We went to Irene's first because she was so highly recommended from our venue. I went in one day with my parents and made an appointment for the next day with my now husband. We show up and she forgot about the meeting (despite writing it dow...n). To make up for it, she allowed us to pick any cake, any size for a special occasion coming up and that would be sample. We ordered my dad a birthday cake and picked it up on time the following week. We had it for dessert that night and the cake was dried out, the icing had no flavor whatsoever, almost as if it had no sugar, and her idea of a chocolate chip cake was to simply put chocolate chips in the icing separating the layers. We also went to a bridal show where her cake was the featured one and the cake was more moist but the icing was still bland. At that point, she might have been the cheapest but I didn't know which cake would show up at my wedding. We decided not to go with her and find someone else.