Cakes For Occasions

I haven’t been here for years, and have had good experiences prior, but this one leads me to believe there was a hanger somewhere. We made an appointment to talk about wedding cakes. We were left standing for a while after our scheduled time because the appointment before us «came late». That’s our fault? We were given a list of flavors, and picked out a few, but one of them left a taste I couldn’t shake for the afternoon. I didn’t feel like the gal helping us was interested in helping us find a cake that suited our needs either, but rather just wanted to tell us what we wanted and write down the order. If I knew what I wanted I would have just phoned it in and not wasted my time hanging around in the store, while some poor and very sweet homeless man was following me around talking to me because no one else would… lots of other places to have good and creative cakes these days. And if you give them a theme, or even color they will come up with a design for you rather than just a «look through the pictures and maybe you’ll have an idea». Glad I found out now!

A thoroughly distasteful experience! If it were possible to post negative stars, I would be happy to do so. We arrived for a 3: PM scheduled appointment to discover the previous appointment had run over time. We were left standing around the shop for approximately fifteen minutes before they were ready for us, at which time we were told that the other couple had arrived late! I hope that couple makes our delay worth their while because we will NOT be selecting our wedding cake from CFO.
Following the appointment I tried to purchase a needed gift and was kept waiting at the counter while the cashier gossiped with a friend about school and teachers and holiday plans.
CFO obviously has no regard for anyone’s time but their own.

I am so disappointed by Cakes for Occasions. They boast «100% nut free bakery «yet they are now selling products that may contain traces of nuts! They are now NOT nut free!
I will now be taking my business elsewhere to another nut free bakery where my children can come in and eat safely. Their slogan is misleading and they are jeopardizing lives of those with nut allergies.
If you have nut allergies DO NOT go here!

Got a cake today and was disappointed with the overall Taste of the cake. Cake looked beautiful! Did not taste like a marble cake. Again it was decorated beautifully. Didn’t taste as fresh as other cakes I have purchased at other cake stores.
I’m giving 2 stars for the look of the cake…

I think that it’s 3 days later and I’m still eating my wedding cake, and its still delicious, says it all.
We had made plans to do a few tastings, CFO being the first, I cancelled all the other appointments. Cake was fabulous and exactly what I was looking for. Katrina was informative and responsive to questions/​concerns.
Thank you!!!

They did a lovely job a couple of years ago with our wedding cake. And most recently made a birthday pumpkin pie (long story behind the pie of which I won’t take up time to explain) for my husband. Point being, Katrina and team are great. Not only is everything delicious but the customer service excellent. I greatly appreciate your helping to make my husbands birthday pie… he loved it!!! :-)

Cake that was ordered for my daughter’s bridal shower was very disappointing. Lettering was crooked, written on cardboard, and stuck on to the side of the cake. We removed it before the guests arrived. The design of the cake was totally different from what was ordered. Still waiting to hear from them.

Good customer service
Ordered the mini alcoholic cupcakes and they were a big hit!

Ordered my wedding cake from here years ago. Son’s birthday cake and cupcakes for many years. However, the quality has gone down recently. Once fluffy light cake is now a gritty sandy mix. My son’s last set of cupcakes tasted like paraffin wax. really awful. They will now no longer handle any allergy order at all having nearly killed a child. The staff there was once very skilled but now they are scraping the bottom of the labor barrel.

Easy to place orders, website is easy to navigate. Their store is very nice, and I love how it’s an open concept so you can see them making the cakes and designs. Parking is a tad tough as it is street parking.
I’ve gotten my son’s birthday cakes here for the past 4 years now. They really run with your design concept, and truly deliver ! We’ve gone from Team Umizoomi, Minions, and now Mario Bros.
I’ve always gotten the buttercream, it’s very delicious. And the fillings for inside, Choc Mousse, Lemon, Raspberry; all very yummy ! I feel the actual cake part though is unfortunately not always spot on. Sometimes it’s moist and great, the others a little dense and hard.
I will still continue you to come here as I have yet to have a big issue, and they’ve always been great !

Beautifully decorated cakes but too sugary…
Loved the Cake Designs and the white chocolate mousse cake is delicious but frosting is much too sweet and sugary.

the cupcakes in my grandson’s cupcake cake were mostly hard, dry, and inedible. what a disappointment! I got my granddaughter’s cupcake cake there last year and was very happy with it. they actually did the cupcakes for my daughter’s wedding a few years ago and got rave reviews. my groupon last year for my granddaughter’s cake covered the whole thing ($ 45.00); this year they tacked on another $ 8.00 for the same number of cupcakes only these were a total embarrassment! never again!

I contacted them for a custom cake. My boyfriend plays the harmonica and I really wanted to surprise him with a unique cake. I ordered the cake over the phone, and they were able to deliver it to the restaurant in Peabody that I would be having the dinner at.
The cake came out more than amazing and the flavor was even better. I ordered a lemon cake and it did not disappoint. I will use them going forward for every occasion I have.
They quoted me the cheapest price out of the 5 stores I called.
Thank you!

I have to say how impressed I am with Cakes for Occasions. My fiancé and I went in for a wedding cake tasting. First off, I contacted several bakeries… and Cakes for Occasions were the first to respond and could make an appointment for us when I wanted to come in. So it was off to a great start.
Now we are having 200 people at our wedding, but I only wanted a small cake for us and then there will be other desserts for the guests and such, but a pretty 2 tiered cakes for us is what we wanted. Katrina, the wedding cake coordinator did not try to up-​sell us or make us feel like we needed to buy more, she listened to what we wanted and went with it.
We were able to taste whatever we wanted and it was a substantial sized serving of each option. They were even offering coffee at the tasting. I think we choose 6 flavors we wanted to try and let me tell you the choice was not easy. I am already planning for other events that I can order some of the other flavors for.
Delivery of the cake was a key component and they are taking care of that no problem for a small fee.
Katrina also sent us home with some of their pastries for us to sample… they were all yummy… especially the carrot cake.
I am very much looking forward to seeing the beautiful job they do creating our cake.
Oh as a bonus for your one year anniversary they will bake you a fresh cake. I would not say that they are cheap with their prices, but compared to the other research I have done they are comparable, but I have not heard of another place doing the one year bonus anniversary cake. So that is a nice incentive.

I came here for my wedding cake and was referred to Cakes for Occasions through my reception venue. They were very easy to get in contact with and the wedding coordinator, Katrina, was wonderful the whole time.
The tasting went very smoothly. There is a very professional atmosphere and even though the cake wasn’t as good as another vender I visited, the reassurance that came with such a high level of professionalism was exactly what a crazy bride needs. I tried a lot of cake, but finally decided on a traditional cake with white chocolate filling. For design, I presented a picture of another cake on their own website with a slight variation in color.
2 weeks out, Katrina checked back in with me for a head count and final payment. She was very quick over email and with returning phone calls.
So the big day comes and I immediately notice the cake is not at all what I thought. The level of detail in the picture wasn’t even close to the quick airbrushing on the cake. The background wasn’t smooth and some of the color was bleeding. Upon eating the cake, it was dry and crumbly.
I emailed Katrina to let her know what happened and sent her a picture. She apologized, but that was about it. I didn’t get any kind of compensation or coupon for a future cake.
While Katrina is wonderful to work with, I can’t recommend this place to anyone for such a special occasion.

I was hesitant as for how to rate this place. I really feel like it should be somewhere between 2 – 3.
Positives: convinient location-​parking is available, very welcoming atmosphere Clean and neat, friendly staff, Associate took time and notes on my order, consulted with their chef and had me email pictures of what I have in mind. I left 100% positive that we both on the same page as for the design for my custom made cup cakes for Baby Shower. Another good thing that the price was not too bad, only $ 4 per piece which is less than the charge of the bakery I usually use.
Now my order: 24 custom designed cup cakes for Girl Baby Shower. Theme colors Lemon, lime, baby pink. I am attaching pictures of what I asked and what I got. Colors completely off… not even near to baby girl theme…
I can’t comment on the taste. Did not even try them. But guests from our party said that they looked like had too much chemicals, and they melted in the fridge overnight.
So. If you order anything custom made from this place ensure you ask precisely copy the image.
I did not say anything when I picked this up only because it would be too late for them to re-​do the work. I will be going back to the other bakery I used in the past as I never had this issue with them.

THE BEST CAKE I’VE EVER HAD! I custom-​ordered a cake for my graduation party, and it was absolutely delicious and came out looking great! It was two-​tiered, topped with a white-​chocolate bow. The top tier was a chocolate mouse cake, and the bottom was a vanilla cake with fresh strawberry filling, with buttercream frosting. Everyone at my party loved the cake. It was pretty pricey, however, at $ 180.
They were very accommodating and knew exactly what I wanted. They have a large selection of pastries and sweets as well, which I must try sometime. Will definitely be ordering more cakes from here.

I recently ordered a cake from here for my graduation party. I had chosen a lemon raspberry mousse cake which supposedly had a buttercream frosting. For the price ($ 84 for a cake that fed up to 40) I was hoping that the decoration would have been a little nicer but I can’t really complain since I did tell them j didn’t want it too extravagant. I definitely did like the way the same tasted but found the «buttercream» frosting was far from buttercream. It tasted just like normal frosting, not only to me but everyone else too. I just don’t understand why they would say its buttercream frosting when it wasn’t. Other than the price being a little pricey and my disappointment with the frosting, I really enjoyed the cake.

I was so excited to get a cake from this bakery after hearing so many good things about it. Also, I specifically ordered a birthday cake from here because of their wonderful nut-​free premises promise. It was great to find a bakery with such a commitment to people with allergies… which is what I needed for this b-​day cake. All that said, I ordered a small lemon cake and asked for «vibrant colored flowers (like orange, yellow, blue, fushia, etc.). I figured this would be no problem for a bakery that does such elaborate cakes. However, I was extremely disappointed when I picked up the cake and was shown a cake with 2… yes I wrote 2 pink flowers. I mean, c’mon. Two flowers! I don’t know if additional flowers cost more or something, but when I ordered the cake on the phone the girl didn’t say anything about a standard cake being a boring cake with just 2 flowers on it max. Also, she confirmed that I wanted vibrant colored flowers. I’m not sure what went wrong on their end here, but I am more than disappointed with the presentation. Not what I asked for and not at all interesting to look at. I feel bad giving this to my friend, as I was expecting to give her a gorgeous cake. I will be writing an update to this review after I actually try the lemon cake. I know taste of the cake is more important to most people than how it looks, but I really didn’t get what I ordered or paid for, which is why the sight of it right now is depressing. I just had to at least give my input about the decoration before trying the cake. I really do hope the company reads these reviews and takes their customers opinions seriously.
***Addition to original review — Review on Taste.*** Again, somewhat disappointed. I ordered the Lemon Cake with buttercream frosting. I even asked the girl on the phone when ordering if the lemon cake was lemoney enough on it’s own or if I should also have lemon filling. I asked if both lemons would be overpowering, flavor wise. She suggested to go with the lemon cake and vanilla buttercream combo. I trusted her judgement, but wish I hadn’t. There was absolutely no lemon flavor in this cake. Everyone who ate the cake was shocked when I said it was supposed to be lemon… they thought it was just white cake. I made sure to ask everyone if they tasted lemon, so I wouldn’t be the only person giving feedback, based on the bad taste, pun intended, the decoration had already left in my mouth. Well, it wasn’t just me. No one could taste any lemon, except 2 people said they had a glob of lemon flavoring in their pieces. So, I’m thinking the lemon didn’t get mixed in properly? Also, if you are a lemon lover and want a cake that tastes like lemon, I would try getting the lemon filling, although I can’t say one way or another how it tastes.

I needed a dairy free cake found the bakery from groupon it was so delicious :)
My niece was thrilled she could actually eat her birthday cake! The service was fantastic they took time drawing different options for the skull cake. I will definitely be back. The picture is posted on their site.
Love Love Love!!!