About this vendor
Sarah & Simon Cake Design is a Brooklyn-based business creating custom wedding cakes for couples in New York and beyond. Owner Sarah is a graduate of fine arts and experienced cake decorator, designing visually stunning and mouth-watering creations. She knows how to produce show-stopping desserts for once-in-a-lifetime occasions.
This skilled artist approaches each couple's wedding cake with a fresh perspective. Sarah first stepped into the world of cake decorating in 2014. She worked as a creative director at the renowned Sylvia Weinstock Cakes. Moving on from this, Sarah collaborated with Cake Power's Kate Sullivan. During this time she learned to push the limits of cake decorating to reach new heights. With a background in luxury desserts and fine art, this keen entrepreneur can design amazing treats.
The delicious cakes from Sarah & Simon Design are lovingly made with fresh ingredients by a team of experienced bakers. She then molds each one into a bespoke masterpiece for the happy couple's celebrations. To begin, clients are welcome to schedule a consultation and tasting. Please inquire for more details, tastings are by appointment only. Sarah also designs tasty mini cakes and cookies to give the dessert table an extra special touch.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Groom's Cakes
- Other Desserts
Dietary Options
- Gluten Free
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
Your trust is our goal. Our community relies on honest reviews to help you make those big decisions with ease.
4.8
out of 5.010 reviews
- Top reviews
- Newest first
- Oldest first
- Highest rated
- Lowest rated
Sort by
I reached out to Sarah to inquire about a wedding cake and she truly brought our vision to life. She was quick to respond to our inquiry and asked key questions and was transparent about her pricing. After a tasting we new this was going to be our wedding cake. After sending her some inspiration she was able to provide a sketch and price break down for our cake. About a week prior to our wedding, Sarah proactively reached out to confirm the venue address and drop off times. She delivered the most stunning and delicious cake that our guests wouldn't raving about!
We were not thrilled with the final product. We asked for a small display cake and we understood it would be very small but we expected the presentation to be better than it was - the top layer wasn’t centered and its shape was uneven. It didn’t look great in photos and it was also dry. After tasting it, my husband and I ended up not eating it and instead indulged in our other dessert options. We were looking so forward to enjoying our cake and were ultimately unable to do so.
We were so disappointed when we saw the final product and even more so when we got our pictures back.
We tried a few Brooklyn bakers before settling on Sarah & Simon Cake Design, but decided to try them as they were on the list of preferred vendors from our venue. After getting the extensive listing of flavors from Sarah, my now husband and I shortened the list to include the flavors we were interested in trying and made several combinations that would allow us to try each flavor. When I initially contacted Sarah, I told her I was interested in a naked cake and sent her some photos of what I was thinking. Sarah guided me towards a minimally naked cake as they hold the moisture in better. When we picked up our cake samples to try the various flavors, I was delighted to find that she had made several miniature minimally naked cakes! The other cake tastings we had done were offered as cupcakes, which made it much more difficult to determine how the flavors would work as a full cake. I also need to note that they traveled perfectly from Brooklyn to New Jersey (where I live) as they were packaged with great care. We selected our flavors and got Sarah in touch with our florist to ensure that we had floral elements on the cake that matched the rest of the wedding aesthetic. Sarah was easy to work with and created a beautiful wedding cake that we only wish there was more of! One of the few things guests remember about a wedding is if the cake was any good. It was delicious and guests raved about it.
Sarah designed the most incredible cake we have ever seen! Even when we changed our original design completely, she remained patient and helped us realize exactly what we wanted.
She is very talented and her cakes are tasteful and elegant. Her cakes, simply put, are a work of art (and delicious)!
Thank you for the perfect wedding cake, it absolutely blew us away!
Best cake ever. Delicious and beautiful. Working with Sarah was easy and the end result was everything I dreamed of.
Sarah created the cake of our dreams! It was so easy to work with Sarah on the design and flavors. She incorporated my husband's favorite food (blueberries) into the cake and designed a stunning and delicious 5-tier cake! She even created an adorable and realistic miniature of our dog! We couldn't have been happier.
Sarah designed the cake for our daughter’s wedding at the American Museum of Natural History. We were so impressed with her professionalism - her talent - her responsiveness - she made the whole process stress free. That dinosaur design was true to the venue in an elegant and understated way that enchanted everyone at the wedding - and more importantly it was delicious! I am so grateful that our wedding planner recommended Sarah - she was an important part of a beautiful wedding!
When my wedding planner suggested Sarah of S &S Cakes I knew immediately that she was exactly who I wanted to work with for my cake. I myself have dabbled in cake design (but was not going to do it for my wedding because I really couldn't handle more stress haha), so I can identify right off the bat who really has innate artistic skill with this and Sarah absolutely does. She's an artist first and foremost, so her sculpting, attention to detail, color palettes, and stories are always on point. She is not afraid to think about the box and her precision is impecable. She was open to working with me as well- I wanted to take some part in the design process and wanted to make the sugar flowers for the cake. She was so incredibly easy to work with and she definitely made my dream cake happen. Communication with her is always great. You can tell she is incredibly proud of everything she does. She worked with me as well to source a sturdy cake base for my more unconventional cake stack. She also took one of the most special details of the wedding and applied that to the cake. From my bouquet I had these little lace suns my late grandmother had made herself (soles de maracaibo). Sarah made identical impressions of the lace suns on the cake! It was done so beautifully.
Flavor: So, so good! My husband and I went in thinking we were going to end up with X flavors and ended up doing Y flavors because she really achieves an excellent balance and nothing overpowers anything too much. It was such a hard choice to make! All the cake options were divine! We ended up with a triple lemon (lemon cake, lemon buttercream, lemon curd) and a Valrhona chocolate cake with raspberry jam and raspberry buttercream). Just delicious! Can't wait to get to our first anniversary to bite in to the topper cake!
Sarah is an absolute dream to work with. Sarah made us a gorgeous four tier cake for our wedding that was 2 tiers valrhona chocolate and 2 tiers lemon. Not only was the cake delicious but it looked like a work of art, it had a pastel rainbow of buds and baubles climbing the sides of the white frosting and cascading from the top, making a cake topper completely unnecessary! Sarah also created custom cat cookies for us that she hand painted to resemble our 2 cats, a detail that was very important to us! She came to our apartment for the cake tasting and it really was like chatting with a friend about likes and dislikes, she is lovely to be around, bakes delicious creations and has the eye of a fine artist!
Sarah designed a stunning, elegant dinosaur cake for my wedding at the American Museum of Natural History. The cake was perfect for the venue and it was the star of our wedding! Sarah was very accommodating (she came to my apartment for a cake tasting), her pricing is extremely reasonable, and she a truly talented artist.
I would highly recommend her!
Contact
Brooklyn, NY | New York, Tri-State Region
Sarah & Simon Cake Design
Sarah & Simon Cake Design's photos