Mad Hatter's Bake Shop

We had a small wedding and originally our cake was going to be made by a family member, but then something came up. I have been to Madhatter for breakfast and eaten their pastries before and knew everything was delicious. I had never tried any of Madhatter's cakes before, but they have a good reputation and everything I've ever had there was good, so I just trusted the cake would be good. I emailed them 4 days before my wedding and asked if they could make a cake for 32 people, that we could pick up on our wedding day. I really wanted the lemon lattice cake, so we got it as is, and didn't try to make it all white to look like a traditional wedding cake and it was a 10" round, single layer. Picking up the cake was super easy and it was well packaged. The cake was an absolute hit. I have had multiple guests, male!, tell me that is the best wedding cake they've ever had. There was almost no cake left, and that was after everyone had already had appetizers, dinner, and pecan pie at The Pit. It was really delicious, incredibly lemony which I love, and I'm super sad that we forgot to grab the small amount that was leftover as we were leaving the wedding. Next time we are in town I'm definitely stopping by to get a slice.

I grew up in Durham so Mad Hatter's was an easy pick for my wedding cake. I spent a day with my mom and sister visiting other high end bakeries and they just didn't feel right. Walking into Mad Hatter's was so easy and casual. They easily incorporated my cake topper and followed what I wanted for the cake. We had a small simple cake and pies for the guests. The guests gobbled down the pies no problem. We literally ordered our rehearsal dinner cake the day before and it turned out great. The cost for all of it was very affordable as well. My only note is that if you want a huge and intricate cake, this may not be the place for you. Simple and delicious is what they will give you.

tasted great, delivered for no fee, easy to work with!! highly recommended. way cheaper than a traditional cake!

This was one of the highlights of our wedding! We purchased 6 regular cakes for our wedding from this bakery. We were able to pick out exactly what flavors we wanted. It worked out to be less than half the price of one, small, undecorated wedding cake from other shops and our guests loved the variety.

We asked for a custom design using our own ribbon and adding frosting snowflakes on each layer. The design they came up with was perfect!

The cake tasted great.

I chose to buy one of their regular specialty cakes instead of a wedding cake. I was very happy with how this worked out.;Wedding cakes are pricey.

Beautiful and delicious cakes. Very original.;My name was spelled wrong on 1 cake

took order over the phone 3 days before wedding, cake pretty, tasted pretty good. Cake was not a big deal to us, so didn't pay a lot of attention.;bakery is busy, but if you call in time, or are flexible if you call last minute, you will get what you want.