Freedom Bakery & Confections
Monterey Bay: Capitola to Carmel /parts of Carmel Valley
About This Vendor
The Knot's only Hall of Fame Bakery for Bay Area.
Freedom Bakery (& Confections) is a family owned and managed, second-generation bakery in Watsonville, California. We are centrally located in heart of Monterey Bay and have been catering special occasions for more than 40 years! From cakes to cupcakes, desserts & favors, we’re here to make your special day as sweet as possible. We are a full retail bakery so our reliability and professionalism is unmatched. As a family business, we also understand the importance of details on special occasions, especially on wedding days. So we have a dedicated Wedding Team to assist all our couples with unique styles and budgets. Services Offered Our wedding cake is available for pick-up or set-up and delivery within our delivery area. We also offer Tasting Plates and Cake Consultations. Our cookie favors are shipped anywhere in the United States. For our out of town couples, our Wedding Team has experience in working remotely with you to finalize details easiest as possible. Please note we are not affiliated with Salinas bakery.
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Cakes & Desserts
Cake Delivery & Setup, Cake Tastings, Cupcakes, Groom's Cakes, Other Desserts
Dietary Options
Gluten Free
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Freedom Bakery was the yummiest addition to our dream wedding! We postponed twice, and they graciously accommodated the date changes. We had white cupcakes with raspberry lemon, chocolate cupcakes with mint chocolate chip, white cupcakes with g...
anache and chocolate buttercream, and a carrot cake for the next day :) All cupcake flavors were crowd pleasers, and guests definitely went back for seconds. We also loved the carrot cake (the bride's favorite) in the days following the wedding. Working with the Freedom Bakery team was an absolute joy, and we can't recommend them more!
We absolutely LOVE Freedom Bakery! We got our main wedding cake decorated even more beautifully than we could imagine and had three separate sheet cakes for our wedding guests. We picked up our cake sampler and had such a hard time narrowing do...
wn what we wanted because there were so many great flavors. Paul was our baker and really helped us with communicating with our venue and making sure our cakes arrived on time. We were also in contact with Tania a lot and she was super informative and great about responding to all our questions. We had at least a dozen guests contact us to find out where our cakes were from because they loved them so much! Highly recommend them!
Freedom Bakery provided the wedding cake and dessert cupcakes for my daughter's wedding at the Barns venue in Monterey last September. Everything was beautiful and delicious. I would highly recommend them.
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We used Freedom Bakery for our wedding and had the best experience and cake! We did the cake sampler to find our flavor and had a lot of fun doing that. The cake sampler plate was then deducted from our final order price. The cake at our weddin...
g was delicious and beautifully frosted. They even added a small bite out of the cake with our dog figurine we provided. We can’t wait to order another cake for our anniversary later this year!
Freedom Bakery was easy to work with and their cakes are delicious!
Freedom Bakery is amazing! Their website made it super easy to order a cake tasting plate, put down a deposit, and place our order. Tania was professional and outstanding to work with as we shared our inspiration pictures and made order + deliv...
ery to our venue a breeze. We got endless compliments about how delicious our wedding cake was (One tier was raspberry lemon and another was boston cream pie with chocolate ganache.) I'd recommend Freedom Bakery for any event: Weddings, Birthdays, they can do it all!
Freedom bakery surpassed my expectations for our wedding cake and pastries. The whole process was super easy to do on their website, and Tania was very helpful and professional. I sent inspiration pictures for our cake decoration and the cake t...
urned out so much better than I had imagined! Everything was delicious!! I also wanted Mexican wedding cookies as a pastry and although it wasn't part of the menu they made it happen. I'd definitely recommend for any occasion.
The tasting of 9 cakes was perfect and helped the bride and groom choose. They were all so good it was hard to decide! We chose red velvet and my daughter gave them a photo of how it should look. They nailed it! We had our florist place greener...
y and a few flowers - simple elegance! Delivered on time with no problem and the ordering, payment process, and interaction with staff was flawless. Thank you for helping to make my daughters wedding just perfect in every way.
First off, my family has been using Freedom Bakery for over 30 years. This is our go to place for any special occasion, thus of course they had to be a part of our wedding.
We did a take home cake tasting sheet and all the flavors were delic...
ious. My husband had his favorites (raspberry) and I had mine (caramel), but we both decided on the oreo filling which surprised us.
Once we found a photo of a cake design that we wanted, it was very easy to send them that photo and change the colors of it to our wedding colors. We got a discount on the cake for having a family member pick it up ourselves. The process was really easy and as far as wedding planning goes, it may have been the easiest part of the entire process.
We also were able to order the same cake for our 2 month anniversary (as there were no left overs) and it was just as special and delicious. Planning to order again for our 1 year anniversary!
Highly recommended! The tasting and cake design process was easy, and Tania did a great job staying in touch during the entire wedding planning process. We ordered both a cake and smaller deserts for our desert bar, and with her recommendatio...
ns, we were able to order just the right amount for our guests, without having too many leftovers. They communicated very well with our wedding day coordinator, and delivered exactly as scheduled. Would definitely work with again if returning to Monterey for another party.
Freedom Bakery was perfect! The cake was so delicious and decorated beautifully for my daughter's wedding. We added some cupcakes at the end and they were decorated exactly as we envisioned to coordinate with the cake. Communication was excelle...
nt from the very beginning to the end. You will be very happy with your cake with this bakery.
Our wedding cake from Freedom Bakery was delicious and beautiful! They nailed our vision. We had a tough time choosing which flavors to select because they were all so yummy :) Tania and her team were also super easy to communicate with. 10/10 ...
would recommend!
Freedom Bakery did such an amazing job on our cake, it was absolutely exquisite! We are from out of town, but Paul did such a great job of coordinating and working with us on every little detail, he is very knowledgeable and made sure everythin...
g worked smoothly. We had a phone call with him as well as many many emails, and he really answered all our questions. We were picking up the cake and driving it through windy hills to get to our venue, but he made sure everything was packed very well, with ice sheets and non-slide sheets, and the cake was fine. We wanted a very specific pillar cake, and gave him a reference picture, and he delivered above our expectations. So many of our guests let us know how sublime they thought the cake looked. Very much recommend Freedom Bakery!
Freedom Bakery is amazing and I highly recommend having them as your wedding cake vendor! Our cake was beautiful AND delicious. They worked with us to customize our cake to exactly what we wanted. They were also able to modify our cake size sin...
ce we wanted to use a specific cake platter. Thank you for our perfect wedding cake, Freedom Bakery!
My husband and I were set to get married in June 2020, but we postponed to June 2021. In April 2021, we reached out to all of our vendors. However, our original bakery had unfortunately gone out of business. Our caterer recommended Freedom to u...
s. We reached out to them, and Freedom got back to us right away. The owner talked to us on the phone with us for over an hour, putting us at ease and helping our vision come to life. They were so reliable and made our dessert dream a reality. We didn't even have the opportunity to taste any of the desserts, so we put all of our faith into them.
Our wedding cake was so beautiful and was absolutely delicious. MANY of our guests raved about how delicious the cake was. We also had small desserts passed around, which were all huge hits.
We couldn't recommend Freedom any more! We can't wait to eat the top of our cake on our one year anniversary.
Freedom Bakery was able to accommodate us last minute (~3wks) and was a great value for our intimate wedding in Carmel. Pick Up and storage was very straight forward.
We had to postpone several times due to the pandemic. This bakery was so workable and was speedy in responding to all questions. They exceeded our expectations and the cake and desserts were delicious.
Freedom Bakery was incredibly easy to work with and made a hectic time in our lives a little bit easier. Great with communication to go along with great prices and a cake that everybody at the wedding couldn't stop talking about. We picked up ...
one of their convenient sample boxes and loved the raspberry preserve with Italian lemon mousse. We told them the date, the guest count, and sent over a few pictures of what we wanted it to look like and they took it from there. It was a smooth, simple process, and they brought to life exactly what my wife and I had envisioned for our cake. Going through Freedom Bakery for our wedding cake was a great experience and my wife and I would love to visit again sometime in the near future to grab another slice of that amazing Italian lemon!
One of the BEST decisions we made - ordering our wedding cake from Freedom Bakery & Confections. IT WAS AMAZING!! Expertly executed and delivered during the exact time frame given- and it was absolutely stunning! Our guests RAVED about the fres...
h, moist cake with it's Raspberry and Italian lemon layers!
Freedom Bakery EXCEEDED our expectations and made the most beautiful (and tasty) wedding cake! The team was super responsive and flexible, which was especially helpful during covid times. They took our ideas and turned it into reality, the cake...
looked almost too pretty to eat! So impressed by their service! Don't hesitate to use them for your wedding or party!
What a great job Freedom bakery did! We got married during a Covid pandemic year 11/8/20. They were able to offer a to go cake tasting of all the standard flavors they offer for wedding cakes. We LOVED the raspberry ameretto flavor that comb...
ines the best of chocolate and white cake as well. They did such a great job with communication over the phone setting up a consultation and allowing me to send them photos via email. They delivered the cake to my venue on time and it was a great statement piece at our reception! Such a great place. They won't disappoint.
Cake was decorated exactly how I asked! The cake itself was also extremely delicious - the guests were all complimenting it! Extremely pleased with my cake. The vendor was also very communicative and helpful in all parts of the process.
Everyone we interacted with was great to work with, fantastic communication, and the cake was unbelievably delicious!
Like a lot of 2020 couples, we ended up having a micro-wedding - 7 guests - in our backyard and postponed the larger celebration for 2021. After all the stress and headaches surrounding that circumstance, we made this decision 3 weeks before th...
e day to go ahead with our union. Freedom Bakery was responsive, available, and they didn’t have any inconvenient restrictions like other bakeries we inquired about (e.g., closed on Sunday - our wedding was on a Sunday). The cake was ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! The price was fair, and the payment/pickup was simple. We highly recommend. They can expect our business again, for sure!
I highly recommend Freedom Bakery and Confections, they are the BEST. Trying to plan for a wedding during a pandemic was a very difficult job. The one thing I didn't have to worry about was the cake and wedding favors. Freedom Bakery was ext...
remely easy to work with, just tell them what you want and they will make it happen. They got our order right, delivered it on time, the cake and cookies were nicely on display and very delicious. Our guests provided lots of compliments.
The Freedom Bakery Team were very professional and asked many questions about our wedding theme. They captured the elegant rustic chic fabulously Our guests commented all evening on the design and were amazed on the flavors. We will certa...
inly use them again!
Freedom Bakery & Confections is where you need to go if you want an amazing wedding cake, as well as an amazing design experience. From beginning to end, Freedom Bakery was easy to work with and get in touch with. They designed a beautiful wedd...
ing cake for us and were able to seamlessly incorporate pillars from my mother-in-laws wedding. They are not close to us geographically, but that won't stop us from getting cakes and pastries from them in the future.
Many thanks for the beautiful pastries you provided at our Rehearsal Dinner at Mission Ranch. Our guests were truly treated to a wide selection of sweets that evening. The dessert bar looked amazing, and we got a lot of compliments on the desse...
rts.
I've been planning weddings for fifteen years and have worked with Freedom Bakery for most of those years. They've always been great to my clients and so I knew I wanted to work with them for our own wedding. My husband and I didn't always agre...
e on wedding items. He was a bit apathetic on most things...but not the cake. All he knew of wedding cakes was that they weren't ever anything memorable and he didn't understand why we needed one (insert *eye roll*). But me, being a planner, told him he at least had to try some cakes and then make the decision. Well, we got Freedom's tasting sample and had a blind test in which we both voted for our favorites. They ALL were so good but amazingly enough we both voted for the same one (raspberry preserve and amaretto mousse). I converted him! Okay, Freedom really did but I took it for a win! In terms of design, I wanted simple but with a little something extra. I found a photo of a cake with edible glitter on it and I have to say, the execution was perfect. It was simple, elegant and just the right amount of "extra". All of our guests LOVED the cake and to this day, comment on how good it was. I can't wait for our one year anniversary so we can order a small cake to share. Thank you so much for being so amazing!
Everyone at Freedom Bakery is a joy to work with. From the first tasting to our final wedding cake and desserts, Freedom Bakery went above and beyond to provide us with the highest level of quality and service. We chose to have both a wedding c...
ake and cookies served at our wedding and countless guests commented on the fact that the Mango/Coconut cream flavored cake was the best wedding cake they had ever tasted. The cookies were such a hit that instead of having 10-15 extras we were short several. Everything Freedom Bakery makes is outstanding. I cannot recommend them enough.
Freedom Bakery did an amazing job with my wedding cake and the surprise duck hunting groomsmen cake! They transformed my cake dreams into two beautiful cakes that I couldn't be more happy with. The cake was also delicious and we received tons o...
f compliments on the flavor of the cake. I highly recommend the salted caramel flavor, it is amazing! They really went above and way beyond my expectations. Thank you Freedom!
Amazing experience! Our cake was so beautiful, exactly what I envisioned! And it was DELICIOUS!! Everyone loved it! Highly recommend!!
We met with Freedom for a tasting and every single flavor was amazing! They have a ton of beautiful designs to choose from as well as lots of different dessert options if you want a dessert table. Best part was that the tastings were free - not...
every place offers that we soon found out! Can't wait to see the final product and scarf it down!!
We had a small cake and a dessert display. Everything looked beautiful and tasted amazing!! Our guests raved about the desserts.
I absolutely loved my wedding cake from Freedom Bakery! My husband and I picked up one of their tasting plates and immediately fell in love with their lemon raspberry flavor. Nina was great to work with as a decorator and helped bring our visio...
n to life with beautiful handcrafted sugar flowers. We got many compliments not only on how pretty the cake was, but also on how delicious!
Amazing experience! Our cake was so beautiful, exactly what I envisioned! And it was DELICIOUS!! Everyone loved it! Highly recommend!!
Our experience working with Freedom Bakery couldn't have been easier or more enjoyable.
First, we gave the time and day we would be free to pick up samples, and they had them ready and waiting for us to grab and go. This allowed us to sample t...
he cakes in the comfort of our own home and on our own schedule. This ended up being a huge bonus, since some of our friends were over and we got to share the cake tasting process with a couple also planning their wedding, as well as get their (a third party's) honest feedback!
Second, the cakes were.... INCREDIBLE. Every last flavor was amazing. We had such a hard time picking just the three we did simply because they were all so freaking good.
Third, and finally, while I was in my own world day of the wedding, I heard after-the-fact that the cake arrived with zero problems, snafus, issues... nothing. Apparently it was the smoothest, easiest cake delivery process. It also looked gorgeous and tasted exactly how we remembered and hoped.
I've recommended Freedom to everyone I know, including my own brother. Do yourself a favor and hire them. They really are the best.
Freedom bakery was amazing every step of the way, from cake tasting to delivering it to our reception location. The cake was absolutely beautiful and tasted as amazing as it looked. I highly recommend Freedom Bakery!
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Our cake was perfect! It was beautiful and super tasty! We got two different flavors for the cake tiers. The cookies and cream cake flavor was gone within minutes. This company was super easy to work with and made our dream cake reality. I high...
ly recommend them!
We used Freedom Bakery and Confections for our wedding cake a couple weekends ago, and everyone absolutely loved it!
We ordered our two tier cake back in January after seeing them at the Monterey Bridal Expo. The top tier was red velvet cake ...
with white chocolate cream cheese filling, and the bottom tier was their "Santa Cruz" special (white cake with mango mousse filling). It's really hard to pick a favorite for me, but my husband loved the Santa Cruz. We had the cake covered in butter cream and decorated with white chocolate shells (which were amazing as well).
They were able to deliver the cake to the restaurant we were having our reception at, and was perfectly set up on the restaurant's cake table waiting for us when we got there!
I would highly recommend them for their wedding cakes!
Everyone I have dealt with at Freedom Bakery was super professional, helpful, and made our wedding day that much better. Not only with an AMAZING cake, but by giving us one less thing to worry about. Nina helped answer all our questions when pi...
cking out design and size and even recommended flavors. Excellent service, definitely would recommend and utilize again. Thank you again!!
I was the maid of honor for my sister’s wedding and Freedom Bakery did her cake. My sister is pretty indecisive when it comes to food so she was unsure of what to do with her wedding cake. The team at Freedom Bakery was amazing to work with. Th...
ey were responsive, patient and knowledgeable. I could tell they were always pretty busy but their attention to detail was on point. The head decorator, Nina, was great to work with. She provided feedback on any issues and made everything so easy to understand. The Raspberry and Amaretto Mousse cake was just so yummy! I’m glad they kept the top tier so we can steal a slice when their anniversary comes around. Thank you so much Freedom Bakery!
My wife and I used Freedom Bakery for our wedding and we are so glad we did! Not only were they easy to work with, communicative, AND knowledgeable but the flavors we tried at the tasting were exactly what we never knew we wanted! To top it off...
our cake looked as good as it tasted. We got two flavors (the mango coconut & the raspberry with amaretto mousse), not a crumb was left at the end of the night. Luckily we saved our top tier for our anniversary and opted to enjoy it the next day instead of waiting the year. Thank you Nina and the team at Freedom Bakery!
Freedom bakery has to be the best place for wedding cakes ever! My husband and I are very picky about cake and to have been able to try an assortment of flavors was just great! And it's not just the cake that was good but the staff too! Nina th...
e decorator was wonderful with communicating with us and working with the ideas we had for our cake! With all the stresses that come with planning a wedding it was good to know that when it came to the cake , I definitely did not need to worry!
Freedom Bakery did an amazing job on our wedding cake from start to finish! Both my husband and I loved that we could pick up the 9 different cake samples and try them in the comfort of our own home. They were not only extremely responsive (usu...
ally responding in less than 24 hours) but designed the cake specifically to what we had in mind. We presented them with one photo as a guide and it literally fit our vision perfectly! Would highly recommend!!
The cake was a true showstopper at our wedding. The decorations were spectacular! The level of service and feedback we received from Paul and Nina were outstanding, even with my spouse asking for last minute changes. The taste of the cake was a...
whole new level of deliciousness. Our guests went back for more until there was nothing left! For our first anniversary, I’m going to order a whole new cake from them.
Thank you Freedom Bakery & Confections! You made our dream day come true with your beautiful creation!
Freedom Bakery did an amazing job for our Carmel wedding! Our vision was realized on the cake in every way. Everyone is still talking about how it looked AND how it tasted. And the price was also perfect.
Freedom Bakery made my wedding day dessert table dreams come true! We had cake, blondies, brownies, cream puffs, fruit tarts and shooters. Every single item came out beautifully and they were all delicious! The bakery was so easy to work with, ...
and it was an all around perfect experience!
I'm so happy I went with Freedom Bakery. It was the easiest part of planning my wedding. I went in for the tasting, showed a few Pinterest pictures, and they were able to negotiate a price and style that worked for me. Everyone loves the cake i...
t was delicious!
Freedom Bakery was wonderful!! The tasting was fun & stress free, everyone was very helpful & accommodating, and, most importantly, the cake was delicious! We didn't want anything too fancy, anything fondant, or anything too sweet. Freedom crus...
hed it. They were on time with delivery, put on our own provided cake topper for us, and left a box so that transfer home was easy. They were reasonably priced as well, so I fully recommend them!
Our wedding cake was so good! And it looked pretty too! We are so happy we went with Paul and Freedom Bakery & Confections. It was so easy to work with Paul. We had a ton of questions and he took the time to answer them all without getting sho...
rt or irritated. We highly recommend Freedom Bakery & Confections!
Freedom Bakery provided the cake for our wedding in Carmel/Monterey on 8/26/17. We were familiar with Freedom Bakery’s cakes from other family parties and weddings, so we didn’t think twice about choosing them for our wedding. Their cakes look ...
great AND taste great, and we were very pleased with their customer service and responsiveness. We’ll definitely continue to use Freedom Bakery for our events.
We couldn’t have been happier with our wedding cake from Freedom Bakery! Working with Freedom Bakery was so easy and everyone we interacted with was kind and knowledgeable about all things wedding cake. Every cake flavor we tested was incredibl...
e and we ended up choosing the raspberry/lemon white cake and the chocolate cake with chocolate ganache. The cake was beautifully decorated and all of our guests loved it! Easily the best cake we’ve ever had. Thank you, Freedom Bakery, for helping make our wedding day a success!
Paul was very friendly and accommodating. He did such an amazing job on our wedding cake. It was everything I had pictured and definitely exceeded my expectations. He also had a really good selection of flavors. We chose mango and raspberry ama...
retto which our guests including ourselves loved and enjoyed!
Paul is incredible! From the moment we communicated to delivery he was so awesome. My family and I loved the cake tasting! I never knew wedding cakes can taste that good! It took us a while to even come to the conclusion of what flavor we wante...
d because everything was so so good! At the end we went for raspberry amaretto cake and everyone loved it! On the day of I was happy that the cake came out to look exactly how we wanted it to. Thanks again Paul!
We recently had our wedding at Carmel Valley Ranch and Freedom Bakery & Confections made our wedding cake. It was beautiful, classic and just how we envisioned it. Their customer service and attention to detail was outstanding. Loved our weddin...
g cake!
Freedom Bakery did a great job on a chocolate naked cake for our wedding. They were able to drop off the cake at the venue for the florist to add some succulents. Even though our order was simple and small, the customer service was fantastic t...
hroughout the entire process. The cake was truly beautiful and SO delicious! We can't wait to eat the top layer on our one year anniversary!
The cake was absolutely beautiful and just what I imagined it to be. We had a beach theme and got married on the beach and Freedom Bakery created the perfect cake from my many detialed colors and designs. We got so many compliments on not only ...
the look but the taste of our wedding cake. I would highly recommend freedom bakery for any event!
Freedom bakery did an amazing job on my wedding cake. They did exactly as I asked and delivered it to my venue.
I love our wedding cake! Everything from the planning to the execution was just perfect! They worked with my request to mimic a Monet painting on our wedding cake!
They have a variety of options for the flavors. I wish I remember the flavor th...
at we picked. I wouldn't mind ordering it again. :D
Overall, I had a good experience working with them. Thanks for making my dream wedding cake a reality.
We had a blast tasting the cake samples, and LOVED working with the knowledgeable and professional staff, bakers and cake artists at Freedom Bakery. We are so grateful to them for helping us create a custom cake that was DELICIOUS!
I would reco...
mmend them to you, and everyone I love and care about. We had a wonderful experience working with them.
Not only was the cake beautiful but it was the best tasting cake I've ever had!! We didn't wait until our first anniversary to eat the top. We ate it immediately!!! I highly recommend Freedom!!
Not an ordinary wedding cake! I hear most people saying how they do not enjoy wedding cakes, but that's not the case with the ones from Freedom bakery. There's a variety of flavors and fillings to choose from and Paul is very knowledgeable on e...
very aspect regarding the flavors, design, transportation to the venue, cake topper, cake stand etc...
We chose a lemon pistachio/ chocolate raspberry cake for our wedding in Santa Cruz and it was insanely delicious!! Guests were obsessed with it. On top of all, the design was so beautifully performed! Lastly, Paul is so polite, accommodating and professional. Thanks so much Paul!!
Delicious cakes. Great selection of flavors. Willing to work with you on your design.
Loved their cakes. We ordered a 2-tier cake for our wedding. Paul was great, we met with him when we did our cake tasting. We brought family members with us to help determine the best cake for our wedding. The experience was fun, and the cakes ...
were all delicious. In the end we went with a lemon cake, and a mango cake.
Our guests loved these cakes! The cake itself was designed beautifully. We added a few flowers of our own to match our theme.
They dropped the cake off promptly for us, and there were no worries at all.
I really enjoyed the cake tasting experience with Freedom Bakery! Paul and his team were very fun to work with. They did an amazing job with my wedding cake. It looked just how I envisioned it and it tasted amazing! My guests loved the black an...
d white cake we chose with Raspberry Preserve with Amaretto mousse filling and buttercream frosting!
My husband and I both love Paul! He provided a cake and dessert bar for our March 11 wedding at Holman Ranch. He spent over an hour with us in our consultation, letting us taste all of his yummy treats and giving us excellent and thorough advic...
e. He is really passionate about cake and desserts and has a ton of knowledge. He is also super friendly and not at all pushy. We thought it was really cool that he asked us what flavors we liked and made up a new dessert shot incorporating the coffee flavor we both love. He also has unique options for cake filling--we went with cookies and cream and loved it! All of our guests were raving about how delicious everything was. In addition, Paul was really quick responding to any questions we had and he has a convenient online payment system. He worked really well with our caterer and her staff to keep the dessert bar replenished throughout the entire event. We highly recommend him to anyone for any event!
Had an amazing experience with Freedom Bakery! Our guests raved about our cake, it was so delicious and beautiful. Paul was a pleasure to work with and so accommodating. My husband and I are so happy we went with Freedom Bakery for our wedding...
cake. Highly recommend!!!
Freedom bakery was great to work with - one of the easiest and fastest decision and process in our wedding planning! I loved that they had everything online so we could view prices and options ahead of time. Scheduling was a breeze, cake tasti...
ng was, of course, fun, and we got a ton of compliments on our cake! (White cake with mango mousse filling). Just as Paul described to us when we met with him, they do a perfect balance of filling to cake to icing so nothing is too overwhelming.
Deliver and all went perfectly and there were no issues along the way. I highly recommend!
Freedom Bakery did an amazing job for our wedding at Monterey Tides Resort. They were able to get creative and share a similar vision as me and my husband. Very happy with the end result and recommend them to anyone looking for a fantastic ca...
ke in the Monterey area for any occasion.
Paul and his team were amazing to work with. When no other Bakery would attempt our design he took on the challenge and created our dream cake. Him and Nina did it all for us they even made sure we got a custom topper that we were able to keep!...
The design was exactly what we wanted and the cake was absolutely DELICIOUS everyone loved it including my husband and I.
We absolutely loved our wedding cake it was not only beautiful but also delicious. We will be ordering from them in the future.
Since the very beginning Paul and his staff at Freedom Bakery were professional and easy to work with. My husband and I were from out of town but that never made it a problem. Freedom Bakery carried out our wedding cake vision perfectly! Our ca...
ke was exactly what we imagined it to be, and it was very tasty! We got many compliments on how beautiful and delicious it was.
Freedom Bakery was the best! They were easy to work with, competitively priced and by far the best cake we tried in Santa Cruz. Our guests were raving about our cake. I would definitely recommend Freedom Bakery.
Paul and his team at Freedom Bakery are amazing! They made our cutting cake and wonderful dessert bar for our wedding at the Monterey Plaza hotel this summer. Everything was delicious and so beautiful. I was worried about there being too much, ...
but my guests devoured it all! Thank you!!
We LOVED our cake from FB&C!! With all of the other stressful details that come with planning a wedding, this is one area that I did not have to worry about. Once we made our arrangements with this company, I never had to look back. Paul w...
as very easy to get in touch with and make an appointment for tastings.
We chose the Mango Mousse filling for our cake. We purposely did not reveal the flavor of our cake out cake until after it was consumed by our guests. We did this because many people already have predetermined whether they like mango or not. Many of our guests who admitted that they do not like mango, stated that the cake was really good!
Thank you FB&C for making this part of my wedding stress-free and delicious!!
Paul and his crew were fantastic! We got exactly what he had promised with our wedding cake. It came on time and without issue. We would highly recommend Paul and Freedom Bakery to anyone in the area.
Freedom bakery does excellent work with wedding cakes and makes the deliveries when promised. We were satisfied with the help to design the cake and the taste of the cake.
We were really happy with the cake Freedom Bakery and Confections made for us. Paul, Anna, and staff responded promptly to our emails as we worked out the details of our cake. Everyone was professional and friendly. In choosing the cake flavor...
s, the tasting took place in a separate room with a relaxed and unhurried atmosphere. Anna and Paul were very helpful with the design of our cake. MOST IMPORTANTLY the cake was DELICIOUS and FABULOUS! A large number of guests were exclaiming over how delicious and good the cake was.
The whole experience was truly fun, stress free, and easy.
Both Anna and Paul do amazing cakes. We could not have been happier with them as our choice. We looked at, and tasted at several places, and found them almost at last minute. It wa...
s without a doubt the best.
Freedom Bakery did an OUTSTANDING job on our wedding cake. Not only was it beautiful, it was the most delicious wedding cake we've ever tasted. As the bride, I didn't have a chance to have a piece the night of the wedding. After hearing from...
our guests how tasty it was, my husband and I sat down the next day and devoured a giant slice. I miss that cake, and cannot recommend Freedom Bakery highly enough (customer service was outstanding, as well). Cannot wait to use them for my next wedding (just kidding! But I'd use them for another party in a heartbeat).
Freedom Bakery did our wedding cake, an ice cream groom's cake, and a beautiful dessert bar at Gardener Ranch. Paul was so easy to work with. He really listened to what we wanted, which was not yet that specific, and offered great suggestions t...
o make our ideas into exactly what we wanted and within budget. Everything turned out beautifully (and delicious) and we received many compliments from our guests. I even managed to eat two pieces of our wedding cake, and my husband LOVED his special groom's cake! We could not have been happier with Freedom Bakery and would recommend them hands down.
We visited 4 bakeries for our wedding cake and desserts. In my opinion, no other bakery came close to providing what Paul at Freedom Bakery did. The "Can do!" attitude was so refreshing. Paul made a custom filling for 2 tiers of our cake in add...
ition to other custom desserts. Everything was wonderful, fresh, delicious, and beautiful! The quality and service is unsurpassed.
Paul pays attention to every detail, not only with the flavor and quality, but from the details and design to placement and photo ops, and his prices are very reasonable.
I wouldn't go anywhere else.
I am kind of a last minute person and that just doens't fly when you're planning a wedding. When I was unsure/undecided on details, Nina kept me on track and made very helpful suggestions and is also a great listener! Our venue was a private re...
sidence with a barn reception- so I wanted to keep the design simple yet elegant. The cake added to the decor and ambiance of the room. It was hard to decide a flavor because all of the samples taste so good. My husband and I agreed upon the lemon and raspberry cake. Not only were we super happy with the way our wedding cake turned out, many of our guests said it was the best wedding cake they've tasted! Thank you Freedom Bakery!!
We loved everything about working with Freedom Bakery & Confections for our wedding:
- We taste tested several cakes from various bakeries in the area and this won out by far!
- Our guests also thought the cake was incredibly delicious and ...
moist, with the exact balance of cake & frosting and just enough sweetness.
- The cake still tasted JUST AS GOOD after 8 hours of driving back to LA, and in the few days after when we brought leftovers to work.
- They were professional, prompt and courteous in all interactions, both in person and via email (which is not always the case with wedding vendors).
- They were able to accommodate and match all our wishes for how the cake should look.
- The cake was delivered on time, with no snags or hitches whatsoever. Something you will definitely appreciate as a bride on the big day!
- When we asked our caterer for recommended wedding cake bakeries in the area, she said this was the best, which says a lot since she's got tons more experience than us in this area and has ongoing relationships with all the local bakeries.
Just stop looking, this is hands down the best wedding cake bakery in the area!
Best cake ever!! All my guests said this was the best flavor wedding cake they have ever had. Great team to work with very friendly and easy to communicate with.
Freedom bakery did a wonderful job with our cake - they were one of our favorite vendors to work with. Paul was thoughtful and thorough with everything he did. A lot of weddings I have been to have beautiful cakes but often taste bland and dry....
Paul's cakes are delicious - he has an assortment of flavors to choose from - we went with 2 flavors - the pistachio lemon and the raspberry filling. All of our guests were very impressed with the presentation and the taste (very moist). We wanted something a bit non-traditional - we had individual Swedish princess cakes (dome cakes with marzipan on the outside - I highly recommend) instead of one large wedding cake. Paul has mainly worked with fondant (as most places do these days), but was happy to try out our ideas and give us a second personalized taste session months ahead of time that catered to the specifics of what we wanted. Freedom bakery set it up beautifully and coordinated with our florist (to decorate the cake table) and hotel to make sure the delivery and setup went smoothly. Paul is a true professional and you can tell he is really passionate about what he does. We will be providing photos once we receive them from our photographer. Thank you!
We hired Freedom Bakery to make 250
cupcakes and a cake topper for our wedding this last September, and could not have been more pleased! Right from the start, the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. The cupcakes were delicious, and so m...
oist! Best cupcakes I've ever had! Not only did they taste great, but they were also beautiful, and the staff did a great job arrainging them at the venue. We will definitely be referring our friends and family to them for any of their events. We look forward to hiring them again in the future!
Freedom bakery is a pleasure to work with. They are very responsive to their emails and were very friendly. the Cake was delicious and they are able to come up with flavor others than basic chocolate or vanilla. We choose cookies and cream and ...
a chocolate moose but other options were Boston cream or pistachio. I gave them a picture from pint-erst and they were able to come up with the exact design. Our guest even commented hope delicious the cake was. Great company to work with and would definitely work with them again.
I heard of Freedom Bakery through a list of vendors by wedding site coordinator gave me. They were very reasonably priced and the reviews they got for the quality of their wedding cakes was excellent. We made the right choice because we got exa...
ctly what we wanted for our cake. The cake was fresh and moist. It was so delicious! My wedding guests raved about it and I cannot wait to taste in again in one year as we saved the top layer. Kudos to Paul and his team. They were also very easy to work with and responded to my emails in a promptly matter. You will not regret choosing F&B. the price was right and the was amazing!!
We are so grateful to Freedom Bakery for such a beautiful wedding cake! We and all of our guests loved it! It was exactly the cake we dreamed of, both in design and taste! We found a picture online we loved, and Freedom Bakery re-created it per...
fectly. The cake was moist and the frosting delicious. We can't wait to enjoy our cake topper next year!
From the tasting and cake design appointment to email correspondence, I give Anna, Paul and the team 5 stars! I had a vision of the design and Paul hit it out of the park, perfection! We tasted 9 pieces of cake and settled on 2 cakes, the Lemon...
Raspberry & Chocolate Ganache/mousse OMG! My foodie and baker crowd all commented on how delicious the cake was with one foodie friend confessing to eating 3 pieces! My groom and I drooled over the left overs for two days following the wedding. If you want great customer service coupled with the best, most beautifully decorated cake, call Freedom Bakery!
Freedom Bakery provided an absolutely delicious cake and cupcake bar for our wedding.
The wedding cake was a hazelnut ganache and my mouth still waters thinking about it -- so tasty!
We wanted a simple design and had our florist decorat...
e the cake and cupcake bar with succulents and flowers, the whole display was beautiful and everything I envisioned!
We would definitely recommend Freedom for any of your dessert needs!
I LOVED working with Freedom Bakery for my wedding cake, and couldn't be more happy with my experience. They were very easy to work with, and accommodating. Everything from tastings, to payment, to delivery, to execution and taste was perfect. ...
I emailed them pictures of what I wanted the cake to look like, and they double checked with me, and then executed it perfectly. It was exactly what I was hoping for.
We ordered The Santa Cruz (white cake with a mango mousse) with buttercream icing. It was probably the last thing I would have expected to choose, and yet it was totally delicious and our favorite option. At the wedding, all of our guests loved it. It was moist, soft, not too sweet, and very refreshing. The icing was creamy and delicious, and I normally dislike icing because of its hard or grainy consistency.
In terms of price, I was blown away by how affordable it was, especially considering the high quality of the product!
I recommend this bakery to no end! LOVED IT!!!!!
We wanted cakes that were fun and out of the ordinary on top of being yummy, and that was exactly what we got. Paul made two cakes for my wedding and all our guests raved about how delicious and cool-looking everything was. I definitely recomme...
nd Freedom Bakery & Confections.
I loved my wedding cake. everything about it was just so amazing. I didn't want to share lol
Freedom was a pleasure to work with. They were very responsive and were willing to work with us to incorporate our unique cake toppers and create the cake that we wanted. The cake looked beautiful, and our guests devoured it! We wish we had ord...
ered more of it!
Our cake from Freedom Bakery was amazing! We wanted something simple but classy and of course delicious. We got all of the above. Our cake tasting was very easy to schedule and fun to do. We got a three layer cake, no decorations or topper - we...
decorated with fresh flowers at the venue. We had alternating layers of chocolate and white cake with amaretto and raspberry preserve filling. It was absolutely delicious - moist, soft, great buttercream frosting, simple design with small frosting bulbs around the base of each layer. Freedom delivered the cake to our venue, we didn't have to worry about it at all.
Thank you Freedom Bakery for making our day very special!
After checking out multiple bakeries in the Monterey Bay area that I felt were disappointing, I had resigned myself to the fact that I just wouldn't get the wedding cake I really wanted. Then, almost as an afterthought, my wedding planner sent ...
me to Freedom Bakery, since she had started to see a lot of brides getting their cakes from there. I met with Paul soon after, and had an absolutely phenomenal cake tasting. After trying a lot of boring and not very tasty cakes at other bakeries, I was astounded that every cake flavor I tried was better than the next at Freedom Bakery. In the end I went with a combination of mango white cake and boston cream cake, which was delicious on the day of the wedding. All my wedding guests gave great feedback about it. The way the cake was decorated was less important to me, but Paul did a wonderful job with the simple buttercream three tier-cake adorned with flowers that I requested.
Paul was so professional and really knew exactly what I was looking for. He was easy to work with and delivered a fantastic product. Book your wedding cake with Paul at Freedom Bakery with confidence!!
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444 Pearl Street #E7, MONTEREY, CA | Monterey Bay: Capitola to Carmel /parts of Carmel Valley
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