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Palermo’s Custom Cakes & Bakery is a wedding cake company based in Little Ferry, NJ. This company specializes in quality cake designs and tasty accessories. They cater to all types of occasions, including weddings, showers, anniversaries, and more. With each sprinkle and twirl, you and your partner will have the wedding cake of your dreams.
Palermo’s Custom Cakes & Bakery continues to thrive with a team of cake specialists and swift services. These specialists create a personalized wedding cake that blends with each couple’s theme and style. They strive to create an aesthetically pleasing cake and a delicious culinary experience that will last a lifetime.
This bakery offers cake tastings and consultations to each couple before picking their desired flavors and layers. Their desserts on offer include cake pops, wedding cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and more. Once a couple has provided their tasty requirements, skilled bakers will mold your vision into a reality. In addition, Palermo’s Custom Cakes & Bakery will swiftly deliver and set up your dessert before the event begins.
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Palermo's Bakery receives glowing reviews for their wedding cakes, with reviewers praising the delicious flavors, elegant designs, and easy ordering process. Multiple customers highlight their positive experiences with the Custom Cake customer service team, particularly mentioning Leighann as a pleasure to work with. The cakes are described as beautiful and delicious, with flavors like chocolate pudding and mango mousse receiving high praise. The ease of customization, efficient process, and outstanding taste make Palermo's Bakery highly recommended for wedding cakes.Review photos
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Maria A
5.0
4/02/2025
This bakery was newly contracted with the Sterling Ballroom in Tinton Falls, my cake was the first one made this year, I feel special. From getting the tasting box from my venue, and oh my goodness the tasting box was adorable and delicious. Ordering the cake online was very easy and when I wanted to change up the colors they did a beautiful job turning my vision into reality.
Samantha L
5.0
3/01/2025
Our wedding cake was stunning, and incredibly delicious! Being gluten free, I was worried about finding a good wedding cake. Palermo Bakery gave us the ability to not only have both, a traditional wedding cake but also a gluten free cake as well!
response 03/04/2025
Thank you so much for this review! We are so happy you loved everything!
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Jericha R
5.0
2/26/2025
Our cake was included with our venue, and working with Palermo's was a breeze. The ordering process was simple and straightforward, and they made a cake that was not only beautiful but also absolutely delicious.
response 03/04/2025
Thank you so much for this review! We are so happy to hear that the process was easy and y...
ou loved your cake!
Amber C
5.0
2/18/2025
Palermo’s has the most delicious flavors and elegant design options. Their Custom Cake customer service team was so communicative and easy to work with and my wedding cake came out better than we could have imagined!
Marvie S
5.0
2/01/2025
My husband and I had our wedding last week and Palermos made our cake! We worked with leighann, and she was so kind and helpful, she even got our pearls on the cake! It was so elegant and beautiful the way I had envisioned it, and it tasted even better! We had a whole cake tasting which was so much fun and all the flavors were very good! I highly recommend getting your wedding cake from them, its delicious and the staff is very nice! They did great!
Aaron M
5.0
2/01/2025
Palermo made our wedding cake and it was PERFECT!!! From the 16 flavors to choose from to seeing our cake rolled out on our wedding day fully decorated, the experience was everything we wanted and more! We had the chocolate pudding flavor and added the candy pearls. HIGHLY RECOMMEND BOTH!!! Also - ask for Leighann by name, she was a pleasure to work with!
Photos presented were taken by Leandro Da Silva
Danielle P
5.0
1/13/2025
Our cake was amazing. It was was so fresh and moist. Also I added additional decor requests and it was extremely easy to ask them to add it onto the cake. It looked outstanding. Everyone was talking about not only how great it looked but how good it tasted.
response 01/14/2025
Danielle thank you so much for this review! We are so happy you loved it and we hope to cr...
eate more cakes for you and your loved ones!
Catherine Q
5.0
12/19/2024
We were referred to Palermo Bakery by the Estate at Florentine Gardens, and they were an absolute pleasure to work with. The entire process was efficient and stress-free, from selecting the design to sampling the cake. The cake itself not only looked stunning but also tasted amazing.
response 12/23/2024
Thank you Catherine for this review! We are so happy that the cake and process was great! ...
We hope you have a very Happy Holiday Season!
Rachel G
5.0
12/07/2024
We had a great experience with Palermo Bakery! The cake was delicious, and our guests loved it. They were flexible with customization and we loved the end result.
response 12/11/2024
We are so happy you had such a great experience! We hope to work with you again for any ot...
her special occasions for you or a loved one!
Jeremy P
5.0
11/27/2024
Palermo’s Bakery crafted a wedding cake that was as stunning as it was delicious. The flavors (mango mousse, chocolate pudding, strawberry jam) were incredible, and every guest raved about it! The design was exactly what we envisioned and perfectly matched our wedding theme. Their team was professional, helpful, and easy to work with from start to finish. Palermo’s Bakery is a must if you want a cake that wows in every way!
response 11/27/2024
We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stunning Wedding Cake!! We wish you all the best a...
s a couple and thank you for this wonderful response! Cheers!!
Tyra G
5.0
9/24/2024
Our wedding cake turned out beautifully! The cake tasting and planning process was extremely straightforward and we were given the exact cake we wanted.
response 11/27/2024
Thank you so much we are so happy you enjoyed it!!
Sam D
5.0
8/12/2024
Our cake was amazing! We ordered the lemon and cannoli flavors - both were delicious!
Stephanie E
5.0
6/14/2024
I ordered a Palermo’s Bakery wedding Cake for my New Jersey December 2023 wedding and tasting that cake with my husband was truly a slice of heaven! Not only did our cake look beautiful but it tasted delicious which I was honestly not expecting! I thought we3dding cakes just all looked beautiful, I didn’t realize they could taste this good! We had a vanilla cake with vanilla frosting and CANOLLI cream filling which was AMAZING! I honestly still crave it to this day! We added our own little doggie figurines to our cake, and it looked perfect when displayed at our wedding! We skipped the cake tasting because we ran out of time but honestly, we didn’t need it! Palermo’s delivered a PERFECT wedding cake for us, and it exceeded our expectations the day of our wedding! I 100% recommend you utilize Palermo’s Bakery for your Wedding Cake and honestly any of your other cake needs for your special events!
courtney c
5.0
4/23/2024
Our cake was included with the venue and it was great. We chose lemon and had a 3 tier cake with some icing decorations! Palermos was very easy to communicate with, we picked up the cake tasting box and then emailed our decisions. Super easy and hassle free. All of our guests said it tasted delicious!
Shawna M
5.0
2/09/2024
Our cake came with our venue package which is great and they give some great options. I wanted to add something extra to mine and it came out beautifully. The flavors are so good as well!! The carrot cake flavor is my favorite! I just had to add that on additionally!
Christina B
5.0
1/30/2024
Our cake was included with our venue which is how we ended up here. The cake tasting was easy, you just go & pick up a box of cake than order online. We went with the lemon, strawberry with custard & dulce de leche. All were delicious & the cake came out absolutely beautiful!
Francesca J
4.0
1/12/2024
When we did the “cake tasting” (a previously frozen box of cake slices) I was super disappointed. Picking flavors was more of a which is the most tolerable than picking something we actually liked.
“Designing” the wedding cake also left more to be desired. Our cake was included with our venue cost so we could choose from 10 or so designs. None of them are grand or special, but also not bad. Just very plain and simple. There was also never a real person that I spoke with. You submit a form with your choices and that’s it. I even had to email and confirm. You would think it makes planning simpler, but honestly it stressed me a little bit not having someone’s word that exactly what we wanted would be delivered.
All of that being said, our wedding cake was delicious. It was exactly like the design we picked and was exactly where it needed to be right on time.
I will say this- not sure if this is the venues fault or the bakery but we did actually run out of wedding cake. This was really surprising because we had a lot of guests that couldn’t make it last minute due to covid so there should have even been a lot extra if they had cut it correctly.
Stephanie R
5.0
11/17/2023
The cake for our wedding was delicious and beautiful! Palermo’s was easy to work with and they provided us with a tasting box that we were able to take home and try over a few days. This was an awesome idea as it allowed us to try and appreciate every flavor! I would recommend this bakery to anyone for any occasion!
Catherine D
5.0
10/30/2023
Super simple easy process to do the cake tasting and ordering! The day of result was perfect. We had the French raspberry cake and all I can say is DIVINE!!
Emily K
5.0
10/21/2023
We got the 24k carrot cake and people raves about it all night! It was so delicious, and it looked beautiful too.
Cindy B
5.0
10/04/2023
Palermos made us a beautiful and delicious cake for our wedding. The cake designer was easy to work with when we wanted to have a more complicated design for the cake. It came out looking just like we wanted and was one of the tastiest wedding cakes we've ever had!
Becca C
5.0
9/14/2023
Our wedding cake was fabulous!! We had a package at Hotel Du Village and they partnered with this bakery to make our cake and it was DELICIOUS!!! From the initial phone call & design to delivery and cake cutting the day of, it was an amazing process and the end result was stunning. Our vision for the cake was expertly designed and we got so many compliments on how beautiful the cake looked. Red velvet & birthday cake flavors were unmatched! Thank you Palermo for making our day so sweet :)
Kimberly Z
5.0
8/04/2023
Cake was beautiful and delicious!!
Laurenl B
5.0
7/27/2023
Cake was delicious, we received so many compliments and I loved working with Leighann. We customized one flavor (combining their lemon and blueberry cheesecake) and then did chocolate for the other. ATO provided the flowers and it turned out exactly like I wanted. There was a mix up with our leftover cake (not the topper thank god) and Palermos made us another large cake, for a small cost, that we brought to Christmas because everyone wanted to eat more!
Elizabeth G
5.0
7/09/2023
We had so much fun doing our cake tasting; everything was so yummy it was hard to decide! We picked a chocolate flavor and a vanilla with raspberry flavor. Our cake was delicious and beautiful. Highly recommend!!!
Alison F
5.0
5/22/2023
Palermos was one of two options offered by our venue Bradford Estate. We were able to get their tasting box at the end of our venue tasting, which made it very easy. The tasting box was way more extensive than the other place and that was a fun experience picking what we liked. Choosing the flavors and style was very easy on their online form. Our venue allowed us to pick 2 flavors as a part of our package, but we wanted a third flavor. It was only a small upcharge to add it. We chose the Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Mousse and the Vanilla Cannoli. All were delicious and the cake turned out great! Lots of compliments!
Courtney D
5.0
5/17/2023
Our wedding cake was supplied through our venue, but came from Palermo's. They were so easy to work with and the cake was delicious! We had a traditional 3-tier wedding cake, and then a smaller gluten free cake for those (bride included) with allergies. We would definitely recommend!
Alyssa G
5.0
5/10/2023
Our wedding venue included Palermo Bakery's wedding cake in our package and we are so thankful they did! We were able to visit Palermo Bakery and try different desserts and pick up a tasting box, where we narrowed to dulce de leche and cookies and cream. Everyone loved the flavors and thought the cake was incredible. We had the cake in our package, but we asked for upgrades and everyone was so impressed with how great the cake turned out. We sent Palermo Bakery a photo of what we were looking for and my husband sent a drawing of what superheros he wanted and the bakery did an incredible job. We were married in rain and damp weather and the cake held up and tasted amazing.
Theresa H
5.0
3/01/2023
They made our wedding cake and it was absolutely delicious! It also was beautiful too! Ordering was a very easy process & they worked with our venue too! Highly recommend for your wedding day!
response 03/02/2023
Thank you Theresa! We truly appreciate your kind words. We hope to work with you on anoth...
er special occasion in the future.
Valerie V
5.0
2/27/2023
We were able to sample cakes from two bakeries with our venue and we were blown away by Palermos! The take home box was such a fun touch as we were able to invite family over to try all the different flavors. We decided on the French Raspberry and could not believe how amazing it was day of! All of our guests are still asking where we got it. We didn’t add anything crazy and went with a really simple and elegant design and they delivered beautifully. We are planning on ordering the top tier of the cake again on our anniversary since it was too good we ate it all instead of freezing!
response 03/02/2023
Thank you Valerie! We truly appreciate your kind words. We are so glad you enjoyed our ta...
sting process and made such a fun experience out of it! We hope to work with you on another special occasion in the future.
Nicole M
5.0
2/21/2023
Our venue (The Hyatt Regency Jersey City) included a cake from Palermo’s and we are so happy they did! The entire process from the tasting to design and delivery is incredibly simple. The at home tasting box has so many delicious flavors we had such a fun/hard time choosing! We decided on cannoli and our guests were raving about it! We paid an up charge fee to add some metallic to the cake (we included an inspo picture from Pinterest with the order) and it came out perfect! We can’t wait to come back each year for our anniversary!
Julia M
5.0
2/21/2023
Per our contract with the wedding venue, they had an arrangement with two different bakeries where we could choose a wedding cake at no extra charge (within certain designs). We tried them both, and Palermo's blew the other bakery out of the water, it wasn't even close. This place makes excellent cakes that look and actually taste good, and they have a lot more designs included than other bakeries. You will not be sorry.
Cheyenne L
5.0
12/20/2022
Our cake was out of this world. Guests have not stopped raving about how delicious and beautiful it was. We absolutely will be ordering future cakes here.
Kelley M
5.0
11/27/2022
We hired Palermo's through our reception venue (The Elan). The cost of the cake was included in what we paid the venue. I paid a small up-charge to get the exact design I fell in love with on pinterest (lol) but totally worth it and reasonable! The cake was absolutely delicious! Everyone loved it! I can't wait to use Palermo again for other events in the future. (also if you go to their cafe, it's super cute! food was really good too!)
Alexis P
5.0
11/24/2022
We are so happy Florentine is aligned with you. Our cake tasted and looked amazing. Such a rich and sweet taste. We were so happy with the outcome! Can't wait to come back for my husbands birthday cake!!!
Jennifer I
5.0
10/05/2022
Loved our birch tree inspired wedding cake! It was exactly what we envisioned from the tree trunk design to our initials in a heart. We picked chocolate fudge and French vanilla as our flavors they were delicious and the cake was so fresh and spongey. Can't wait to order another cake for our next celebration!
Nicole D
5.0
10/03/2022
Our wedding cake was provided by our venue, but we had a choice of three bakeries.... and boy am I glad we went with Palermo! The cake was absolutely gorgeous, and we went with their Tres Leches flavor and HOLY COW... so delicious! Zero issues. 100% recommend.
Gabrielle R
5.0
10/03/2022
We ordered our wedding cake through Palermo's as part of our venue package and we were so happy with how our cake turned out! The cake was beautiful and tasted delicious! We received many compliments from our guests. Leighann was wonderful to work with throughout the ordering process! We also really enjoyed the cake tasting box to select our flavors! All the cakes and buttercream frosting were excellent quality. Thank you for making this special part of our wedding a 10/10!
Amy K
5.0
10/03/2022
Cake was AMAZING. We had two flavors. Got compliments all night about it, which is rare for wedding cake!
They exceeded our expectations. also, LOVE the take home cake tasting. Was very fresh cake and a nice date night with wine together. Thank you!!
Naomi G
5.0
9/29/2022
SO HAPPY we got to get our wedding cake made by Palermo's!!!! They are amazing. We had the package through Florentine, our venue. The tasting was so much fun - we got the "to go" boxes and tried all the flavors. The actual cake itself was AMAZING and so delicious!!!!!! We even had guests tell us it was the best cake they've had at a wedding. THANK YOU PALERMOS!!!!
Elizabeth E
5.0
8/28/2022
Was so grateful that we went with this vendor for our cake we were able to get to flavors that all of our guests loved. One of the best parts about the experience was being able to pick up our own cake tasting kit and to do that alone to make the moment really memorable. They were easy to work with and everything turned out perfect Day of!
Victoria C
5.0
8/25/2022
You should 100% go to Palermo's for you wedding cake. We asked for a custom Bavarian cream filling and they executed it wonderfully! It was the best cake I've ever had and all our guests agreed. They respond very quickly and are willing to work with you on whatever you want. Highly recommend.
Sydney B
5.0
8/15/2022
I’d highly recommend Palermo’s Bakery for your next event! My cake consultant was Leighann and she made the process so easy, it made things go much more smoothly for me than anticipated! She ensured that I had the cake and decorations that I had wanted and made things much more stress-free for myself. Leighann was such a huge help to me! And come wedding day – the cake was so gorgeous! We went with the cannoli and cookies & cream flavors and our guests absolutely loved it! We had a few slices leftover after the wedding and it was still so good! My husband and I are looking forward to enjoying the rest of our cake at our 1 year anniversary next year :)
Katelyn C
5.0
8/12/2022
Our venue, the Bradford Estate, partnered with Palermo Bakery for our wedding cake. The cake was absolutely stunning and more importantly - absolutely DELICIOUS!
Nicole C
4.0
7/06/2022
Due to COVID, we had our cake tasting as a to-go box. Unfortunately, we weren't as pleased with this as we had hoped - the small pieces of cake probably had been sitting in the takeout box for a while as the flavors started to mend together and the cake itself was a little stale. However, we were pleased with how the cake looked on our wedding day and many guests said that the cake tasted great!
Sarah H
5.0
6/27/2022
Our venue, Seasons Catering, partners with Palermo Bakery and we could not have been more pleased with the result. Picking up a cake tasting box was super easy- my fiancé just walked in and picked it up without having to call ahead or any hassle and we had the best night at home making a date night out of cake testing! All of our communication with them was via e-mail and they were incredibly responsive and EASY to work with. We chose a cake that was in the included package, a design we had seen on their website, and it was probably the easiest part of our wedding planning process. The cake day of was DELICIOUS and absolutely perfect. Our florist added fresh flowers to it and really pulled the whole look together. I can't recommend Palermo Bakery enough for so many reasons- easy to work with, professional, responsive, and a delicious and gorgeous cake.
Mary Simone A
5.0
6/02/2022
The cake was included though my venue (The Ryland Inn) and Palermo’s made it super easy! I picked up a tasting box and used their online system to select 2 flavors and a design. They delivered with no issue and the cake was really delicious! We went with French Raspberry and Chocolate Pudding.
My florist (Gray’s Florist) decorated with fresh flowers - I thought it was so beautiful!
Alex P
5.0
6/01/2022
Our venue partners with Palermo and we loved our cake! Their tasting box was huge and the number of delicious flavors was overwhelming. Went with cannoli cream and lemon mousse, and we received many compliments. It looked beautiful and tasted great. We are still enjoying our leftovers.
Katie K
5.0
5/27/2022
Palermo was partnered with my venue to make our wedding cake, it was delicious! Funfetti and chocolate pudding - YUMMO. Highly recommend.
Rebecca M
5.0
5/25/2022
Palermo's absolutely KILLED it with our cakes! Leighann was such a pleasure to work with and executed a dreamy wedding cake. I also had her help in creating a surprise groom cake for my husband, which he was floored by. All of us guests loved the cake and the flavors were incredible! THANK YOU SO MUCH PALERMO'S!!
Amber P
5.0
5/03/2022
Leigh Ann is amazing and is the best in the area. We will keep working with her for cakes for all our special occasions. The flavors are unique and delicious. Our cake was perfect!
Kaitlyn K
5.0
2/08/2022
The cake was not only beautiful but delicious! The sample box made it so hard to choose because all their flavors taste so good!
Mary C
5.0
2/03/2022
I ordered my wedding cake from Palermo's and it was beautiful and delicious! They were so easy to work with, and Leigh Ann was great. They offer a really extensive tasting, and we chose the dulce de leche flavor. We are still getting compliments from our guests about how good the cake was!
We had such a great experience working with them. We did not have to stress about our cake one bit!
Kelly B
5.0
1/07/2022
My husband and I planned our wedding pre pandemic in 2018 and had the opportunity to have an in person tasting. We had such a great experience. Every choice was delicious. We had to postpone our wedding several times due to COVID and we never had an issue. Our cake was absolutely gorgeous and delicious, and exactly what we requested 3 years prior. I would definitely recommend Palermo's.
Alicia G
4.0
12/09/2021
Through our venue, Perona Farms, we were given an “allowance” towards a cake from Palermo’s. We got our tasting box and it was so fun to taste them all and rank etc. We actually preferred doing this from home so we would take our time and do it our way. Palermo’s is by far the largest bakery in NJ so they’re very organized, but responses took a while (hence the score). The cake itself was great! We got to choose 2 flavors and added to our layers for a very minimal cost. It was beautiful and delicious.
Gina M
4.0
12/08/2021
Palermos was the contracted bakery with Lake Valhalla Club for our wedding. We had fun tasting the different flavors in our to-go tasting box and landed on carrot cake and vanilla cake with cannoli filling. We chose a *very* simple design of just naked tiers and smooth/textured iced tiers since the pop pieces for our cake were the flowers our florist added day of. The only request we had was several white chocolate drips on the cake which when we received it, the drip was mistakenly in regular brown chocolate. Also, the cake was almost delivered to the wrong wedding venue. Luckily the bakery called to confirm a week before and I was able to correct the error. All in all, the cake was beautiful and we enjoyed eating it.
Kaitlin G
3.0
12/04/2021
Palermo was the bakery included in the cost of our venue. The cake flavors themselves were amazing (and we really enjoyed the tasting box). We are however disappointed with the decoration of our cake - we had provided an image and asked if they could create something similar which they assured us they could. What we got was nothing like we had initially shown and I was disappointed as it cost us a couple hundred extra dollars. Also, because of COVID we had to communicate via e-mail and at times the ball was dropped in our conversation and we had the same conversation multiple times often going weeks without a response. If you choose to use this bakery, be sure to keep your cake design on the simpler side.
Briana O
4.0
11/27/2021
Palermo's was one of the preferred bakeries through my venue. I did my cake tasting during covid. They gave us a cute to-go tasting box and it was a cute date night for us during the pandemic. I picked my flavors and emailed the bakery 3-4 months before the wedding date. They confirmed receipt, but then no one contacted me to talk design of the cake. I reached out to them 3-4 weeks before my wedding and was able to pick me designs, but I wish the communication from them would have been a little better. The cake turned out beautiful and tasted great, so in the end, no complaints!
Moira G
5.0
11/02/2021
We worked with the team at the Palermo Bakery in Little Ferry and they were great! Their staff was able to provide us with exactly what we wanted and was willing to work within our budget. The tasting box was great and payment and delivery were all absolutely seamless!
Caitlin N
5.0
9/16/2021
We had to postpone our wedding due to covid-19 and Palermo Bakery gave us no issues in the process. Very delicious cake! They even made gluten free cupcakes for some of our guests. We enjoyed our cake tasting and they made us feel very welcomed during the process!
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