Ghiselani Designer Wedding Cakes

heduled a tasting. When we arrived, we had our own personal round cake and tasted as many flavors of butter cream and cream cheese frostings as we desired. Our session took well over three hours, and in that time, we designed our cakes from the inside out. We picked the flavors of frosting, cheesecakes, butter creams, and the fondant. We visually constructed the size and shape of our cake with pie tins and pedestals so we could be certain it was how we wanted it to be. We shared our design with the pair, and instead of hearing, "No," or "it can't be done," the mother and daughter team were enthusiastic about it! They were excited to try new things and help us have the best experience we can for our day! I highly recommend Marie for any cake needs you have, and her prices are so reasonable for the service.

addition to feeding us cake, she also provided cheese & crackers and other appetizers with champagne & wine to help prevent us from getting a sugar rush. We ended up going with a 2 tier cake: The bottom tier being fresh pineapple cake with 2 layers of fresh strawberries and one layer of fresh pineapple and a champagne buttercream frosting. The top tier was white cake with layers of fresh raspberry puree and a champagne buttercream frosting. During the cake cutting, my husband and I ended up eating an entire piece instead of just a bite as we couldn't resist. The cake was more delicious than we had remembered! Some wedding cakes just look beautiful but Marie's cakes look gorgeous and also taste delicious!! We look forward to celebrating our 1st anniversary on Maui and having Marie make us a mini cake for the celebration.

rything would be with the cake. However, this is a cautionary tale of why I should have insisted on a contract for a wedding cake (which unfortunately I didn't know I should get). I have much of this documented in emails to her company, photos and phone records. So here’s what happened: --Cake was supposed to arrive at 9:00 am per the many emails sent. I called at 8:50 am that morning and she told me an employee had a car accident. Really? Then why wouldn’t you call your brides and warn them? I’m having a hard time believing it was true. I think it was more likely she wasn’t done with my cake. She tried to wheel and deal with me as to how late should could bring my cake. Understandably, I was upset and became more so as she was trying to get the biggest delay possible. Finally, I said, “Are you telling me I’m going to get my cake in the afternoon?!” She replied, “Don’t put words into my mouth…” I then insisted the cake come as soon as possible as she was going to make us late getting to our own wedding. She mentioned an hour, then an hour and a half, and finally I agreed to wait until 11:00 am for the cake. No cake at 11:00 am, 11: 30 am, 12:00 pm. I tried to call her after 11:00 am and she wasn't picking up. Then I had a girlfriend call from another cell phone to get a hold of her which she was able to do. And the cake did arrive in the afternoon…almost 12:30. --Talking to her on the phone a few months earlier, she tried to upsell me to a 3rd tier (I told her this was a destination wedding with 30 people, so I asked for a bottom tier of 10”x10” and a top teir of 8”x8”). We had so much cake left over we had to throw half of it away after a week. --She asked for details and example photos of the cake and but didn’t honor my repeated email requests for a cake completely covered in scrollwork (like some on her own site). And she didn’t pay attention to the photos or to the memo where she wrote “full of piping scrolls work all over”. The cake decoration was okay, but not the coverage that I asked for, and not a following the website’s slogan “We’ll make your dream cake a reality.” --The bottom tier frosting was supposed to be Amaretto-flavor, it tasted orangey --The candy pearls were literally as hard as rocks. My young niece pointed out guests were removing them from the frosting. --I sent my condo room # in an email 2 days before the wedding and you have to send her a full address, not to mention that in many emails to her my full hotel name was listed. On the day of, it seems she didn’t take note of where we were located because she couldn’t find our hotel, and had to call for directions. She also didn’t deliver to our door, my husband had to get it from her in the lobby. --Cake was $385, I would have paid double for good service. --I'm not a bridezilla; all my other vendors (hair, photos, musicians, officiant, reception) were amazing! So that’s my experience with Ghiselani Designer Wedding Cakes--my hairdresser, friends, husband, emails and phone calls as my witness. If you still want to work with her, have legal recourse and get a contract!

t would allow me to get the wedding cake of my dreams! Her customer service is superb and she has a calming effect on spastic brides (like me) because you are able to trust her professionalism. I went from being a stressed out bride who feared her dream cake was unattainable to being sooooo excited to see the outcome! I get married in 2 weeks and one of the things I am looking forward to the most (besides marrying my soul mate) is viewing and tasting the cake! Thank you Marie!

eople thought I was crazy, my wedding party and planner included, but I love cake and wanted a big beautiful wedding cake. The cake design was identical to a picture I snagged from Martha Stewart Cakes and the execution of the design was flawless. The price of the cake was so reasonable considering the size and the fact each tier of the cake was a different flavor. Each of my bride's maids picked a flavor for a tier of the cake. We had carrot cake with cream cheese filling, butter cake with almond filling, chocolate cake with mousse filling, and guava cake with passionate fruit filling. Due to our wedding being in the islands, we didn't have an opportunity to try the cake. Normally wedding cakes can be blah, or even dry/mismatch flavors. Not our cake! Our cake was the extremely light, moist, and full of flavor. We shipped back pieces for family members on the mainland who couldn't attend, all of which raved about the cake. It was truly the tasting cake I have every had. The only down side to Ghiselani is the fact they're in Maui and I can't pick up a cake any time I want to. Love it! Julia, Esq. & Scott Todd.

sliced, the colors were a Maui sunset! I kept a photo as my phone wallpaper... There were no leftovers.

i, just to ask a couple basic questions about how to stabilize the layers. I got so much more! Gigi spent almost an hour on the phone with me, walking me step by step through the process - from using wooden dowels to secure each tier to "gluing" a broken cake with frosting. She didn't know me, I wasn't paying her, and yet she generously spent all this time ensuring my cake would be a success. And it was a huge hit! Many frosting patches, later I had a gorgeous four tiered chocolate vegan wedding cake with vegan chocolate banana custard filling. I couldn't have done it without Gigi, whose generosity is a reminder of how beautiful the world is. Thank you Gigi! - Willow

created a recipe from a taste of the cake we wanted but she made it look so beautiful it was hard to cut into. Our cake was quite literally a dream come true. I loved talking to her while she was setting up the cake and I especially loved her explanation of how she created this delisious cake. I will never forget when she piped out a string of icing on my finger for a little taste all my own. It sounded like she also had fun creating this cake. I would highly recommend her talent to anyone wanting a special cake to mark any occasion. Everyone loved eating it and haven't stopped talking about it since.

ly looking forward to see the end result of my cake. For the tasting she provided, yellow cake, white cake, red velvet cake, milk chocolate cake, dark choclate & Ganache. All were very good. My favorites were the white & the chocolates. I might even be forgetting some flavors. She also had twenty something flavors of frosting. Everything from fruity, nutty, chocolatley and even perfumey. We had a little wine and all the cake our hearts desired. My mom even came and took pictures. Marie was wonderful and welcoming. On top of the joyful experience, she provided us with loads of tips for our wedding planning. She really knew what she was talking about. While our wedding is not until may of 2011, I feel very safe having her provide my cake and plan on submitting another review after we experience the finished product. She will also be delivering the cake. WhenI arrived to her home I was feeling a little stressed with all the planning plus trying to handle the other aspects of life, but by the time we left, both my fiance & I felt warm, excited and very happy! It was a great time. Ghiselani Designer Wedding Cakes is highly recommended by me. Summer Mance/Maui, HI

flowers on for us and did a great job but during our picture taking we found out that the cake was not put out on disply like we originally discussed. The hotel staff did not know where the cake was located. Due to hotel policies they were not able to carry the cake to the reception site so our brother in law had to look for the cake and with assistance carried the three tier cake to the reception site before we were done with our picture taking. The cake was beautiful.