4.9 out of 5 stars and 217 reviews
4.9
(217)Best of Weddings (11x).Northeast Illinois, Southeast Wisconsin
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Offering our customers the opportunity to design the cake of their dreams! Whether its for your wedding day, a shower, anniversary, quinceanera or other milestone event; we are here to assist you with a custom cake, as well as a wide variety of desserts for the perfect sweets table. We offer cupcakes, cake pops, bridal cookies, brownies, mini cake shooters, and many mini desserts options to create a beautiful custom display. Please visit our website to schedule and find our more information https://lovinovencakery.com/weddings.html
If you are seeking more personalized assistance with our Wedding Sales team, please email us directly weddings@lovinovencakery.com
Our Complimentary , no obligation consultations are reserved for clients planning their wedding cakes and special events seeking a tiered cake. Meet with our wedding cake and dessert specialists at our newest location; 455 Lake St. ANTIOCH, IL. During your private consultation, you'll be able to taste and decide on your perfect flavor combinations, explore design ideas or create your own, and discuss any sweets you may need for a one of a kind dessert table.
Our storefront sits in the quaint and cute downtown Antioch, IL where there are many restaurants and local shops to explore. In addition to our full service retail bakery, we also have a Cafe serving coffee, warm breakfast and lunch items, soups, and sides. You will be amazed at how big our storefront is compared to most bakery locations. This gives us the opportunity to bake and serve more clients our freshly made custom cakes and bakery items.
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Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Accessories
- Cake Stands
- Cake Toppers
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Cupcakes
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- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Sugar Free
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I'm glad our venue recommended this bakery! They were great at communicating with us and our cake turned out beautiful (as well as delicious)! I liked the fact that we could do a cake as well as cupcakes for our guests. It was a nice option to have! 10/10 would recommend!
We got our Wedding cake from Lovin Oven Cakery for our wedding back in November. They were super easy to work with and made our perfect wedding cake, which tasted amazing! We highly recommend Lovin Oven Cakery for your wedding cakes!
We had Lovin Oven create our cake for our wedding last October. We met with Stephanie to pick the design and flavors of the cake and she did an amazing job walking us through the process. First off, our cake turned out STUNNING. And of course, the cake was absolutely delicious! We would definitely recommend Lovin Oven if you are looking for the best wedding cake you can get!
The desserts were all amazing and delicious! They created a beautiful cake for us and an entire dessert table. The communication was great and so helpful!
We chose Lovin Oven for our wedding cake and were extremely happy we did! They were recommend to us by our venue so even though the bakery was far, we decided to schedule a tasting and try it out. Stephanie was the person we did our tasting and stayed in contact with. She was so helpful, kind and quick to answer any questions and offer guidance. Our cake turned out exactly how we pictured it! It was beautiful and delicious! They delivered the cake on the day of the wedding at the time they said they would and set it up perfectly. We highly highly recommend them!!
Our wedding cake was absolutely gorgeous AND delicious! Stephanie there was SO concerned and helpful in making the cake come out perfectly. We also got the platter of mini sweets and they disappeared quickly! They delivered to our venue as promised and they process was seamless. All for a very reasonable price. So impressed and happy with Lovin Oven!
Lovin Oven was 100% the best choice for our wedding cake! I had grown up going to Lovin Oven, so I knew when we were looking for our wedding cake, that they would have the best tasting cake for our budget. The tasting process was seamless and their wedding team was incredibly helpful with mixing and matching different looks and tastes to make sure we had exactly what we wanted. They were even able to accommodate little figurines on the side of our cake of our pets. And the funfetti was a hit with our guests and such a fun twist on a traditional cake! They also boxed up any uneaten cake at the end of the night so my family and I were able to enjoy it at our barbecue the next day. And we are so excited to get our top tier remade on our anniversary so we don’t have to save it in the freezer!
Amazing job! The tasting was so fun. Our guests complimented our cake over and over. I definitely recommend them!
Our cake from Lovin Oven was included with our wedding package, and we were so happy it was. They helped us choose the right flavors at our tasting, and we enjoyed every bite our on wedding day. The cake was stunning, exactly what we asked for.
Our wedding cake from Lovin Oven stole the show on our wedding day. Everyone was raving about how delicious the cake was. The tasting was one of our favorite parts of wedding planning and Stephanie was so accommodating and helpful. We went with the lemon cake filled with lemon jam and vanilla french silk. I can’t wait for our anniversary topper next year so that we enjoy it again!!
Lovin Oven is a delicious bakery to begin with, and they did a phenomenal job with our wedding cake! We got our bridal shower cakes (and plenty others over the years) from Lovin Oven, and every time they knock it out of the park by bringing our vision to life. We met with Stephanie and tasted a number of cake items, and all we did was provide them with photos of what we were thinking of, and they replicated with the most personal of touches. We gave them our cake topper and they took the time to be sure it was secured correctly so it would last all day until the cake was cut. We opted for a smaller cake for the wedding party and a dessert table with plenty of variety for the guests (the cake shooters were a huge hit!). We highly recommend going to the wedding open house Lovin Oven hosts, since you can taste a variety of desserts, beyond just your traditional cakes.
The team at Lovin Oven was amazing! We ordered a small cake for us to cut and then platters of pastries and cookies. The desserts were delicious and a hit with all of our guests and the price was very reasonable. Highly recommended!
We are SO happy that our vendor worked with Lovin Oven Cakery for their wedding cakes. Growing up, Lovin Oven was always a staple in our household when we were hosting parties or just wanted some sweet treats. Their staff are professional and quick to respond. They honestly made this whole thing so easy and fun for us. We had a great time at the tasting. Our wedding cake was stunning - AND it tasted delicious!! My husband's aunt attended the wedding from out of town. She used to professionally make wedding cakes and said this was one of the best she had. Thank you, Lovin Oven!
Lovin Oven was the perfect bakery to make our wedding cake. They always make delicious desserts and our cake was no different! We got to fully customize for a very reasonable cost!
Delicious cake and gorgeous
From the tasting to the delivery, to the yumminess, they did a great job! We look forward to getting that free top of the cake on our first anniversary!
Lovin’ Oven Cakery knocked our wedding cake out of the park! From day one, we loved how helpful and communicative Stephanie was during the whole process of designing & customizing our dream wedding cake. The taste testing session was amazing! With 10 different frostings/fillings and 6 different cakes, it was easy to find combinations we really loved. We were happy with our flavor decisions.
Our wedding cake was absolutely stunning and delicious. Our wedding guests said it was the best wedding cake they have ever had; even those that normally don't enjoy cake loved it. We chose a very intricate and colorful design and they pulled it off flawlessly! Stephanie even offered to place the faux flowers that we purchased on the cake so it would be delivered to the venue decorated! The cake turned out better than expected; I cannot recommend them enough! :)
Lovin oven recently provided for my wedding and they were amazing. We did assorted mini desserts and also had a small cake. The cake was beautiful! Good communication and great prices.
Stephanie was a pleasure to work with! She was very prompt with questions and with our communications it made the whole process stress free! We had such a fun time choosing our cake and she made it so easy with all the different options and was able to customize the styles from choosing from a few different options so each tier looked a bit different. The tasting included 6 different cakes and 10 different frostings and fillings and were so happy with our decision! All of our guests absolutely loved the cake and wanted more than one piece.
It was so affordable and reasonable for a wedding cake AND delivery we were in absolute shock because it was the best cake we have ever tasted and turned out to be stunning. The process was so easy because they deliver it and put the cake topper on for you if you drop it off.
Choose them for an easy booking experience, reasonable price, and delicious cake! It was so perfect and cannot say enough amazing things about this team and this bakery!
We are so happy we chose Lovin Oven to be our cake and cookie vendor for our wedding. They made our dream wedding cake a reality! We also ordered some butter cookies for the day and they were a hit. Everyone told us it was the best wedding cake they had ever had! We loved it and I would recommend this company to everyone for their wedding day!
Very professional and made the cake testing fun.
Our cake and cupcakes turned out even better than we expected, and so very delicious. Also the price was perfect, less than expected for such great quality and taste.
Lovin Oven was amazing! They were very easy to work with and extremely helpful when it came to figuring out the size of our cake as well as the amount of smaller desserts that would be required for our wedding. We ended up getting a Red Velvet cake as well as assorted miniature desserts. The cake turned out absolutely perfect and the desserts were fantastic as well. We can't recommend Lovin Oven enough!
My wife and I got our wedding cake through Lovin Oven as a part of our wedding package at our venue. The cake turned out absolutely beautiful and tasted so delicious!
Stephanie is amazing! We accidentally decided to wait until the last minute to pick out our cake and searched for a few bakeries in the area and ended up finding Lovin Oven. We spoke with Stephanie and she set up a ‘to-go’ tasting box for us to take home (we do not live in the area we got married) and it could not have been better! They included 6 different cakes and I believe 10 different frostings/fillings, which was plenty to do 2 taste tests and be sure we liked our decision! We only had a hard time deciding because we loved them all! They are extremely reasonable on pricing and delivery! We almost ended up paying $300 just for delivery elsewhere!! Go with them if you want an easy booking experience and DELICIOUS cake!
The cake looked and tasted amazing. We were able to fully create the cake of our dreams!
A sweet escape! Lovin Oven Cakery delivered pure delight for our wedding with their delicious desserts. The words delectable and enchanting are often overused when talking about wedding cakes, but these were simply divine. Thank you for helping us make our big day all the more special.
Lovin' Oven Cakery was included from our venue (Chevy Chase Country Club). We did a tasting with Stephanie and she was incredible. She was a tremendous help putting our ideas together. I'm a big Disney fan and we incorporated Mickey heads in the piping work of the cake. We also got to make each layer of our cake different. I love that they will remake the top tier for your anniversary so you don't have to try to freeze it. Wedding cake can also tend to be on the dry side as they have to make it early in the week to get it decorated. Our cake was still moist the following week when we ate leftovers!
Even though we didn't technically "choose" Lovin Oven, I would definitely use them again and recommend them!
We just got a top tier from them but Stephanie is so amazing to work with. You can do a combination of flavors, there’s tons of choices for what to do with the flavors, frosting, designs, coloring. She works with you to help you get what you have in mind. Amazing cake and amazing staff!
We booked Lovin Oven for our wedding cake and have zero regrets! The cake was delicious and absolutely stunning. We received so many compliments from guests that it was the best wedding cake that they have had, and was decorated exactly the way we wanted- it was true perfection for us. After our tasting there was a glitch in their old computer system and they couldn’t see what flavors we selected, so they offered us another complimentary tasting and were so accommodating to our schedule. They definitely put their customers first and strive for excellence. You even get a complimentary replica of the top tier on your one year anniversary- something we are looking forward to! We would book them again in a heartbeat!
Stephanie was so wonderful to work with! Very friendly, professional and accommodating! Our cake was *chefs kiss* ! It was so delicious, I dream about it sometimes haha you won’t regret it!
We had cake and cupcakes for our wedding. They all tasted so good! We had guests coming up to us telling us how they have never had cupcakes and cake that tasted so good at a wedding! Thank you Lovin Oven!
Great company to work with! They had many options, were very accommodating to diets that we had to be careful of. Our cake looked amazing.
We found Lovin Oven Cakery through our venue and we were required to use them.... and I am SO happy we were! They were so wonderful to work with and we had a great tasting experience! Staff were so friendly and created a stunning cake for us. Highly recommend!
We absolutely loved our wedding cake from Lovin Oven Cakery! My husband is generally not a cake person but was so excited when we left our tasting, as he thought the quality of the cake was exceptional and the fillings were flavorful without being too sweet. The final cake looked beautiful and was just what we asked for. We were able to split the tiers between yellow and lemon cake, paired with chocolate fudge and strawberry buttercream. We would highly recommend Loving Oven Cakery for your future event!
Our tasting and planning meeting was awesome! There was some sort of staffing change between that and our wedding, so it was kind of a cluster trying to make sure that everything was still taken care of. My father-in-law went to pick up the cake on our original pick-up date and was told it wasn’t ready and to come back tomorrow. On top of that, our cake ended up looking completely and utterly different from what we ordered (thankfully still in color scheme). It was still delicious, but there was so much disorganization and stress that I’m definitely going to stick to their pre-made cupcakes and cookies for any future events.
Our wedding cake and desserts were delicious! It was lovely working with Lovin Oven Cakery team.
our wedding cake was delicious and exactly what we had ordered. There was some concern about 2 weeks before our wedding when we found out the initial person we worked with to set up our cake wasn't working there anymore due to performance. Stephanie luckily was able to get it straightened out for us. We are very thankful she did because the previous girl didn't even have a picture of the cake we had ordered. All of our guests loved our cake and we are excited for our fresh top layer cake for our 1 year anniversary!
We ordered our cake and assorted desserts through Lovin’ Oven based on a business collaboration with our venue. There had been some recent administrative changes, but Stephanie worked with us to ensure that our order was correct and yummy. We were so glad to go through with them- and enjoyed the many options we were able to choose from.
Our cake had so many compliments and raving reviews from our guests on the taste.
There were only 2 people permitted at the taste testing, but they sent us home with boxed samples for other members of the family to experience the fun.
We drew up a rather unique request for the design and they exceeded expectations!
We can't wait to relive a piece of our beautiful night with our 1 year FRESH anniversary cake top!
Lovin’ Oven did an amazing job with our wedding cake. The tasting was easy (and delicious), and they were helpful laying out options when we initially weren’t totally sure what we were looking for. We ended up with a beautiful cake complete with paw prints leading up to our cake topper. The cake was delicious as well!
Our cake was amazing and everybody wanted more. All you have to do is look on their Facebook to know they make beautiful cakes, but the flavor will surprise you and your guests every time. Lovin Oven was professional and timely. I worked with Marlo to arrange everything and have our cake delivered and it couldn't have been more perfect. I am so excited for my one year anniversary topper cake. I highly recommend Lovin Oven.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND - Lovin Oven Cakery is the absolute best! My husband and I enjoyed working with Marlo, and she was incredibly responsive and helpful before, during, and after our cake tasting. We ordered a cake that had two different cakes (banana on the bottom and lemon on top) and two different fillings (Lemon Berry Mousse and fudge). I have never tasted a better cake, and the cake looked incredible! Thank you so much to Lovin Oven Cakery, Marlo, and the entire team!
There are no words on how amazing the cake looked for our wedding and how delicious the cake was! The buttercream was fluffy and not too sweet and the cake was moist, everything was extremely delicious. They did a phenomenal job throughout the whole process, all I keep telling my husband is how I want them to recreate it so I can eat the whole thing! Whomever baked and decorated our wedding cake, thank you so much!
Also, by far the best carrot cake I have ever had!
Marlo was very nice to work with! She answered all of our questions and was very knowledgeable. The cake turned out AMAZING, it was beyond perfect and looked exactly like I had imagined but even better!! The flavors were perfect, we received many compliments on how it looked but even more on how delicious it was. We will definitely go back for all of our dessert needs for the future!
Lovin Oven has been a Northern Illinois staple for darn good reason, folks.
*Communication = Stellar
*Cake = Moist, light as a feather, but packed with flavor
*Frosting = Omg melt in your mouth
*Owners = Nicest darn people you've ever met
While their name isn't some fancy "Oh look at me we're posh and gourmet;" you will get a down-home feel with all the gourmet tastes, feels, and treatment that you imagine your wedding cake to be.
Look no further; book at tasting at Lovin Oven today, and you'll see exactly what I mean.
Most delicious wedding cake!
Our wedding cake was prepared by Lovin' Oven. We selected the lemon with lemon berry mousse and it was a hit with everyone.
Marlo did a great job helping us coordinate the style, flavors of the cake for our big day. We were very pleased and want more! LOL.
Loved my cake! The team listened to everything I wanted and the cake was delicious. Highly recommend!
Lovin Oven did a fantastic job on our wedding cake! From the frosting, to the cake, to the décor to the cake topper, it was absolutely amazing.
The cake was extremely moist and the marble cake complemented extremely well with the buttercream and strawberry buttercream. Our guests loved it and some of them even had two slices!
I can't wait to dig into our anniversary cake when our anniversary rolls around. If you are looking for a bakery for your wedding cake, I definitely recommend Lovin Oven.
Delicious and beautiful cake! Our guests were raving. Thanks Lovin Oven for the wonderful experience.
We loved our cake from Lovin Oven! Everything turned out beautifully and the cake tasted amazing!! Highly recommend!
Lovin Oven deserves all of the praise! My husband and I had such a great experience when we did our cake tasting and consultation in the “Bridal Sweet”. Marlo was so sweet and fun to work with, she really brought our vision to light. The cake tasted amazing and we have since made the hour trip for birthday cakes and other sweet celebrations. To top it all, Lovin Oven was extremely flexible with our Covid wedding date changes and even called before our date to check in and make sure that we didn’t need to make any modifications to our order due to new restrictions put in place. This was easily our favorite part of wedding planning and we recommend Lovin Oven to everyone!
Please do yourself a favor and order your wedding cake from Lovin’ Oven! We tried many different wedding cakes and there was no comparison to Lovin’ Oven – their cake is fresh, buttery and DELICIOUS. During our consultation and leading up to the big day, Joy and Marlo were so attentive in making sure every detail was perfect on our cake. Everybody told us how delicious the cake was at our reception! Another great thing Lovin’ Oven does is recreate your top tier on your anniversary – so on your first anniversary you can have fresh, delicious cake to enjoy. You will not regret working with Lovin’ Oven!
We had to make some major changes to our June 2020 wedding, and Lovin' Oven was incredibly accommodating to our newly reimagined backyard celebration. We no longer needed the 4 tier cake we had planned, so the team put together a smaller version of what we had designed and it was perfect. The lemon cake tasted absolutely delicious and all of our guests loved it.
Marlo was very easy to work with, and she was incredibly thoughtful and helpful through the process. Were looking forward to enjoying another cake at our formal reception next year.
Our wedding cake was included with our wedding package at Chevy Chase Country Club. Our cake was absolutely amazing. The amount of flavors, frostings and fillings seemed endless. The only recommendation is to clarify your design. I wanted a tier to be navy blue frosting. The design team called me and said they would not suggest blue frosting as it would stain peoples teeth and suggested navy airbrush and it would only be noticed if someone touched the frosting. When we walked into the room and saw our cake the airbrush was not solid, at all. I would still recommend them for a wedding bakery aside from that.
My husband and I got married in September 2019 at Chevy Chase Country Club and worked with Lovin Oven for our wedding cake. They were so easy to work with, and our wedding cake was both beautiful and delicious! The process was so much fun, and it was exactly how we envisioned. Highly recommend Lovin Oven Cakery!
Lovin Oven was absolutely AMAZING to work with!! Our tasting was so much fun and our wedding cake turned out exactly as I imagined! They even made our rehearsal dinner groom cake and generously transported it to the venue for us. I can’t say enough how great and easy they were to work with at the Antioch location. I will be recommending them to all my friends!!
My husband and I got married last week at the Westin Northwest Chicago and this was included in our package! We loved working with Lovin Oven Cakery. We had a Four tier cake and we picked three different tiers - the bottom was a banana cake with chocolate french silk, the next was a chocolate cake with vanilla french silk, the next was funfetti with a strawberry frosting, and the top tier was a mix of our personal favorites of banana and funfetti. Everything was amazing and we have received so many compliments on how delicious the cake was! We can't wait to get the topper for our 1 year anniversary!
We got our cake from Lovin Oven as part of our wedding package at Makray Memorial Golf Club on July 27, 2019. Having worked in the wedding & event industry for several years, I knew them well and was very excited to have them make the cake for our wedding. We went to their location in downtown Antioch, IL to do our tasting and pick out our design. They were exceptionally patient and helpful throughout that process and had lots of photos and design examples for us to choose from. Closer to the wedding day we had to make some small changes based on the number of RSVPs we had and they were very accommodating and made sure that we had exactly what we needed. Last, but not least, the cake looked terrific and tasted even better!
Although I didn’t specifically choose this bakery on my own, I couldn’t be more pleased with them! My venue Kemper Lakes Golf Club has this bakery as their go to. It comes with your wedding package. It was a bit of a drive for the cake tasting but we made a weekend out of it! The cake tasting was great! And the vision we had for our wedding cake was brought to life by them! They will also give you a complimentary cake topper on your anniversary if you submit to them a professional photo of your cake! How can you beat that! Can’t wait to eat my cake all over again!!! Thanks Lovin Oven Cakery!!
Our cake was absolutely beautiful! All of the details were exactly how they were discussed at the meeting... and the cake was delicious!
We had a hand piped floral design that look absolutely stunning!
Thank you so much to everyone at Lovin Oven!
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455 Lake Street, Antioch, IL | Northeast Illinois, Southeast Wisconsin
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