Karen Rodkey Cakes

:(Our cake was epic. We were very worried because the cake was included in our wedding package at the hotel. We felt a lot better when we met Karen and saw her cake models. We knew it would be good but were blown away when it was revealed. We both are dog people so we had a black and white poodle as the cake topper. She did a great job placing them. The cake was three flavors and was tasty. The only bad part was we had to cut it up and serve it :(A work of art.

We ordered a cake a few years ago for our wedding! What an experience! Seriously. I loved every moment from the tasting to delivery. She let us taste a number of types, and they were all quite amazing. We decided on a neat combination with red velvet and chocolate. No other cake will ever compare. We’ve tried to find bakers in our area that are equivalent, but we can’t find anything. I was most concerned with the cake showing up in one piece, and Karen did a great job. As planned with unique little butterflies and gum paste flowers, intact and on display like any wedding cake should. She matched the color to our bride’s maid’s dresses with skill. Home Depot couldn’t do color match better on paint! All and all, I’d give her 6 stars if I could. In fact we froze bits of our remaining layer of cake for several years after the date. Still it tasted amazing. One of these days we’ll have to take a ride up to pick up another cake just for fun!

I went with my mom-​in-​law to Karen’s house to pick out a cake for my wedding. I am slightly obsessive about details and getting things right. It’s an important time and undoubtably an expensive adventure, so it’s important to make sure you are happy. Karen was extremely professional and knowledgeable. She took a picture and expanded my vision to incorporate the capacity and scaling of the cake that I needed. She offered a variety of mini cake samples to try and even boxed them up for us to take home – no complaints here (and it was really nice since my husband was working that day and didn’t get to come to the initial tasting. The bridal party also got to sample the leftovers). I gave her quite the challenge of take a fondant (very smooth and clean design) and using buttercream instead. She did it perfectly. We go exactly what we wanted, and there were so many compliments on it. It still tasted amazing a year later! Ha!

My wife and I were talking the other day about how I rarely give five-​star reviews anywhere. My reasoning being that 5 stars is «the best» and there very likely could be something better out there and if I ever came across it, I would have no way of indicating which was better. This got me thinking… What establishments have I ever done business with, that I WOULD give a five-​star review to? One of the only places I could think of was the place that had made our wedding cake: Karen Rodkey Cakes.
Although Karen was a little bit of a drive out of Baltimore, it was worth it ten times over. The cake turned out absolutely perfect! My wife and I showed up with absolutely no idea what we were looking for. We were uninspired by all the traditional cakes we had seen in the magazines but were resigned to the fact that it was a necessary item for the wedding. When we left Karen’s, we were more excited about the cake than any other point of the wedding and it remained a focal point long after the wedding. All of our guests were complimenting it and almost two years later, relatives still bring it up when we see them. I can’t even count how many requests for photos we got, both from guests and from people who heard about it from others who had attended.
We’ve since used Karen’s services for some of our larger family gatherings and we’ve still never had a problem (admittedly, we’ve had some non-​traditional requests too — making this more impressive).