5 out of 5 stars and 71 reviews
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(71)Best of Weddings (3x).Gilbert, and all of the surrounding Phoenix area
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Sue Jacobs Cakes is now Whisk & Paddle Bakeshop!
My name is Erica Bentson and I bring over 25 years’ experience with me to Whisk & Paddle Bakeshop. From a young age, I was passionate about baking and cake decorating. I began by decorating cakes for friends and family in my teens. In April of 1993 I began my classical training at Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon. Graduating in 1994, I then moved to Hawaii to begin my career at the Grand Wailea Resort as a pastry cook. After honing my skills there for over a year, I then traveled the continent of Europe. While traveling abroad, I was privileged to attend Le Cordon Bleu's Patisserie program in London, England, graduating with Honors and an offer to stay and continue as an instructor’s assistant.
Upon my return to Portland, I was finally able to attain my dream of owning my own business. Finales-Fine Cakes & Desserts was born in a small commissary kitchen in Portland's SE Industrial District in February, 2003. Building upon my cake decorating skills, I quickly became one of Portland's preferred wedding cake vendors. While building the wedding cake business, I also began to grow a thriving wholesale base.
Finales' wholesale business continues to flourish to this day, though under a new owner as of June, 2017. In May of 2019, I accepted the Pastry Chef position at the Facebook Data Center in Prineville, Oregon, making the move over the mountains to Central Oregon. After a couple years there, my restless spirit grew and I decided to make an even bigger move. In April of 2022, I packed up everything and made my way to Arizona.
Keeping in my family tradition of being an entrepreneur, I purchased Sue Jacobs Cakes in June of 2022 and, over the next year, transformed it into what is now Whisk & Paddle Bakeshop. A finalist in Arizona Bride’s Best of 2023 in only its first year, I am excited to continue to grow and develop Whisk & Paddle into the best place for cakes and desserts that Arizona has to offer.
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- Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Cupcakes
- Other Desserts
Dietary Options
- Gluten Free
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Our cutting cake from Whisk & Paddle was amazing! They allowed us to personalize it and we had them write cheers in Gaelic and Japanese. It was perfect for our wedding that fused our two cultures. We used an example of other cakes we saw on their social media that had cacti on it. It was such a fusion of our cultures, style and tastes great!
Had a great experience with this bakery. We had our wedding cake made by them. It looked great and more importantly tasted amazing! We got the Aztec chocolate. Currently ordering one for our anniversary as we liked it so much! I think it will be a permanent tradition! Thanks!
Our desserts were absolutely delicious! We had a small wedding cake for just us and a beautiful dessert bar for our guests. Highly recommend working with Whisk and Paddle!
My cake was exactly as requested and tasted delicious!! It was such a pleasure to work with this team.
We used Whisk & Paddle for our wedding deserts (at the Landmark). We did a small wedding cake and a desert spread (cupcakes, brownies, cookies, smores tarts). All the deserts were delicious and our guests loved having a bunch of different options instead of just 1 big cake. Whisk & Paddle were great to work with, very communicative over email. We would absolutely recommend them to anyone looking to cater some deserts!
Erica and her team were so easy to work with. During the tasting they were so helpful in helping us figure out our dessert table. Our Wedding cake was exactly what we wanted, beautiful and delicious! Our dessert table was also filled with delicious treats. All of our guest were raving about the desserts! I highly recommend Whisk & Paddle!
Erica and her team absolutely worked wonders on our cake for our wedding day. From the initial consultation to the finished product and everything in between, Erica was very flexible and willing to meet our many requests. We made a last minute decision to change our whole cake design a week before the wedding and she met the challenge unphased and executed on our vision FLAWLESSLY, it truly blew the Pinterest inspo out of the water. She was very understanding of the many challenges that come from organizing a wedding and was very flexible with her timeline as ours kept changing constantly. We were absolutely in love with how our cake turned out and are very happy to have picked Erica and the Whisk and Paddle team to bake our cake. If you’re looking for a great bakery that will meet your needs and do so flawlessly, Whisk and Paddle is the place to go.
Whisk and Paddle provided cake and desserts for my wedding and they were wonderful!!
I wish I could give more than five stars. My husband and I recently got married at the Paseo and had the pleasure of working with Erica. Our family has many differing food allergies and Whisk and Paddle was able to accommodate for both our dessert bar and also made the most delicious gf/df lemon chiffon cake for us! My husband and I were blown away by how incredible our cake was, and we can’t wait to buy one for each anniversary to come. Our guests also RAVED about each of the desserts and were beyond thrilled to see the variety of sweet treats everybody could enjoy!
Had the best dessert meeting with them. We tried so many samples. Communicating was simple and easy, our desserts were DELICIOUS
Whisk and Paddle made our Wedding cake and all our desserts for our wedding night. Our guests are still talking about the desserts and how amazing they were. They were super helpful in what we needed to bring and what they provided for us. The cake was outstanding and one of the best-tasting wedding cakes. We can't wait for our 1-year anniversary cake
We got all our wedding desserts here. Everything tasted and looked so good, our family all still talk about how good it was!!! From our initial tasting to wedding day everything went so well Erica was able to match the colors we talked about perfectly and even added a little whimsical cactus theme that my husband liked. The communication was great as wedding plans progressed, Erica made sure to check in with us before the wedding too. The shop is also a cute place to just stop in and have a dessert out of the case.
We worked with Erica for our wedding at Soho63 for a small cake and a dessert table. She was very professional and straightforward with our budget and planning which desserts to have. We got SO many compliments about the desserts too - not a single dessert or piece of cake was remaining at the end of the night! Couldn't recommend her enough.
The ladies at Whisk & Paddle were amazing! Our wedding cake and desserts were absolutely delicious. We did a small 2-tier cake for the wedding party and did a dessert spread for our guests (tiramisu shooters, cheesecake bites, cookies, and s'mores tarts). Our guests asked which desserts they should try and I could only tell them EVERYTHING. Our original plan for our desserts fell through and we found whisk & paddle two weeks from the wedding- they were so flexible and understanding and made amazing desserts even with the short timeframe we gave them. 10/10 would buy desserts from them again!
We used whisk and paddle (when it was still Sue Jacobs) for our wedding. My wife is a cake fanatic, and I don’t even like cake typically, but we were both IN LOVE with the cake we got for our wedding! We had so much fun trying samples and designing everything, it was a great experience all around, and even better cake!
My husband and I used this bakeshop for our wedding desserts and they turned out wonderfully! Everyone loved the cupcakes, cheesecake bars, cookies, and cake pops! We opted for a smaller cake for just us and it was all perfect. Communication was clear from the beginning and delivery was amazing.
Whisk & Paddle is amazing! I'm very picky about desserts, but this cake was DELICIOUS. My wedding cake was a pink champagne cake with strawberries and is was light and tasty. Sweet but not overly sweet. I got so many good comments from my guests about it!
Scheduling a cake tasting for my wedding was so easy! Whisk & Paddle Bakeshop had so many options to choose from & made my dream wedding cake come to life! I showed pictures & we came up with an idea. I couldn’t have pictured it better, design was exactly what I wanted & tasted just as amazing!
Our wedding cake was stunning! Everything we wanted and more!!
Our cake from Whisk & Paddle was the cherry on top of an already fantastic and perfect wedding day! Our cake was delivered on time, decorated beautifully, and tasted better than we could have imagined! We were able to customize our flavors and the decorations of our cake and got to keep the top, which we had on our one month anniversary. (It was still amazing). We are now committed to going back for a cake or even just a cupcake for all of our anniversaries to help us relive the best day of our lives! 💙
Madi and Ivan Marin
Whisk & Paddle made our Western Wedding cake dreams come true. Our guests still rave about the beautiful art work and variety of flavors. We would highly recommend Whisk & Paddle for their excellent work and professionalism!
Whisk and Paddle did our wedding cake in October 2022. I got so many complements and the design and the flavors. Erica was wonderful to work with and helped me completely re-design the cake a few months out after I realized the design wasn't what a really wanted. She took a great deal of time and care making sure that we designed a cake that I truly loved.
Whisk and paddle did our wedding cake last year and it was perfect! The attention to detail and flavor was so good. We also did mini tiramisu and they were gone in minutes. Erica is great to work with!
Heaven in a cake! Sue Jacobs Cakes and desserts are beyond tasteful. I, unfortunately, did not get to indulge in the cheesecake bites and macarons on the day of our wedding, but I heard so many compliments about how delicious they were. Sue Jacobs has a variety of cake flavors and frosting types. When we went for our tasting, we booked immediately. We knew right away she would be able to fulfill our requests and her cakes were all so delicious. It took us some time to figure out what we wanted, but we got it! Red Velvet with the classic butter cream cheese frosting and the lemon poppyseed with raspberry filling. MMMM! I would love to have a slice every morning with my coffee. Her design and finishing of the cake were miraculous.
Thank you for everything!
Oh my gosh, the cake was heavenly! We had two flavors: lemon chiffon with raspberry and spice cake with cream cheese. Both were so fantastic, that I actually managed to find time to eat a piece of each! The cake is moist, the flavor is delightful, and the buttercream frosting is tasty, yet light, and just so scrumptious. Many of my guests commented to me how great the cake was. I can't wait to taste the lemon cake again on our anniversary. Highly recommend!
Sue was a joy to work with! She was so sweet from the very beginning and her desserts/cakes are AMAZING. Our cake and dessert table was so beautiful and delicious. We couldn't ask for anything better!
Sue Jacobs Cakes provided us with a delicious and beautiful dessert bar for our wedding. If you are into alternative dessert options instead of a wedding cake or in addition to a wedding cake I highly recommend her services! We had mouthwatering cake pops and canolis that were devoured by our guests. Plus donuts, cheesecakes, and churros. There was barely anything left by the end of the night!
Sue Jacobs is a sweetheart who makes the most delicious sweets!
We had a dessert bar with a beautiful two tier cake, cheesecake bars, churros, & donuts. We ordered extra dessert for our party size, and holy cow, it was almost all gone! I thought I’d have extra EXTRA for myself afterwards. Everyone was asking where her bakery was and how they could get some more to go!
The cheesecake was especially a hit, which was great because it’s my husband’s favorite.
She remained very flexible through our covid postponement and this busy wedding season. She was a delight to meet and sample cakes with.
So, in short I highly recommend!
Thank you so much Sue for being a part of our wedding!
Sue Jacobs Cakes knocked it out of the park! From the initial meeting to the delivery, she was amazing! She kept us informed and followed through with everything. She saved me by reminding me to order the flowers that we had discussed and I had forgotten about. The different flavors she offers our guests truly enjoyed. Everyone loved the variety!
Sue makes the best cakes. One of the first things our gusts told us was how much they enjoyed the cake, and my family is extremely picky about those kinds of things. She actually does frosting right! We couldn’t be happier we went with Sue Jacobs.
Sue did a great job in executing our vision for our wedding cakes. She made donuts, a custom cactus cake, and a custom cookie cake. All were delicious and our guests seemed to love them! Thank you, Sue.
Very thankful we chose Sue Jacobs for cake and desserts at our wedding. From the first meeting Sue was inviting, helpful and thoughtful. Sue made sure to check in with us regularly to make sure everything that we would want or need for the wedding would be taken care of. We had quite a variety with Donuts, Macarons, Brownies and a 3-tier cake, all of which were simply delicious. If you need desserts, she is the one to call!
Sue Jacobs cakes was perfect for my big day. She delivered the most delicious cupcakes and even used what the venue had to make the display beautiful. She was also very accommodating to my husbands dietary needs and those of my guests couldn’t have asked for sweeter end to my day!
Sue was amazing!! Our cake turned out so beautiful, and just the way we imagined! She was wonderful with communication, and continued to make sure that the colors, flavors, and amount for our guest count was just what we wanted. Would recommend to any bride and groom!
Our cake was absolutely everything we could’ve imagined, Sue did an amazing job and truly lives up to her great reviews!
Sue Jacobs is THE BEST!! We went with a two tiered cake and dessert table and LOVED it! We didn't eat the cake until the day after at an after party my parents threw and it was STILL moist and delicious. Vanilla with the BEST raspberry filling. It was such a unique filling and we'll be thinking about it for a while haha Highly recommend!!
We had chosen Sue Jacobs Cakes for our wedding that was apart of our package at The Paseo and we are SO glad we did!
Firstly, Sue is the sweetest person we have ever met. She welcomed us during the tasting with open arms & made us feel so at ease, especially with it being our first meeting with a vendor!
Secondly, her desserts are THE. BEST. We ended up doing a dessert bar with a 2-tier cake, brownies, donuts, macarons, and cheesecake. She has so many options to choose from that you will find something for you and your guests. Our dessert table was the talk of the wedding, everyone loved it! You can easily tell that Sue & her team take their time with their desserts and put in the love & care into baking them.
I can't recommend Sue Jacobs Cakes enough & will easily go back to her for other events in the future!
Sue makes some delicious and beautiful cakes. I got to try samples of her cakes on several occasions leading up to the wedding and everything was consistently very good. She is a lot of fun, she responds to emails in a timely manner, she made the cake exactly as we agreed upon. I really have no complaints; everything was perfect and worry-free with her.
We fell in love with Sue from the moment we first met her at the bakery! She greeted myself, my fiancé, my mother, and my sister with such enthusiasm that we knew we were in great hands.
Approximately 6 months out from the wedding we met with Sue to discuss the flavors and details for our wedding cake and dessert bar. Sue most definitely made of the most of the budget we provided her with, using every last penny to create the cake and dessert bar that my fiancé and I dreamed of. We had a lengthy discussion about the design of our cake, and Sue provided such a detailed design that we were beyond excited to see the final product on our big day.
Our cake and dessert bar turned out absolutely perfect on the day of the wedding. The flavor of the cake was absolutely divine. My husband and I were too busy mingling to try any of the other desserts from our dessert bar, but many guests complimented us on how delicious the desserts we had provided were.
If we had to do our day all over again, my now husband and I would not change a single thing! Sue for Sue Jacobs Cakes was so detailed and so personable, we couldn't have selected a better cake artist for our special day.
I can't speak highly enough of Sue! She was a pleasure to work with and was always quick to respond if I had questions or concerns during the planning process. Our cake turned out absolutely BEAUTIFUL! My biggest regret was not getting more than a few bites of our cake after we cut it because it was absolutely delicious! Everyone was raving about it all night. We had a 4-tier cake and each tier was a different flavor (pink champagne, chocolate, lemon, and Andes mint chocolate for the top).
DELICIOUS. The cheesecake and cake-pops were unreal! Sue made everything so easy and painless. Plus she's a real sweetheart!
The cake was absolutely gorgeous and tasted amazing!
Sue was such a pleasure to work with. She provided so many options for our cake and is extremely knowledgeable and talented. She treated us like family and helped us design the cake we envisioned. The cake turned out better than we imagined! Absolutely stunning AND delicious! Her frosting is fluffy and better than any others we tried. She has tons of flavor options and provides samples and cupcakes to taste them all. The fillings, frostings, and cake was delicious. We are so thrilled with how it turned out.
Sue was wonderful to work with. She was easy to communicate with, and Omgoodness!!! The cake was AMAZING! I will most likey be ordering cakes with her from now on!
I did not want a wedding cake, much to my mother's chagrin - husband does not like cake, and I've never been a fan of dried out, thin slices of cake that I've had at other weddings. But surprisingly, I was having a hard time finding a good baker that offered any sort of dessert buffet.
In comes Sue with the dessert buffet of my dreams! I met Sue at her bakery, gave her my vision, chose the different confections, and she made it come true! Her sweet, caring personality comes through in the confections that she bakes, and she was wonderful and easy to work with!
Her dessert and cake flavor selections are plentiful and SUPER delicious, but it was hard coming to a consensus on what we wanted because I wanted ALL OF IT! We ended up going with brownies, silver-dusted donuts, cake pops, and mini cupcakes - all of our guests raved about the desserts and we barely had any left at the end of the night!
Thank you so much Sue, we appreciate all of the hard work you and your team put in to make our wedding dessert buffet the best!
I loved how Sue runs her business. You go to her shop and taste everything. We were able to adjust some due to allergies of our guests. We got every flavored covered especially since it was going to be the fall season we had a variety. Everyone loved the desserts and had a variety to choose from which made them happy. Thank you so much for making our dessert selection so wonderful.
We knew our wedding cake would be something special the day we met Sue. And...we were right! From the cake tasting to wedding day, Sue provided great service and communication. Our cake was beautiful and it was delicious too. Thank you Sue!!
Sue was so great to work with! She makes amazing and delicious cakes and they are very affordable! For the tasting she has so many options to taste, and it’s free to taste! Her cakes and frosting are absolutely divine, and It looked incredible! I love that she doesn’t use fondont and that her cakes still look so perfect with her frosting. Sue is also a super sweet person which made the experience that much better.
Sue was an absolute pleasure to work with. She was so warm and friendly, and offered help wherever I needed it. We requested a very simple cake, but it was done beautifully and was so tasty!! She even provided gluten free cupcakes for a few of our guest. She was very quick on her feet when she learned the florist did not drop off the flowers for the cake. She found a centerpiece that was not necessary and deconstructed it to take what was needed, and then reconstructed the centerpiece to still look great. I would highly recommend Sue Jacobs cakes.
Sue was wonderful to work with! She was flexible with us and set up our tasting outside of her usual tasting hours because we couldn't manage during those times. She was so good about understanding our vision and our cake turned out beautifully and of course tasted WONDERFUL! We got many compliments! She also provided us with desserts for a dessert table and everything was eaten! Safe to say my guests enjoyed them :) she also willingly provided us with cake stands for the dessert table and made sure it looked beautiful before she left! I highly recommend using her for your big day! :)
I have to preface that I am HUGE cake lover. When it comes to eating/trying cake, I CAN be pretty picky. I mean, I love all cake but I know when I am eating some good cake. I knew the cake was amazing the first time that I tried Sue Jacob's at an open house at The View and that nothing would compare. I only tried one flavor so I knew I had to see what else she had. Me and my now husband set up a time and to taste tested a few different flavors. We picked Pink Champagne with one layer of Strawberry and one of Vanilla. All of our guests loved the cake flavors that we chose as well. I had one of my bridesmaid tell me that her boyfriend isn't a sweets person but wound up having 4 piece of cake because it was that good. If you want a fantastic tasting cake that will leave you wanting more, Sue Jacob's is the place for you!
Sue's cakes are absolutely amazing! They are delicious as well as beautiful! Her flavors are unique, her fillings pair wonderfully and the frosting is out of this world! She took my vision and made it into an absolutely beautiful and elegant wedding cake!
Not only did the cake that Sue created for our wedding day far surpass all of my expectations for how it would look, but I honestly think it was the most delicious wedding cake I’ve ever tasted. Thank you Sue for your artistic eye, responsiveness to your clients and amazing and unique cake flavors!
After trying only a bite of Sue Jacob's cake at a wedding open house months before the wedding, I knew that we had to put the deposit in as soon as possible to secure our wedding date for Sue to make our cake! My husband & I scheduled a time to meet with Sue for a private consultation during which she prepared samples of their most popular cakes & fillings for us to try. These included the Pink Champagne, Rich Vanilla, Marbled Chocolate & Rich Vanilla, Red Velvet Chocolate, and Lemon Poppy Seed. They were all really good but the clear winner for us was the Pink Champagne with Strawberry Cream filling!
We discussed all the details of our wedding & decided that we wanted to have a small round cake for the cake cutting & cupcakes for all of our guests. As promised, a month before the wedding, Sue followed up with a few questions to get ready for our wedding day. She asked us about our cake topper, finalized the cake & filling flavors, and confirmed other special requests. About a week before the wedding, she sent us a final confirmation e-mail with all of the details.
When we arrived to the venue on our wedding day, I was seriously in awe with the cake & cupcakes that Sue had put together for us! The small round cake & cupcakes had the flower design as I had requested and looked very elegant. Everyone who attended the wedding was in love with how the cupcakes tasted! They were pleased that the cupcakes had the surprise of strawberry cream inside and also had the perfect amount of sweetness, fluffiness, & were so tasty. I know that some guests went back and even got seconds!
Without a doubt, we made the right decision in getting our wedding cake from Sue. She was very organized with our order & made delicious cupcakes for us! I'd definitely recommend giving her a call.
Sue’s wedding cake is absolutely beautiful and tasty. She makes her own special frosting, which is not only nice looking, but also very delicious. Our guests enjoyed it a lot. Sue is nice and friendly to work with. We highly recommend her as cake designer.
Sue was amazing, she met me at my venue and walked through every layer and flavor with us. She took my vision and made it a reality, I loved it and am so happy with her work.
Wow! Sue Jacobs cakes aren't only amazing, she is also amazing! She was so helpful throughout the whole cake process and we couldn't be more excited about how our wedding cake turned out...everything we wanted and absolutely beautiful. Thank you Sue!
Sue did an amazing job! Her cake tasted so good! Everything was very professional.
Sue Jacobs Cakes is the absolute best! Sue is an absolute peach to work with and she was so attentive to my needs and wants for my wedding cake. She was very sweet and professional in speaking to me through phone, email and in person and every time I spoke with her she left me feeling confident that I would have the cake of my dreams on my wedding. Oh, and her cakes! I've had the pleasure of tasting many flavors and each and every one of them exceeded my expectations. Our wedding cake was absolutely beautiful, and tasted WONDERFUL! I have and will continue to recommend her cakes!
Sue's cakes are both delicious and look great! She took exactly what me and my husband wanted and made it look awesome. I've also tasted some not so tasty cakes and I love Sues secret recipe. Her cakes are so yummy I would highly recommend!
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