to get me a contract in less than 2 days. I kindly asked for a refund of $450 (minus $50 for the tasting) and gave Melissa ample time to reply. She finally did and said she was taking out an extra $50 for "a retainer fee" (mind you, nothing has been signed at this point so this fee is fiat). She also reminded me that she did not have to refund me anything at all and had every right to keep all of the $500. It shouldn't have taken a month to get a contract from her. Melissa never communicated as to why it was taking so long for her to complete a contract. Anyway, for any brides out there: please, please, please get a contract signed by both parties before giving any vendor any money.

discuss our order. Instead, she had not responded to any calls, voicemails, or emails. As a professional, it is her job to act responsibly, and with the upmost regard for clients. Melissa has decided to profit from a national pandemic. Shame!

o tier cake with 6 dozen cupcakes in assorted flavors. One of our cupcakes was blue cheese almond flavored and was such a HIT! My dad wouldn't stop talking about how perfect the consistency of the cake was the day after the wedding (which he's hard to please). If you're looking for a stand out cake and/or dessert table with crazy flavors - definitely choose Cakes by Gray.

with a basil filling for one tier and an almond cake with pear purée and cinnamon filling for the other tier. I loved that we were able to incorporate so many amazing flavors into our cake! We also decided to do a little dessert bar of mini pecan pies, chocolate peanut butter shooters (my husband’s personal favorite), vanilla chai cake pops, and rainbow cookie donuts (a creation my husband personally requested...our guests absolutely loved them!!). Now that the wedding is over, I can say that not only were all the desserts displayed in such an aesthetically pleasing way, but everything tasted so delicious as well!! I highly recommend Melissa!!

as delicious!

and the macaroons and cupcakes were a DREAM! (again, the display was beautiful and they tasted even better!) She truly is talented-- if you are trying to decide-- choose Cakes by Gray! :)

found the right one! The tasting itself was the best -- she had everything meticulously and beautifully laid out, and we had so much fun trying all the different flavors and fillings and picking our favorites! (Side note, I'm usually not a big fan of buttercream, but I could eat Melissa's by the spoonful.) We ended up getting a bigger cake than we initially wanted, just because it was so delicious and we couldn't narrow down all the flavors we wanted. She offers a lot of flavor options, from the classics to the interesting and unique. Aside from the cake itself, Melissa was responsive, reliable, super friendly, and accommodating when we changed our minds five times about the size and flavors we wanted. She also worked with us on budget, and nailed the simple and elegant look we wanted. Melissa clearly puts a lot of love into her work and it shows. We couldn't have been happier!

es for our cake tasting! She not only filled the box with the options we wanted to try but she also gave us many more options of her very best recommendations. I must admit that they were all so very delicious that it made it very hard to choose! We settled on a 3-tiered marble and red velvet "naked" cake. The top and bottom tiers were marble and the middle tier was red velvet, all covered in buttercream icing. We also had Melissa make caramel-dipped Granny Smith apples for us and our guests as a delicious wedding favor. We received so many compliments over how beautiful the cake was and how delicious the cake and the apples were! I'm so glad I stumbled upon Melissa and were able to book her for our most important and special day. Thank you Melissa!!

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s will rave about, look no further! Our guests went back for more and still couldn't get enough. For great service, good prices, and excellent follow through, go with Cakes by Gray.

yummy!) to the constant follow up, she made sure our special day ended with the perfect cake. We received so many compliments from our guest about the cake! Hat's off Melissa!

g forward to enjoying a Cakes By Gray cake for my daughter's birthday.