5.0
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Beautiful design, exceptional taste.
Des Moines & surrounding areas
Travel area: Within 50 miles See details
We can’t say enough about how happy we were with Mimi’s Sweet Cakes and Bakes for our daughter’s recent wedding! She not only created beautiful desserts, she delivered and set up the most gorgeous table that our guests raved about! She has great ideas, creative flavor combinations, delicious desserts, and you WILL NOT find a better decorator around! Thank you Mimi’s for making a beautiful day even better!!
Kristen S.
5.0
Mimi's did an absolute wonderful job on the wedding cake! Looked amazing and tasted even better!
Lisa B.
5.0
Mindy Bryant
OWNER
AWARD WINNER (5X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes is a home bakery located in Pleasant Hill, IA. Owned and operated by Mindy Bryant, she can offer you exquisite wedding cakes and delicious treats for your special celebration.
Mindy is passionate about presenting couples with creative cakes and cupcakes for their dessert table. After years of baking cakes for friends and family, she decided to open her own business, and now Mimi's is a fully insured and licensed bakery. Mindy would be delighted to provide you with sweets and treats to elevate your big day and make it unforgettable.
Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes has tasting platters available for purchase, so you can try and test several flavors and find one to your taste. Each sampler comes complete with a flavor guide, popular combos, and a list of flavors offered. Mindy can provide cake delivery and setup for your convenience. Reach out to this talented professional today to learn more about her packages and services.
Details
Cakes & Desserts
Cake Accessories
Cake Stands
Cake Delivery & Setup
Cake Tastings
Cupcakes
Groom's Cakes
Other Desserts
Awards and Affiliations
5-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2026.2023.2022.+2 more.
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Meet the team
Mindy Bryant
Owner
I'm Mindy and I'm the owner of Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes! A little about me...I'm married to a pretty awesome guy, Eric, and we have 3 kiddos-Lauren, Emma and Andrew. I started dabbling in cake decorating when Lauren turned a year old and I took a genuine interest in it. After years of friends and family telling me to make a career out of cakes, I did just that in the Spring of 2013! Mimi's is a licensed and insured home bakery. I create beautiful and delicious cakes for all occasions, but I love, love, LOVE everything about wedding cakes.
Reviews
5.0
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Summary: Mimi’s Sweet Cakes & Bakes is praised for beautiful, delicious wedding cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and large dessert bars that guests rave about. Reviewers note excellent communication, helpful tasting samplers, timely delivery, and accommodations for allergies and tough conditions. Overall strongly recommended for quality, creativity, and fair pricing.Review photos
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Kristen S
5.0
9/30/2026
We can’t say enough about how happy we were with Mimi’s Sweet Cakes and Bakes for our daughter’s recent wedding! She not only created beautiful desserts, she delivered and set up ...
the most gorgeous table that our guests raved about! She has great ideas, creative flavor combinations, delicious desserts, and you WILL NOT find a better decorator around! Thank you Mimi’s for making a beautiful day even better!!
Lisa B
5.0
9/29/2026
Mimi's did an absolute wonderful job on the wedding cake! Looked amazing and tasted even better!
Any questions?
Mya F
5.0
9/29/2026
Professional and friendly service for our wedding desserts!! We loved the cake tasting box, which made it so easy to pick our favorites from an assortment of delicious samples. Min...
dy was also so accommodating when we had guests with allergies in providing labels. The overall display of the cake and cupcakes were beautiful and they were absolutely delicious. We would 100% recommend her for all your dessert needs!!
Hannah S
5.0
11/12/2025
We received so many compliments on our cake and cupcakes. The cake was moist with just the right amount of frosting. Mindy was great with communicating every step of the way and he...
r baking skills are even better! I would recommend her to anyone looking for some sweet treats for an event!
Michele S
5.0
10/20/2025
Beautifully done cake & cupcakes. They were so good!
Allison E
5.0
10/19/2025
Highly recommend Mimi's! We got a sample platter of cake and fillings/frosting and knew after one bite that she was the one who we wanted to make our wedding cake! Her signature fl...
avor, Strawberry Almond Swirl, is INCREDIBLE! We had a hard time choosing which flavors we wanted for cupcakes because they were just that good! Mindy was so great to work with and allowed us to tweak our numbers as we got our final head count in. I've only experienced a wedding order through her, but her birthday cake creations are amazing! She is so talented in both the baking and decorating departments.
Response from Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes on 11/12/2025
Hi Allison! Thank you so much for leaving your review and all of these wonderful photos! S...
uch a beautiful day at Red Acre Barn!
Elizabeth T
5.0
10/13/2025
We had the pleasure of working with Mindy to do the cupcakes and cake for our wedding! She was so easy to work with and has the BEST sample platter making it easy to customize your...
desserts and get exactly what you want for your special day. Not only is the customization of the flavors great but the cake was done EXACTLY how I asked!She delivered in a timely manner and it went so smooth I didn’t even know she had been at the venue! I could not recommend Mimi’s enough for any occasion! I have guests still talking to me about how great the cupcakes were!
Casey H
5.0
10/11/2025
Mimi’s provided wonderful wedding desserts for our special day. Our cake was so beautiful and incredibly delicious. The cupcakes were phenomenal but I have to say the cookies were...
the talk of the night! Everyone was talking about them and saying how they were the best sugar cookies they've ever had. I highly recommend Mimi’s Sweet Cakes & Bakes!!
Jan L
5.0
10/08/2025
Mimi's Sweet Cakes n Bakes turned out to a life saver for my daughter's wedding. The temperature was 97 and the wind was over 20 miles an hour! The cake turned out absolutely stu...
nning and survived the heat and wind.
All the guests raved about the cake decor and the taste as well as the other desserts and how they complimented the total dining experience.
Mindy and her staff were extremely professional and designed the cake to complete the bride's vision. We always felt that Mindy had everything in control which relieves a lot of stress on the wedding day.
Jennifer J
5.0
10/02/2025
We couldn't have been happier with our cake and cupcakes! We sampled several other vendors, and it wasn't even close. Mindy surpassed our expectations, with both her level of servi...
ce and the quality of the cake. I strongly recommend that you try the Strawberry Swirl, but we also ordered a variety of cupcakes and they were gone before the cake! Search and sample other vendors if you wish, but I guarantee none will even come close to Mindy. Thank you for helping to make our day so special. Josh and Jen M
OLGA D
5.0
9/25/2025
Mindy was really easy to contact and work with. The desserts were delicious and the cake came out exactly how we pictured.
Mason K
5.0
9/25/2025
Mindy was a delight to work with, prompt in communicating, and the cakes turned out stunning and delicious! She was very helpful in coming up with design ideas for cakes based on o...
ur wedding colors! The tasting sampler was a convenient way for us to pick out flavor combinations! The cakes were delivered on time, and everything was flawless!
J O
5.0
9/25/2025
Honestly we were amazed! Mimi was wonderful to work with for our wedding cake. She did amazing work taking time ensure a seamless transition between the tiers and textured beautifu...
lly. I can truly say she is one if not the most talented bakers in Iowa.
Marc J
5.0
9/25/2025
Everything turned out exactly as I requested & was the best cake I’ve ever had! Would highly recommend!
Jessica L
5.0
9/24/2025
Mindy was a pleasure to work with! Very responsive and open to all my ideas (and my back and forths). She made a HUGE dessert bar for our wedding. People ate it up! It was amazing ...
that she could provide over 50 DOZEN items and have them all tasting completely fresh! I had several people comment on the almond cupcakes, the chocolate chip cookies, and the turtle brownies…saying they were the best they’d ever had. The cake balls were so nicely displayed and easy for our guests to walk around with. I was only able to sneak in a couple items myself…the oatmeal cookies and lemon bars. These are my two favorite desserts, and hers did not disappoint. The cookies were moist and flavorful, and the lemon bars were the perfect mix of sour and sweet. I wish I could have tried them all, but my excited guests got them all before I could! Her prices were extremely reasonable. I was delightfully surprised! I would absolutely recommend Mimi’s to my friends!
JJ G
5.0
9/24/2025
The cake turned out absolutely marvelous! We were very pleased with Mimi’s. Mindy was able to create exactly the cake we wanted. She made our day that much more special. We also go...
t to taste test her cookies and they were absolutely delicious.
Brendan F
5.0
9/23/2025
We absolutely loved working with Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes for our wedding! From the very beginning, Mimi was warm, professional, and incredibly talented. She took our vision and ...
turned it into a stunning reality, creating the most beautiful tiered cookie cake we’ve ever seen.
Not only was the cake visually breathtaking—it was also delicious! Every layer was thoughtfully crafted, and the flavors were a hit with all of our guests. Mimi’s creativity and attention to detail truly made our dessert table stand out.
She was easy to communicate with, flexible with our ideas, and genuinely cared about making our day special. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
We would 100% recommend Mimi’s Sweet Cakes & Bakes to any couple looking for a unique and unforgettable wedding cake. Thank you for making our day even sweeter!
Response from Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes on 09/24/2025
Hi Brendan and Jordan! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful review and photos! I'm...
so grateful to have been a part of your big day...and making my very first chocolate chip cookie wedding cake! LOVED IT!! :))) Congrats, guys!
Samantha T
5.0
7/16/2024
Our cake was a HIT! Everyone at the wedding said it was the best wedding cake they had ever tasted. She knocked it out of the park! And it was beautiful, exactly as I imagined! Our...
flavor combo was marble cake, with raspberry filling, and cream cheese frosting with vanilla buttercream!
Response from Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes on 07/21/2024
Samantha, I am so glad you were happy with your wedding cake. I had so much fun creating i...
t! Thank you for taking the time to pop in with a review and a beautiful photo! :) Congrats!!!
Mara B
5.0
10/30/2023
We had a great experience with Mindy! She is very professional and accommodating. Our guests gave high praises all night long for the cupcakes and my husband and I loved every bite...
of our beautiful cake!
Response from Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes on 07/21/2024
Mara, thank you for leaving such a nice review and for including a photo! It was fun worki...
ng with the dried citrus and loved how it turned out. I hope you are loving newlywed life! :)
Kennedy S
5.0
1/17/2023
We had an amazing experience with Mindy. Her cakes were equally delicious and beautiful. Our guests raved! Even a year later on our anniversary, our top tier was just as good as w...
e had remembered. She is responsive, reliable, and very talented. SO happy with our selection!
Patrice W
5.0
12/23/2022
Mindy did an amazing job with my wedding cake. Not only was it beautiful but it tasted so good!! My guest are still talking about how good my cake/ cupcakes were. I would highly re...
commend Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes.
Monica N
5.0
12/13/2022
Absolutely LOVED our cake Mindy made for our wedding! We also had a cupcake bar with different flavors with to-go boxes for guests to take as a favor-not only were they beautiful, ...
but also delicious. She was professional, and made our vision a reality. I highly recommend Mimi's!
Dzemila L
5.0
12/08/2022
Mindy from Mimi's Sweet Cakes was absolutely fantastic to work with from day one and I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone planning their wedding! She is so kind, warm, and respo...
nsive (she usually responded to my emails within 24 hours at the most). I looked into many options and found that Mimi's Sweet Cake had by far the best pricing for such high quality cakes. Becuase of COVID, Mindy make us samples for us to try at home, which was actually really fun! We made a whole night of it and loved everything we tasted. Leading up to the wedding, Mindy was really flexible and helpful with making delusions brownies. On the day of the wedding, Mindy had made such a delicious, beautiful cake. She also delivered and set up the cake at wedding venue table. We were so happy with wedding cake! We would definitely hire Mindy again for any future events :)
Amber B
5.0
11/13/2022
I sent Mindy pictures of cakes I'd found online and she was able to do something very similar, which I loved! She also helped me make it more budget friendly by doing a 3 tiered ca...
ke and 2 sheet cakes so that we could have 3 different types of cake, all of which were delicious.
Paige R
5.0
11/11/2022
Mindy was super easy to work with, the cake was beautiful and tasted amazing!!
LaKresha M
5.0
11/11/2022
Mindy did such a wonderful job on our wedding cake! Everything was beautiful and equally delicious. If you’re looking for someone she is your person! Thank you so much Mindy.
Sandra A
5.0
11/11/2022
Cake and cupcakes turned out beautiful!
Our flavors were Lemon cake with cream cheese filling and vanilla butter cream. Thank you Mindy for being a part of our day!!
Dana B
5.0
11/11/2022
Mimi’s was perfect for our day! She made everything so easy! We received so many compliments on our cupcakes and cake balls!
Madison F
5.0
2/08/2022
The best baker!! Her cakes are beautiful and delicious
Rebecca B
5.0
2/06/2022
We hired Mimi’s for both of our Daughters weddings! We had so many compliments through the evening about the desserts! If you’re planning an event we highly recommend!!
Emily H
5.0
12/21/2021
Mindy was a pleasure to work with with, not only for our wedding that we had in November 2020, but also for our reception that we had in November 2021. Friends, family, and my hu...
sband and I were able to enjoy her sweet confections twice. Due to Covid-19, in 2020 we were forced to downsize our wedding from 200+ guests down to 15. Mindy made a simple and elegant cake that was perfect for the occasion and the new Mr. and Mrs. to cut. The cakes we had for our reception a year later were just as tasty. We're very grateful that she was accommodating to our sudden wedding plan changes, provided free in town delivery, and delivered the cake well before the ceremony/party.
A F
5.0
12/14/2021
Mindy did such a great job at our wedding this summer! Everything was so well organized, from getting the samples, to the set up prior to the ceremony, to the (delicious) cake, and...
everything in between. We can't recommend her enough!
Riley S
5.0
12/13/2021
Mindy was the best. She did exactly what i asked for was easy to communicate with and was very professional. We even had our cake fall during the reception and she made us a new on...
e! Very kind I would recommend her to anyone!
Jennifer R
5.0
12/13/2021
Mimi's Sweet Cakes and Bakes exceeded our expectations! We ordered both cupcakes and our wedding cake from Mindy. They were the best we've ever tasted. Our guests raved about the c...
upcakes- we didn't have any left overs because they were so great. Mindy was incredible to work with. We loved the sample platter she offers. She was efficient and always kept up on communication. We loved that she was able to deliver and set up for us. Mindy made it a breeze and the product was so delicious. We highly recommend Mimi's!
Niki M
5.0
12/13/2021
First of all, Mindy is SO easy to work with and she’s the sweetest. Secondly, she’s AMAZING at what she does. All I had to do was give her some ideas for our cake and she turned it...
into everything we wanted.
Her sweet treats are simply the best. Trying all her different flavors and figuring out what flavors we wanted was my favorite part. Mimi’s Sweet Cakes and Bakes has a lot to offer! We had cupcakes and cake pops for our guests and there were barely any left at the end of the night.
Hannah A
5.0
12/13/2021
Mindy did such an amazing job with our cake. Everyone was raving about it. Not only was it delicious but Mindy was able to deliver exactly what we wanted in her design. Can’t than...
k her enough for making the most amazing cake for our wedding!
Laura B
5.0
12/13/2021
I can’t say enough great things about Mimi’s. I am still getting compliments on the cupcakes from our wedding 6 months later! They were so beautiful and tasted incredible. Definit...
ely the best I’ve ever had!
Kelly S
5.0
12/13/2021
So great. Mimi's was wonderful to work with. We got to try samples and mix and match flavors that we loved. Mimi's understood or vision and worked with us to deliver the perfect ca...
ke at the perfect price. They were quick to respond to any and all questions we had. Would pick again!
Kendal S
5.0
12/13/2021
Mimi’s cakes were so so delicious and the icing was perfect how we wanted it! She also made cupcakes for our guests, and they were incredible. Our taste testing was so fun and she ...
had everything laid out perfectly. I recommend her 10/10 times, not only for weddings but any event!
Natalie d
5.0
12/13/2021
Mindy absolutely knocked it out of the park with our wedding cake!! The design was amazing. The cake was absolutely delicious!! We have had so many guests tell us how amazing the c...
ake tasted. Mindy has done several cakes/cupcakes for me this year and I will definitely be a returning customer. I have loved everything I have ordered!
Jennifer B
5.0
12/13/2021
Desserts were amazing! Mindy is so professional and set up our array of desserts beautifully!
Stacia F
5.0
12/13/2021
I cannot say enough great things about Mindy and her desserts! She made my wedding cake, cookies, and cake pops for my wedding in October and everyone LOVED them! The cake was beau...
tiful and the desserts were delicious. I love how she lets you sample her cake/ frosting flavors. She took my vision and definitely brought it to life! She was responsive to emails, had great suggestions, and just overall was excellent to work with!
Abbey R
5.0
11/04/2021
Mindy was awesome to work with! We loved our 3 flavors of cupcakes and our wedding cutting cake! Thank you so much! Loved supporting her and her small business! ♥️
Alexis G
5.0
10/06/2021
The cake was beautiful. Still getting compliments for the cupcakes and sheet cake as well. Loved working with the owner.
Anna R
5.0
7/13/2021
Everything was amazing! From the tasting where we got to pick and choose our favorite flavors, to the communication which was excellent and put everything at ease, to the cake itse...
lf which was so delicious. We had numerous guests come up and ask where our cake was made as they were on their 2nd and 3rd pieces!
Sara H
5.0
6/10/2021
Absolutely the most delicious and beautiful cakes ever! Our wedding cake was simple but elegant, and the simple design belies the absolutely AMAZING taste! We went with sheet cakes...
for our guests - and everyone wanted seconds! Mindy helped with the design of our cake, and the whole process was so easy! We can't thank Mindy enough for the wonderful cakes and making our wedding day beautiful AND delicious! Wish I could give more than 5 stars!
Response from Mimi's Sweet Cakes & Bakes on 06/30/2021
Sara, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! I'm so glad you enjoyed your wedding cake....
:) It was a pleasure working with you!
Brenna M
5.0
10/08/2020
Mindy did a phenomenal job on our wedding cake. We had so many compliments on how delicious the cake was, and it turned out exactly as I envisioned. We went with 3 different flavor...
s. Mindy was so easy to work with, professional, and accommodating for when we had to postpone and lessen the number of guests due to Covid. I will be using her again for birthday cakes or any other occasion in the future! Highly recommend working with Mimi’s Sweet Cakes & Bakes for your wedding day!
Miranda C
5.0
10/08/2020
Mindy was absolutely astounding to work with. Her cakes were more than perfect (guests wouldn’t stop raving about them!) in both taste and aesthetic. Her prices were reasonable, an...
d she was so on top of everything that she had everything done and delivered before it even crossed my mind. I’m definitely going to reach out to her again for future cake/baked goods needs, and I HIGHLY recommend her to everyone!!
Ashley O
5.0
10/08/2020
Our wedding cake was honestly one of my favorite parts of the day! It was so beautiful and delicious! Working with Mindy was so easy. She responded quickly and was gracious to work...
with us as we had to postpone from May to August. Lucky for us we had left over cake to enjoy and can't wait to enjoy it on our anniversary (though we are thinking of breaking it out after the honeymoon and ordering a new one on our 1year anniversary!)
Alexandria C
5.0
10/08/2020
Mindy is incredible! Our wedding changed in scope and location due to the pandemic and Mindy helped us replan our wedding weekend desserts! The change in venue required us to drive...
the cakes quite a distance. She was so helpful in planning how to transport and secure them in the drive. Our guests are still talking about how delicious her cake was! We plan on ordering it every year to celebrate our anniversary! Thank you Mindy!
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