Tasty Doux

I was referred to Tarn and Dan by a friend. We wanted a custom 3 tier cake for my nephew’s birthday coming up in 10 days. I initially spoke to Dan for a bit to throw some ideas around and got pricing, which was VERY good and fair. He took the time to discuss size, what would work best since it’s 3 tier, design, fondant vs buttercream… and I don’t even remember what else I asked! He was very patient and worked with us the whole process. I ended up texting some photos of what we were looking for, which was very convenient!
I believe they work from a home bakery, so don’t actually have a storefront. Hopefully someday soon they will!
A few days after initially contacting them, I ended up coming up with some design ideas that I sent over, and they were able to replicate even better than I had thought up! We wanted a Dragonball Z themed cake that was 2 tier with a Dragonball on top. It was ADORABLE!!! Beautiful fondant work, and tasty too! The fondant is not so great, as with all fondant, but my sister wanted pretty over tasty. Dan even mentioned if we want tasty, go with the buttercream, and made sure we knew what we were getting into.
The cake itself was perfectly moist and fluffy! We chose coconut for the filling. It was actually the young coconut, so a much lighter and slightly sweet flavor. I’ve got to say, this is one of the best cakes I’ve ever had! The frosting that was in between each of the three layers was very light as well, almost a whipped cream frosting? Not overly sweet, which is a biggie for me. Each layer was frosted with their buttercream, before covered in fondant. Their buttercream was surprisingly light as well! Usually, you get a mouthful of ugh! when you eat buttercream, since essentially, you are eating butter. I’m not sure what these two did, but you could taste the butter and the sugar, but it was so perfectly balanced! I actually sat in front of my fridge yesterday morning picking the buttercream from the fondant to eat it.
We had the cake delivered to us in the Crossroads, Bellevue area, and had a cute little smash cake for my nephew’s 1^st birthday too! Delivery was on time in the window they said. They even included little mini strawberry cream filled cupcakes that disappeared into mouths before we had a chance to photograph! They were so good, I was lucky enough to snag one.
This review cannot describe how happy we were with the cake and the great experience we had with Tarn and Dan! I will definitely contact them again in the future when I need a custom cake, or even dessert when I’m feeling hungry! Best of luck to you two!