5 out of 5 stars and 76 reviews Best of Weddings (5x).
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(76)Raleigh, Durham, chapel Hill, Cary, Morrisville, youngsville
About this vendor
We make one of a kind cakes for every occasion as well as cupcakes, cookies, pies, and other desserts.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Accessories
- Cake Serving Sets
- Cake Stands
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Cupcakes
Dietary Options
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Sugar Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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Reviews
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I loved my wedding cake! It was exactly what I wanted. Communication was great, which I really appreciated during wedding planning. The tasting boxes were a nice touch, and the str...
awberry cake with strawberry buttercream was excellent. I would definitely recommend her to any bride.
Katelyn, owner of Capital Cakes NC, was amazingly great to work with! She was reasonably priced and we received a beautiful and delicious wedding cake for our daughter’s big day!! ...
And she delivers!!! Look no further for the best wedding cake in the Triangle!
Martha C.
I ordered my wedding cake from Capital cakes. The cake was beautiful and delicious. Our guests absolutely loved it. Katelyn made sure that the color is what we want and she was on ...
time with delivering the cake.
Katelyn did an absolutely amazing job with our wedding cake and cupcakes! She was so helpful in getting the design just right and so easy to work with, and the cake was gorgeous. T...
he cake and the cupcakes were delicious, and our guests raved about the desserts. We couldn't be happier with her work!
Katelyn was amazing to work with! We had some big, last minute changes, and she was so patient and exceeded our expectations. The cake looked beautiful and tasted great! Every gues...
t that tried it loved it. You should definitely book her!
My husband and I are gluten free. We had a difficult time finding a cake bakery that could make something that was gluten free, didn't taste like cardboard, and was beautiful. Kate...
lyn far exceeded expectations. Our guests kept asking which one of the cakes was gluten free. They were stunned when we told them it was all of them. The cake was so moist and delicious. Katelyn was so accommodating, easy to work with, and was very knowledgeable about dietary restrictions. We will be ordering in the future for special events. Thank you again!
Katelyn made us a tasting box to try at home with our family which was very convenient. We got to pick the different flavors we wanted to mix and match. We loved this part of the p...
rocess. We didn't have any clue what we wanted and Katelyn took the time for a consultation to design it with us. She asked us for photos of cakes we liked and then designed something special for us. It was stunning and delicious. Thank you for making the perfect dessert for our wedding.
Katelyn went above and beyond for my cake for my mother. Communication was fabulous, pricing was perfect, and it tasted divine.
Capital Cakes made my wedding cake and did an AMAZING job. We ordered a sample box ahead of time, and we could hardly choose between the different flavors because all the cake flav...
ors and fillings were so delicious. Katelyn's cake is so moist and fluffy! She was very responsive and helpful throughout the planning process. She made sure that our cake fit within our budget, and she advised on the decorative aspects. In the end, we decided on a 4-tier cake with 2 tiers of marble/chocolate buttercream, 1 tier of apple/apple cinnamon buttercream, and 1 tier of spice/cinnamon buttercream. We bought our own pressed autumn leaves, which Katelyn arranged beautifully on the cake the day of the wedding. We were very happy with the presentation, and every slice was delicious. We plan to use her again for birthdays, because this is now our favorite cake in the area!
Katelyn was absolutely wonderful! There are honestly not enough words to describe how amazing our experience was! Katelyn made some of the best cake that we have ever had and have ...
not stopped hearing about it from our guests!
We absolutely loved trying the cakes at home! We had a blast picking out flavors and buttercreams and coming up with our favorite pairings! My only regret is that I didn’t steal a piece of red velvet cake with chocolate chip buttercream at the wedding!
The cake was absolutely delicious and beautiful. The buttercream was phenomenal!!!!!
The owner kept in contact with me even called when getting my flowers to verify which ones I wa...
nted for my cake when picking them out. I highly recommend this place.
Katelyn did an excellent job with the cake for my daughter’s reception! She made good suggestions for the design, her help was invaluable since I was undecided. The cake was delici...
ous, I was hoping to box up leftovers but there were none 😀 my guests couldn’t stop talking about the cake!
I have ordered 5 cakes from Katelyn and am so excited to order many, many more! She is incredibly thoughtful, kind, talented, and amazing to work with. She always makes my ideas, n...
o matter how crazy or farfetched, look even better than I could have imagined. Her cakes have made birthdays and other parties for myself and my loved ones, that much more special. Not to mention, they are the most delicious cakes I have ever tasted. If you don’t live too far away from Durham, do yourself a favor and order a cake (or multiple) from her!!
Our cake was beautiful and tasty! Katelyn understood my vision.
Katelyn's passion for cakes comes through from the first few moments of talking to her, and that builds an exceptional level of confidence that you'll be getting the cake of your d...
reams! Her knowledge of cake and design runs deep and she was an excellent guide in helping us design our wedding day cake. When it comes to cake tasting, there is flexibility in either setting up an appointment or in doing an at-home tasting and letting Katelyn know your thoughts. The tasting got us excited for the finished product because it was so difficult to choose what our final flavors would be, they were all so good! Additionally, our families were so excited that we asked her to bake our wedding day cake that they also asked her to bake our rehearsal dinner cake. Both. Cakes. Were. AMAZING. and all of our rehearsal dinner + reception guests loved the cakes. We can't recommend Katelyn enough.
First and foremost, the presentation was a sight to behold! The cake was decorated with intricate details showcasing Capital Cakes artistry.
Katelyn took her time understanding my...
vision for a last minute birthday cake. Her professionalism, promptness(even responding to me at 3am) was evident throughout the entire process.
I wholeheartedly recommend Capital Cakes to anyone seeking a memorable and truly awesome cake!
We ordered our wedding cake from Capital Cakes, and we were so thrilled with how it turned out! Katelyn was responsive and easy to work with, and we LOVED that we were table to pic...
k up a tasting box of different flavors to try on our own time. We ended up going with a lemon cake with blueberry buttercream filling, and it was absolutely delicious! We've had multiple guests have reached out to tell us how much they loved it. Katelyn did an excellent job decorating our cake with a beautiful flower cascade. We're really looking forward to ordering another one of her cakes in the future.
Our wedding cake was amazing! Couldn't have been more perfect.
Capital Cakes was so easy to work with, very organized, and excellent at what she does. Cake was delicious. Many different options and flavors to chose from. Remote / portable tast...
ing box was great. Beautiful stand and options. She is incredible at her craft. Very upfront and honest with pricing and what we wanted (ie supplementing with sheet cakes, etc.,)
The cake was utterly perfect! Not only gorgeous, but delicious too! Even with a very short planning timeframe, Katelyn was patient, kind and thoughtful. She talked us through our...
different choices of cake/filling and then through different design options. She was always available to answer questions and worked with us on delivery timeframes. What she was able to do with a few flower left by the florist was spectacular, she has wonderful eye for design. Thank you for everything.
We were ELATED with our cake! It was exactly what we envisioned, and it was both simple and elegant. The flavors were amazing and the cake was so moist! We have no idea what she di...
d to get the cake to be so addictively delicious, but whatever technique she uses works! All night we had guests telling us it was the best cake they'd ever had, and we agree! Thank you so much!
Katelyn did our wedding cake and it was perfect! Exactly what we asked for and tasted delicious! 10 out of 10 YES!
Katelyn was amazing from the moment we began communicating down to the day my 3 tier cake and 11 dozen of cupcakes were delivered!! She was professional and executed every detail o...
f our wedding cake. She added elegance to a cake which is beyond brilliant and creative. I will definitely be working with her in the future.
Katelyn was absolutely amazing and even more talented. She worked with us for 3 years worth of wedding planning and was so flexible when our date changed again....and again. She e...
ven called me to run through the cake details to make sure everything was how I imagined it. Despite the conversation, there was no way to prepare for the beautiful art that was our wedding cake. It was PERFECT! I highly recommend Capital Cakes for weddings or any other occasion. Katelyn does not disappoint!
Katelyn was great to work with throughout our wedding planning process. She listened to what we wanted during our cake consultation and made sure the vision came together on the we...
dding day. She gave helpful suggestions as well! The cake tasting we had was our favorite experience while planning. She was really great, the cake was delicious, and she listened to everything we wanted cake-wise.
We had a great experience with Katelyn at Capital Cakes! The sample flavor options were delicious and it was easy to communicate design preferences. The cake turned out exactly how...
we expected with two gold kissing elephants created in fondant on top!
Katelyn was great to work with! Our cake was delicious and absolutely gorgeous. We really enjoyed the samples she provided us with and she incorporated the thoughts and feedback we...
had to fit our vision for the wedding cake. Even though it was a design that is different from what she's used to (a henna based design for our South Asian wedding), she gave it a shot and absolutely aced it. We highly recommend working with her!
Our initial cake vendor ended up having to back out as we had postponed our wedding 2 years due to COVID. Katelyn was super great saved us when it came time to find another cake ve...
ndor within like 3 months of the wedding date!! She was so helpful in our initial meeting about giving us numbers up front, giving us options and also helping with designs!! Cake tasting was super easy and also no-contact! When I saw the cake on our wedding day, I was blown away by how beautiful it was!!! Also equally important, every layer was DELICIOUS. We had picked different cake and filling flavors for all the layers and all were so good. Highly recommend Katelyn and her beautiful work!
What a beautiful wedding cake that was also so delicious! Katelyn does amazing cake artistry and provides numerous flavor options for moist cakes and fillings that are full of fla...
vor and great texture! She also did the groom's cake for my daughter's rehearsal dinner which turned out to be a magnificent work of art that was very personalized for the groom. We highly recommend Katelyn and Capital Cakes for a fabulous cake design for your special occasion!
Katelyn was so helpful to us when our initial baker backed out after we had to postpone our wedding for the 4th time. With only 3 months to our wedding day, Katelyn swiftly embrace...
d the design from our initial baker and arranged several tastings for us. We couldn’t have been happier with the end result. It was absolutely stunning and tasted even better!
Thank you so much Katelyn!
Highly recommend Katelyn at Capital Cakes! She was amazing throughout the process and extremely patient with all of our changes/requests. The wedding cake she made for us exceeded ...
our expectations. It was so beautiful and delicious. We couldn’t be happier with Katelyn’s services.
We are so grateful to Katelyn for making our wedding day so special, especially last minute! Our wedding cake was absolutely delicious. I want more! We went for a simple buttercrea...
m, white cake and fruit jam filling and it was stellar! All of our guests said that it was the most delicious cake they had tasted. It was also gorgeous, we had a simple spackled white buttercream frosting with fresh flowers, and it was gorgeous. We are so grateful. Our initial baker fell through only two weeks before our wedding, and Katelyn was incredibly compassionate, helpful and clear about what needed to be done. She was easy to communicate with and we recommend her highly and plan to order other cakes from her when the need arises!
My wedding cake from Katelyn at Capital Cakes was both gorgeous and delicious! So many of my guests raved about how good the cake was and Katelyn perfectly executed my dream cake. ...
I could not have been happier with my wedding cake!
Katelyn did an excellent job making our wedding cakes. She offers a variety of flavors and fillings and sizes. We opted for 2 sheet cakes (red velvet and lemon) and then a single...
tiered cake with strawberry filling. The cakes arrived on time and tasted great! Katelyn even decorated our single tiered cake with flowers left by the florist. Katelyn was very affordable but produced high quality work - we are looking forward to having her make us a cake for our 1 year anniversary!
I hired Katelyn to do the cake and cupcakes for my wedding after seeing what an amazing job she did for my sister’s wedding. Katelyn is wonderful to work with and will do everythin...
g in her power to make sure the cake (or cupcakes) make it to your wedding looking amazing - even if that wedding is 4 hours away! Not to mention, her desserts are absolutely delicious!
The cake was delicious and absolutely gorgeous. It was exactly what we wanted! We had a Halloween wedding so our cake was black with white spider webs and a spider; the webs were h...
andmade and very intricate. Katelyn took the time to answer all our questions and responded quickly. It was a joy to work with her. Oh and her homemade buttercream frosting is to die for!
From start to finish Katelyn was a consummate professional. She really helped us bring our vision for our cake to life and it looked absolutely amazing.
She was also super flexib...
le when it came to working with us. We had to postpone our ceremony, then our original venue went bankrupt so we had yet another date change. She patiently responded to our emails about rescheduling and reassured us that she would be able to come through. And come through she did.
We got so many compliments on our cake. Even from people who “don’t like” wedding cake. We absolutely loved the taste (we’ve been to 6 weddings since 2019 and while we might be biased) Katelyn’s cake definitely both looked and tasted the best of any wedding cake we’ve ever had.
I loved capital cakes from the moment I had my first bite. Katelyn’s cakes are absolutely delectable and like nothing I’ve ever had before. Just sweet enough but not endlessly swee...
t. Katelyn delivered our wedding reception cake and set up the flowers on it too. Thanks again! We will be calling her up again for future needs.
Two gorgeous cakes delivered personally and staged onsite. Beautiful. But YUM. Everyone was raving. Not your normal boring wedding cake. Delicious. Lemon with fluffy buttercream- o...
ther was a peach cobbler cake with gold trim. Great to work with- she is an expert! Listen to her suggestions!
I found Capital Cakes through the Knot and once we met, I was pretty sold. She crafted a wonderful sketch of the perfect dream cake that I had imagined for my now husband - a sword...
in the stone style cake that instead had crystals around it. The theme was navy and gold, and she was 100% amazing at bringing it to life! On top of this, when we asked her if she could possibly do a rum cake - she not only nailed it, she exceeded expectations! It was absolutely delicious and I'm so glad we went with her!
My mom found Katelyn, Capitol cakes, to do our wedding cake for my wedding. We wanted a naked cake 3 tier to feed 75 guest. I sent her pictures of what I wanted and she delivered! ...
I loved our cake it was beautiful and I highly recommend booking her for any event you need!! Can’t thank you enough for the professional and excellent service provided!
Katelyn was amazing in helping me choose.rhe perfect wedding cake. Inwanted something small but romantic. We did a three-tier cake with each tier having its own flavor and differen...
t butter creams. My theme was blue oh, and the blue lace overlay on the center was perfect. She was very responsive and helpful in helping come up with my vision. The cake tasted excellent.
We had originally asked another baker to do our cake, but the baker fell ill and we were without a baker 4 days before the wedding. I called Capital Cakes and we arranged the same ...
3 tier cake with flowers that I had originally planned for my daughter. I brought her the flowers the day before and she chose what she needed to make the perfect fresh flower waterfall down the cake over the three tiers. It was a work of art. She really has an eye for combining colors and textures to accentuate the cake. We picked it up and hour and a half before the wedding and it was perfect. Everyone raved about the red velvet and chocolate with dark ganache. She truly is very gifted and I will definitely ask her to make more cakes in the future. She has talent, style, and an eye for turning the ordinary into extraordinary.
Kaitlyn was the perfect choice for our backyard wedding. The cake was absolutely beautiful, and delicious too! She was super nice & easy to work with. I'd recommend her 1000 times ...
over. ❤️
We loved our wedding cake created by Katelyn at Capital Cakes – I wasn’t entirely sure of my vision and she was very helpful in exploring different ideas, and then the tough part w...
as narrowing down the delicious flavors because they were all so great! We went with a lemon cake with raspberry jam and buttercream – and it was so tasty! Felt very summery for our June wedding. She was prompt in responses, easy to work with, collaborated with our florist and our wedding coordinator, gave us really good tips when thinking about wedding toppers, and just from start to finish I knew things would work out well. She reassured me during the pandemic when there was a range of guest counts we could end up having down the road depending on how the pandemic was going - ways to upsize or downsize the quantity of cake without sacrificing my overall vision for the cake, and super flexible leading up to the event. She also had an option to provide individual gluten free and/or dairy free cake slices which helped some of our guests with dietary restrictions feel included. Can’t thank her enough!
We rescheduled our wedding from a destination to local and we were so fortunate Katelyn had availability! She was super flexible with getting us cake samples and had a great selec...
tion of flavors. Though it was hard to pick just a few. We told her our ideas for cake design and sent some pictures and she ran with it! Very easy to work with and communicates well! We were super happy with the service and the cake. We are waiting for a birthday so we can order another cake :)
We hired Katelyn to make our wedding cake and cupcakes for our November 2020 wedding after meeting her at the local bridal show. Each time we got to sample her product, we were blo...
wn away at how high quality and delicious they were! She offers so many flavor options for both the cake and frostings that we were able to fully customize our choices. We decided on a lemon cake with raspberry jam for our cutting cake and cupcakes with three different flavors (lemon with raspberry buttercream, peach cobbler cake with apricot butter cream, and apple pie cake with cinnamon frosting and caramel drizzle). Everyone RAVED at how delicious they were! We even booked her again for my friend's 25th birthday cake! Through the whole process she was super responsive and even kept us updated when she made minor recipe changes to ensure it was still what we were looking for! I highly recommend her as a baker for any event!
Where do I start! My Fiancé and I searched all across Raleigh for someone to make our wedding cake when we happened to stumble upon Capital Cakes. We wanted a wedding cake that was...
not only beautiful but delicious as well. Katelyn was so easy to work with and is an amazing baker with whom you can tell puts her all in to her creations! Our wedding cake not only looked amazing but tasted amazing as well. Our guest could not stop telling us how much they enjoyed the wedding cake. We will definitely be reaching back out to Capital Cakes in the future.
Couldn’t have asked for better. Katelyn is so nice and helpful. I am super indecisive and she made it a very easy and stress-free process with great suggestions and guiding. I orig...
inally was against using buttercream icing, until I tasted hers. It is the best I’ve ever had. It was super light and fluffy and perfect for a cake. She also offers a wide variety of flavors including pistachio, which is my absolute favorite. The cake looked gorgeous and exactly what I wanted. Everyone at the reception raved over the cake. Couldn’t suggest anyone more.
First let me just say that Kaitlyn is such an easy person to work with! So welcoming and personable. Our free tasting was so much fun we knew within five minutes we wanted her to b...
e involved in our day. We had many changes from what we originally decided and she was down with them all! Her pricing is appropriate. We actually were going with a different bakery until we stumbled across Capital Cakes. It made us feel silly for even considering the other bakery! I believe she had four other wedding cakes the same weekend as mine and everything was flawless! My husband and I think about our cake all the time and we’re so excited to pick up our anniversary cake soon. Couldn’t recommend enough!
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5204 Pine Way, Durham, NC | Raleigh, Durham, chapel Hill, Cary, Morrisville, youngsville