Cute Cakes

This was the wedding cake of my dreams! We had such a hard time finding a vegan baker in San Diego who didn't charge an arm and a leg. From start to finish working with this bakery was so fun and easy. We had the cutest pink wedding cake with vintage piping and they even had the vintage cake pillars to separate the tiers. On top of an incredible vegan selection, they had regular cake too and all our guests were happy. If you want a delicious and beautiful allergy-friendly cake GO HERE!

We had a great experience with cute cakes and our cake was beautiful. Our guests loved our cake flavors! We had two flavors- we decided on a southern chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and mocha custard then a strawberry cake with vanilla custard. Thank you for everything!

We had a great Experience with Cute Cakes. We were able to pick up our samples and enjoy them at our convenience! They tasted amazing! And the cake came out exactly how we wanted it!

The cake was exactly as I imagined. It was beautiful and absolutely delicious. All my guests loved it! Thank you cute cakes!

I didn't think most of my guest wanted cake, but the bride and groom wanted it. The cake was small and amazing. I wanted a wood style and it ended up being amazing and cute. But a bit funny with the animals around it and made me laugh. Tasted just like the taste samples. So try them and see if right for you. Love the time frame too! Would work with this company again for more events and think be should for anything.

Cute Cakes did a great job on dessert bar and wedding cake! The VIP cake tasting was amazing and the girls that work there were great. They were very flexible and easy to communicate with! 10/10!!

We had a great experience with Kari and the Cute Cakes team! The desserts and cake were delicious and beautiful! Their almond latte macchiato cake was phenomenal. We can't wait to have that cake again!

We ordered our wedding cake through Cute Cakes and it was exactly what we wanted! We tried all of the flavors at the bakery and everything was so good. We were able to choose 3 different flavors for a 2 tiered cake and a sheet cake. The staff at Cute Cakes were very friendly and helpful throughout this whole process. The decorated cake was exactly what we wanted and was delicious! Highly recommend!

Cute Cakes did an absolutely incredible job on our wedding cake. I highly recommend doing the tasting even though there is a fee associated. They made it a fun time and we ended up going with different flavors than we would have expected. The cake looked fantastic and tasted delicious. I cannot recommend them enough!

THE BEST CAKE I HAVE EVER HAD! The cake was delivered to the venue without a hitch and looked amazing. All of the guests were so impressed with how delicious each flavor was. I highly recommend Cute Cakes! The best part is since they are located in downtown Escondido we can go back to get more anytime!

My husband and I loved our wedding cake from Cute Cakes. After our tasting—they provide six generously sized cake slices for you to try—we chose their chocolate ganache cake with a marshmallow fondant and vanilla cream custard. The cake was so tasty and moist and we received a lot of compliments for it from our guests. As for the Cute Cakes team, they are responsive and professional and made things really easy for us. I would highly recommend working with this company for your wedding or any dessert catering needs!

We chose Cute Cakes for our wedding cake and it was a huge hit! Everyone loved our two flavors of lemon and strawberry. The cake itself was gorgeous and turned out exactly as we wanted it to be. We did a cake tasting a few months before our wedding and had great service and follow up after our appointment. Highly recommend!

We highly recommend Cute cakes! We used them for our wedding cake and they were great at providing consultation and options for us based on our guest count and needs. The cake tasting was great as it gave us an opportunity to try a lot of different cakes and desserts to nail down the flavor we wanted and the to-go tastings are a brilliant idea. On the day of the wedding the cake tasted great and was presented well. They were very good about clarifying the delivery times, expectations from the florist and the venue making the whole process extremely easy for us. highly recommend,

Cute Cakes did an amazing job on our wedding cake! When we did the tasting, I was blown away at the delicious flavors. I'm not really a carrot cake person but their carrot cake was so good we put it as the largest flavor on our cake! We also had a chocolate, red velvet, and vanilla layers. Other people came up to me after the wedding also commenting how good the cake was. We also rented the cake stand and it turned out beautifully. The flowers on our cake were from our florist.

This place provides gorgeous and delicious dessert, and I was definitely happy with the final product. But I gotta say I was slightly disappointed in the customer service. They never reached out to confirm anything. I had to reach out to them they do before and ask what my cake would look like. They were kinda rude and said it would be white and with a frosting we didn’t ask for. I checked my invoice and saw that’s not what we asked for… luckily I reached out to confirm… They also were not flexible with delivery time. When we asked them to come later so the dessert wouldn’t be sitting out all night they said no… even though we were paying for setup.

We did a dessert bar for our wedding with Cute Cakes and the desserts were a hit! Cute Cakes also lent us gold trays to display the desserts that looked beautiful. Our only complaint is by the time we got off the dance floor, all the cake pops were gone. All joking aside, we would definitely book with them again!

Cute Cakes was an amazing vendor for our small/intimate wedding last October! I fell in love with The Gloria cake on their website and opted for a dessert bar to partner with our single-tier cake. They had delicious cake combinations, but their Almond with Latte Macchiato Mousse was an absolute WINNER. All of our guests ate a piece of cake and they are still raving about how delicious it was! For the dessert bar, we chose chocolate covered strawberries and truffle pops. We also got a few dozen brownies, which I would eat everyday if I could! Kristine was such a great person to work with - she was friendly and clear with her communication. I would definitely consider Kristine and Cute cakes for future events!

Cute Cakes made a stunning cutting cake for my husband and I and beautiful, scrumptious cupcakes for our guests. Their tasting was set up wonderfully with an easy-to-use note sheet included to take the guessing out of the decision making. Can’t wait to visit the bakery and try more of their tasty treats!

Cute Cakes did a wonderful job with our wedding cake! We attended a tasting and got to try all of their delicious flavors, and then they helped us design a cake that fit our vision and flavor combinations. They were always prompt to respond to questions and made sure the cake arrived to the wedding on time. Overall, we highly recommend them!

Literally the easiest vendor to work with for our wedding! We loved trying out all the flavors and the quality of their cake was so good. On our wedding day the cake came out perfect and everyone loved the cake flavors! My favorite was our pumpkin cake and chocolate moose layers in our 3 tier cake. Definitely recommend Cute Cakes for your wedding or party needs! They are truly so so nice and welcoming! ❤️

Cute cakes was one of the choices we had in our bakery package through Coasterra - I chose them because of their amazing dessert bar/mini dessert options! We were one of those couples that opted out of a cake/cake cutting, and instead chose 8-10 mini desserts for our guests. Everyone absolutely raved about the variety and layout. I'm so glad we got lucky with Cute cakes! I often want to drive over to their bakery and just bring home sweets all the time!

Cute Cakes was amazing! We had a wonderful tasting that was honestly so much fun. We chose lemon poppy seed and our guests raved about how good it was! They designed the cake exactly as I wanted it, they were easy to work with, and very responsive. Highly recommend!!!

Cute Cakes had great communication and one of the most thorough cake tasting offerings. The cake was flavorful and moist - the best we tasted of at least 10 vendors. Cake was delivered in a trimly manner and with great quality day of our wedding. Highly recommend Cute Cakes!

Very easy to work with and great at staying flexible. They had a wonderful tasting in a box for us to do. Our cake was designed exactly as we had asked and tasted wonderfully.

Cute Cakes was so easy and great to work with!! We had a very specific (and slightly complicated) designed for our 1-tiered cake and they absolutely knocked it out of the ball park. We also had a bunch of small bite sized treats at the wedding as well and they were a huge hit. Such a great variety and so delicious! You really get a great deal working with them, and they were so sweet and helpful through the entire wedding planning process. 100% recommend!!

Cute cakes was great to work with. The flavors of their cakes was delicious! our cake turned out exactly as I wanted and the dessert bar was delicious! they were all gone by the end of the night! the communication from the bakery was great as well, they were on top of everything even with our postponement!

I used Cute Cakes for my wedding this past January and they have made the experience quite enjoyable! They are very friendly and easy to order from, help with the planning process of size, shape, and design, work within your budget, and allow you a tasting to try the different flavors. They are also very prompt in responding back to emails and phone calls which is a big thing in wedding planning I believe. My husband is not a fan of fondant and even when I had him try it he said that theirs is actually really good in flavor and texture! We decided on both butter cream and fondant for our cakes because we couldn’t decide on either! We also couldn’t decide on the flavors so we got three of them. My ultimate favorite is the almond cake with the macchiato filling here - so delicious! Upon wedding week they confirmed every detail and wedding day they brought it on time and made it look so beautiful. Everything was exactly how I pictured and described to them! Guest enjoyed the cake and we had enough to package Togo and eat for the next 3 days lol. Knowing how stressful it is to wedding plan and decide on vendors, this was by far the easiest choice! Budget friendly. Check. Taste. Check. Easy planning. Check. Great customer service. Check. Go over and beyond to make your dream cake. Check.

It could not have been easier or more fun to work with Cute Cakes. At our tasting, I brought photos of what we wanted. They were so knowledgeable about the different types of designs and details in my photos. And on my wedding day when I saw the cake, it was identical to what I showed them. They had so many amazing flavors to choose from and it was literally the best wedding cake I’ve ever tasted. You must use Cute Cakes for your big day!

Cute Cakes blew me away. We ordered a small cutting cake, donuts, cupcakes, cream puffs, macarons, individual pies, lemon bar bites, and a mini cookie display. Everything was perfectly made and decorated to match our wedding colors. All our friends talked about how delicious the desserts were and I’ll admit, I had seconds. They were also very accommodating to our Vegan and Gluten sensitive guests and provided special dessert items for them.

Cute Cakes was one of the BEST parts of our wedding day! It started with the tasting, which was by far the most fun part of wedding planning. They had this really cute set up for the tasting that made us feel super safe and special despite planning a wedding during a Pandemic. They were professional and helpful up to wedding day. The cake was delivered and set up on time and I'm pretty sure EVERY SINGLE one of my guests mentioned how delicious it was. Thank you Cute Cakes!

I'll admit, I'm pretty picky about my wedding cakes. I've had a LOT of not great ones, and very few okay ones. To the point I was just going to go to Costco and buy a bunch of sheet cakes because at least I knew the quality was consistent. But then we decided to check out Cute Cakes to do our wedding cake due diligence and thank goodness we did because Cute Cakes was above and beyond all of our expectations. Things that we were looking for in a wedding cake: 1) whipped cream frosting, not buttercream (very few bakeries do this as it is a seasonal thing). 2) reputable and experienced. 3) tasty cake! First of all, when they give you a wedding cake tasting, you better skip a meal because they are not afraid to load you up on cake and desserts! We felt their tasting fee was very affordable especially considering the amount of samples you get for your buck. Secondly, working with them was such a breeze and they required minimal hand-holding/checking in. They were very quick to understand our vision, never tried to up-sell us, and gave us a quote that was very reasonable and tailored to our needs. Finally, that cake. So. Good. I'm not even a fan of chocolate but their chocolate cake is absolutely divine. We loved their cake options so much we chose 3 different flavors, which for some vendors would be extra cost, but not for Cute Cakes! Everything went off without a hitch on the day of, and we received so many compliments for our cake! In fact, we gave our leftover cake (due to COVID we had less guests than we anticipated so more cake than expected) to one of our friends since we lived across the country and had to fly back. She said she was going to bring it to work and then later told me that she ate the entire thing by herself since it was so good! She didn't even share it with her husband! If that's not a stunning endorsement, I don't know what is. We had a great experience with Cute Cakes and would recommend them to anyone looking for an absolutely delicious cake with great, unobtrusive service.

We ordered a tasting and I wish I had taken a picture. we paid 40$ for a gluten free tasting. we got four small slices and when I say slices I'm talking the size of about. 4inches long by 1 inch thick. it was tiny! I figured oh well.... lets hope its good! OMG it was awful! Super dry and stale! Warning, if you are looking for a gluten free cake DO NOT waste your time and money. They had full size cakes on display for purchase for 40$! We each got one bite of the four pieces. When I told them how I felt that it was stale they responded with "gluten free cakes are tricky". I have made excellent GF cakes.... ugh!

Let's just say, best cakes ever. To top it off my cake was beautiful and just what we asked for. They are so easy to work with and if you get the chance their bakery Cafe is fantastic .

Cute Cakes is the best! Not only are their cakes gorgeous but they are also delicious! They are so good, we couldn't just choose one flavor for our wedding cake but three! All of our guests absolutely loved it! I would highly recommend!

If you are looking for a place to order your wedding cake from- look no further! Cute Cakes has the most wonderful selection of flavors. Our tasting was so fun and there were so many combinations to try! We ended up with a four tiered cake: - vanilla with strawberry/raspberry jam - chocolate with white chocolate mocha custard and chocolate ganache - almond cake with latte macchiato mousse x2 Try the almond cake!! It was our very favorite and definitely not something we were expecting to love. We even got it as our top tier so that we could freeze it for our first anniversary! Our cake was breathtaking. We got white buttercream frosting and they made it exactly like the picture we showed them. They were so communicative and easy to work with and delivered the cake at the exact time on the dot for our wedding. Our wedding guests were in love with the cake! I had a few guests even tell me they got three pieces just so they could try all the flavors! Thank you Cute Cakes for being such an important part of our day!

People would not stop raving about how good our cake was! Not only was it exactly what we asked for, but the cake also tasted so, so good! Would absolutely recommend Cute Cakes!

Made everything perfectly and so Easy to arrange! Thank you for making our day so great!

The cake turned out beautiful and tasted even better then the tasting! We got 3 different flavors and they were all wonderful!

This bakery was great! The cake was beautiful and the flavors were fantastic. The only thing I would say was that it was much smaller than we envisioned, however there was still plenty of cake to feed the whole wedding! I would definitely recommend this vendor for your cake needs.

5 STARS FOR OUR WEDDING CAKE! To Sara, Cat, and team: Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. Cute Cakes made our wedding cake dreams come true and captured our color palette to perfection. They were not only incredibly professional, responsive, and creative - they sketched our dream cake from inspiration photos and accommodated our cake topper from Etsy! We enjoyed their cake tasting service and willingness to work with our needs. We cannot thank Cute Cakes enough: they worked with us, they were flexible, they were understanding, and they KNOW what they are doing. We look forward to visiting in the future :)

One word, YUM! I don't usually eat wedding cake and I hardly ate at all on my wedding day but we have photographic evidence of me getting a second bite ready before I even finished my first. We decided to do a small tiered cake, two sheet cakes and a dessert bar for the wedding and all I wish was that we had ordered more! Our guests LOVED everything we offered almost as much as we did. The display was beautiful and we will be stopping into their café in Escondido every chance we get!

The cake was delicious. Cute cakes was easy to work with. I would hire them again for another event.

We had an incredible experience with Cute Cakes. They made everything, included an unexpected date change due to covid, easy and stress free. The quality of service from day one has been amazing, and we absolutely recommend them as a cake/dessert vendor. Thanks Cute Cakes team!

We found cute cakes bakery through Wedgewood weddings Carlsbad Windmill and I am so happy with their beautiful work! We had our wedding delayed during Covid and they worked alongside us for over a year planning. Their desserts and cake flavors are amazing, we will be coming here for other special events!

The worst bakery for catering ever! I interacted with Kari and Sara. This is exactly what happened: 4.11: went to Cute Cakes and spoke w Kari for catering order and asked her to send us two quotes (cupcake option vs cake option) 4.13: Kari finally responded with only one quote, only after my fiancé emailed Jill (the owner) asking for the quote status 4.20: Kari called me after many emails back and forth and sent me a revised quote with more dessert bar options 4.21: After talking to my fiancé, I asked Kari for another quote w less dessert bar options. Kari sent me another quote with less dessert bar amount ; I also asked for the cake quote/ sheet cake quote without the cupcake options. Then she sent me a new quote but it had inaccurate info (incorrect discount and incorrect sheet cake serving) so I asked her to send me a new quote 4.22: Sara (manager at Cute Cake) called me saying she sent me a new quote. I asked her to send me a new quote with two layer cake option and less sheet cake option. She said I maxed out on the number of quote requests so she can't send me another quote anymore. She said that since we are trying to be budget conscious, she doesn't think I should explore other options and she can't constantly give out quotes because she doesn't think we are being serious. She said she would need to charge the consultant fee if we ask for any new quote going forward. So I agreed to just settle with the last quoted option for the time being. Then she asked me to provide her the CC to charge me $390 (50% of the total order). I found out that I was charged $403.65 instead because of the 3.5% transaction fee that was not communicated to me. I called Sara back to ask her refund me $403.65 and she said she can't do any refund and I should just call it a wash and let it go. She said she just assumed I didn't mind the transaction fee because I was ok giving her my CC number but she also didn't communicate to me about the transaction fee so I wasn't full aware. Then I wrote an email to the owner, and Sara calls me back saying "I will just refund you the whole amount but you need to find another bakery because we are not meshing well." She flat out rejected my business. While I understand that Kari had to send me several new quotes, I do not appreciate that my request for the new quote was being denied because Sara thought I was not being serious enough.. Noone mentioned about the consultation fee nor maximum number of quote revisions allowed. Part of the reason for this quote change was because Kari did not put the accurate information that we discussed in person and over the phone. Also the fact that Sara didn't inform me fully about the 3.5% transaction fee and being unwilling to reverse it make me feel very undervalued as a client and not appreciated. The fact that Sara was willing to refund the full amount only after I emailed her boss, and also that she basically told me she does not want my business anymore is absolutely horrifying and unacceptable. My experience with Cute Cake Catering has been very disappointing and ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I find this type of practice to lack professionalism and customer etiquette and basic customer service. I do not feel appreciated, valued or respected by Cute Cakes Catering team who did not want to send me anymore revised quote, was unwilling to send the full refund until I brought it up to their owner and called me back saying THEY DONT WANT ANY BUSINESS FROM ME. Never going back there!

Perfect and delicious wedding cake provided by Cute Cakes! The tasting and ordering process was easy and fun. Each and every person we talked to through to process was kind and helpful! They even have some cake-stands you can rent and an option to add miniature deserts. Our cake was brought from their bakery in Escondido to our venue in De Luz (about 45-60 min with windy roads) with no problem! I provided a picture of what we'd like the cake to look like and it was replicated beautifully. You have the option to let a Cute Cakes employee place your flowers, or your florist you may do as well. Great experience- we'll definitely visit and/or use Cute Cakes again!

For our microwedding we decided to serve cupcakes to our guests and just have a small cake for us to cut. All of the cakes were absolutely delicious and looked wonderful as well! We will definitely be looking to book them next year when we have our larger celebration!

Better late than never, our wedding was March of 2019. If you are on the fence on doing a tasting, do yourself a favor and do it. It’s a SWEET little must have experience, especially at Cute Cakes. Looking for something that's not on their original list, ask. We requested as part of our tasting, a funfetti cake. Glad they accommodated us because that's what we went with. Funfetti with Vanilla Custard, with the top tier being a Red Velvet Cake. I am no fan of Red Velvet, my husband is, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. During our tasting we met with McKenna who started drawing and helped us envision our cake. I had a couple ideas with the tiers and she was able to suggest what would look best. We knew after we left we were going to move forward with Cute Cakes. From then until the wedding there was only one part of the cake that needed to be settled in regards to some fondant flowers. Communication and responses were quick so I never had to go back in for this. I knew I was in good hands. Day of the wedding our cake turned out how we asked and just as equally amazing was how good the cake was! My sister is picky and commented that it was “The BEST CAKE EVER”. The night was long and I wish I could have enjoyed more of the cake. Thankfully, they are a cafe, as well that we can visit where we not only can get cupcakes in those flavors but were able to order a mini recreation cake for our 1 year. It was executed beautifully and tasted as amazing as all our guests told us.

Our cake was very small and relatively simple, but the people at Cute Cakes treated us just as they would had we ordered a 6-tier cake for 500 people. The cake looked just like the picture we brought to them, and tasted great! Our guests were very happy with it. We also ordered small baked bites (brownies, lemon bars, cookies, etc.) which were all fabulous! They were a great addition to the small cake. Overall we had a great experience with Cute Cakes, from the adorable cake tasting to our cake on our big day. I'd highly recommend!

Our wedding cake was perfection - we had 3 different flavors, and our guests cannot stop raving about how great they all were :) Thanks, Cute Cakes!

Our wedding cutting cake was absolutely beautiful! The scroll work and detail was perfect. Super classy! Very tasty as well. Our coordinator recommended Cute Cakes and so happy we took her advice.

The cake was amazing!

We had a small wedding and reception on the beach in Carlsbad and needed a creative idea for a wedding cake that wouldn't melt or have issues with beach sand. Cute Cakes provided us with cakes-in-a-cup which they delivered to us right on the beach. Normally, these would be cakes in a jar but no glass is allowed on the beach. So these were served in plastic cups and were a huge hit! Plus, they were absolutely delicious. We had the chocolate, vanilla and red velvet options for our guests and none were left over!

I simply could not be happier and more grateful for Cute Cakes and especially, Jill. We had one weekend in San Diego to finish our destination wedding details, which included our cake tasting. Our initial vendor was a no call, no show and I was devastated. After a quick Google search, my husband confirmed we could pick up a tasting box so at least we can attempt to get our cake figured out. Upon arrival, we met Jill, not knowing she was the owner. Maybe she saw a panicked bride-to-be, but she was the sweetest towards us and insisted we sit down for a proper tasting. I was thrilled and couldn't believe their generosity and hospitality. All of the flavors we selected were beyond delicious. The cake was unbelievable -- moist, rich in flavor... making our decision for a two tier cake a tough one! And, they had an Oreo filling that had my husband's name all over it! Ultimately, everything worked out the way it should and Cute Cakes and Jill were the answer to our wedding cake dreams. We actually ended up increasing the size of our cakes knowing everyone would want one or maybe two slices! Not a slice was left on our big day! Since the wedding, we've picked up cakes while in San Diego to celebrate with friends and family for birthdays, too! We can't get enough. Tier 1 Flavor: Vanilla w/ Strawberry-Raspberry/Vanilla Custard/Strawberry-Raspberry Design: White Buttercream- Spackled frost Tier 2 Flavor: Marble w/ Chocolate Mousse/Oreo Buttercream/Chocolate Mousse Design: White Buttercream- Spackled frost

The tasting best cake EVER! Our Wedding Cake Layer was Lavender with buttercream frosting to die for! We chose not to save it... but eat it. We ate the whole thing that day! The other layers, fillings and frosting were fabulous. We live up north so we stopped by 2 weeks ago to get a Lavender piece by the slice. Omgosh WOW Yummmm! No where else can they beat the selection of cake flavors, variety and quality of Cute Cakes! I'm going to stop by every time I'm in Escondido!