Specializing in Wedding cakes for over 20 Years!
AWARD WINNER (2X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
The Gingersnap Bakery is located in the beautiful waterfront business area of Phoenix, NY, providing you with delectable wedding desserts and cakes, elevating your big day’s culinary experience. The company serves the Syracuse, Finger Lakes, and other surrounding areas. Whether you're looking for delectable cupcakes for your guests or a showstopping wedding cake, this talented team has you covered. Enjoy a private tasting session, where you can figure out your favorite flavors and confirm your dessert choices. We provide free cake consultations and completely customizable wedding cake designs. The team also offers delivery and setup, ensuring that your wedding day experience is seamless and stress-free. We can make your dream cake fit any budget!
Woman-owned Business
31+ years in business
Speaks English
Small team (2-10 members)
Details
Cakes & Desserts
Cake Delivery & Setup
Cake Tastings
Groom's Cakes
Dietary Options
Gluten Free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Awards and Affiliations
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Reviews
4.8
out of 5.059 reviews
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Gingersnap Bakery receives high praise for their wedding cakes and desserts, with reviewers mentioning the delicious flavors and beautiful designs. Customers appreciate the personalized tasting experience, where they could mix and match cake flavors and fillings at home before meeting with the baker. The staff is commended for their responsiveness, hospitality, and attention to detail, making the overall process smooth and enjoyable for couples.Review photos
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MacKenzie S
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5.0
10/16/2025
The best and most beautiful cake I have ever had! She was so responsive to our requests. I would not have changed a thing!
Graceann L
5.0
8/27/2025
We loved working with Gingersnap Bakery! At the beginning of the process, we were able to order a bunch of cakes, frostings, and fillings that we were able to mix and match at home...
. Everything that we tried was delicious! After we chose the mix we wanted, the baker met with us to go over details, photos, and made the process very simple. They were quick to respond to emails, and worked with any changes that we made.
Any stops that I made into the bakery were met warmly and with great hospitality and kindness.
The cake arrived on time and looked exactly how we pictured it. It was delicious and exactly what we had hoped for!
Any questions?
Jamie C
5.0
12/24/2024
Our desserts were amazing! Gingersnap had so many pastry options. Our wedding cake was gorgeous and SO GOOS.
Kara J
5.0
10/09/2024
Wedding cake was absolutely delicious, and the design was beautiful. Could not have gotten any better
Ashley M
5.0
9/14/2024
Kelsie and the rest of Gingersnap were incredible for our wedding cake and dessert table. Their tasting box was different but nice and private as you take it home and can review ea...
ch item on your own time with your partner and without pressure. She designs your cake exactly how you want with any adjustments close to the day. Everything tasted incredible - it felt like a luxury to eat such mouth-watering desserts. Any extras we took home and delighted in over the following 48 hours. It was all crazy delicious. Kelsie also has reasonable pricing and great communication even during busy wedding season.
Shannon L
5.0
10/08/2023
The cake tasting process is a little different then you might expect. You are sent home with a few different cake flavors and filling options that you pick out to try, in addition ...
to the typical 3 frosting options. But don’t let that overwhelm you. We picked flavors that we thought would pair well together to try and turned it into a date night.
After, we did a zoom consultation to discuss our flavor choices, designs ideas, and they made suggestions of would work or might not work. Overall it was a very smooth and easy process. They were great to work with.
And let me tell you that cake was amazing! We ordered a small cake to cut and cupcakes (some were gluten free) and they were delicious! All of our guest were raving about it! My family even said it was the best gluten free cupcake that they had. The only thing is, it was not quite the color I was envisioning but it still matched our color scheme and looked beautiful.
We are definitely getting a cake/cupcakes from here again!
Lindsey F
2.0
9/06/2023
We used Gingersnap for our Wedding cake (tasting cake and cupcake tower). Their tasting process was interesting. At first I thought a take home tasting box with individual cake, fi...
lling and frosting elements was a great idea, but it made it difficult know how different combinations would work together (would they be too rich, etc.). Flavor wise, the cupcakes were delicious and primarily worked out OK, just know there is LOTS of frosting which does mask the cake flavors. The tasting cake wasn't nearly as good (even though it was the same flavor as one of the cupcakes), it was dry and didn't taste as fresh.
We were disappointed with the look/design, especially of the tasting cake, as it was quite simple and came off as an afterthought. We had multiple conversations with the bakery and shared some ideas/photos/examples for what we thought would look nice, but on the whole deferred to their experience (as I did with most of my vendors). This was the only case where it didn't really work out in our favor. Our tasting cake was very plain, flat white icing with just a ribbon in our color around the base, and none of the other design elements we discussed.
Overall, I wouldn't not recommend them, but I would tell couples to be very specific on what they want their cake to look like, as leaving it up to the bakery just didn't work for us. We were very underwhelmed and disappointed by our wedding cake.
Alexandra S
5.0
5/30/2023
My wedding cake and other pastries were amazing!!
Rebecca M
4.0
9/24/2022
Kelsie and her team did a wonderful job with our cake and mini desserts! Our guests loved everything from the sugar cookies and cannolis to the cake. There were barely any leftover...
s! The staff was flexible with any adjustments along the way. Overall, would highly recommend!
Marissa E
5.0
9/06/2022
We used Gingersnap Bakery for our wedding at Hotel Syracuse. Kelsie was great to work with and helped us to customize our wedding day desserts and make them exactly what we wanted ...
them to be. We also sent her a picture of a cake that was everything that we wanted, and she replicated it beautifully, even better than the original! Our dessert bar was fun and unique, and we got to choose the details which made everything feel more personal. Kelsie delivered everything to the hotel and arranged them beautifully on the stands that we provided. We hardly had any leftovers because our guests loved everything so much! I highly recommend working with Kelsie and her team for any of your dessert needs!
Katina K
5.0
7/09/2022
Thank you to Kelsie and her team at Gingersnap Bakery for making our wedding cake dreams come true! It was not only gorgeous, but the lemon raspberry cake was delicious! Kelsie was...
incredible as sketching exactly what we wanted and made it come to life for our wedding day!
They are truly a talented and professional team! Thank you so much!
I will share the professional photos when we receive them back!
Stephanie K
5.0
12/04/2021
The Gingersnap Bakery is incredible! My husband and I hired Kelsie and her team to build us an upside down wedding cake. I was incredibly nervous about the overall structure of our...
cake because it was literally upside down with a large piece at the top and small piece at the bottom, but it stayed together and looked absolutely perfect!! They blew it out of the water and the taste was amazing! A lot of our guests told us how good it was after our wedding. If you can dream it, Kelsie and her team can make it a reality. I am so impressed with their ability to make our crazy idea come true! If you want the best looking wedding cake with the best taste, HIRE GINGERSNAP BAKERY! You will not be disappointed.
Roberta W
5.0
11/06/2021
Words cannot describe how delicious and beautifully designed our cake and cupcakes were! Kelsie was amazing from the start! From our initial tasting until our wedding day the commu...
nication, thoughts and support was amazing! amazing! Also we had all gluten and dairy free cupcakes and our guests couldn’t even tell! When I told them all the next day they were blown away! Thank you Kelsie and team for offering the most Seleucid’s gluten and dairy cupcakes ever!!
Kelly B
5.0
11/01/2021
All I can say is WOW!!! coustmer service was awesome and the cake tasted AMAZING! I received so many compliments on the variety of flavors and how good it tasted. The prices were a...
lso reasonable. We did some sheet cakes and the guest could not even tell the difference! Must check this Bakery out!
Morgan M
5.0
10/29/2021
Kelsie is so unbelievably talented. Due to covid, my wedding had been rescheduled 3 times and she could not have been more accommodating and easy to work with. She was spot on with...
my vision for our wedding cake and treats, and our guests could not stop raving about how delicious all of them were. We ordered a 4-tier cake, cookie cake and half-moon cookies. Book Gingersnap, you will not be disappointed!!!
Megan M
5.0
9/01/2021
Gingersnap Bakery was an incredible addition to our wedding day! They helped to create our dream wedding cake and supply tables full of gorgeous and delicious mini desserts for our...
dessert bar. The moment my husband and I fed each other a piece of cake during cake cutting I remember we both looked at each other with wide eyes and said “this is SO GOOD!!!”. Gingersnap was responsive to emails and always kind when answering a phone call or during a meeting. Wedding planning is stressful, but they made it easy for us. We appreciate Gingersnap and all of the deliciousness they brought to our special day!!
Megan C
5.0
10/11/2020
The cupcakes and the small cake for our wedding turned out perfect and tasted even better. The Gingersnap Bakery was very accommodating to any changes we wanted to make for our rec...
eption, and they were easy to communicate with for any questions we had during planning. They have very reasonable pricing, and are very helpful with tastings to make sure you pick out any and all flavors you would want. We would definitely recommend The Gingersnap Bakery to any couple planning a wedding.
Ally P
5.0
9/15/2020
My Cake and desserts from the Gingersnap Bakery were so amazing! They turned out exactly how I dreamed they would be! My Cake(s) [we had 3 different cakes🤭] were perfectly decorat...
ed and tasted delicious! We had the most delicious chocolate buttermilk cake with chocolate fudge filling, and a pumpkin spice cake with vanilla Pastry Cream filling! Iced with Italian Buttercream frosting how could you go wrong.
At our tasting we were able to mix and match a bunch of different cake, filling, and frosting combinations to find the perfect one. There's so many cake flavors to choose from!
We also had a mini dessert display! OH MY GOSH, our guests were raving (for weeks after!) We ordered s'mores brownies, cream puffs, and French macarons! We were able to rent the most gorgeous ivory and gold stands too.
The staff were all so kind and set everything up so beautifully at our venue Wolf Oak Acres. Thank you Kelsie, Ally, Leah, and Bailey for helping me have the most lovely wedding day!
Jessica B
5.0
8/14/2020
The Gingersnap Bakery did such a wonderful job on our wedding cake! They were so flexible and accommodating with us as our plans changed due to Covid. The details on our cake were ...
stunning; down to the ripples in frosting, to the gold leaf foiling, to the small beaded sprinkles, and arrangement of flowers on each layer. Not only did it look beautiful, but the flavors were DELICIOUS! Everyone couldn’t stop talking about it. Thank you, Gingersnap Bakery!
Alicia V
5.0
10/31/2019
The Gingersnap Bakery did an AMAZING job with our wedding desserts. We originally had a guest list of 350+ people, and they helped us decide how many desserts we should order (the...
y said typically 3 per person), for way less than I anticipated. We went with miniature versions of the traditional desserts including stuffed cupcakes in 4 flavors, cheese cake bites in 3 flavors, cannolis and half moon cookies with just a cutting cake. By the time the final count came in 1 week before the wedding we were down to only 245 guests, but decided not to alter the dessert amount. It ended up working out perfectly and everyone loved them so much we didn't have ANY dessert left over! Their carrot cake flavor and hummingbird flavor were by far the favorites among our crowd. I would highly recommend them for their services on your day of, and we will definitely be using them in the future for any upcoming family events!
Carley C
5.0
10/22/2019
We loved the process with Kelsie and her team at Gingersnap right from the tasting. They were so accommodating and easy to work with, especially when I changed my cake order a few ...
months before the wedding. The detail in their work is beautiful! I wanted to surprise my husband with a groomscake and they took my idea and made it in to something better than I expected. They are hands down the best in the area!
Samantha C
5.0
10/21/2019
We loved working Kelsie! We knew in our first meeting with Kelsie how passionate and excited she was about her work. She was extremely accommodating and allowed us to have two tast...
ings when we couldn't decide on exactly what we wanted. On our wedding day everything was set up beautifully and tasted delicious. We would recommend Gingersnap to everyone.
Katherine P
5.0
10/18/2019
My husband and I worked with Gingersnap Bakery for our wedding. Of all the vendors we contracted with for our wedding, Gingersnap was by far the easiest to work with.
We ended up ...
contacting Chef Kelsie Mack less than 2 months before our wedding, which was fairly short notice given our schedule. From the very beginning, Kelsie’s responses were timely and thorough. With just a few email exchanges and a single phone call, we had our wedding order completely sorted. This was really helpful for us as we were planning the wedding remotely and weren’t able to meet with Kelsie in person.
When it came to the day of the wedding, Kelsie had set up all of our desserts in our reception venue perfectly. No one from the wedding party was on site to help direct set up, but everything looked exactly as we had hoped. Kelsie worked with display stands as well as a few small decor items we provided. It was such a lovely surprise to enter the reception venue for the first time and see such a beautiful dessert display!
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, everything was delicious! My husband and I are both lactose intolerant so Kelsie made an almond cake with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream frosting completely dairy free. We also had non-dairy free cupcakes in vanilla, chocolate peanut butter, and pumpkin spice. All of our guests loved them!
Looking back on our wedding and the whole wedding planning process, working with Gingersnap Bakery was one of the best decisions we made.
Chris W
5.0
10/11/2019
Gingersnap Bakery was very responsive and accommodating of our needs. They were able to make a gorgeous 3 tier cake which looked shockingly like Birch wood slabs with sunflowers. A...
ll of our guests couldn't believe the cake wasn't Birch slabs until we cut into it. Oh, and the impromptu flavor, chocolate cherry, was a big hit! I will be going back for cakes in the future.
Did I forget to mention that they were half the price of the competition for the same design and seemed extremely confident that they could deliver the end-product?
Kera T
5.0
9/07/2019
Chef Kelsie and the staff of Gingersnap Bakery were a great help to my husband and me! We booked in for a cake tasting, which was a lot of fun. When the wedding day came, there was...
a beautiful tiered stack of cupcakes in all the flavors we requested set up and ready to go for our reception. They were all delicious! Italian Ribbon in particular was a big hit (and my personal favorite as well).
Kahla D
5.0
9/04/2019
Chef Kelsie was truly a pleasure to work with! Planning a wedding in New York from Texas was no easy task! She was so helpful & quick to respond to questions and messages. Not to m...
ention, sending samples all the way here to ensure we got what we wanted! The cupcakes looked phenomenal and tasted even better! I highly recommend
Laura S
5.0
7/29/2019
Kelsey did an OUTSTANDING job on our cake. The tasting was thorough to ensure we received the kind of cake we wanted. She was accommodating with changing the size at the last minut...
e. Most importantly the cake itself was DELICIOUS. Light buttercream frosting and a different flavor in every layer, we couldn't have asked for a more delicious cake!
Jamie K
5.0
7/15/2019
Kelsie and the gingersnap bakery did an outstanding job creating a variety of wedding cupcakes for us. They looked beautiful and more importantly tasted amazing. The bakery staff w...
as professional and very flexible with changes made to the order to meet our needs.
Jennifer E
5.0
6/26/2019
Kelsie did an AMAZING job bringing our unconventional cake vision to life. Our layered chocolate chip cookie cake was everything I could hope for and the assorted cookies to go alo...
ng with the cake were delicious. Kelsie was so easy to work with and made the process so easy. We highly recommend Gingersnap Bakery and can't wait to use them again!
Julie C
5.0
6/23/2019
They were terrific! I stopped one day unannounced and they sent me home with a to go box of samplings! It was soo good but toom us three days to eat it! Cake was still fresh even o...
n third day! When we went for our taste test we already knew we were picking them. But still the samples were yummy and woeking on ideas for main cake and what to choose for cupcakes was pretty painless. Any choice we made was going to be delicious. They day of our wedding we could not be happier! Our wedding cake wss 3 tiers with a celtic knot and a light green ribbon she matched with a swatch. It was beautiful! And everyone raved on the chocolate cake with rasberry mousse. But the cupcakes... omg... we ordered 5 dozen and not one was left by the end of the night! You should have seen the dessert line! We were so thrilled to have Gingersnap do our wedding! Highly recommend!
Response from The Gingersnap Bakery on 06/25/2019
Thank you Julie for your kind words! We loved creating your cake and the filled cupcakes w...
ere the perfect party favor for your guests! We hope to see you back for another special occasion!
Mary J
5.0
1/31/2019
Kelsie at the Gingersnap did a phenomenal job! My cake was exactly as I pictured it to be, simple elegance & tasted as good as it looked, worth every penny!
Chelsea C
5.0
1/29/2019
Kelsie helped make our wedding day perfect with an amazing cake! she custom decorated it, exactly as we had discussed, and delivered it in a snow storm! Not only did it look beauti...
ful, but it was amazing taste wise. Would definitely recommend her for any special occasion cakes and would use her in the future for sure !!
Response from The Gingersnap Bakery on 01/30/2019
Thank you so much for the kind words Chelsea! We loved creating your wedding cake snowstor...
m and all!
Carla H
5.0
10/03/2018
We absolutely loved the cakes done by Gingersnap! They were so beautiful and delicious. They have a wide variety of flavors and fillings. They also do an amazing gluten free cake a...
s well, which was very much needed for our wedding. I would highly recommend Gingersnap to anyone.
Lauren H
5.0
6/21/2018
They are amazing at what they do! Always have gone above and beyond my expectations!
Susan Z
5.0
2/12/2018
Cake was delicious and they did great custom work on our cake and cake tooper!
Lauren S
5.0
10/30/2017
I cannot say enough great things about The Gingersnap! A lot of my family has a gluten allergy and the Gingersnap not only made our cupcakes GF but also made our wedding cake and g...
rooms cake GF! Everything was absolutely delicious and we couldn't have asked for anything better for our special day! Thank you!!!
Emily M
5.0
10/26/2017
Best wedding cake ever!! The Gingersnap Bakery did an amazing job on my wedding cake. Their cakes are always delicious and they really paid attention to detail. They decorated it e...
xactly how I wanted and were so helpful with the process. Thanks, Gingersnap!!
Eric W
5.0
10/26/2017
The new owner, Kelsie is beyond amazing! My fiancé and I got engaged in November 2016 and were planning our wedding for March of 2017. This means we needed to find a bakery in four...
short months! Once we called Gingersnap, we knew we found the bakery for us! Kelsie did a phenomenal job. She had what seemed like an endless variety of cakes for us to taste. You could tell from our initial meeting that she had the skill and experience to make the wedding cake of our dreams. Not only did our cake look great, but it tasted like it just came out of the oven. We could not have been happier with The Gingersnap Bakery!
Mike L
5.0
1/07/2017
My wife and I had our wedding cake made by Ann at the Gingersnap Bakery and it was absolutely perfect. She gave us exactly what we asked for, helped us figure out what else we coul...
d do, and was 100% friendly and professional throughout it all. And on top of all that, the cake was delicious! We couldn't have asked for a better bakery experience for our special day - thank you so much Ann!
She made us a three tier apple spice cake with raspberry filling and a buttercream frosting. Since we were getting married at the Greystone Castle in Canastota, we had her design it like a castle with a stone wall texture (done in buttercream, not yucky fondant!) and hand-painted edible coat-of-arms style shields up along each tier. It was also batman themed to match the rest of our wedding.
No exaggeration, the cake came out perfectly!
Shannon V
1.0
8/11/2015
Unfortunately my experience with this bakery was not a good one. We had given Anne our cake topper over a week ahead of time to avoid any issues with size. Two days before our wedd...
ing we received a phone call saying our cake topper did not fit and what were we going to do about it. We then asked her to just bake a larger cake and we would pay the difference but she promptly refused. From this point on we were treated very poorly. While the cake was decorated beautifully we had asked for fresh fruit and paid extra to have it and instead one layer was covered in globs of frozen or canned strawberries and the other was completely lacking. Some of the cupcakes were delicious while others were almost completely inedible due to the saturation of food coloring and extract used. When we attempted to return the cupcake tower the store was closed, since there was nothing in the contract that gave a window as to when exactly it had to be returned we decided we would return it after our honeymoon which would be 6 days later. Instead, we recieved very rude telephone calls because they had no back up cupcake tower, which we didn't know and also thought was strange since this ,according to the owner, was such a "popular" bakery. If you enjoy paying $500 for unnecessary stress and an ok final product then I would highly recommend this baker. If not then I would say it is wise to go somewhere else.
Katie
5.0
9/16/2014
The cake came out even better than the picture and the flavor was out of this world! We are getting every cake from Gingersnap from now on! Great service, great people, lots of att...
ention to detail! I Highly recommend them!
Stephanie G
5.0
8/15/2014
Meeting with Anne was one of the most fun meetings. She gave us samples of different cake combinations (cake, filling, frosting) to try. When we liked one thing from one cake and...
one thing from another, she quickly went in to the back to make a new combination, and it was perfect! We came up with an idea for the cake design together based on my theme and decided on a size based on my estimated number. Two weeks before the wedding, she met with us to finalize design and size. Of course, my ideas changed and she was ready and willing to make any and all changes in design. My wedding cake was not only absolutely beautiful, it was delicious! We also ordered other desserts from the bakery as well (cream puffs, fruit tarts, mini cheesecakes) and we also served cookies near the end of the night of the reception as well. Love this bakery!
Tracy G
5.0
9/08/2013
Best. Cake. Ever. The taste was amazing and the design was out of this world. It was as if they were mind readers. One of the best decisions we made was to get The Gingersnap to ba...
ke our cake.
Tara M
5.0
7/04/2013
We used Gingersnap Bakery for our wedding on 6/1/13. The staff are so nice and helpful- it's the cutest little shop. We had 3 flavors that we highly recommend- pink champagne, tira...
misu (AMAZING) and peanut butter chocolate. They also did cupcakes for my shower...So delicious! The cake looked so beautiful too. Thanks Gingersnap!
Kevin S
5.0
6/20/2013
My wife gave her a picture and we got exactly what we wanted and the flavors of the cake were unique and amazing!!
Erika G
5.0
12/02/2012
We first met folks from the Gingersnap Bakery at a bridal show in Syracuse. After tasting their cake, every other bakery we tested out just could not even compare! This was THE bes...
t flavor and texture. I don't know about you, but I want to enjoy eating the cake- not just looking at it!
We met with the bakery shop at a later date to do an official tasting. We slected a french vanilla cake with raspberry filling and buttercream icing. We chose to have fresh flowers sent from our wedding florist. The bakery worked the flowers into a GORGEOUS arangement - it was flawless. It turned out exactly the way we imagined!
They delivered the cake in perfect time, had everything set up and prettily displayed. Every phone call we had prior to our event was professional, curteous and they happily accomodated our needs and requests.
They were a little pricey, but not more so than average. We chose this bakery dispite it being an Hour and a HAlF away from our venue! Yes, it was THAT good. We got a 4 tier cake, and overall I think it would have cost us around 500; but we chose to do the delivery and set up (we were afraid that we would ruin during the drive). That cost an addtional 150 since it was so far. Despite all that it was worth it. :)
Great, friendly service, beautiful cakes, and delicious!
Kate B
5.0
9/19/2012
I literally freaked out when I saw my cake at our reception! It was beautiful and matched what I wanted exactly. The colors matched perfectly and their attention to detail was impe...
ccable! They also did my bridal shower cake! I wish I could give them more than 5 stars!
Amanda C
5.0
9/08/2012
These are by far the best cupcakes I have ever eaten in my life. There are about 40 different flavors to choose from, all of which are delicious. The owner is very easy to work wit...
h and was willing to do whatever I wanted. I ended up having 7 different flavor cupcakes in different sizes and she was totally okay with it. I would definately recommend the Gingersnap Bakery to anyone.
Amanda L
5.0
9/04/2012
I loved cake tasting. We picked three different flavors. They took the pictures of what I wanted and the cake looked exactly how I wanted it too. They delivered right to the rec...
eption for us. I was too busy at wedding and didn't get to have a piece :( only the bite from the cake cutting. Everyone else told me it was delicious though. I plan on getting birthday cakes from them for my husbands upcoming birthday.
Patty W
5.0
8/22/2012
We used cakes as centerpieces --- literally they were the best tasting, most beautiful cakes EVER! PICK THEM FOR YOUR CAKE!
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