Vanilla Pastry Studio

hing was so amazing that we got more stuff from her for my nephew’s first birthday. I couldn’t recommend April more!

ey have a square stand (round too I believe) that they allow you to use and return after the wedding. They let us sample so many flavors during our tasting and gave us helpful suggestions when we got stuck. We got so many compliments on how delicious they were and we are so glad they helped make our day so memorable!

d them for our wedding and our cake was beautiful and delicious. I did, however, have numerous issues with communication with the employees. They somehow scheduled me and my fiance as separate tastings on the same day, didn't return phone calls and seemed not to give messages to the owner, April. All of my interactions with April were great and I learned to just ask for her when I had a question.

t have anything to do with it. I found two that were willing to work with us. Vanilla seemed to be the most willing to use their creativity. I couldn't have been happier with the product we got. All of the guests comment.

r special dessert treats and the lollies are everything that the website for the pastry shop suggest-truly a signature item and a wonderful treat for the young and young at heart. The cupcakes were fantastic and the icing was perfect.

about 75 people, everyone loved it. The staff at Vanilla Pastry were very accomodating, patient and friendly. We also ordered our favors which were lollies and they were highly a fav for everyone. Thank you Vanilla Pastry for making our day special!

rd, and they are! Our favorite is the Vanilla Caramel flavor, so we knew we wanted that one to be front and center, and well, top (as our anniversary cake). We met with the owner April and tested many many flavors to find the other 3 flavors that would round out our assortment. We settled on Chocolate Fudge, Cookies and Cream, and Mango Passionfruit. I picked out which tower I wanted and they brought the cupcakes to the Children's Musueum of Pgh the day of the reception and set them up on the tower. The day before I dropped off our cake topper and little signs for the flavors (they didn't provide this, but who cares, I wanted something very specific so I made it myself :) They arranged it all perfectly. And I received SO MANY compliments on the cupcakes! I think a lot of guests had never been to a wedding with cupcakes instead of a traditional cake. Let me tell you, what a great idea. Four flavors to choose from, immense quality, and we saved a lot of $$$ (traditional wedding cakes are so expensive!) This is my favorite bakery in Pittsburgh, they did a great job, and I highly recommend them :)

tudio. They use fresh ingredients and their cupcakes do not have that waxy taste you get from grocery store bakeries. The cupcakes were the hit of my wedding and people still rave about them 3 months later. Thank you, sugar fairies!

some good ideas for my wedding cake/cupcake design. Also, getting her to respond was very difficult. I was planning an out-of-town wedding, which made emails and phone calls the only way to get in touch with people. After leaving messages and emailing her several times, I never got a response. The only way I was able to get in touch with her was if I went to the actual bakery (which was difficult, being from Nashville). Even then, she made no attempt to connect with me about my order. She seemed rushed and gave me attitude. Not great for someone I'm about to give hundreds of dollars to. I handed her my cake toppers that day and told her my guest list was going to be significantly smaller. I could see this upset her, but she was in a hurry so we didn't talk much about it. Later on, she seemed surprised that my guest list was much smaller, and made me pay for 100 cupcakes, when I really only needed 80. But the worst part of the whole thing was that Ms. Gruver forgot our cake toppers, which were very important to me and my husband. Now, I understand that lots of people involved in the wedding business are in no way interested in those who have upcoming nuptials, or the little details they've been counting on. However, when lots of money is involved, they should at least PRETEND to be interested, and to REMEMBER those important details. You know, umm maybe write it down or something. I regret going with Vanilla Pastry Studio and I advise against those who are thinking about using them for their wedding. There are many other bakeries (that I'm sure are awesome) in the Pittsburgh area to choose from...ones that have been around a lot longer, too. Unfortunately, I didn't take the time to explore, and this is what I got. I give credit where credit is due: Her cupcakes were very good. Guests really liked them and the mini cake was beautiful. But her attitude and carelessness ruined that sweetness for me and put a very bad taste in my mouth. It was a big disappointment, but luckily it was the only disappointment at my wedding. We were also lucky she didn't lose the cake toppers, which were handmade and expensive. My brother went to the bakery to retrieve them. She wasn't there (of course) so he didn't have words with her, but he let the employee there know about April's mistake. Had she called me to apologize, this would be a much nicer review. But I got NO call, NO e-mail to say she was sorry. What kind of business owner doesn't do that when they screw up? I'm just hoping this review will give her NO wedding business.

The decoration was exactly what I wanted. It was perfect!

it to be. Featuring a piped crochet doily that my grandma would be proud of if she was still with us. it meant so much to me!

they loved.

pcakes for all of their birthdays. Needless to say, if you go anywhere else you will be disappointed. But you will never be disappointed with April's cupcakes.

. April was easy to work with and all of our guests raved that the cupcakes were delicious. Thanks to Vanilla for a beautiful cupcake tier and delicious cake! Note: we also purchased their salted caramel lollys for our cookie table. These are too die for - so good!

on to detail really showed. We would recommend Vanilla to anyone!