Lael Cakes

Would give 10 stars if we could! When thinking about a cake for our wedding, we had completely given up on finding something gluten free that would both look and taste good! We can firmly say that Lael Cakes were the most delicious that we have ever had; the flavors were extraordinary and our guests were even more floored to hear that they were gluten free. The sugared flowers were even so gorgeous that I thought that they were real until we cut our cake. Apart from being delicious and gorgeous, Emily was so kind and listened to our ideas, turning them into a finished product that exceeded our own creative vision. Already thinking about future parties to throw so that we can commission another cake from her. Needless to say, we would recommend her to anyone and everyone (in fact, we already have)!

Emily created the cake of of our dreams! Our wedding guests are STILL marveling over this cake. In fact, people who weren't even at the wedding are still marveling over it ( our wedding pic on Instagram that resulted in the most likes BY FAR was of Emily's beautiful cake!!) It was also a fabulous experience working with Emily. She is kind, patient and a really good listener. She helped us shape our vague idea of what we wanted into reality. She was very good about using local vendors for ingredients when possible and helping us select fruit that would be in season for the time of our wedding. In the end she made us a stunning three-tiered pavlova, bursting with flowers and fruit that was not only gorgeous to awe at, but was also absolutely delicious. If you are on the fence about cake vendors, get off the fence! It's Lael all the way!

Emily is an amazing baker! We tried a few cakes before hiring her, but none of them compared to Lael Cakes. Her flavors are unique and delicious, and the cakes were an option for our vegan guests. If you want to surprise everyone with stellar desert, I recommend considering her.

I've been vegan for 15 years, and always assumed a traditional wedding cake wouldn't be an option for me.... then, as vegan bakeries got better and better, I found myself a gluten-free partner, and assumed again that we wouldn't be able to have a traditional cake. Then we found Emily at Lael Cakes, and what can I say? Dreams do come true. (Yes, dreams. I LOVE CAKE!) In addition to the remarkable beauty of her cakes, they taste great. We got three fascinating and fantastic flavor combinations, and people were shocked how good everything was. Though we had a 100% vegan and gluten-free wedding, we had only a small number of veg*an and/or gluten-free guests, so we took a LOT of teasing leading up to the date that people would be smuggling in "real" food. They ate their words, and then went back for a second piece of cake. Seriously, Emily's cakes are SO GOOD, that they don't get those caveats: "Good for vegan," or "Way better than most gluten-free cakes," or anything like that. These cakes are just GOOD. Light, flavorful, not overly-sweet but still hitting the "cake" note (these are not health foods). I'll definitely use her services for special events moving forward, not just weddings. In fact, I might invent reasons to need to order a cake. They're just that good! Flavors: -Lemon cake with strawberry-basil buttercream -Olive oil cake with vanilla buttercream and fresh figs -Ginger-spice cake (think somewhere between gingerbread and carrot cake) with orange blossom buttercream