Making cake dreams come true!
$200 starting price
Southeast Nebraska, Central Nebraska
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Sandi Steele & Randi Duis
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AWARD WINNER (3X)
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Once Upon a Cake, LLC in Utica, NE, aspires to make all your wedding cake dreams come true. Our family-owned business is passionate about producing high-quality, delicious, custom cakes that are budget-conscious.
With your ideas as inspiration, we work diligently to bring unique artistic flair to modern and traditional wedding cake styles along with all special occasion cakes. Whether you're looking for a tiered cake, sheet cake, cupcakes, or mini cupcakes, we have everything you need for your special day. Call to schedule your free consultation and cake tasting today!
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Meet the team
Sandi Steele & Randi Duis
Owner
My mom, Sandi, and I opened Once Upon a Cake in Beatrice, NE in 2015. We served the Beatrice area for 5 years. Once Upon a Cake, LLC made a few business changes in 2020 that led us to Utica, NE in 2020. I am a stay-at-home mom of two boys (7yrs and 5yrs) along with creating cakes. My husband, John, is a utility lineman for Norris Public Power District. Once Upon a Cake, LLC is a home-based business operating out of a non-commercial kitchen. I look forward to creating cakes for all occasions in surrounding areas!
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5.0
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Randi from Once Upon a Cake receives glowing reviews for her exceptional service and delicious cakes. Reviewers praise her professionalism, communication, and ability to bring their cake visions to life. Guests rave about the flavors and designs of the cupcakes and wedding cakes, emphasizing their delicious taste and beautiful presentation. Randi's attention to detail, prompt responses, and overall quality of service make Once Upon a Cake a highly recommended choice for wedding desserts.Review photos
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Molly N
5.0
1/08/2025
Randi was a dream to work with! Super easy to set up a time to meet, she had SUPER yummy flavors for us to try and take home, and made our Pinterest cake dreams come to life! Cannot recommend her enough, the cake is to die for, her design skills are amazing, and she is the sweetest person to work with!
Macy S
5.0
10/15/2024
Randi was a phenomenal person to work with during the entire wedding process! She offered a great complimentary cake tasting (the best cakes I have ever tasted!!). Also she was able to set up the cake and cupcakes when it worked best for us even though she also had a second wedding that day! I would highly recommend Once Upon A Cake for both the qualify of cakes and her professionalism!
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Kristin F
5.0
8/29/2024
Randi was so easy to work with from start to finish! Her communication and professionalism made the planning process so easy. Seeing our final wedding cake come to life at our reception was beyond what we imagined and not to mention it was the best cake we’ve ever tasted. The cupcakes were beautifully designed and our guests were blown away by the flavors and variety! So happy to have worked with the best!
ShayLea D
5.0
8/26/2024
Randi was a DREAM to work with! She made it such an easy process from picking out cake flavors to finalizing everything. Everybody raved about her cakes at the wedding! So good!
Corrin S
5.0
8/25/2024
Randi makes the best cupcakes and frosting! Great service, highly recommend!!
Savannah M
5.0
8/20/2024
Randi was so wonderful to work with! She made everything so easy and made our cake dreams come true!! She made our wedding cake and multiple different kinds of cake for our reception! We got so many compliments on how great our cake was!! It was absolutely delicious!!
Anna D
5.0
8/15/2024
Once Upon a Cake is the best choice!! Our wedding cake was exactly what we wanted. In addition to looking incredible, the taste was amazing. Everyone absolutely loved it!
Kayla G
5.0
8/12/2024
Omg!!!!! So good!!! Super affordable and so yummy. We got a small 2 tiered cake and cupcakes for our guests and they were a huge hit!!! Everyone loved the cupcakes so goooooood!!!
Sydney W
5.0
8/02/2024
Randi did amazing! She created exactly what we wanted in both our wedding and grooms cake! Our extravagant 6 tier wedding cake was amazing and received so many compliments, and each flavor was delicious!
Stacy B
5.0
7/15/2024
Randi is one of the best cake vendors! She is easy to communicate with and will go above and beyond what is asked! I have been a long time customer of hers and would recommend her for and cake needs!
Amy Z
5.0
6/18/2024
Once Upon a Cake made our wedding cake and cupcakes and we could not have been happier with what we received! Randi used our inspiration photos and created something exactly like what we were envisioning. We had chocolate, vanilla, and spice flavored cupcakes and our guests loved them! Our wedding cake was one of the best tasting cakes I've ever had, and even now days later the leftovers taste just as good as they did on the wedding day! Randi was very easy to communicate with and timely in her responses, and very punctual with delivery of the desserts on the wedding day. We would highly recommend Once Upon a Cake.
Vendor response 06/21/2024
Amy & Evan,
Your venue was stunning with so much natural light that made the colors on t...
he cupcakes pop and highlighted the texture you decided to incorporate on your wedding cake. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be a part of your special day.
Dawn T
5.0
6/10/2024
Great experience!!
Taylor S
5.0
5/29/2024
Randi at Once Upon A Cake was wonderful to work with for our wedding cake and cupcakes!! Not only is the cake delicious, they are beautiful to look at! I was able to show her inspiration pictures and she created exactly what we were looking for!
She was easy to communicate with throughout the entire process, always able to be reached by text or call and always responded very promptly! We just couldn’t have asked for a better experience when finding a wedding cake vendor!
We are so looking forward to getting to eat the top tier of our cake in a year! Thank you, Once Upon A Cake!
Ashley S
5.0
5/15/2024
Randi left me speechless!! We wanted a naked cake with edible gold and cupcakes with succulents to accent off of our centerpieces. I still cannot believe how they turned out!! Not only did they look amazing, but they tasted great!! She truly went up and beyond and I couldn't have been happier!! And everyone loved them!! I would recommend Randi 10x over and will definitely use her for any future needs!!
Vendor response 05/17/2024
Thank you so much for the opportunity to be your wedding cake vendor! I thoroughly enjoyed...
meeting with you both with the cake tasting, we really hit it off and had a hard time staying on topic as we shared so many interests that I enjoyed visiting with you both about as well. I was thrilled to see your cake inspiration photos for your day. I am a big fan of succulents and loved the accents of gold. Your venue was stunning and the theme for the cake just tied everything in. I'm so very happy that we met all of your expectations and more! Best wishes to you both and look forward to seeing how your love story continues to unfold!
Kaylyn H
5.0
4/03/2024
Randi was super nice and easy to work with. Our cake was better than we had expected it to be. I would recommend everyone go to her! She was great with communication and delivering the cake on time. I will be going back to her for cakes for other events!
Vendor response 04/03/2024
Kaylyn,
Thank you so much for choosing Once Upon a Cake as your wedding cake vendor! You'r...
e cake design was elegant and the floral arrangement really popped for extra special finish! Congratulations to you both again, cheers to many adventures around the sun together ❤️.
Amzie B
5.0
3/20/2024
Randi was super easy to work with. Best of all, her cake and cupcakes are absolutely incredible. We ordered more than necessary and almost ran out because everyone loved it!
Vendor response 03/21/2024
Thank you so much for the opportunity to be a part of your wedding day celebration. I abso...
lutely loved the cascading florals on the cake. The shades of purple flowers made for a very colorful, yet classic wedding cake. Best wishes to you both with the next chapter to your love story!
Elyssa D
5.0
11/05/2023
Did a great job doing my cake and she’s amazing to work with!
Payton B
5.0
11/02/2023
Absolutely the easiest vendor we worked with for our entire wedding! Randi is personal but professional and just what we needed for this special day. The cake was absolutely gorgeous and yummy.
Kirsten M
5.0
9/06/2023
Our wedding cake was even more beautiful than I imagined! I was so stunned when I saw it. It tasted amazing as well and we got so many compliments. Easily the best cake I've ever had!
Erica K
5.0
8/28/2023
Randi at Once Upon a Cake was a dream to work with! She made our experience wonderful from start to finish. Her communication was quick and she never made us feel like we were bothering her with questions. I received so many compliments on our cake and cupcakes. Even many that said it was the best wedding cake they had ever had. I will never stop recommending One Upon a Cake!
Macy O
5.0
7/28/2023
Once Upon a Cake was AMAZING to work with! I cannot recommend Randi and her business enough. She was very professional and was very responsive to messages/questions.
Her cakes and cupcakes were honestly the best desserts I have ever had at a wedding. All flavors were SO delicious and beautifully decorated. We had numerous guest come up to us the night of our wedding and the following days commenting on how AMAZING the desserts were.
Randi was even kind enough to save a box in the back of each cupcake flavor so we were able to try each flavor after the wedding. The little details and kindness are what make Randi and Once Upon a Cake a MUST for wedding desserts.
Thank you Randi and Once Upon a Cake for helping make our day the best day <3
Mackenzy E
5.0
7/17/2023
Randi was so flexible and easy to work with. She was very kind and kept our interest at heart and gave us exactly what we wanted! Randi is very good at communications and responding in a timely manner. She was very organized and on top of things. Costs were reasonable, straightforward, and upfront. She even texted us a reminder to pay before it was due. She made the delivery process easy and organized. She even sent pictures of our cakes with the topper and flowers in it. It looked beautiful and tasted amazing! We loved having Once Upon a Cake make our wedding cake for our special day. I highly recommend them!
Haley R
5.0
6/27/2023
Randi was so professional and easy to work with! She made planning so easy! Our cake and cupcakes turned out exactly how I pictured them! We will definitely be going back to Once Upon A Cake for all of our cake needs!
Elsie M
5.0
5/28/2023
I’ve never seen people eat cake so fast in a wedding in my life. Nothing but compliments! Randi is so wonderful to work with
Samuel B
5.0
5/01/2023
She was completely on top of things and her cake was soft and moist and amazing!!
Kristynn S
5.0
4/28/2023
Randi from Once Upon a cake is such a delight to work with! She will make all your cake dreams come true! I was almost in tears with how beautiful our wedding cake was! It was more than anything I could’ve dreamed of! The flavor was so good the whole cake and cupcakes were gone by the end of the night. She is professional and really does a good job communicating and pays attention to detail, I’d recommend anyone to her!
Lauren S
5.0
4/18/2023
Randi was timely on answering questions and really good to work with. The cake was delivered and was early! I wasn't able to eat the cake because of gluten but all my guests commented that it was really good!
Vendor response 04/18/2023
Thank you Lauren for the opportunity to be a part of your special day! Congratulations to ...
you both and many years of happy adventures.
Karli S
5.0
4/02/2023
Randi did a phenomenal job for our wedding! Our cake was beautiful and our guests loved the cupcakes!
McKenna T
5.0
3/20/2023
Randi with Once Upon a Cake was absolutely amazing. Cake tasted amazing and looked absolutely beautiful. It was such a pleasure working with Once Upon a Cake!!
Vendor response 03/20/2023
Thank you so much for the opportunity to be a part of your wedding day celebration! Congra...
tulations to you both!
Amy J
5.0
9/13/2022
So glad we chose Once Upon a Cake for our wedding cake! Not only was our cake absolutely delicious, Randi was an absolute delight to work with! Highly recommend for anyone's cakes needs!
Kelsey W
5.0
6/27/2022
Cake was very yummy and very moist!! I had a lot of people come up to me and ask who did our cake cause it was the best cake they ever had!
Megan R
5.0
6/05/2022
Randi was amazing! We had a vision and she executed it perfectly! The cake tasted amazing as well. Will definitely go back for cakes in the future!!
Lindsey K
5.0
5/18/2022
Randi made a small tiered cake and cupcakes for our wedding. They were so good that there wasn’t any left for us to take home! Randi was very easy to work with. I’d highly recommend Randi for your cake needs!!
Nicole H
5.0
4/20/2022
This cake was delicious! Randi is also so great to work with. She takes away any and all stress from this aspect of wedding planning. I had complete confidence that it would be wonderful, and it was! We wish we had more cake leftover after the wedding because it was so good!
Kirsten G
5.0
3/16/2022
Randi did an excellent job! We went over what we wanted the the rest was completely stress-free. I also loved how Randi kept in contact with us and sent pictures after setting it up. Cake was beautiful and tasted great!
Sierra L
5.0
9/29/2019
Once Upon a Cake did an AMAZING job with our wedding cakes! They took the basic theme of our wedding (the story of us) and helped us come up with book-shaped cakes! The cakes were beautiful and delicious (we got many compliments on the quality of the cake at the reception). Thank you so much!
Laura V
5.0
5/20/2019
Sandi and Randi did such an amazing job on our wedding cake and cupcakes. We had so many great compliments on the amazing job they did and how delicious they were. I'm so glad we chose them. They truly made my vision come to life and they were very easy to work with!
Deb W
5.0
5/09/2019
They were wonderful to work with. We received many compliments on the looks of the cake and the flavors. The spice cake and chocolate were well liked by our guests.
Tessa H
5.0
5/09/2019
The most professional cake place you’ll ever use! From the consultation to delivery Once Upon A Cake was with us every step of the way. Our cake was beautiful AND everything we wanted and more! The cake tasted amazing. The guests kept raving about the cake! The set up was all done by them! It made me stress free!
If you don’t use them for your wedding cake, you aren’t using the right company!
Shawna A
5.0
3/22/2019
Once Upon a Cake did an amazing job, even with having a snow storm the week of our wedding. The cupcakes looked gorgeous and were delicious, they also filled a special request for brownies. I appreciated that I could quickly get in contact with them almost any time leading up to the day of our reception. On the day of, they were more than happy to contact one of our hostesses so she could be there when they delivered our cupcakes and brownies. Will continue to use them in the years to come.
Jane K
5.0
3/22/2019
I ordered a wedding cake with little notice and they went above and beyond! The cake was absolutely beautiful and detailed...and it was so moist and very tasty!!! I highly recommend these ladies as the pricing was very reasonable!!!
Elizabeth B
5.0
9/04/2018
Trying to plan my wedding from afar came with challenges. I was pleased to find Once Upon a Cake in the area. Randi was such a delight to work with and was flexible in what worked for me given the distance. This included options for how best to connect with her and my vision for our cake. Not only did the cake turn out stunning, the flavors were amazing! There wasn't a single piece of cake left over. We are still "arguing" over which flavor was the best.
Paige M
5.0
9/03/2018
We are so happy we chose Once Upon a Cake for our big day! They made our cakes exactly how I imagined, and the taste was beyond amazing! They were very prompt on contacting us after my initial inquiry and we set up a wonderful meeting and tasting! Loved it! The communication was wonderful and they arrived on the big day and had everything set up ready to go before the ceremony! I would chose Once Upon a cake over and over again if I could for my big day! Plus we also requested a costume fire helmet grooms cake and it looked exactly like my husbands helmet we sent pictures of!
Shania S
4.0
8/29/2018
They were very nice. The cake is amazing!! And worked great on helping work around when we could meet up from the cake tasting to the cake essentials. The only thing is that I wish they would reply faster like it says they do. And also get in contact with us a few weeks before the wedding.
Cortney H
5.0
8/26/2018
I just want to Thank both Randi and Sandi for the best cake ever, we love how it turned out! And best service ever! Got pictures of the cake while it was getting set up and the final look! Would definitely go back in a heartbeat!
Vendor response 08/29/2018
Thank you so much Cortney for choosing us to be a part of your big day!!!
Jocelyn J
5.0
3/13/2018
Choosing to work with Once Upon A Cake LLC for my wedding was one of the best decisions we made. They were easy to set up a tasting with, answered all of my questions and gave honest opinions about how much we would need to order for the size of our wedding. They were flexible to work with and worked with my drop off times on the day of the wedding. Once they were all set up, they sent me multiple photos of their setup to ensure I loved it before they left. I showed them a photo of how I wanted my cake to look and they nailed it! I got so many compliments on how great the cake looked and how it tasted! I would highly recommend them to anyone in need of any speciality cake and can’t wait to use them again in the future! 10/10!!
Ithacoma F
5.0
11/05/2017
The cake tasted great! They did a good job on decorating and matching the photos that I brought in. Reasonably priced.
Jess S
5.0
10/23/2017
Once you try their cake you won’t go anywhere else!!! I found these amazing ladies on Facebook when we started planning for our wedding! Sandi and Randi make planning and creating your cake so easy and also they are super creative! We will only order our cakes from here! From our girls birthday cakes, graduation sheet cakes and then our AMAZING wedding cake, you won’t believe all the compliments you will get on the design and how amazing the cake is!! Thank you so much ladies!!!
Samantha N
5.0
8/16/2017
Cake was wonderful. Tasted just as good as it looked!
Emilea H
5.0
7/08/2017
Once Upon a Cake was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! Not only was the cake tasting complimentary, but they were willing to deliver and set up our cake at our reception venue over an hour away. The cake looked beautiful and tasted amazing - I am still getting compliments from our guests 1 month later! Randi and Sandy went above and beyond, and we give them our highest recommendation!
Jody O
5.0
11/30/2016
Randi & Sandi were awesome to work with! Had so many compliments on the cake and cupcakes....tasted great...so moist....the cake turned out beautiful!! Highly recommend Once Upon a Cake LLC!!!
Shawna K
5.0
11/22/2016
The Caramel Apples looked Awesome and Must have tasted Awesome because they were gone before I had a chance to get one. Owner is easy to communicate with- The. Apples were at a Good Price Point- I also tried her cupcakes at Santa's Woods they were delicious.
Amanda O
5.0
10/12/2016
Sandi and Randi did a wonderful job creating my vision for our wedding. Both gals are very friendly and great to work with! We were able to meet with the two before our wedding to try different flavors and options for decor. We received so many compliments on how beautiful and delicious the cupcakes and cake were! Thank you both!!
Chris M
4.0
10/10/2016
Our wedding cakes were awesome and delicious! A lot of our guests told us the cake was very moist and yummy. They were very accommodating with our envision of our tiered cake as well as our groom's cake, and both turned out picture perfect. We had picked out five different flavors of cake so we had a nice variety. We were able to meet with the Randi and Sandi to do flavor testings prior to the wedding. Pricing is very reasonable. Overall, I was very satisfied with their service and quality of their cakes. I would have given 5 stars if they hadn't spelled my name wrong on one of the sheet cakes.
Courtney S
5.0
10/03/2016
DELICIOUS CAKES!!! Sandi and Randi were great to work with. Always willing to hear my ideas and work with me if I needed to make any changes. The cake looked beautiful and tasted even better! My guests were just as pleased :)
Ashley N
5.0
10/02/2016
Once Upon a cake did an amazing job on not only they creation of our wedding cake but also the taste! The cake was a creation that I had designed to surprise my husband and they completely brought it to life!! They also instructed us on the proper way to wrap our top tier for our one year anniversary.... When we took it out a year later it was still just as moist and delicious as the day of our wedding!!
Sheila L
5.0
9/27/2016
Randi and Sandi did a wonderful job on our wedding and grooms cakes. They turned out perfect and tasted great. They do amazing work and I would highly recommend them to anyone who wants a cake for any event!
Vendor response 09/30/2016
Sandi and I want to thank you both for choosing Once Upon a Cake, LLC for your big day. Th...
is wedding was one of our first in the Southeast Nebraska region! Such an exciting start for us.
Lindsey S
4.0
9/01/2016
They did a wonderful job on our cake. We requested a lemon naked cake and it looked as amazing as it tasted. Even the guests commented on how good our cake tasted!
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