Amazing Kakes

I ordered a dozen cake pops here and I guess that everything was basically average. I ordered them on the phone in a very matter of fact fashion. They were ready on time. The cake pops were fine. Nothing really stood out but I have no complaints either.

The ladies here are absolutely wonderful! They made our delicious and beautiful wedding cake. The fondant was absolutely amazing and the flavors are too! They even went out of their way to find a gluten free and dairy free bakery for me in town so that I may have some of our wedding cake. :D

I’m going to preface this — I love these ladies’ cakes. They are so… amazing! (aptly named, I suppose). They are artistic, and delicate, and the flavors (see the grand marnier) are just… fabulous! Also, they have some of the BEST fondant I’ve ever, ever, ever had! It was more than just sweet — it actually had a delicious flavor!
That said, the service was really meh. The ladies are nice, and lovely, but we weren’t really notified properly that they had taken a different client for our wedding day. It came as a complete shock to me when I heard — you know how to-​be brides are — i was heartbroken!
I had my HEART set on that damn grand marnier cake. I will probably try them again, just because they are so great at baking — but I hope next time we actually get to have the cake :(

I picked up a dozen cake pops ordered thru Groupon coupon. Not all what we expected. Icing too think and hard, with tacky sprinkles on top of each pop. They were to be a gift to my teenage daughter’s teacher. Since they looked funny, I had her taste one to make sure they were better tasting than they look. She took one bite and wasn’t impressed. I started to take a bite and she said «I wouldn’t waist the calories on it.» Enough said.

The cakes and cake shots that Amazing Kakes provided us were amazing and tasted exactly how we wanted. However we were never sent a contract and when we finally got one it wasn’t clear and had notes scribbled all over it. Emails weren’t promptly answered (sometimes we had to before we got a response) and flavor questions were asked of me (the bride) two days before the wedding.
The price of everything was very reasonable and as I said the taste was great — on the day of they were perfect and so was the set up and the cake and desserts. They were also right on time and extremely flexible with our changes. While we would recommend them as a company to check out, we’d warn future clients that sometimes the artsy side and the business side of the business may communication gaps.

I bought a Groupon for cake pops. Being a huge cake pop fan, I was expecting moist and delicious. These were not cake pops as I’ve experienced before. They were like bell shaped teeny tiny inverted cupcakes on a stick dipped in almond bark… dry…tasteless…certainly not even worth what I paid on the Groupon let alone what they normally charge for these. Their order form is severely lacking also. There is no place to indicate I didn’t want any chocolate coated cake pops (not a chocolate fan), so I used their contact form on their website to make my request. No response… so I’m thinking I’ll get what I asked for, right? Wrong! Half chocolate half crappy tasting almond bark. And the really pathetic thing was they had no extras to swap out. Luckily, the other customer waiting offered to take my chocolate dipped for her almond bark dipped. But unfortunately these were still the worst cake pops (if you can call them that), cupcakes, cake pieces, whatever… I’ve ever had… horrible. I’ve requested a refund for my other groupon. I will not waste my time waiting to pick up another order (their doorbell also doesn’t work so it took them over 15 minutes to even open the door after calls to both numbers listed on their ever-​locked door) just to have tasteless dry cake pops that will be trashed just like the first order. Horrible! Starbucks has better cake pops and Lick It Bite It or Both has amazing cupcakes.

This review is on behalf of the classes. Not cakes. I don’t eat cake, and this place is not vegan friendly.
But! Awhile back, my girl kid declared she wanted to be a famous cake decorator. Awesome. The week before, she wanted to be an origami expert. Before that, a DJ.
So, during this stint of cake decorating love, living social offered up a cookie decorating class at Amazing Kakes. I signed my girl kid up.
I took her today, and she was the only one under the age of 30. Six cookies, two hours, and lots of icing later, she was the happiest kid alive.
The ladies that own the place and taught the class are unbelievable. Explained everything, were patient, and hilarious. Girl kid killed it with mad icing skills. Granted she can’t eat any of the cookies (not vegan), but she was happy to play with the vegan friendly fondant (thanks, google) and make a killer candy cane.
She’s happy. I’m happy. And this place
Is awesome.

I bought a livingsocial deal for a cookie decorating class. The class was just awful. The owners are NOT GOOD TEACHERS. They sat at the front table and told us what to do without actually showing us. They were ridiculous stingy with passing out supplies and we had to share everything with at least 4 other people. I kept asking for more fondant, more flood icing… The entire class kept asking for more of this, more of that because what they gave us was not enough to decorate the cookies the way they told us to. If you want a great cookie class, go to All in One.
When it was time to leave, they gave us a piece of cardboard to carry our cookies. Not even a box! And the cookies were still wet when we left. I will never go here again. Not a good use of my $ 12.

Background: I purchased the Groupon for two dozen cake balls, and when I placed the order I let them know that these were serving as thank you gifts to two of my bridesmaids. Overall, this experience was disappointing.
1. Timing. I placed the order 5 days before the scheduled pick-​up time, yet they seemed to just be getting everything together when I arrived… had to wait about 10 minutes in the tiny waiting room.
2. Presentation. REALLY disappointed in this. The orders were split in three boxes (I have no idea why) and were each mounted in styrofoam squares to keep them upright, each square placed inside a box. Because of the height of the sticks, the box couldn’t shut properly so they closed the gap with plastic wrap and scotch tape. A lot of scotch tape. I ended up having to doctor the box myself and stuff some brightly colored tissue paper I happened to have in my car before delivering the order to friend #1.
3. Taste. Let’s clarify — these are not your traditional cake pops. These are tiny bell-​shaped cupcakes fixed to sticks and then dipped in chocolate. Because of that, they were horrifically dry and just NOT the deliciously rich center we were expecting.
Kim was professional and courteous enough, and the wedding cakes in her showroom looked beautiful, but for cake pop orders… Amazing Kakes isn’t so amazing. I’d go with Sweet Pop or Austin Cake Ball instead.