Cakes by Lori
Champaign Ill and surrounding area in a 50 mile radius
About This Vendor
Wedding cakes and custom birthday cakes!
I have had the pleasure of making wedding cakes for over 30 years. I love meeting with you and being hands on start to finish. I take great pride in making your cake not only beautiful -but delicious. I have many different flavors and fillings to choose from. Weddings birthdays and kind of celebration you can imagine-- I can make a cake for it. My cakes are baked to order--so you won't be getting a freezer cake baked in a factory from who knows where! Fresh baked to you for your special day!!!
Details
Cakes & Desserts
Cake Accessories, Cake Stands, Cake Delivery & Setup, Cake Tastings, Groom's Cakes
Dietary Options
Gluten Free
Awards and Affiliations
Cakes by Lori Reviews
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Having met at a local bridal showcase we chose Cakes by Lori to make the cake for our daughter’s wedding. Our tasting opportunity was marvelous and the bride and groom chose a
4-tiered cake, each a different flavor/filling combination. It was ...
decorated with beautiful detailing including white chocolate lace pieces and real flowers matching the bridal party...so pretty! The cake was delicious and fresh; and each tier a tasty treat. Even being out of state it was easy working with Lori and she was very good about answering my questions and accommodating our many changes in the year of COVID. And what a nice gift to the couple to provide a complimentary top tier for their first anniversary! I confidently recommend you check out Cakes by Lori for your next celebration!
Everyone loved our cake! Lori made exactly what I had in mind - and it tasted amazing!
Lori was amazing to work with. She made the most beautiful cake for our wedding that people are still talking about months later. Not only was the cake beautiful but it tasted amazing too! We had a 4 tier cake with 3 different flavors and all 3...
flavors were perfect for our special day and everyone enjoyed them. I I truley cant say enough about Lori and the amazing job she does. If you want an amazing cake that looks and tastes amazing definitely use Lori!!
We were so happy to find Lori! She was so sweet and so helpful when it came to helping us design our cake. It looked just like what she sketched for us and it turned out AMAZING! We got so many compliments on it. It was DELICIOUS! We are super ...
excited for our 1 year anniversary cake that she makes fresh for you! Definitely recommend Lori for your cake needs that are beautiful and won't break the pocketbook.
Our guests are still talking about how wonderful our wedding cake was, Cakes by Lori was awesome to work with and her talent is amazing. Our cake was beautiful and delicious. Lori is such a beautiful person. She is fully invested in you not onl...
y as the customer but also as the bride. She is patient, kind and so personable. I have truly gained a new friend.
We knew we wanted Lori to make our wedding cake the second we were engaged. She had done some previous cakes for our families in the past and we knew they were simply the best! Lori makes the process of choosing flavors and servings so easy and...
shows you all the different design options as well!
We had 6 different flavors and had so many compliments and questions on who made our cake! The best part was, Lori advised us to save the top for ourselves to enjoy after the wedding festivities because we would be so busy, and she was so right! We loved being able to sit and enjoy our cake in each other’s company. Highly recommend!
Lori was so wonderful! We had no idea what flavor we wanted so she let us taste test all the flavors. We ended up picking 5 different flavors and fillings. The cake itself was so gorgeous and decorated with flowers from our florist. The cake g...
ot absolutely rave reviews from our guests and we are still eating it a week later. Highly recommend!
Our wedding cake was so beautiful! And delicious! Thanks Lori! My favorite flavor was the coconut with a pina colada filling.
Response from the Vendor on 07/23/2019
So glad you were happy with your wedding cake! It was my honor to make it for you!! Don't forget to contact me a couple of weeks before your anniversary to order your free top tier cake!!! Congratulations!!!
Lori makes beautiful, delicious cakes! She gave us lots of flavor combination and decoration options, and helped us pick the best quantities for our guest count. She also decorated the cake with blooms from our florist, and it was breathtakingl...
y beautiful! She bakes a replica of your top tier on your 1 year anniversary, so we were able to have the one she made for the wedding brought up to our room to snack on at the end of the night - we can't wait to have it again next year!
Our cakes were delicious and Lori was great to work with!! Would highly recommend!
Lori was fantastic to work with. She was super patient with me. The cake and cupcakes were exactly what my husband and I wanted for our big day. I 100% recommended Lori to anyone who is needing cakes/cupcakes for any event. Plus, she makes you ...
a 1 year cake which I find is very special. Thanks for everything!
Response from the Vendor on 04/29/2019
HI I'm so glad you were happy with your cake and your experience with me. I was honored to be a part of your day!! Wishing you the best!!
Lori is amazing I chose her over other bakers in the area after doing multiple tastings. Her buttercream is to die for and doesn’t taste like straight butter like some tastings we had. We had three different flavors of cake and hardly had any l...
eft overs it was sooo good!! Lori also offers to remake your top tier of your cake for your one year anniversay at no charge! No more frost bitten year old cake 🍰 on your anniversary!!!! Very easy to contact and gets back to you right away with any questions you have over email or phone call! Loved working with her and look forward to continuing to work with her in the future!
Lori is awesome! I highly recommend her for your next event. Her cakes are delicious, she is so wonderful to work with, and she makes everything so beautiful. We had her make our cake and cupcakes for our wedding and we were beyond happy!
I would recommend Lori to anyone!! She was so helpful. I didn't know what I was doing when I first started planning for the wedding and she was responsive and helpful. If you can, I would highly recommend having a face to face meeting with her....
She had a super thick binder of most of the wedding cakes that she did. I asked for a very simple design but I know she can do above and beyond (with all the cake designs that she showed me).
Our wedding cake was beautiful and absolutely delicious! Lori did an excellent job and several of our guests even asked where the cake was from. Lori was easy to work with, flexible, had great rates, and the quality of cake was great. I would h...
ighly recommend Cakes by Lori!
Lori was great to work with. The cake and cupcakes were perfect and delicious! Everyone enjoyed them! Highly recommended Lori!
Lori did such a beautiful job on our wedding cake!
It was great having Lori do my cake for my May wedding. I provided pictures of what I wanted my cake to be like and she was able to create exactly what I wanted. She is very easy to work with and has a lot of experience so I never had to think ...
too much about the cake after telling her what I wanted and could focus on other things. Everyone at the wedding said the cake was delicious!
Lori was great to work with! She was very friendly and professional throughout the entire process. I showed her a picture of what I was wanting the cake to look like and she used some of our extra flowers to decorate the cake. It was beautiful ...
and tasted delicious. We even were able to enjoy it a week later when we came home from our honeymoon. Very pleased!
Response from the Vendor on 02/17/2017
I am so glad you were happy with your cake! Working with awesome couples is what makes my job so rewarding!! Wishing you the best life offers!!!
My vision of my cake and cupcake came to life for our wedding and I could not have been more pleased! Thank you so much Lori for making ours so beautiful to ring in the new year!
Lori was absolutely amazing to work with. We planned our central Illinois wedding from West Texas, so good communication was very important. Lori is amazing a responding quickly and answering all questions. The complimentary cake tasting was de...
licious, and she had many suggestions on what icings to go with what cake. We ended up with 3 cupcake flavors, a gluten free cupcake flavor, and a small two-tiered cake with two flavors. Everything was a hit with our guests. Lori delivered the cake the day of the wedding, and everything looked amazing! I would highly recommend Cakes by Lori!
Loved working with Lori! She was so easy to work with and listened to my request! Not only did the cake look fabulous but it tasted even better!
Beautiful and delicious cake. And such a wonderful person.
Cakes by Lori did an amazing job with our wedding cake! I had an idea of what I wanted when we first met and Lori went above and beyond to make my dream wedding cake even better than I imagined it would be! Cakes by Lori is professional, punctu...
al, friendly and very talented.
Lori was amazing to work with! She took the vision of what I wanted for our wedding cake and made it 100% come to life exactly as I envisioned it! Not only that every single guest I talked to at our wedding told me they were on their 3rd and 4t...
h pieces of cake because the flavors were so delicious! We had Apple Spice with Caramel filling, Pumpkin Spice with Cream Cheese filling, and Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting and they were the best cake flavors I've ever had! Her cost was way more reasonable than anywhere else, too! I would absolutely recommend her! You will not be sorry and neither will your budget!
Lori's cakes are delicious and beautiful! We are so happy we were able to work with her for our wedding, and it was very convenient having her office at our reception venue - Hawthorn Suites. Lori was delightful and her skills are one of a kin...
d! We would recommend her to any bride and groom!
Cakes by Lori helped us celebrate by creating a fabulous wedding cake - it was a truly scrumptious centerpiece at the reception! White wedding cake with Amaretto or Coconut filling, decorated in fanciful frosting that the florist then added tr...
opical flowers to - ahh! Beautiful and so delicious. The bride & groom and our guests are still talking about it! Would definitely recommend sweet and talented Lori.
We used Cakes by Lori because she was a preferred vendor in our venue. She was very easy to work with and responded quickly to emails.
We ordered a 4 tier cake and 2 sheet cakes, one of which we used as a grooms cake.
The cake tasted great, ...
but we were not 100% happy with how it looked. We asked for a very clean look. With how simple the design was, we were expecting it to be perfect but it really wasn't. The corners were not square or crisp and the airbrush was very messy. Not what we were expecting for sure.
Either way, the guests enjoyed the taste and the design on the grooms cake was awesome so it was a decent experience overall, and very well priced.
Lori was a delight to work with from the very beginning. She made sure to sketch out my ideas and managed to bring them to life, even on paper - I could tell she was excited to build my Mardi Gras themed cake. The cake turned out perfectly, bea...
utifully made and absolutely delicious. I would absolutely recommend Cakes by Lori.
Lori was fantastic to work! Our wedding cake was not only beautiful, but tasted amazing! Highly recommend her!
Cakes by Lori: Lori was very helpful, patient, and knowledgeable. She was able to help us pick various flavor cakes and decoration to match the theme. She had various pictures to help us see what she could do. The cake testing offered us man...
y options on flavors of cakes and fillings. I was very happy with the outcome. I would highly recommend her!
For our wedding, we wanted a cake on each table to serve as a centerpiece as well as dessert but I didn't know exactly what I wanted. Lori was wonderful to work with! She spent time with me to help me decide what flavor combinations I wanted ...
since I didn't want them all to be the same, and she worked with me on the designs because I also wanted those to vary. She was AWESOME and the cakes were DELICIOUS! We had so many compliments on the cake presentation as well as the flavors- and plenty of people took home leftovers too! :) I definitely recommend her- she will be doing all of my cakes from now on!
I was very happy over all with my wedding cake. They are so delicious and Lori has of a lot of flavors and fillings to choose from. The only issue was that the cakes arrived very early at my venue. Luckily my venue had extra space in their fri...
dge to store the cakes until the reception.
Awesome service! Can't wait for my topper on my 1 year Anniversary!
Lori made two cakes for our wedding on 3-28-15. The first was a more traditional cake, and the second was a grooms cake. Both cakes were fantastic, and exactly what I had in mind! She was so great to work with, but most importantly, the cakes l...
ooked and tasted great! Thanks, Lori!
We are so happy that we decided to go with Cakes by Lori! Lori was so professional and gave us a tasting on our very first meeting. Other places told us there would be a charge for a tasting, but not with Lori.
She is priced so reasonably...
and is really easy to get a hold of if you have questions or concerns. She really helped us talk out our design concept to make a beautiful cake.
Her cakes were delicious!! Everybody raved about the cakes all night and she's going to make us a new one for our 1 year anniversary!
Cakes tasted good but arrived with poor aesthetics. I could have frosted them better myself. She also overcharged me by $100 and refuses to refund the amount as her email "statements" are unclear about what is actually owed. Go with a real b...
usiness.
Response from the Vendor on 11/19/2014
KP I am so sorry there was confusion on how the deposit applied to your total wedding cost. I wish you and your new husband the best life offers in your new journey together.
Lori was great to work with during our wedding planning process. She is so friendly, was responsive whenever we needed her, and was very accommodating. She even gave us some cakes and fillers to take home to let my fiancé taste since he couldn'...
t make our appointment! The cake looked amazing on our wedding day and was exactly what we hoped for, not to mention it tasted great. She was more affordable than another local bakery and well worth the price! I'd recommend Cakes by Lori to anyone.
Response from the Vendor on 10/09/2014
Thank-you so very much for taking the time to write the review. It was my pleasure to be a part of your day!!! Thanks again!!!
When I got engaged this past winter, I knew 3 things; where I'd buy my dress, where I wanted to get married, and who I wanted to do my cake! My sister is in event planning, and works with the best! Lori is the best! I've been to several other w...
eddings where she has done the cakes (grooms and wedding cakes)and they are unbelievable in every aspect!! The taste is delicious, and her designs are absolutely stunning (and creative)! We had a dessert and drinks reception and our cake was the main centerpiece! Lori did not fall short, it was beautiful, tasty and exactly what we had discussed at our sit down meeting. Lori made me feel at ease, and gave me one less thing to worry about during that stressful time of planning! I've used Lori's services for other types of cakes also, and she does such an amazing job. I will be a long time customer no doubt!
Response from the Vendor on 10/09/2014
Thanks so much Rach!! You and your family are the best. Honored to be a part of your many events!!
My wedding cake was beautiful. Lori didn't hesitate a moment when I told her I was feeding 300 and even recommended only building a tiered cake for half of my guests and making sheet cakes for the rest (this saved me huge on costs). My cake was...
cut for my desert so no one would know! I had two different flavors chocolate with raspberry and white with strawberry. The cakes were very tasty. My biggest compliment to Lori was that she was so patient with my unusual situation. I live in Chicago but was getting married in Champaign so my mother needed to be the point person in town. Also, the cake was a piece that my father was wanting to pay for. Myself, my mother, and my father, were all welcomed. We communicated with her separately and honestly, I never met her in person due to living out of town. The whole experience was beautiful. I had a 4 tiered square cake with offset tiers and beautiful flowers that matched my wedding flowers running down the sides and as the topper. The whole thing was amazing and beyond what I had expected.
My wedding was a year ago and in a week I will be getting my top tier recreated (because saving it in the freezer for a year is gross, in my opinion) and she does this for free in exchange for a photo of your cake for her portfolio! What a great offering! I can't wait to have my beautiful cake again, fresh and tasty!
Response from the Vendor on 10/02/2014
Thankyou so very much. The pleasure was all mine!!! Working with out of the area brides is becoming more common-- and I have enjoyed working with all of you so very much!! Thanks for letting me be a part of your beginning as husband and wife---...
I am honored!!!
Delicious! Complimentary tasting, easy to work with, remakes top tier (whatever flavor you want) for your one year anniversary at no extra charge.
Lori of Cakes by Lori out of Hawthrone Suites in Champaign, IL is the best wedding cake for the best price in town! Lori provides exceptional service, attention to detail, and personal touch that a larger baker cannot offer. She cares about her...
clients and their special day and goes above and beyond what is expected. Plus, her buttercream frosting is out of this world.
My groom and I cherished the cake day of our wedding. But, we loved it even more that Lori promises to bake a fresh top-tier for your one-year-anniversary. The cost of the top-tier remake in including in the initial pricing of the cake. My groom and I were thrilled that we didn't have to eat frozen, old cake on our first year anniversary!
Because we've had such a great experience with Lori, we intend to get our top-tier remade every year for anniversary to commemorate our special day. If you are a Champaign-Urbana local, look no further than Cakes by Lori for your wedding day.
Lori did an amazing job on our cake and groom's cake! She was so helpful throughout the entire process and tied aspects that both my husband and I both wanted in the cake. Plus, it was delicious!!
Lori is a family friend and made our cake. We choose a 3 tier with 2 sheet cakes for a wedding of 250. We loved the red velvet w/cream cheese and the lemon w/raspberry filling. She was easy to get a hold of and delivered the cake on time. The c...
ake looked wonderful and tasted great!
Lori is a very friendly woman to work with. Her cake flavors taste wonderful and she will work with you to ensure your cake or cupcakes match your overall wedding theme. You can rent cake stands and other decorations for your cake table from h...
er and she will deliver all to the reception site in a timely manner. The display she set up looked great as well!
Lori was so easy to work with and so very accommodating when I changed my mind part way through the process. The cake was beautiful and delicious. We were very fortunate to find her. And, the samples of all the flavors and fillings were dele...
ctable. You can't go wrong with Lori!!
Lori was great to work with and made a beautiful cake for our wedding! There were so many cake flavors/ fillings to choose from that we couldn't choose just a few... we ended up choosing 6 different ones! We received many compliments from our g...
uests on how good the cake tasted. We are very pleased with our experience working with Lori!
The wedding cake was beautiful, as well as delicious!!!!!! The guests loved it! Thank you!!
My daughter's wedding cake was beautiful! And the roses on it were perfectly placed by Lori!!! Just Perfect!!!
Loved the way the cake tasted, looked, everything. and a great price :)
I have worked with Lori with a baby shower and with my wedding. I had her make us a cake topper for cutting and cupcakes. Everyone loved her cupcakes especially the lemon ones! The cake was beautiful and the cupcake display was as well. The pri...
ce was very reasonable. My only complaint with her is that she was at times a little hard to get a hold of. Overall very happy with her work! I would recommend her.
Lori makes the most fantastic cakes for a great price! I can't wait to order another cake from her! I'm still dreaming about her lemon cake!
Lori did a great job with the design of our cake and we received man compliments about the taste too!
Our cake was amazing! Lori took my ideas and made my dream cake. It was delicious! She has so many flavors and fillings to choose from. I know my guests loved it!
I am so glad we chose Lori to make our cake! I wanted four different unusual flavors, and Lori accommodated us gladly. I also wanted a black damask or chandelier pattern on the outside of the cake, so Lori found edible cake decoration pattern...
s with damask AND chandeliers and alternated layers. It was perfect! And she only uses buttercream (not fondant), so the cake tastes awesome, too!!
Lori did such a great job! Everyone loved all the different flavors. And the cake was beautiful! Lori was so helpful!
Lori did such a great job on our wedding cake! Not only did it look so pretty, but it tasted really really good! I recieved so many compliments on the taste. Lori was very accomodating and offered endless amounts of flavors. I would recommend h...
er to anyone!
Working with Lori was a breeze and the cake looked beautiful! We could only have been happier if we had a chance to eat more of the cake at our reception! :)
Lori does a fantastic job making her cakes and the value is great! The cake tastes amazing and she lets you have so much say in what the cake looks like! I would recommend Cakes by Lori to anyone. She is great! She even made a grooms cake f...
or me just for my husband.
Best cake ever!! Beautiful, low cost, and delicious! I can't wait to have Lori's cake again sometime!
The cake was just the way I wanted it PERFECT.
My cake was perfect and delicious! It was also exactly what I wanted while affordable. Many of my guests said that our cake was the best they had ever had.
I loved my cakes from Cakes by Lori! I used her for both my bridal shower and wedding cakes and both were delicious! They were beautiful cakes and a great price!
Contact Info for Cakes by Lori
202 eastwood dr, Mahomet, IL | Champaign Ill and surrounding area in a 50 mile radius
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