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Sauer Cakes can create the ultimate dream cake for your wedding. Beautiful and unique cakes from traditional to trendy! Available in a variety of delectable flavors to suit every couple. Let our creation be the sweet start your reception deserves!
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- Woman-owned Business
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- Cake Accessories
- Cake Stands
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Groom's Cakes
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- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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The cake was great and Michelle worked with us to get an additional tasting box. She executed our design exactly as we expected and our guests loved the different flavors!
Let me be clear...her cake tastes delicious, and her gluten free is so good, that our guests were concerned it was regular (it wasn't)
Her communication was great up until the week of the wedding. The cake design on paper was exactly what we wanted, but the execution wasn’t to the level we expected.
We weren’t told that some of things we’d asked for wouldn’t be happening, which led to guests being confused about which flavors were which in the cupcakes, a concern for those with allergies.
Ultimately, we wish we would’ve known before just seeing the cake that it wasn’t going to be exactly what we thought.
Michelle went above and beyond to make sure that we were able to complete a cake tasting even though we were planning from states away. Her cake was delicious and beautiful! We could not be more thankful she was the one to design and make the cake for our special day.
Michelle is fantastic! We knew we were in good hands from the moment we met Michelle. She answered all of our questions and helped bring our loose ideas into reality, resulting in a beautiful designed and beyond delicious cake. She captured everything we wanted and more, making our wedding cake truly personalized to us. So many of our guests even went back to eat multiple pieces of cake. We will forever be grateful that Sauer Cakes played a role in our special day, and we already can't wait to enjoy our anniversary tier next year.
Our wedding cake from Sauer Cakes was customized exactly as we had hoped. It was classic, beautiful and tasted fresh and phenomenal. We were able to get mixed tiers of two different flavors and couldn't even pick a favorite. We mentioned that we like a lot of frosting and she truly delivered that for us! We would choose Sauer Cakes again every time.
I had a gluten free snickerdoodle cake and it was AMAZING!
Michelle was great, answered all our questions, and gave us a sample box to choose from a ton of flavors! Our wedding day cake was absolutely delicious, and everyone raved on how good the cupcakes were!
Michelle was the absolute best. We planned our wedding from out of town and had a mix up with times for our cake tasting and she literally drove them to us. Plus she included extra for my pregnant sister. The cake was beautiful (and delicious). Can't go wrong here!
Michelle at Sauter Cakes, LLC was such a lovely, caring cake artist for our big day! She took the time to make sure our wedding cake was exactly what we wanted. She went above and beyond to make sure our special day had the most perfect cake and she was so humble along the way. Oh did we mention how delicious our cake was. We highly recommend this cake master artist!
Michelle did a WONDERFUL job making the wedding cake of our dreams come to life. She was easy to communicate with and the detail meeting we had with her to design our cake and choose our flavors went so smoothly. To top it all off, her cakes are amazing! Every one of our guests had nothing but good things to say about the cake and how yummy it was! Thanks for helping to make our wedding day perfect!
We loved our wedding cake from Michelle! She was so easy to work with. I showed her my pinterest and she brought my dream wedding cake to life. She was able to sketch out exactly what i wanted, and it looked just as i imagined the day of! Not to mention, every flavor was absolutely delicious! We received so many compliments from our guests. We can’t recommend her enough. Thank you so much Michelle!
Michelle did an amazing job with our wedding cake. It was 3 tiers, all different flavors and she even made us a personal gluten free cake to cut since I am gluten free! It was delicious and everyone loved all of the flavors!
Although Michelle’s cakes are delicious, her communication is poor. We left numerous messages trying to confirm last minute details. We heard nothing! It only takes a minute to call or message. Also, day of the wedding a plain white cake was delivered without the sugared detailing! Michelle had to run out & buy plastic fruit to decorate it. Thankfully, my daughter never noticed. Very nice, but but too busy & too stressful to work with.I would not use or recommend her for these reasons.
Michelle’s work is amazing and the taste of her cakes are so good! We did three different flavors which were all great! It was hard to choose a favorite. Michelle is so nice to work with and willing to make your cake exactly how you want! She is so talented!! We could not have asked for anything better.
Michelle is an angel person and baker! She created a wedding cake for us that for everyone attending our special day, was the best wedding cake they’d ever had! We chose a vegan white almond cake with mixed berry filling and white buttercream frosting. Her vegan chocolate cake is also heavenly! She also created a beautiful birthday cake for one of our bridesmaids as well that was beautiful and delicious (white chocolate raspberry cake with raspberry jelly and mixed berry filling and white buttercream icing). We can’t thank Michelle enough for being so accommodating and such an important part of our special day!
Michelle was amazing to work with! Our cake and cupcakes turned out exactly how we wanted and tasted incredible. Michelle also gave us a complimentary anniversary cake which I already can't wait to have again! I highly recommend Sauer Cakes!!
Michelle was amazing to work with and the cake was absolutely perfect! It looked exactly how I imagined and was so delicious! She gave us a complimentary anniversary layer as well which we actually took with us for our honeymoon instead and it was perfect to have to continue to celebrate our marriage!
Not only are her cakeS super delicious but she is probably one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. We had a Covid wedding and she was not only very accommodating but understood how sensitive this time was for us and did everything she could to make the day special!
Michelle did a fantastic job making my wedding cake. My husband lived a couple hours away, so it was near impossible to schedule a cake tasting. She sent us a list of flavors we wanted to try and made us sample cupcakes and let us pick them up so we could still have a cake tasting experience! She was flexible and answered my every question about the design, and the cake was beautiful. The best part, we didn’t have any leftovers and I still have family members telling me how delicious it was!
Michelle was such an amazing person to work with.. and her cakes are AMAZING! She designed the cake exactly as we wanted and it was so tasty! We had so many compliments! HIGHLY recommend!!
Michelle did an AMAZING on our wedding cake!! All four tiers were so delicious and it was the most beautiful cake I've ever seen!!! The guests loved the lemon and white almond sour cream flavors. Thank you so much for the perfect wedding cake!! I can't wait to eat our 1 year anniversary tier!
Fantastic! Michelle was great. Quick to respond and the cake was delicious! Not to mention that it looked as good as it tasted!!
We literally got high-fives at our reception for how good the cake was. Michelle is an incredibly talented baker, and she was exceptional. We did a small 3-tiered cake and cupcakes for the rest, and everyone LOVED each flavor. We even get to do a fresh anniversary cake in one year (instead of having to save the top layer). Everything from the initial tasting to the day of was perfect- thanks Michelle for helping to make our day memorable!!
BEST CAKE EVER! The cake was one of the most exciting details for me. I love wedding cake. It not only looked beautiful but multiple people told us it was the best tasting cake they’ve ever had and i agree!!! Yum yum yum!!!
One of the best tasting cakes we’ve had, overall. She even made THE BEST pineappple upside down cake for our groom’s cake. Easy to work with and very upfront about designs that could cost more and ways to save. She even kept our “4 tier” cake when our guest count dropped down.
Michelle is the absolute best!! Her cake is sooooooo delicious and she literally took the image I had in my head for our wedding cake and made it happen! She is so talented and we can’t wait to use her for anything we may need in the future!
We had met with 3 bakers for our wedding. Each were delicious and inexpensive. We ended up choosing Sauer Cakes because she was so friendly and helpful and we knew she would make the perfect cake for us! She did that and more! We couldn't believe how beautiful our ended up being and even more important how delicious it was! Our only complaint about our wedding was that we didn't get enough cake to eat! We're counting down the days until we can order another cake from Sauer Cakes! She truly did an amazing job!!!
Michelle did an amazing job with the cake and cupcakes for our wedding! We loved the snickerdoodle cutting cake and cupcakes we had! Michelle has so many different options of cake flavors, there is truly something for everyone! She was a pleasure to work with and was very accommodating of some of our guests' dietary restrictions. She even made sure to make a special cupcake for my maid of honor who cannot eat gluten! She made my husband and I really enjoy picking out the flavor and design of our cake and we definitely intend to use her services again for future special occasions!
Michelle did such a terrific job with our cake. From initial tasting through our big day, she was wonderful.
You get a really personal and special experience at your tasting. She was the first one we went to and she set the bar really high. She is welcoming, warm, sincere, and her cake.... a geez that cake is the most delicious I've ever had. The other tastings we went to could not compare. We were hooked.
Communication as we headed toward the wedding was good. I had read reviews about her not communicating, but I definitely did not have that experience. We exchanged the occasional email, but that's all you really need.I trusted her to do her job. She showed us a sketch and we loved it. The next time we saw her was our wedding day, and it looked exactly as we had expected. And seriously, the taste... I don't even like cake! But this cake is for real amazing.
Do yourself a favor and book Sauer Cakes! Your guests will talk about it for weeks after.
Not only was our cake delicious and picture perfect, but working with Michelle was easy and fun! She invited us into her home and gave us an incredible amount of patience and kindness and she described each one, possible combinations, and also got to learn our personal preferences. After providing her with a few Pinterest ideas she recreated it for us, only so much better. She would always respond to emails quickly and answered any question we had.
Michelle's cakes are some of the best ever, and that's coming from someone who doesn't typically enjoy sweets.
Michelle made not only a tasty cake (seriously, I'm still getting guests who are telling me how much they enjoyed it) but also a cake that looked exactly how I envisioned it. When I walked into our reception room at the Athenaeum and saw the cake I was so happy she was able to make what I wanted come to life.
We will definitely use Michelle again for upcoming anniversaries, birthdays or anything else that calls for cake!
My Mother, Father and then Fiance went to a cake tasting. When we left all four of us agreed that we didn't need to see anyone else she was friendly and her cakes were delicious! I tried her cakes in August 2015 and my wedding was in April 2016 I bragged about how wonderful her cake is. I don't like chocolate cake but hers I liked. Even after all that time the cake did not fail to satisfy. I even have pictures of people eating it in our photo-booth refusing to put it down!
For someone who makes such delicious cakes, she lacks professionalism. My fiance and I met with Michelle back in July. We were supposed to meet on a Sunday and a few days before she emailed me and asked us if we could come on a Saturday instead. No problem. We rearranged our schedule to go meet her on Saturday. We had a great meeting with her and the cakes were great. Michelle said that she would email us the contract two days later (on Monday). It is October 17th, 3 months from the date we met with her, and we still have not heard from her. I have made numerous attempts to reach out to her the past three months and have not received one email in return. Thankfully Bella Luna Cakes came to the rescue!
Michelle Sauer is, in my mind, the best baker around when it comes to cakes and cupcakes! My mom surprised us with one of her cakes at our engagement party back in December, and we were fortunate enough to meet her when she came to drop it off. Her rice paper flowers are so beautiful and unique, and the cake was delicious without being too sugary-tasting. We had the almond cake with chocolate ganache and red velvet cake with cream cheese, with buttercream on the outside. It was amazing! We tried other baker's samples at the Bridal Show the next month, and none could hold a candle to Michelle's cakes. We did a tasting with her, and everything was delicious. We subsequently scheduled a second one to select the flavors of our cake and cupcakes, and what a fun experience!! We selected 2 flavors for our cake (almond w/chocolate ganache and the red velvet, just like our engagement party cake), 5 different cupcakes (buckeye - chocolate filled with peanut butter, snickerdoodle - tastes JUST like the cookie!! - with a brown sugar/cinnamon frosting, vanilla with lemon curd filling, plain vanilla, and plain chocolate). She added the rice paper flowers in our colors, and even made sure all of the cupcakes were able to be identified by the flowers on top - which also matched the flowers/colors we were using in our arrangements/bouquets. She also used our cupcake liners and used the design on there as the design on our main cake. While she had a personal/family issue that came up that took some time away from her responsiveness for a while, she was absolutely a pleasure to deal with and very easy to work with to get what we wanted. The cupcake stand she used is perfect, and our whole setup was equally so. Another thing we loved is that for our 1 year anniversary, she will remake the one tier of our cake so we can enjoy it fresh :) My family is already thinking of the next event to hire Michelle for since we loved her and her cakes/cupcakes so much! Thank you Michelle for making our cake dreams come true!
We worked with the Athenaeum who has a list of preferred vendors to use, including Michelle. I looked through the list and the pricing and things per slice were all about the same, she stuck out to us by offering the complementary top layer for the anniversary and after the tasting we were sold.
We had a unique design in mind and were excited that she was so excited to make our big, blingy peacock cake that would be the highlight of the center of our ballroom. She was respectful of budget and helped us plan the most affordable way to make this dream cake come true. We also had her do a birthday cake for my ring-bearer nephew for our rehearsal dinner.
While her work is outstanding, her customer service is lacking. We had multiple issues with trying to communicate with Michelle by both phone and e-mail after booking with her and had to take it up to our venue to finally be able to get ahold of her since she is on their preferred vendor list. We finally got reassurance with a call from her 17 days before the wedding stating "everything was fine" with no actual apology for not returning any of our multiple e-mails or phone calls and she was the first to admit she is not good with returning calls. Not great impression, but everything did turn out fine as she promised. She made me feel silly for being so concerned when she had two cakes to deliver to us and I didn't have confirmation from her that she knew where to take our second cake for sure and if she would actually bring it when in one e-mail I offered to pick it up if the location would be too out of her way. An apology from her would have gone a long way, but we never actually got a legitimate one for all of the communication issues.
All that aside, I heard the cake was delicious, the tasting was fun, and I'm looking forward to actually being able to eat the cake we missed out on next year for our anniversary. The things they tell you about not actually getting to eat any of the cake at your wedding is true!
Everything was perfect for our cake. Her flavors are unusual and delicious, she gave great guidance as far as how many tiers, how much cake, decorations, etc. She worked with my florist to facilitate a gorgeous cascade of fresh flowers down the side as well. We also wanted brownies (groom's favorite), and she was very accommodating and made great brownies as well. We are just sad because we were having so much fun dancing that we both forgot to eat ANY of it during the wedding. But for the win, we're eating our top tier currently and she's making us another cake for our anniversary (all included in the very reasonable price). Great to work with - highly recommend.
Our cake was very delicious and looked just as we imagined it! As a bride, I don't think you could ask for much more!
We met Michelle Sauer at the Columbus Bridal Show. I fell in love with one of her display cakes and much to my delight, the cakes tasted as good as they looked!
Michelle did an excellent job on our 5 tier wedding cake. For the cake design, we gave Michelle our invitation suite and simply asked her to incorporate those design elements into the cake. Our cake flavors were white almond with raspberry filling and white chocolate truffle & red velvet with cream cheese truffle.
We also had a surprise groom's cake in the shape of the Dallas Cowboys star. The cake flavor was marble with milk chocolate truffle.
Thanks to Michelle with Sauer cakes she produced the perfect wedding cake I designed with a few added touches (of which she creatively proposed) and made the perfect cake for our wedding. My husband and I had a short engagement and she was very wonderful to work with both quickly and efficiently. The cake, icing, and filling was to die for and many of our guests complemented the cake selection. She has many varieties of flavors for cake, icing, or filling that I didn't even know existed or yet became such great pairings when put together. She is very talented in her work and takes the time to deliver the cake and set it up to ensure her product is going to be prefect for your day. The added bonus to her work is that couples receive a one year anniversary cake made by her instead of having to save wedding cake!!!!! I thought this was a wonderful touch to our contract. I could express enough how lucky we were to have worked with Michelle to make our day so special. Thanks again.
I love love loved Michelle - she was really personable and wonderful to work with. The cake was AMAZING, people are still raving about it a month after the wedding. The frosting in particular sold me - not too grainy, the perfect amount of sweet. She was one of our venue's preferred vendors, so we didn't have to pay an additional deposit for her services. However, she was really hard to get a hold of leading up to the wedding. Definitely email instead of call, I'm not sure she checks her voicemails.
We LOVED our cake from Sauer Cakes. We got a strawberry filled, lemon cake. Michelle decorated it beautifully and it was delicious. She even delivered it for us which made things much less stressful for us and our families!
We loved working with Michelle. She has such great ideas on the design and layouts. Her cakes taste so good! We had so many compliments throughout the night and still getting them. Everyone loved the cake so much that we had none leftover. Michelle did a fantastic job on creating my vision. The cake looked breathtaking! She couldn't have made a better cake!!
I am a bride to be for a wedding in New Orleans this fall. Needless to say, I've been trying lots of cakes. When it came to organizing a surprise 60th party for my Dad in Ohio, I asked a good friend who she used for her wedding cake. I called Michelle and sent her a copy of the invitation and a picture of a cake that I found online...when she came to deliver the cake on day of I was completely floored. She made the cake look like wood with all these tools on top and it tasted amazing. I had so many guests ask me for her information. I wish she had a business in New Orleans :) I hardly ever write reviews but she is 5+ stars so I had to!!!
Michelle worked with us to find just what we wanted, and the result was beautiful and delicious!
Michelle is an absolutely amazing cake and dessert creator! She was so helpful in helping us decide different flavors and very easy to work with since we had other ideas then just the traditional wedding cake! We ended up doing a traditional cake for some and small desserts for the rest...cake balls, gnashes, and mini cones with baileys :) We got so many compliments and the actual cake presentation was beautiful! Would highly recommend Michelle and Sauer Cakes!!
Michelle's cake is amazing. Everyone at our wedding loved it and the various cupcake flavors we chose. She was really helpful in responding to email and working with us over the phone as we were planning out of town. I loved all the little touches like the flowers on the cupcakes. Definitely recommend!
Michelle at Sauer Cakes was great. Our cake was absolutely delicious, and our guests were raving about it all night.
She even went as far as to provide me a gluten free cupcake for our cutting after finding out I was intolerant. Thanks Sauer Cakes!
Michelle did a great job! The tasting with her was so much fun. and she was so easy to talk to and take suggestions about how we wanted the cake. Her cakes taste SO good. Some of our guests took seconds!
My husband does not like cake but he loved Michelle's cakes! She was so kind and easy to work with! I would definitely recommend her to anyone. Her cakes are wonderful and she is so accommodating! Anything you want, just ask!
I could not have asked for better service or yummy cakes than I got from Sauer Cakes. As wedding planning got away from me, I realized relatively late in the game that I still needed cake for our big day and we didn't have much money left in the budget. I searched and searched and multiple venues were either unwilling to work with my budget or unwilling to allow me to do the set up I had planned. Until Sauer Cakes. From the first tasting through the day of the wedding Michelle was so nice and willing to help. She was never pushy and didn't try to oversell her services, but she offered to do little extra things that made a huge difference. And even more, her cakes were delicious! Strawberry Margarita and Buckeye were the yummy flavors we went with but they were all so good! Thanks Sauer Cakes for making our day so much more special!
Michelle did a fantastic job with our cake and cupcake combination. She was flexible and provided exactly what we envisioned. She was also extremely easy to work with!
I think when it comes to cake, I was of course wanting the best taste and the best appearance... Not only does Michelle make what I can honestly say (and our family and friends agreed) is the most DELICIOUS cake I have ever had, and the most beautiful, clean, perfect décor....but the added bonus is getting to meet and work with such a wonderful person. Michelle has been such a blessing and made not only my wedding, but now my big brother's wedding, very special! When my brother decided to have a small wedding with just family...we were only able to give Michelle FOUR DAYS notice! Instead of telling us we were crazy, she went out of her way to make us a wedding cake that was just gorgeous, and the Buckeye flavor was amazing! My brother and new wife got the most wonderful surprise, and would otherwise have had a cake-less wedding day. No matter what you are looking for, a "fun" theme cake like I chose, or a beautiful classic design like my brother....I would tell anyone to choose Sauer Cakes and know you will not be disappointed!
My cake was STUNNING! Michelle is SO easy to work with, she is so sweet and so talented. How many times have you eaten a cake and it was dry, or the icing was hard? Ever actually tasted fondant? YUCK! she makes the smoothest, yet OH SO DELICIOUS buttercream frosting, and has the steadiest hand for fancy designs. I texted her a picture of the lace detail on my dress, she NAILED IT!
can not recommend her enough!
I contacted Michelle of Sauer Cakes LLC to create some cupcakes for my best friend's bachelorette party. She responded to me right away and was very excited about the project. I told her the theme was "Burlesque" and gave her some direction with colors and graphics to match the custom invites. The result was two dozen cupcakes that could not have been more delicious or more beautiful to look at. They matched my theme perfectly and were a huge hit at the party. Michelle was an absolute pleasure to work with and I will definitely contact her for future projects. She was quick to respond to my questions, and I found the pricing to be very reasonable when you look at the amazing quality of her work and the time she spends attending to every detail. Thanks again Michelle for all of your hard work and for making the process fun and easy.
Michelle Sauer was one of my favorite vendors! She was so personable and friendly. The cake flavors we chose were a big hit! We had actually had one of her cakes at a friends weddings and it was the best cake i'd ever had so I said we just had to have her! She also makes you a fresh cake for your one year anniversary.
Sauer cakes was the perfect baker for our wedding day. We had a small wedding and didn't need a ton of cake, so not being forced to order a minimum number of slices was perfect for us (a lot of other places needed a 100 slice minimum order). Even with the small number, we were still able to have a beautiful 3 tiered cake that tasted delicious. We got so many complements on how delicious the cake was and are super excited for the anniversary cake! Yummm!
Michelle Sauer is an artist!! She is so easy to work with (her kitchen is in her home and she makes you feel right at home when you're there), her cake is delicious (lots of rave reviews from our guests), and the presentation is absolutely beautiful! My husband and I actually had a fake cake (nobody knew!) with only one real layer for us to cut into and then we had sheet cakes made. Michelle is very practical about the amount of cake you need and you can depend on her for a beautiful presentation the day of the wedding. You can't go wrong with Sauer Cakes (I recommend the peanut butter and chocolate ganache combo)!! My husband and I are already looking forward to the complimentary cake on our first anniversary :)
Michelle was able to take my multiple ideas and combine them into a beautiful end product that was as beautiful as I had hoped it would be. The flavors were incredible and we received so many compliments from our guests. We were able to save the leftovers for a month and we didn't waste a single peice. I would highly recommend Sauer Cakes for your wedding bakery needs!
We had a wonderful experience working with Sauer cakes for our wedding. I brought a photo of a cake that I liked, and they made it look EXACTLY like my picture. The cake was beautiful and absolutely delicious. Our guests are still talking about it! I highly, highly recommend Sauer Cakes.
Michelle was easy to work with and was willing to help me out last minute when I ended up in a pinch.
Michelle is absolutely fantastic! I cannot say enough about how helpful and all around wonderful both she and her cakes are!
When starting out with wedding planning, my husband and I were a bit lost as to what type of dessert we were going to end up with. We were both fairly certain that we wanted a traditional cake with almost none of the traditional qualities, but we also knew that we didn't have an enormous budget to spend on the cake. Michelle really nailed it. We came up with flavors, concepts and sketches all in one meeting. She really made every part of our dessert process seamless and effortless on our part. AND people thought we spent WAY more than we did which was a huge bonus!
All together it was a fabulous experience with Michelle and a fabulous day.
I knew I wanted to use sauer cakes for my wedding because I was at a wedding before and had the choc p.b cake and omg it is amazing! At both weddings there were no left over cake!!! I even bought a little extra but there was none to take home
Michelle was extremely difficult to get ahold of. Anytime I called, she never answered, and when I emailed it always took AT LEAST two weeks for her to email back. She was nice in person, and her cakes are delicious, probably the best. But the difficulty getting ahold of her was very frustrating. She also did not design the cake the way we discussed and I specified in the cake contract. We decided on a cutting cake with cupcakes. My cutting cake showed up plain with no design on it! If you want good cake for a decent price, this is the place, but expect difficulty getting ahold of her and possibly not getting the design you asked for.
I called Michelle Sauer of Sauer Cakes just 2 weeks before my wedding after my original plans fell through (a family member was supposed to bake my cake). I had originally called another bakery from The Knot's recommendation, and they were simply not able to accommodate my needs for 200 guests with such short notice. That company actually recommended Sauer Cakes (must be good to come recommended by competitors right?!) I called Michelle and she was so professional and helpful, crisis averted! I cannot say enough about the cake she made, it was clearly a highlight of my wedding. Beautiful and delicious! We ordered quite a bit more than we ended up needing and my husband and I ate at least 2 pieces everyday for a week and it was still amazing a week out! I will absolutely use Sauer Cakes for all my future needs, you won't be disappointed!!
Sauer Cakes was one of the preferred vendors for our reception venue. When we scheduled our consultation, she was very eager to meet with us. We loved her work; she makes very beautiful and delicious cakes. My husband and I felt like we hit it off with her, and were very eager to work with her. After our consultation, though, it would take multiple emails and phone calls for her to respond to us. When she did respond, it was only after we threatened to hire another cake vendor. After this happened twice, we did decide to go elsewhere. Again, Sauer Cakes makes very beautiful cakes, and I'm sure many people are satisfied with her service. However my husband and I couldn't get over her lack of responsiveness, and didn't want to be stressed in the months leading up to our big day.
Michelle is great - she listened to my ideas and suggested that I look at pictures on the knot. She looked through the pictures I sent her and combined all of my ideas into a beautiful, classy cake. She let us choose 3 different types of cake, and she is really good about bundling the price all together - so the price per piece may look higher than other places, but she isn't going to be adding on charges at the end. She also let us use one of her cake stands and was very laid-back throughout the process. Although I still think wedding cake in general is crazy-expensive, I would highly recommend Sauer cakes if you are going that route.
I loved my cake from Sauer Cakes. The design was beautiful and the taste was beyond belief. Everyone raved about the cake and we only had a few left over pieces to take home with us after the wedding. She even did a 3D Jawa (from Star Wars) grooms cake that was just so darn cute! We saved it because it was too adorable to eat! The only issue I ran into is that Michelle is very difficult to get a hold of and that can get frustrating. Other than that, everything was perfect!
Oh, how to describe such a unique but perfect cake for our wedding. Michelle did ten times better than I would have dreamed. We asked for such unique items, and she made it all come alive. She made our cake toppers as well as the cake and cupcakes. The cake toppers were the hit of the night. Everyone thought the cake was "so" us. We also had a special cake for us called the triple irish threat (which is to die for). Everyone at the wedding could not believe how great the cake was and kept asking where we got it from. She always answered all my questions and I would for sure go back for special occasions from now on to her.
My cake was absolutely amazing. I showed Michelle a picture of one I loved, and she make it look EXACTLY like the picture - I was blown away. The flavors were amazing, and we got rave reviews from guests! You also don't have to freeze your top tier for your 1 year anniversary - she makes you a fresh cake to look exactly like it! Ours is just around the corner!
Michelle is licensed to bake out of her home. It threw me off at first but the cake was great. She invites you into her home with an assortment of un-iced cupcakes and cups of fillings and frosting for you to mix and match. It was great because we got to pick a cake that and fillings we may have never even thought we'd enjoy. Best part of Michelle is she really cares. She even bakes you a cake top for your 1 year anniversary so you don't have to eat freezer cake!
Our wedding cake was so pretty I didn't want to cut it! Michelle went above and beyond for us. Our entire cake was eaten at the wedding. A few weeks after people are still about how good the cake was. Sauer cakes has so many different flavors it was hard to choose. For your first year anniversary she makes you a new top layer. This is where I'll be getting all of our cakes from.
Michelle Sauer was awesome! My wedding cake was beautiful and unique. Michelle worked with me to design exactly what I wanted. It was also the most delicious cake that I have ever had! Everyone raved about it. The only downside, she did take a little longer than I would have liked to get bak to me. Other than that, I was so happy. She is affordable too!
We loved all the flavors Michelle had to offer! Our wedding cake not only looked great it tasted great as well! Easy to work with and wonderful end result!
Michelle at Sauer Cakes was great. She was able to cater to me at the last minute and was very nice to work with, flexible, and helped make my day super easy. Especially, since she was a preferred vendor for my venue at Creekside Conference and Event Center, delivery was free and all rentals were free. She was great, her cake was delicious and beautiful and cake tasting was free! She had the best value out of all the bakers I looked at. I highly recommend her.
Michelle is wonderful! I have never tasted a cake as good as hers. I had people talking about how good the cake was weeks after the wedding. We were lucky to have left overs b/c I did not get enough the day of the wedding and it was amazing!!
I went to a tasting with Michelle and she was very nice and professional. The cakes were delicious! She promised me a quote in a week. After 3 weeks I contacted her asking for a quote... no response. A month and a half later I contacted her again, this time a but more pressing and she apologized and promised me a quote. A week later I FINALLY got the quote (2 months late). I asked for some changes and where I could send a deposit. Two months later and I still haven't heard from her.
DON'T GO WITH HER UNLESS YOU DON'T REALLY CARE IF SHE SHOWS UP OR NOT!
Sauer Cakes was one of five of my wedding venue's preferred vendors. Based on pricing and/or reputation, it was one of two vendors which I actually taste tested. Hands down, the BEST cake I've ever tasted. And Michelle lived up to the tasting on the day of the wedding. The cake tasted phenominal! I do have two complaints about Sauer cakes. The first is a lack of communication - in the two months preceding the wedding, I sent two unanswered e-mails and left 4 unanswered voicemails. It took contacting the planner at my venue to get a response from Michelle (although she was most apologetic when she called). My second complaint is that I never saw a finalized diagram of what my cake would look like. Although it tasted fabulous, it was much plainer in appearance than I'd imagined based on our phone consultation about it. It looks very simple in our pictures when I would have preferred something a little more elaborate. But the price was right, the cake was delivered for free with a free use of a cake stand, and it tasted fabulous. And, we're supposed to get a free top-tier on our first anniversary. So overall, I'd recommend Sauer Cakes to anyone who has time to be more involved in the details/communication aspect of it.
Michelle is a great baker! She made both my bridal shower cake and wedding cake. We barely had any wedding cake left, it was delicious! However, I cannot give 5 stars as she can be tricky to get in-touch with. I had to e-mail and leave several voice messages over the period of a month to get in touch with her about my bridal shower cake. She was very apologetic about not getting back to me sooner, which was appreciated, but did cause a little bit of additional stress. If you don't mind having to make a few extra phone calls, her cakes are worth it!
Easy to work with, DELICIOUS, beautiful, reasonably priced. What more are you really looking for?
When I met with Michelle from Sauer Cakes for my first cake tasting, I knew immediately I wanted her to do my wedding cake. I am not a big fan of cake and her cakes and buttercream frosting made me actually enjoy it!
Michelle has TONS of flavors and a vibrant personality to match. She met with me for 2 separate tastings and even put together a "to go box" of cupcakes for my parents who could not attend the tasting.
My wedding cake was raved about - I chose 4 flavors and ended up with about 350 servings of cake for under $1,000. Not to mention she is creative and great at design/detailing of the cakes.
She gives you a free anniversary cake in any flavor you want (newly baked, not the year old frozen top tier!)!
She even threw in 2 free "birthday cakes" because it was 2 guests birthdays at my wedding and I wanted to present them with a mini-cake. Love Sauer Cakes!
Couldn't have ask for a more amazing wedding cake. Loved it!!!
Sauer Cakes tastes great! They made my vision come true.
Our cake story is an interesting one. I had ordered a cake that I wanted specialized with words all over it that were important to us for various reasons. This was a labor intensive cake, however she charged no extra for this extra work, it was still priced per serving. On the way to our venue, Michelle was rear-ended and my 4 tier cake toppled. This could have caused a horrible disaster if I had used anyone else. However, Michelle rushed home, made extra sheet cake, and took styrofoam to make a fake replica of my cake. She decorated the styrofoam to look exactly how my cake was supposed to look, complete with all the words and details! There was still sheet cake so the guests had cake to eat as well. There was nothing more she could have done, and I think she handled the situation beautifully. I don't think most people would have provided everything she did in such a short amount of time. I actually did not even know the my cake was fake until after the wedding. My mom and the bridesmaids kept it a secret! Not only did Michelle do everything she could to make up for the accident, but in the end she gave us a full refund for this mishap. I could not be more pleased with her service! She is a wonderful person to work with. Not to mention, her cakes are DELICIOUS!
Our wedding cake from Michelle was beautiful. We were able to choose different flavors for each tier of the cake at no extra charge, and we even had fondant detail (simple) for no extra charge. The cake wasn't exactly what we expected design-wise (it was made to look like my dress, something difficult to replicate) but it was beautiful nonetheless and tasted great. Our cake was for 100 servings.
Our consultation went well, but it was all downhill from their. The cake was dry and the wrong color.
The final product we received was great, the cake was gorgeous, delivered on time and exactly as we had ordered it all for a great price. However, getting a hold of Michelle is next to impossible if you want to make changes or go over things. Making our initial appointment in October of 2010 was a snap, the meeting went great and we both loved Michelle and her cake. However, when I tried to get a hold of her in February 2011 to go over ideas for the cake design it took me 6 weeks to get a hold of her. I emailed and called her every few days leaving a message each time, to no avail. She works out of her home and has no store front to visit, I began to worry that she might have gone out of business or may be ill or even dead (yes, I even checked the obituaries). Finally, I left her a message giving her an ultimatium that if I hadn't heard back from her by the end of the week (mind you, this was the begining of April and I was getting married at the begining of May) I would be looking for another baker. She emailed me back the next day, appologizing saying she was busy working with clients whos wedding dates were comming up in the next couple of weeks. That's fine, I understand that my wedding was not until May and I was lower on the priority list, but common sense and good business sense would dictate to at least send me and email stating something like "hey, sorry I'm really busy, I'll get back to you in a couple days". Anything. Not calling me back or emailing was completely unacceptable and rude.
That being said, everything turned out okay and we were very happy with our cake and got tons of compliments on how great our cake tasted.
Like I said, Look No Further. Sauer Cakes are WONDERFUL.
I can't tell you how many people came up to me or my immediate family and said that the cake was the BEST they have ever tasted.
The pricing is comparable to everyone else in Columbus or the surrounding area.
The Construction/Decoration, exactly what I wanted. The cake itself was moist. The fillings we chose set the whole thing in an upward spiral!!!
Like I said. Stop Right Now AND CALL HER.
Thank You Michelle!!
You Helped to Make Our Wedding Day PERFECT
I worked with Michelle Sauer of Sauer Cakes. The first time I met with Michelle, she put together the best little tasting experience ever! She had little cupcakes of the cake flavor that we had discussed and also had little cups full of the fillings that we had requested to try, but she had them in separate containers so we could mix and match flavors that we thought would be fun to try together. We ended up going with her Amaretto Crunch, Mocha cake with vodka Kahlua buttercream filling, and a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and raspberry filling. We didn’t want to do a whole cake that would be cut up because we were trying to work with a certain figure in mind. What Michelle ended up doing was making a faux cake designed to what my husband and I had designed, and then she made sheet cake to be cut up in the back and brought out. The cake was a HUGE hit, everyone loved how moist and delicious it was and no one knew that our cake wasn’t real! I would recommend Michelle time and time again for how fun she was and how great she made our cake experience.
Michelle is awesome. We had a beautiful cake and it was delicious as well. She was so great to work with!! You cant beat the price either.