Cakes By Look

This review is late but worth the wait. Rhienn did our cupcakes and grooms cake for our wedding on the Skansonia. She was very patient through the tasting process, and delivered a beautiful product the day of. She listened attentively to our suggestions, was patient when we were indecisive and was overall super supportive of this hesitant couple and our wishes. Our pattern was black damask and she made a beautiful pattern for our grooms cake out of fondant that not only looked beautiful but tasted good as well.
We had the chocolate with chocolate ganache, lemon with strawberry, and the coconut mojito. The guests raved about the flavors, and with all the minis we had leftovers for the after party — where we were finally able to enjoy their delicious flavors.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her services to anyone. You won’t be disappointed. Thanks for contributing to our wonderful wedding memories, Rhienn!

I wanted to really like this place, presentation based on the website and other reviews were amazing. I ordered a cake for my birthday, kahlua cake with chocolate ganache filling and buttercream frosting with a little bit of decal. We had major issues trying to schedule payments, played phone tag for weeks and I had to continuously initiate this. Finally the day before I made the payment, and had them deliver it to the restaurant of my birthday dinner. I called sometime that day to confirm whether it was still ‘ok’ or whether I needed to pick it up it wasn’t yet 100% and I kept getting voice mail ALL day long. It was so frustrating, hello was I going to have a cake for my birthday still or did I need to find an alternative? Literally 30 minutes before my scheduled dinner time, they answer and say they are on their way to deliver it to the restaurant. Who needs to be panicked all day up until 30 minutes before their birthday dinner?
I really wanted to like this place. The presentation was amazing, portion size was generous for a ¼ sheet but service, professionalism was not to my liking. MAYBE I’ll give the cupcakes a shot but cake wise, NOT recommended.

Rhienn was amazing to work with. Her cupcakes were a hit at my wedding. Everyone loved the idea of a variety of cupcakes rather than one set cake flavor. The favorite of the crowd was the peanut butter/​caramel combo. My husband thought no one was going to touch them… boy did I win that disagreement! Thank you for everything Rhienn!

I am VERY picky about my cupcakes. They are my favorite dessert and I am quite discerning about things like cake moistness, cake to frosting ratio, cupcake «muffin top,» height to diameter ratio, and of course flavor and decoration. I tasted cupcakes from four of the top cupcake bakeries in Seattle for my wedding, and LOOK was hands down the best.
Rhienn is lovely; friendly and very easy to work with. Her cupcakes are moist, with just the right amount of frosting, all the right dimensions, and decorated beautifully. And the flavors… unique and delicious, and she encourages you to create your own! Our favorite was the Velvet Elvis, banana cake with chocolate ganache filling and peanut butter frosting!
Rhienn not only made a gorgeous cutting cake and hundreds of cupcakes for my wedding, she worked with me to surprise my husband with a custom groom’s cake decked out with a burning house, fire truck, and fireman a la «Ace of Cakes» style. Everyone loved the cakes and I got so many compliments!
I wish she had a storefront so I could get more cake whenever I wanted, but for now you must pre-​order, so plan ahead!

La Nina de Chocolate Diablo, I am in love.
Rhienn cup-​catered our wedding reception this past weekend and I am still glorying in the amazing goodness of Look Cupcake. We decided on three flavors: La Nina de Chocolate Diablo (Mexican spiced chocolate cake, cinnamon cheesecake filling and Kahlua Swiss meringue buttercream), The Bollywood (vanilla Chai spice cake, salted caramel filling and fresh ginger buttercream) and Summer in Your Hand (fresh lemon cake, strawberry cheesecake filling and strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream). There were both full-​sized cupcakes and minis in all three flavors. Rhienn came out to not only deliver the cupcakes but also assist with the set-​up and decoration of the tiered stand… the finished arrangement was absolutely gorgeous, it made all taste-​buds within a 300-​foot radius stand at attention.
With a precious few leftovers available after the soirée, I bundled some up for the freezer and some for the fridge, to be devoured in a moist-​crumb-​laden frenzy in the near future. My favorite was the Diablo. The dark, moist chocolate cake had the most wonderful after-​burn, it made your lips tingle in the subtlest of ways. The flavor combination of the spicy chocolate, the cinnamon cheesecake and the delicate Kahlua buttercream (and yes, this is REAL buttercream, folks) made me want to hoard every last cupcake in the house. A close second were both the Bollywood and the lemon — both were wonderful and such different flavors that there is no way to narrow it down. All three flavors were a knockout. And I made the wonderful discovery that a refrigerated cupcake, when microwaved for about 20 seconds, turns into a warm, moist treat where the buttercream just starts to get all soft and melty and the filling inside melds with the cake and creates this amazing symphony of warm, gooey, flavor-​filled goodness that causes one to lose all sense of self and just devour the entire thing before it has a chance to cool off.
Are you drooling yet?
Go see Rhienn, she’ll hook you up.

Since I love cupcakes, I decided to share some of «the good ones» with my BF for Valentine’s day. Hooray to Rhienn! She delivered a dozen gorgeous cupcakes to my sweetie at work. Everyone that he works with was jealous. And then they tasted them! The spicy chocolate with kahlua frosting — yum!!! They were delivered looking perfect, tasting amazing exactly when she said they would be. I know how crazy holidays can get for people in the service industry, so I really appreciated this deal going off without a hitch. The best part? It was all done over email — not even a phone call was needed!
Give Look Cupcake a try — you’ll be happy that you did… filled cupcakes will change your life!
PS: do your homework — there’s no storefront, you need to email/​call to place an order… so plan ahead!

Look Cupcake did our wedding a few summers back and WOW! we’re still talking/​salivating about it! Rhienn was a doll to work with, and we loved everything we tasted that she had created. Her final pieces (both full sized and mini cupcakes) rocked our world– chocolate diablita, chai spice, fresh strawberry– each one was aesthetically beautiful, as well as down right delicious! She was also very accommodating in her willingness to meet us at the ferry docks, sending our divine treats out to our reception via boat. Such a smooth, easy, wonderful experience. Do not miss the chance to taste incredible cupcakes made with love and quality ingredients.

FANTASTIC!!! My sister just got married and her cake lady pulled out a week before the big day. I called up Look Cupcake because I had worked with them in the past and liked them. They immediately accepted my request to make 8 cakes in just 6 days! Each cake was decorated wonderfully and tasted amazing. The best cake I have ever had (chi cake with salted caramel filling and almond butter cream frosting!)
Rhienn and the whole crew are wonderful to work with. We love them!

The Chocolate Box Day 1 review:
I was soooo looking forward to finally getting a taste of one of the rare custom order cupcakes in the area… little did I know it was only going to be a taste :-).
There were no cupcakes for purchase… just a representative from Look explaining the 4 flavor options and handing out Dixie cups with half mini cupcakes in them.
Having just come from the Chocolate salon I was in a really dilemma. I was close to a chocolate coma… and already had 5 different Mexican chocolates, but I’m standing in THE chocolate shop for Pete’s sake!
My hubbies is the lemonade cupcake expert so for the third time in 3 weeks tasted the Strawberry Lemonade flavor. The cake was moister than New York Cupcakes, but the strawberry frosting over powered the delicate lemon cake… so middle of his road to lemonade bliss.
I love orange and chocolate… so I dove into a rich chocolate cake with a brash orange filling and super sweet orange icing… or it might have been brash icing and sweet filling :-)… there was a whole bunch of something and a little bit of very moist cake.
So for now was OK… I will be back up at The Chocolate Box in a couple of weeks and will be sure to stop by on a cupcake delivery day (Mon, Wed, Fri) so I can try a full mini experience.

To preface, Rhienn is a client of mine at Zero Zero. The first time I saw her in my chair, she mentioned being a wedding cake maker and cupcake peddler. I LURVE cake, so I was dying to try something she’d made, especially after seeing the awesome fantasy creations she has done and showed on her blog.
So, yesterday, Zero Zero had a reception party for the artist currently showing, who coincidentally is having Rhienn make her wedding cake. Look Cupcake made the mini cupcakes for the event. So finally I will have some cupcake love!
ALL of the cupcakes were delicious. I especially liked the cinnamon, filled mint and chocolate ones. The icing was very melty and the cakes were moist and the filled ones were not too filled. I liked the fact that the chocolate ones were surprisingly awesome because they were made with chilie pepper, and I love chocolate and chilie.
I was very happy with my intro to Look Cupcake and hope Rhienn brings me more when she comes to get her hair cut!

Rhienn has decided that she wants me to have a big GIANT ASS. Why else would she develop a non-​dairy marshmallow frosting and pastry cream filling (no cream cheese!) Chocolate mint — topped with candy cane sprinkles DELICIOUS CUPCAKE? REALLY??? WHY DO YOU HATE ME WOMAN?
What have I EVER DONE TO YOU BUT LOVE YOU???
She’s still taking orders for Christmas — and also has some insane gingerbread madness topped with yummy cookies that are (thankfully) off limits to yours truly due to cheesecake content. Please order all of the GOD DAMN CHOCOLATE MINT ONES.
My aged ass thanks you.

Once a month, a large tray of Look cupcakes magically appear in our office. They’re for all the birthday boys and girls for that month.
Lucky for me, the coworker who’s in charge of ordering these cupcakes every month is a friend. She always consults me on flavor choices and makes sure there’s an extra one for me. Hee.
These little babies are heavenly. I’ve tried all the other overly-​hyped fancy cupcakes and thought they were just fine. Look Cupcake takes it to a whole new level. The cake is moist and still fluffy. The fillings are perfectly placed and enhances the cake flavor, never over-​powering it. The frosting is another experience of its own. The final product is always beautifully presented.
Look Cupcake transformed our office birthday celebrations. People are actually looking forward to being called out during office meetings and having to endure a group rendition of «Happy Birthday» now!

My wife and I procured one of these fine desserts and I have to say: «Holy Cow! We didn’t know dessets could do this!» By THIS, I mean elicit range of emotion. Mild anticipation to arousal of the senses to excitement to real joy to bitter disappointment that I had only thought to grab just one. The flavors came alive in my mouth and didn’t leave that unpleasant spongy flavor that cupcakes often leave. Just flavor melting away.
We had the La Nina de Chocolate Diablo, and although I don’t speak Spanish, I do eat it from time to time and this was one of those things that would make me bilingual. My wife has been getting on me to bring more home, but we just don’t have the money to put her in the 12 step program she would need to get off of these things.
Fantastic cupcakes, with new and interesting flavors in each one. We’ll be contacting this company to do some special events very soon.

My daughter’s third birthday was a few months ago and I while I fancy myself a good baker I’m not exactly creative. Since my chocolate chip cookies simply would not do for my daughters celebration I began my search. Seeing as how there were adults at the party also I wanted something that was not only pretty but tasted DARN good.
I searched through a few local companies websites and decided to go with Look Cupcake because their flavors looked fabulous and I loved that the company was run by another Mom. I settled on the «Pink Boa» cupcakes and the «Summer in Your Hand». I have to say that I was not disappointed in any shape, form or fashion. Ms. Davis provided superb customer service, the price was very reasonable and the cupcakes were… well…they were the best baked good that I have ever put in my mouth. The Pink Boa cupcakes had a fabulous density to them and the Mojito Cheesecake filling was perfect and cheesecake-​like. In fact, it was not soupy at all. The «Summer in Your Hand» was SO freaking good that I literally teared up. I could tell that the strawberry cheesecake filling was made with the freshest ingredients and the lemon was the perfect complement to it. Also, the Swiss meringue butter-​cream frosting added the perfect note of sweet and creamy to finish off the cake.
I have recommended Ms. Davis and her cupcakes to many people and I guarantee those who do business with her will not be disappointed.

filled cupcakes??? DROOOL…
delish delish delish. I am so glad I got to try. Yum.

Rhienn bakes a mean cupcake.
Anytime you fill a mini cupcake w/​a cheesecake filling, you just can’t go wrong.
I guess I’ll have to wait for her to make the ‘turducken’ of desserts — a nano-​tiramisu inside a micro-​cheesecake inside a mini-​cupcake.