Encorecake and Cupcakes

I sincerely wish i could give a better review, but like others have mentioned, this was disappointing. I ordered the carrot cake for the 4^th of July… it was creatively decorated, but the cake itself was dry and not all that flavorful. It was a 2-​layer cake with cream cheese between the layers, but whipped cream on top (to save a few bucks, i suspect). Whipped cream frosting on a carrot cake is just plain wrong. I believe her strength is cake decorating, and not cake baking. Like others have said, she needs to improve the basic recipe and flavor, use the proper ingredients, and make sure the cake is worthy of the decorations.

I have had 3 cakes done here and loved all 3! I always come in with an idea of what I want and get the best results when I pick it up. Not too sweet, bread is amazing and uses fresh fruit!

I will actually be going back for my own baby shower cake for this month! I just love her work!

I have been buying cakes and pastries at Encorecake and Cupcakes since the shop opened and I have NEVER been disappointed! The cupcakes are wonderful and the cakes absolutely perfect. I recommend them to everyone I know and will continue to do so. I hope they’re around for years to come. Five stars all the way!!!

OMG, not only was our cake gorgeous but Encorcake was a savior! After being turned down from James and the Giant Cupcake and the Cupcake Shoppe I called Encorecakes. She was more than willing to take my last minute order, literally less than 24 hrs. Oh and might I add she was closed the day I needed them. She was patient, delivered them and assembled them they way I asked. That’s what you call great customer service! Awesome job Encorecakes, I will be calling you again in the future!

The owner is very nice. The cupcakes look very pretty. However the cupcakes tasted stale and hard. The frosting tasted like old butter and it was very greasy in consistency. Not fresh at all! We ended up throwing away the 4 cupcakes we bought. We will not be coming back.

I love cupcakes. I love cake. I got the red velvet and the chocolate, but threw both in the trash. The cake was dry. The icing was too sweet and too buttery at the same time. I wish I could support this business since it is the only bakery in EC, but… yuck. Besides the quality of their product, their plastic containers are evil, just saying.

Very disappointing cupcakes. First of all, they really don’t have any flavors that stood out. But then I’m pretty critical when it comes to cupcakes and cupcake flavors.
I ended up ordering the salted caramel and the tiramisu. Both vanilla based cakes. The salted caramel would have been way better based on a chocolate cake (like Kara’s). The cakes were grocery store quality. Very dry and tasteless. They each had some filling in the middle (not very good), but it didn’t make up for the dry, tasteless cake. The flavorings were really light for each. I could barely tell that the tiramisu was supposed to be a tiramisu. The frosting on each cake was the best part.
Prices were standard for cupcakes. Which means overpriced.

Cupcakes are really bad, I had the strawberry, it was really dry and dense. The texture was more like a bread than a cupcake.
My daughter had the chocolate mint, it was more mint than chocolate, and she said the frosting was really sweet, she could not eat it.
To sum up both cupcakes ended up in the trash.

Embarrassed, sad and disappointed with the cake I got for my wedding. Also overpriced for the poor job they did. I asked for off-​white color fondant with calla lilies. The lady told me «no a problem!» They will do them handmade the calla lilies. But even though she said she couldn’t way to make my cake I got a peach color cake with some poorly done handmade calla lilies Also I was supposed to get two flavors one in each tier but I got only one. I called her and she said she forgot and that is it! .I would not recommend this place for Wedding cakes!

I really hate to write a bad review for a local business shop, but the cupcakes are really bad. I’ve tried them twice now, attempting to give this place a second shot, but it’s just not working for me. The cupcakes are dry and the filing and icing are too sweet and dense.
The staff are always so nice. The macaroons are good, but on the small side. Thai ice tea was also decent.

I will never recommend this place! Waste of money, cakes and cupcakes are dry. She ruined my daughters $ 150 bday cake with dry tastless sponge cake and the filling was awful. Went back in the same day with the cake and got $ 100 store credit… she admitted it was bad. Well another bday comes up and i text her the picture i wanted the cake to look like and the flavor and filling etc. Well guess becuz i was using the store credit she ruined this cake. I asked for red velvet with coconut cream filling. The day we go pick up the cake she tells us its cream cheese coconut filling… What??! No call, No text telling us of the change. My bf’s sister HATES cream cheese… cake was dry, orange/​brownish not red, the outside of cake is cracked, wrinkled, crappy job! Waste of time and most of ALL EmBARRASSiNG!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr…

I really REALLY wanted to love this place… BUT I just can’t
The prices imo were pretty cheap for tiered fondant cakes
But the old saying you get what you pay for
I got my son the two tiered (10 in under a 6in) it was pretty massive because if the height
The 10 inch cake (chocolate) was made from two THICK pieces of cake instead of 4 thinner ones and was sooooooooooooooo dry!!! It was almost like eating saw dust
The top 6inch later was strawberry now this part was the best it was so yummy and moist
Decoration was not very clean cut or precise and cake was lop sided It wasn’t a big deal because my son, who is 2, didn’t notice anything wrong he absolutely loved it hence the 3 stars
I really like the owners vibe she is super sweet I just which the end product was better but I mean as long as my son was happy I’m happy

I ordered some mini cupcakes from here. First time customer. I’m quite happy with what I purchased. One dozen red velvet with cream cheese mini and one dozen chocolate with whip cream. I don’t like very sweet cupcake, so it was perfect as the sales lady promised. Fast delivery!!!

The lady who owns the business is very nice but unfortunately she has no idea what she is doing. I don’t think she has any baking background.
I had 3 different cupcakes, tiramisu, red velvet and one other one I think chocolate. All of them were extremely dry and the frosting on all 3 just wasn’t right. Maybe her cakes are better but I doubt it.

The cupcakes are very mediocre. There’s nothing special about it.
Their cakes are even worst. It tastes like cake batter from a box. And the frosting/​filling taste like food coloring. In simple words, it’s just very overpriced cheap (not even Betty Crocker) boxed type cakes.
Very disappointing. Especially the craftsmanship. It’s very poor. Sloppy work. Do not pay attention to details at all.
This place is very amateur, it doesn’t stand up to a real bakery.

Sherry is simply amazing! She’s a wonderful cake designer and so sweet! I ordered this cake 3 days before my son’s first birthday party and she delivered! She was able to make my ideas come to life! If I hadn’t made a sharp turn, my cake would’ve been a perfect ten. But it got lopsided and the fondant had a couple of tears which forced me to alter the cake a bit by adding flowers and cupcakes to surround the cake (that I also bought from Encorecake-​YUM) to try to mask the damage I had done. I HIGHLY recommend this place. Creative custom cakes, yummy cupcakes, AND GREAT SERVICE. I plan for her to make all my celebration cakes from now on!

I am sorry, but this cupcake place is not good. I am not one to pay $ 3 for a cupcake, but I thought that I would give it a try. I purchased the lemon cupcake. The frosting was light and lemony, but that was about the best part. The cake itself was dry, crumbly, and it had zero flavor. It was not a vanilla cake or a lemon cake, it was just cake.
What did I learn today? Trust your gut reaction. I should have kept walking.

A cupcake joint in El Cerrito? What’s happening? It’s tucked away at one of the many strip malls along San Pablo, a few doors down to my go-​to banh mi place. It appears to be Asian owned, which explains why there’s Thai iced tea on the menu. Kind of odd, if you ask me.
The cupcakes were ok, but nothing special. I hope this place does ok despite the challenging location and mediocre cupcakes.

Don’t let appearances fool you.
I am so sorry to have to write with this kind of candor. What a waste of $ to purchase a half dozen of these cupakes.
The owner and baker needs to work on basic skills… as in, the cake and batter of the cupcakes are simply too dry and too tight. There is no fluffiness or any lift, like a delicious cloudy wonder when biting in.
Furthermore, almost all of my 6 cupcakes weren’t even consistent in size. That is just not professional, in my book. Honest to goodness, i bake better cupcakes at home.
The toppings. some are too cloying and sugary. some are just too buttery and again… too compacted and not light.
I am a cupcake veteran. having eaten several times Cupkates, Karas, Icing on the Cupcake, Sprinkles, Masses, Crixa, Cako, James and the Giant Cupcake, etc.
As much as I adore having a cake place nearby (where there is no competition at all), cannot charge close to $ 3 when their peers are at the top of their game.
Feel badly to be this honest, but just not good enough.
PS Of those tried, vanilla was by far the worst. Dry, crumbly, tight batter. Mocha, strawberry, tiramisu, and… hm. just forgot the remaining flavors. see photo

Encorecake and Cupcakes only had a limited number of cupcakes on display. no macaroons (1),
wasn’t interested in trying thai tea/​bobba tea from a cupcake shop.
eats: mocha chocolate cupcake (2.95)
–very moist, flavorful cake
–very tasty topping, not sugarfied.
–small selection available, made in small patches?
drips:
–pretty of parking spaces
–friendly service
–cupcakes not labeled nor priced, was informed when asked.
–cash only