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***NOTE TO POTENTIAL CLIENTS: After 16 beautiful years, we have decided to retire the business. We wish you WONDERFUL choices in your wedding & future marriage and thank you for all the love & support we've gotten all these years!
GREAT TASTE & FUN are as important as fine customer service - Sweet Cheeks Baking Co. offers all of it with our highly skilled, wildly entertaining, professional team. Our fresh, local, natural ingredients create beautifully decadent wedding cakes, dessert stations, cupcakes and famous cookie guest favors!
From Lemon Curd & Fresh Berry Cake to Sicilian Pistachio with Hazelnut & Cherry Cream filling; fancy bite-sized desserts to mini cupcakes; classic cookies to hand painted works of art, we've got amazing combinations to WOW your guests!!!
Watch us on FOOD NETWORK - "Cupcake Wars!" "Ridiculous Cakes" and "Road Tasted with the Neelys"
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Accessories
- Cake Stands
- Cake Toppers
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Groom's Cakes
Dietary Options
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Organic
- Sugar Free
- Vegan
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Elaine and her staff at Sweet Cheeks could not have been more helpful! We started off with a simple order of cupcakes for the wedding but decided to throw them a curveball as asked for a Sandcastle Cake. The staff didn't miss a beat. The cake they created for our wedding was unbelievable. The venue and our wedding planner said they had never seen anything like it. Our guests were in awe at just how beautiful the cake was! And it was TASTY! Cant wait to have them recreate it for our 1 year anniversary ;) Thank you so much for making our wedding unique and unforgettable!
So yummy!!! Sweet Cheeks Baking Co. /Jon helped us pick out our variety of mini desserts and a single tier gluten free wedding cake. Everything was delicious! I would highly recommend them for any event needing desserts!
Sweet Cheeks Baking Co. has the best cake I have ever tasted in my life! My wife Karli and I are so happy that we got our cake with them. They were really easy to communicate with throughout our planning process. Sweet Cheeks adapted their tasting during COVID to a take-home tasting box, and I loved the experience. We ended up choosing a strawberry champagne flavored cake, along with a vanilla cake that had fresh berries and lemon curd. We loved it so much, we ordered another tier to eat after our wedding, too. I highly recommend this bakery for any event / wedding!
When we signed our contract with Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, Sweet Cheeks was apart of our package. We are a dessert couple, so having a huge cake wasn't our plan; but Sweet Cheeks maddest work. They offered us a package that included a 6-inch cake for use to cut and taste and we were able to have an array of mini desserts for our guests to enjoy! They enjoyed them so much that we weren't able to taste them ourselves. However, we were able to purchase a sampler box for us to relive our special day.
Sweet Cheeks Baking Co. was recommended by our venue. I live in Iowa, so I was grateful for the recommendations as I do not know the area. From the very beginning Elaine and her team were amazing. We were able to visit 5 months before the event and do a tasting..deciding on the Lemon Berry and Tiramisu flavors. Then I told Elaine about my desire for the look of the cake. I told her about my dress. It’s peach and has a 3D design on the outside layer that is unique- and I wanted something like that on the cake. Elaine got super excited and jumped in to the design with both feet. Our cake was beautiful and tasted amazing and I was so pleased! Absolutely use this company for your wedding!!! Thank you Sweet Cheeks!!
Sweet Cheeks did such an amazing job with our wedding cake and cupcakes! We even were able to get Gluten free treats for guests that were unable to have the normal cake. The Tiramisu flavor was a hit and our guests couldn’t stop talking about it!
Sweet Cheeks did a fantastic job with our cake and assorted cupcakes. The cake looked amazing and all of the flavors were delicious. We loved being able to have a variety of flavors for guests to choose from. They also made us monogramed cookies as our wedding favor. Those were a hit! Our wedding was postponed twice due to covid. The team at Sweet Cheeks was flexible and responsive throughout the process and postponements. I highly recommend Sweet Cheeks!
Elaine is just such a gem! From the moment we reached out to her, she was creative, professional, and so much FUN to design with. She let us share all of the ideas we had as she diligently listened and then helped us come up with the most beautiful cake.
For our tasting, we had such a hard time narrowing down to a single cake flavor -- they were all amazing. But once we decided on the delicious lemon berry, it became one of the things we looked forward to the most on the day of. In preparation of the big day, Elaine was very flexible and worked well with our florist (our cake had beautiful flowers in each layer) and our event coordinator.
Day of, the elegant cake was delivered on time by Elaine personally. We knew it was going to be beautiful so we had the cake placed behind the sweetheart table and was a focal point for the whole night.
Not only was it stunning to look at, but it tasted so decadent. One of our friends loved the cake so much, he went and ate 4 more slices! Sweet Cheeks is the best baker to go with for any of your events!
We highly highly recommend them.
Sweet Cheeks did a great job with our wedding cake. It was a work of art as some wedding guests put it! They have their flavors down. Highly recommend.
I can’t thank Lauren and her team at SweetCheeks enough! I had a very specific wedding cake in mind and when I contacted other vendors they either told me it was not possible or it would be very hard to make. But when I contacted Lauren she was willing to do anything to help me make my dream cake come true! She even drew me a picture of what my cake would look like and I was super excited to see the cake in real life! The whole team was very professional and super kind throughout the whole process! I ended up having faux cake for show which came out exactly the way I imagined and backup cakes to eat. The groom’s favorite was “Marbled with love” and mine was “the Sicilian.” We ordered extra big cakes so we could have two slices! I’m just sad I couldn’t eat 3 slices that night! Thank you so so much SweetCheeks!
Lauren and her team at Sweet Cheeks are the absolute best!! They created the most beautiful wedding cake and a spectacular grooms cake. My daughter had a very elaborate design in mind for the grooms cake- a UGA Auburn football field with the mascots- they not only created her design- they knocked it out of the park. And their cakes are the most delicious ever- it was so hard to choose between the different flavors. We had pistachio and Elvis- so so delicious! Everyone said they were the best cakes they had ever had. And they are incredibly professional, kind and fun to work with. We are long distance and they made the whole process so easy and fun. They also made delicious sugar cookies with the wedding logo on them for the welcome boxes, packaged with matching ribbons. So so yummy. Best bakery ever!
Sweet Cheeks Bakery made my wedding cake and I could not be happier I went with them! I got married at Coasterra and my wedding package included a cake from 1 of 3 bakeries. In reviewing the options I went with Sweet Cheeks as I liked the aesthetic of the cake designs I saw online. Even during a pandemic the service was fantastic. I did a pick up cake tasting and chose the marbled love flavor (highly recommend) and sent my preferred design which was covered in the package with the venue.
My guests loved the cake and I will definitely use them again for special events!
We chose Sweets Cheeks to make our wedding cake because of their amazing reputation but we fell in love with them after meeting Elaine and the staff, who sent us home with the most delicious package I've ever received. We live in Orange County but our ceremony and reception was in La Jolla, so they were kind enough to send us home with lots of flavors of cakes and frosting to try at home after a busy day of vendor meetings. One of the hardest things I've ever had to do is decide which of their delicious flavors we would have for our cake... but in the end the marble with Oreo frosting was the winner. On the day of our wedding our cake turned out exactly as I had always imagined it, it was stunning!
We live in the Sacramento, CA area and had planned a small destination wedding in San Diego. We relied solely on reviews to pick our vendors for the event. From my first contact to my very last, everyone I dealt with was so helpful, polite and accommodating. I had a very vague idea of what I wanted, but after speaking with Elaine and answering a few questions, she came up with a beautiful design which fit us perfectly. Her creativity and expertise showed in the simple but elegant design which matched elements of my dress. She is truly an artist. The cake was so delicious, moist, creamy and the tiramisu filling was incredible. Elaine and crew deserve a "10" in our book!
Wow. The folks at Sweet Cheeks are pastry magicians! All of our desserts for our rehearsal dinner/wedding came out so beautiful and were absolutely delicious! They were super kind and very responsive to any questions we had throughout the process. It was so cool going into their bakery to have our design consultation and the take-home tasting was such fun! I sent them a simple drawing of an idea I had for a groom's cake to surprise my fiance with at our rehearsal dinner and they knocked it out of the park! It was so amazingly sculpted and my fiance was blown away by it!
Our wedding cake was equally beautiful! We had so much fun going to the bakery to discuss the design and we got the take-home tasting kit which we thought was so nice! We got to openly discuss the flavors without feeling pressure to choose which was wonderful. We didn't want fondant on our wedding cake and they made a beautiful buttercream cake based on the design we worked out! And it was absolutely delicious!! Our coordinator packed us a to-go bag of some food and desserts and one of our favorite things was being able to eat our amazing cake the following morning while reminiscing. Everyone also loved the extra desserts we had from sweetcheeks. If we have any future cake needs, I will absolutely come back to Sweet Cheeks and I highly recommend them to anyone thinking about hiring them!
I cannot say enough great things about Elaine and her team at Sweet Cheeks! The cake design was absolutely stunning and everything we hoped for! We wanted something different yet elegant and classic and it was perfection! And most importantly the cake was delicious and all of our guests have been raving about it! Sweet Cheeks has been a favorite bakery of mine for years with my nephews birthday cake, cupcakes, friends bridal shower cake and now our wedding cake! And once again they far exceeded our expectations. I am a dessert person and not only the cake but all the mini desserts we ordered were SO delicious.
The team is amazing to work with and is so patient in listening and working through every detail with you! They are true delight to work with and in my opinion the best bakery in San Diego! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our dream wedding cake and dessert table come to life, it was more than anything we could have asked for!
xo Kim & Jackson
Sweet Cheeks bakery was awesome!! They were so easy to work with and made both wedding cake and grooms cake of our dreams! We sat with them and were able to custom make the design we wanted and they executed every detail. I would highly recommend using them for you wedding cake!
From start to finish, Sweet Cheeks baking made our wedding dreams a reality! Elaine and her entire staff were so amazing throughout the entire process from selecting wedding cake flavors, to design to delivery. They are an incredible team and it shows through the service you receive. Elaine and her team helped us design a unique hand-painted wedding cake for our reception and a wonderful Groom’s Cake surprise for my husband during our friends and family after-party. The cake itself – let’s just say DELICIOUS!...And we visited a few bakeries for taste testings in the area before making our final selection. Hands down – Sweet Cheeks far surpassed the rest. Our guests ranted and raved about the taste of the cake! Elaine and her Sweet Cheeks team absolutely nailed it! Your clear and only choice for the most important day of your life is Sweet Cheeks Baking! You will not be disappointed!
I landed on Sweet Cheeks after being recommended by the Catamaran Resort. I liked their a la cart options. Their follow up and organization was great. The "drive by" tasting was fun - we picked up the samples on a Saturday in a pizza box! Our guests raved about the red velvet and Lemon SoCal cupcakes. Thank you, Sweet Cheeks!
Sweet Cheeks made us an absolutely delicious wedding cake! They worked with us from the beginning to help us design a cake that looked amazing and tasted even better. Many of our guests commented to us on just how awesome the cake was. A fantastic vendor who made a major contribution to a smooth, successful and magical wedding.
We used Sweet Cheeks for our wedding cake and desserts as they were part of our wedding package at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club. Our cake was beautiful and our mini desserts super cute! The quality of their cake and desserts is excellent. All of our guests enjoyed the cake and desserts. Although my husband and I didn't get to taste too many desserts during our wedding, during our pre-wedding tasting, we were impressed!
Sweet Cheeks Bakery made my dream wedding cake come true! They did such a wonderful job with the design! I was planning my wedding from Nebraska and they made it possible. I wish I had a bit better customer service, but in the end, it was all worth it.
Not only an amazing wedding cake, but an awesome customer service.
Elaine was a superstar. Super easy to work with. She was able to accommodate all my requests and the cake came out beautiful and delicious as expected. I could not be happier. She is a sweetheart. It definitely made my special day even more special.
Our wedding cake was ridiculously beautiful and totally delicious (get the pumpkin, if you can!). I knew exactly what I wanted and Sweet Cheeks delivered (and then some). Watching Elaine draw the initial picture of the cake was one of the most exciting moments of the wedding process. Seeing the cake on the day-of was also an incredible moment. I'll without a doubt be ordering from them again, hopefully soon, and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone who needs a delicious and beautiful cake!
EVERYONE in San Diego kept recommending Sweet Cheeks as our bakery for our wedding and I am SO glad we listened! We went with a cake topper and cupcakes, and everything turned our perfect! They set up the desserts so perfectly, adding some greenery and flowers to the table too. We had many guests compliment on how delicious the cupcakes were. The red velvet cupcakes were gone so fast!! That seemed to be the favorite flavor :) Thanks Sweet Cheeks!
I just love Elaine. She did a cake for my friends wedding and it was so beautiful! The taste was amazing as well. The whole process from the creative to the tasting to the delivery was seamless, smooth and professional. You will have the best cake ever with Sweet Cheeks!
Sweet Cheeks delivered everything we wanted. We did not want a cake at all! We wanted a fun dessert bar, which we got! Lauren and her team were receptive to our ideas and flavors. We asked for a few special things and they found a way to make it happen. Very helpful and quick to respond to emails. And the desserts were freakin' amazing!! We got 7 different types of desserts, and all were fabulous. Especially the Bomb Diggity!!! Thank you!
We got to Sweet Cheeks through our venue's recommendation, they were super nice and easy to work with. The cake selection can be a little daunting since you have to try SO many combinations at a time, but it made for a fun activity with my then fiance. We had a small cutting cake and different types of small desserts for everyone else, they set it up nicely and everything was delicious. We went with pistachio and lemon for our cake and it was amazing! Would definitely recommend them.
Lauren Rennie with Sweet Cheeks was the best. She helped us pick our cake flavors and turned my cake vision into reality. She was patient with me as I asked questions on the design and helped me come up with the prettiest cake. She was very responsive and easy to work with. Sweet Cheeks provided us with one of the best wedding cakes my husband and I have ever eaten and we loved all the flavors- we barely narrowed it down to 3 options for our guests. We can’t wait to eat our leftover wedding cake on our one year wedding anniversary!
We tried three other bakeries before Sweet Cheeks, and we knew this was the one on the first bite. All of the flavors we tried were amazing, and the way they do their tasting is so cool – cake and frosting come separately so you can make your own combinations. We went with citrus cake with passionfruit filling and pistachio cake with Italian buttercream. The flavors were excellent, and the design was beautiful, just how we wanted it. We thought about saving the top layer, and we did freeze it, but after two months we didn’t want to wait anymore and took it out. We’ll just have to get a new one for the first anniversary!
Hands down the BEST WEDDING CAKE I have EVER tasted. It was seriously the most delicious cake ever. So much so, that I asked for the leftovers to be sent to our room so we could have cake for breakfast the next day!! Elaine is an absolute GEM! Such a doll and one of the nicest people I have ever met. She went above and beyond to bring my vision to life. Not only was the cake GORGEOUS, it was also DELICIOUS. Seriously so so so good!!! There are honestly not enough words to describe how amazing it was to work with this company and Elaine specifically!!! Highly recommend them-- you will not be disappointed! I only wish I lived closer so I could have their cake all the time!!
We hired Sweet Cheeks Baking to do desserts and our cake for our wedding in March 2018 and were beyond happy with their work! We worked primarily with Elaine and she made the process really easy. We met for a sampling and consultation and she was able to get a sense of our taste and guide us through what would be best for us. She did an awesome job personalizing the desserts and their arrangement to us and our wedding. Communication was great throughout the process, and Elaine showed up right on time at the venue and arranged the desserts and rented platters gorgeously. The desserts looked and tasted fantastic and were a huge hit with the guests. If you need desserts for an event, definitely call Sweet Cheeks Baking!
There are no words to really describe the love I for Sweet Cheeks, but I will do my best. This team of ladies has been making the desserts of my life for about 6 years now. Each and every life event I have had from my daughters (both) 10th birthdays to my engagement BBQ and everything in between, they have been with me in spirit through their amazing creations. I have been in this industry for 16+ years and manage 24 event properties, and I can say without a doubt that these are the best desserts...period. When it was time for me to get married, there was no other option...I needed the Cheeks to be there. Lauren and Elaine created a display that was literally magic!!! If you ever have a doubt about booking any and all desserts with these lovely ladies, take it from me...you CANNOT DO BETTER!!!
Best. Cake. Ever. !!!!
And that means a lot coming from a bride who has seen (and tasted) many many cakes over her years as Director of Catering at major resorts.
Sweet Cheeks custom designed a wedding cake that was even better than I could have envisioned it. It was a triple threat combination of my fiance's Danish heritage, my Hawaiian home, and classic wedding elegance. Unbelievable! My guests are still talking about our stunning cake and how much it meant to not only us- but to every attending guest.
Excellent customer service: Efficient. Professional. Patient.
I can't say enough good things.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to Elaine and The Team for the most perfect creation I have ever seen or tasted...and on my most special day.
Elaine and team at Sweet Checks were the best to work with! They were very accommodating, offered up great ideas and my wedding cake was beautiful and delicious! Thanks Elaine and team❤️
Stop looking - Sweet Cheeks Baking co is the company to hire for your wedding cake, dessert bar, and anything treat related.
I do not like cake, but it's traditional for weddings to have cake so I settled for a small cake and a dessert bar. The cake we ordered was delicious! I had ate three slices and I regret not eating more. It was the best cake I've ever had in my entire life. I actually was just talking to my husband and was wondering if Sweet Cheeks would ship a mini cake to us on our anniversary. It was just so good!!!!
For the dessert bar I ordered mini cupcakes that were the same flavor as my cake (banana cake with passion fruit filling and Italian butter cream frosting), lemon meringue tarts, and cookies. My guests kept commenting about how delicious all the dessert items were. The next day I took a look at social media (instagram and snapchat) and .I think people posted more photos of the desserts than they did of themselves or me and my husband.
So aside from the actual product being delicious, Sweet Cheeks is just so easy to work with. They made planning so easy. I worked with Kayla and Elaine and I was just so impressed with their customer service and communication style.
You will not regret hiring them.
Lauren and the rest of the team at Sweet Cheeks created the most beautiful dessert table for my wedding. I could not have been happier. One month later and I still glow inside with joy when I think of how lovely it all came together. The cake was delicious. Lauren helped me pick out exactly what I needed to satisfy my needs for my guests and still fit my wedding budget. The customer service was perfect. I am recommending Sweet Cheeks Baking Company to any bride who wants peace of mind during the planning process and a beautifully delicious cake on her wedding day.
We met Lauren when we came for a consult and to pick up our tasting. She is so sweet and genuine that we left hoping we would like the samples because we liked her so much more than the people we’d met at another option. Lauren sketched a quick beautiful cake and was willing to add our florals which was a big plus for us since I was hoping to do the décor myself without hiring a florist. Fortunately, the samples were fantastic, and Lauren was great over email with recommendations for complimentary flavors to help us make final decisions. We ended up with tiramisu cake with the white chocolate mouse & chocolate whip and citrus cake with lemon buttercream & raspberry buttercream/crème. Our cake was so delicious that after the cake cutting and a bite each, we ended up standing by the cake table and devouring the entire piece. At our table, we later enjoyed both flavors and my mouth waters when I see the pictures. Thank you Sweet Cheeks and especially Lauren!
Sweet Cheeks is AMAZING! We worked with Lauren, who was a true joy to work with! Lauren made my winter wonderland dessert bar come to life and she definitely exceeded my expectations! The desserts didn't just look amazing but they tasted amazing!! We had so many guest comment on the delicious desserts! I am so grateful for Lauren & Sweet Cheeks!
Our cake was so beautiful and tasted delicious! We had a great experience with Sweet Cheeks!
I cannot rave enough about Elaine at Sweet Cheeks Baking Co! My husband and I are from the Dallas area and wanted to get married in the San Diego/La Jolla area. We relied heavily on The Knot when it came to narrowing down vendors. We set up a time to fly out and meet with Elaine for a cake tasting. It was such a unique and fun experience. Everything was so delicious, it was almost impossible to narrow down what we wanted. Everything from the tasting, to the designing, to the execution was perfect.
On our wedding day, we were definitely looking forward to eating the cake! It was more incredible than we could have ever imagined!
I would recommend Sweet Cheeks Baking Co to everyone for any occasion!
To Elaine, thank you SO much for working with Eugene and I one our dream cakes! Your design ideas for the wedding cake and grooms cake were so wonderful! Oh my gosh, we could do cake tastings every week they were so declious!! Thank you for all of your time and patience and emails with me coming up with the perfect designs and getting every detail in order. We appreciate your time and were so excited to be working with you and your awesome bakery! Our cakes where not only beautiful, they were delicious as well. They were a HUGE HIT. Everyone kept talking about how beautiful the wedding cake was and how awesome our groom's cake was. I hope to order cakes from you for all of out special occasions!!
I loved our wedding cake! So beautiful and tasted amazing.
Delicious desserts and cake! We opted for dessert bar and picked lemon bars, brownies and apple crumble pies as well as a small wedding cake. They were worth the price and we even were able to get rentals and pay extra to have the desserts displayed nicely. It took a lot of stress out and everybody loved them!
I loved working with Sweet Cheeks from the day we met! They are so friendly and have such great ideas! I didn't have any kind of vision with my cake and they used their creativity to sculpt us a beautiful and DELICIOUS piece of art on our wedding day! They have an amazing list of cake and frosting options!
Thank you Sweet Cheeks!
Sweet Cheeks Baking Co. was absolutely amazing! We were planning from across the country, and I knew from our initial consultation that they were going to take good care of us because of their proactive attitude. I had a few inspiration images, and from that, Laura designed a cake that was more beautiful than I could have imagined. We did a take-home cake tasting while we were in town, which was awesome because we were able to customize our favorite cake and filling combinations. They also offer affordable rentals, so we were able to have our cake displayed on a gorgeous marble cake stand. Communication was never an issue, and emails were always promptly answered. When it came down to the day of, the cake was absolutely delicious, moist, and flavorful and beautifully constructed and decorated. We really couldn't have been happier!
I loved the way these women made me feel like a family member. I came in the day before a nervous wreck about things going well and they reassured me that at least the cake would be there, on time and taste good!
Sweet cheeks far exceeded our dessert dreams. Lauren was so friendly and a creative master when it came to planning our dessert table. We loved all the different flavors of the mini cupcakes. They also did a small cake just for us to cut at the reception. Lauren helped with the set up of the cupcakes for our reception, and it looked beautiful and just what I had envisioned. We will be ordering from them again in the future and for our first anniversary next year.
Some say cake tasting is the most fun experience of the wedding process and it was, but Sweet Cheeks stood out above all the rest! The cake was delicious and the variety of flavors they offered where incredible! We decided on 2 different flavors and they did an amazing job putting it all together. They worked with us to design the cake of ours dreams. Everybody loved it! The only mistake we made was not ordering more cake so we could have leftovers every day! We froze our top tier for our 1 year anniversary and have a countdown to when we can enjoy that delicious cake!
Lauren at Sweet Cheeks was amazing. She met with us for a consultation – and I had LITERALLY NO IDEA what I wanted and how to pull it all together with my wedding. Initially I wanted cupcakes and that was it, but she showed me options that we could play with. I ended up doing a small two tiered cake with two different flavors for each tier, and then I also got my cupcakes too!!! It was perfect. And as a bonus – my husband got the coolest groom’s cake ever and he was over the moon about it. The cupcakes and the cake weren’t your traditional blah dry cake, they were SO flavorful and delicious. I am so so happy that I was put in touch with Sweet Cheeks. Will be coming back for other special occasions :)
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