Cakes by Linda

My husband and I used Cakes by Linda for our wedding this past May, and we were wowed by our experience! Linda keeps the cake tasting process very simple, and has a picture album of her cakes to help you make a decision. Her buttercream is the best we’ve ever tasted, and the vanilla almond and chocolate cake are phenomenal. In fact, her cake is so good, that my husband and I made sure to tell our caterer to have some wrapped up for us in our getaway car so we could ensure we were able to enjoy some on our wedding day (aside from the quick bite during cake cutting).
We ordered both our wedding cake and a grooms cake from Linda, and both were wonderful! I 100% recommend using Cakes by Linda for any occasion!

We were very pleased with Cakes by Linda! We met Linda at a bridal show and were immediately impressed by her range of designs and cake flavors. We signed up for a consultation and tasting and selected the butterscotch cake with dulce de leche filling. She has a broad portfolio of designs to choose from or she can accommodate special requests. Because her business is based out of her home, her cakes are a fraction of the cost of traditional bakeries. And we didn’t have to sacrifice skill or flavor. The cake turned out better than we imagined! She was able to replicate a design we found online and everyone commented how delicious the cake was. Even our picky, foodie guests. Thanks, Linda!

My husband and I met with Linda back in December for our March wedding. We found her cool in personality but she had some lovely samples for us and was very informative about what we were looking for.
We requested a cake to serve about 80 people and went with a 3 tier, 100 serving piece. We originally ordered the butter cream but about 4 days before the wedding she called and said that the butter cream would not support the design we wanted to do. At no additional charge (since she originally agreed to do the butter cream) she used a white chocolate fondant. Normally I hate fondant because it tastes like plastic and has a terrible texture. However hers was a dense white chocolate and it was delicious. She gave us a mixed tier of White Almond with Pistachio cake and raspberry filling with the fondant and it was decadent as hell.
However it was the groom’s cake we ordered that went fast though. My mother in law ordered a rum cake with the fondant about a month before the event and it was delicious. Linda got the symbol we sent her down and it was really sharp looking.
Overall all of my guests really liked it. I loved it. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a baker.

Do not use Linda! She takes the deposit money but can’t deposit a cake. Originally she was going to make our wedding cake. My wife had sat down and designed it with her with plenty of time to spare. About a week out she declared she couldn’t do the design that was already agreed to by her. She became unreasonable and wouldn’t make something acceptable, she would not return the deposit. We ended up using our caterer who was fantastic and saved the day nearly ruined by Linda.
I am bitter to this day about how «Linda» handled our cake. I have few 1 star reviews, but I’m reserving this for her. She shouldn’t take a job she can’t handle, and if she can’t she should refund the money.

Linda was very easy to work with and the cake looked great. Her prices are also very reasonable, especially when compared with some of the pricey DC bakeries. Unfortunately, I only got to eat the little piece my husband fed me, but the guests said it was delicious. I can’t wait until next year to take the top tier out of the freezer!

I personally referred Cakes by Linda to a really good friend who is getting married in April. She already had a tasting scheduled with another baker but I convinced her to cancel it trusting that Linda would take care of my friend with her wedding cake needs. With all the «the Knot» recognitions on her website plus the 20% promo, it seemed too good to be true… and it was.
My friend told me she drove all the way to Virginia (where Cakes by Linda is located) from Glen Burnie, MD only to speak with Linda for 10 mins and then she was out the door. Not only was Linda rude to her but she DEMANDED that my friend gets fondant. AND get this, when my friend told Linda she couldn’t afford the fondant because her wedding budget Linda rudely asked her something along the lines of «can’t one of your family members or friends pay for your cake as a wedding present?» who says those things to their clients?
My friend had a terrible experience all because I referred her to this horrible baker. Please don’t make the same mistake I did and refer/​go to someone else!

EXACTLY what I had ordered.
Her cake was delicious and fairly priced. I went to many cake tastings and was VERY disappointed (even horrified) at what some of these bakeries were trying to pass off as cake. Her cake was delicious and moist. The design was exactly what I had asked for and she worked with me and my budget. She is extremely talented and i will be going to her in the future for cakes for all occasions!
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After much deliberation and extenuating circumstances, Cakes by Linda was the baker of choice for my one-​year anniversary top tier wedding cake reproduction. Because of poor planning and stupidity, I didn’t have a chance to meet Linda at her home-​run business let alone sample her offerings, so I had to rely on discussing my requests by phone, recommendations from
and Bonnie McDaniel from Sweet Christina’s and PMs from fellow Unilocaler Donald P. (thanks for your all your help).
I was specifically looking for a square amaretto cake with white frosting. While some bakers advertised having this options on their websites, a lot of them ended up not offering them. Cakes by Linda was one of the few that actually did. And I tell you, she did an excellent job coming pretty close to what my wedding cake actually was. The frosting was sugary gritty sweet and not too sickeningly buttery like most buttercream frostings. While the cake was denser than what I had, it made it up for the right level moistness and the intense amaretto flavor the hubs had a taste for. It might even be safe to say that the amaretto flavor was more intense than our wedding cake.
Linda did a great job and both my husband and I were impressed the great job she did. Very reasonably priced for what I got, and I’d highly recommend her for delicious special occasion cakes.

Although listed on The Knot’s «Best of Weddings» for 2007 and 2008, I must say the cake designs didn’t quite tickle my fancy. The samples we tried were delicious though.
I made an appointment with Linda at her home-​run business. Definitely worth swinging by to check out her portfolio.