Cakabakery

We used the Cakabakery for our wedding and they were outstanding. The cakes were delicious (we did a cupcake tasting to choose the flavors) and beautiful.

I came all the way to Grand Rapids, MI (My hometown) from Los Angeles, CA to throw my best friend’s baby shower. This event was very important to me, and I wanted everything to be perfect. To start, when I came to pick the cake up there was a man who was assisting a man and a women, perhaps about a wedding cake, I’m not sure… but he gave a look of discuss when I walked in. He also interrupted the lady who was getting my cake to do something else for him, very rude. The lady who checked me out wasn’t pleasant either. I would hate to think that my home has grown prejudice against African people…
Now the cake’s exterior was beautiful! They did a great job on the the construction of the cake, and did exactly what I wanted… it matched the shower beautifully.
However, I requested a red velvet cake, and this was far from that. I had confidence in this place because it claimed to be on Food Network, so I expected high quality desserts. But this cake was just awful! Dry… too much frosting… and again, wasn’t red velvet at all! It tastes more like a chocolate cake… and chocolate cake is NOT red velvet! I spent more that $ 200 on this tiered cake, and I expected a GOOD cake! A marvelous cake! Instead I got a nasty dry cake that was not even HALF eaten… a waste of money. Sadly, I will not do business with this bakery in the future.

New to GR and needed a new family bakery in our new city. It’s a bit of a hike from where we are but it’s more than worth it. The place itself is gorgeous in a very beautiful neighborhood and building. The inside is very unique, clean, and smells amazing. The place is very busy on Saturdays which made us confident to order our daughters birthday cake without buying a cupcake first to try. We were very impressed with that taste and look of the cake we got. It was delicious and gorgeous! The employees were very kind and extremely helpful even when busy and that is so huge to us; good customer service. They’ve rightfully earned new loyal customers from us! Thank you so much Cakabakery! You did not disappoint!

I decided to stop by Cakabakery with my boyfriend while we were in Grand Rapids for Valentine’s Day weekend. I love my sweets & was looking forward to trying this place because of all the great Unilocal reviews and the fact that the place was featured on The Food Network. We stopped in the day before Valentine’s Day (Saturday), & the place was fairly busy, but we didn’t mind the wait because the inside décor was beautiful & unique; it felt like we were inside of a garden house! Once we got to the counter, we were a little disappointed about the lack of options. There were a few red velvet cupcakes, a few vanilla cupcakes, what appeared to be carrot cake cupcakes, & some gluten free carrot cake cake pops. The woman in front of us was ordering almost all of the cupcakes that were on display, it was a little ridiculous. I was worried there would be even less to choose from! When it came to our turn, we simply got one red velvet cupcake to share later in the day & ended it at that. The owner was extremely nice & the cupcake was only $ 3, so I was happy enough. We didn’t end up trying the cupcake until a few hours later when we got back to our hotel room & had eaten dinner. After the first bite, I was already disappointed. It wasn’t great. I had much higher expectations for it. There was a ton of frosting, which was okay but I had to scrape some off the top to be able to eat the cupcake. It also seemed a little dry, but I’m not sure if that’s because we kept it in the box for a couple hours or not. Or maybe we just got a bad cupcake, who knows. I would try the place again because of the excellent staff & cute appeal, but I’d hope I would get a better baked good next time!

Delicious baked goods. Cakes, cookies, cupcakes, no-​bake cookies. Seasonal items like pies are amazing. Creative flavor combinations. I have ordered several custom items and purchased from the case. Always very very good. Cakabakery staff is so nice and oh so talented.

Jason and Team are the absolute best in Grand Rapids!
I’ve been a huge fan of thiers for awhile. I always stop in for cupcakes and cookies, theyre fabulous ever time.
They made my husband and my wedding cake this past July
and it was the most delicious and beautiful creation we could have
hoped for! Everyone was blown away!
Brides– if you are looking for the easiest and most delicious vendor to work with, it is by
far the cakabakery! You will not be disappointed!
Thank you again to Jason and his team! You all are the best!

One of the best cupcake joints in the Midwest. The peanut butter banana cupcake is outstanding. And the staff and owner are lovely — they clearly love what they’re doing… and so do I!

I have never had something I don’t like here. My favorite is the chocolate chunk cookie that you could make at home, but they never taste as good. He must use a secret ingredient. Delicious!!!

Dear Cakabakery, thank you for… adding that extra junk in my trunk after eating your SO GOOD Chocolate Chunk Cookie. Thank you for … adding w little jiggle in my walk after making those SO MOIST & TASTY cupcakes (in particular Carrot, yum & Banana with PB!).
LOCATION: Pretty easy to find, right on Wealthy St. towards East Kentwood. On the south side of the street. Inside an old flower shop that is just the cutest! You will be parking on the street with meters but a quarter is for a half hour! Plus there are a lot of great food places you can eat at too just by walking this little block.
STAFF: Let me say, that gal helping me today was THE BOMB!!! Not only did you have fun hair (blue streak), but you were the sweetest! You gave top notch customer service & I truly appreciate that!
FOOD/​TASTE: I ordered 3 chocolate chunk cookies & 2 cupcakes all for $ 11.00!
Chocolate Chunk Cookie — HUGE & SO GOOD, you can’t go wrong here! Don’t know what you want to try, get this! Moist, full of huge chocolate chunks & so good, did I say that already?
Carrot Cupcake — THANK YOU for not putting all kinds of «stuff» in my carrot cupcake! I am one that appreciates having carrot as the star! I could see carrot, taste carrot, & it was so moist & melts in your mouth like butter! The frosting, was smooth & creamy, not to sweet & not at all grainy! Please don’t ever change this recipe, do you know how hard it is to find a good carrot cake!!!
Banana with Peanut butter — Thank you again, for using real food!!! Again the banana was the star, as it should be, I could see the banana in the cupcake, taste it & it was so moist & light! Again, melts like butter in your mouth. Don’t change this recipe either!!!
OVERALL: I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE RETURNING AGAIN!!! Finally a local bakery that serves great items consistently across the bored!!!
WOULD I RECOMMEND: YES ! Please don’t hesitate!
Oh, also, did you know they were on Food Network’s Season 8 Cupcake Wars!

Jason did my wedding cake many, many years ago — when he did that kind of thing out of his own kitchen. (I think mine may have been his first wedding cake.) It was great and all my guests loved it! But I hadn’t had a chance to try his new retail store. Today, a coworker brought in cupcakes from the Cakabakery. They are seriously the BEST CUPCAKES I’VE EVER HAD! I had a piece of carrot cake and a piece of strawberry lemon. Both were fan-​freaking-​tastic! I’m thinking about going back to try the peanut butter banana next.

My wife and I ordered a gluten free 8″ cake top for our wedding in September and emailed specific designs for the cake to be decorated. When the cake was picked up the Friday before the wedding, it was presumed to be competed to our specifications. The decorator on the other hand decided to make decisions about how the cake should look without discussing with us. When we asked if they would be willing to fix the design, they said they could do it in the morning if we could drop the cake off the day of the wedding and picked it back up. They would not guarantee deliver or that the cake could be ready at the time of our wedding. We just felt the situation was handled very poorly, especially when you are paying $ 80 for an 8″ gluten free cake.
The cake was good otherwise, but very poor customer service. Will definitely not order from here again.

Ordered and received as promised. So enjoyable!!! I wouldn’t think about going anywhere else. Excellent service.
Stepping into the shop and was rewarded with an intoxicating aroma and perfect ambiance.
Ordered cupcakes for my GF’s birthday and the gluten-​free were amazing «That was a good cupcake» just the words I wanted to hear!

I love this place so much! The people that work here are the absolute sweetest and most genuine people to ever run a bakery. They always recognize me and engage in delightful conversation.
Also, their chocolate chip cookies are my kryptonite. Why would anyone ever buy store bought cookies when cookies of this stature exist in the world? I go home and put them in the microwave for 15 seconds and I’m in heaven at this warm, gooey masterpiece of a cookie.

So I have been trying to make my way here for awhile. The thing is I work 9:30−6 and they are only open during those hours & I don’t live close enough to just go on Saturday. Or so I thought. Now that I have been I see a trip there is totally worth it.
It was an interesting experience for me here to be honest. I read recently they now have Hummingbird cupcakes which are my favorite. When I walked in I didn’t see them out so I was a bit bummed & asked if they have them on certain days. The girl said they have some in the back & could frost them for me if I wanted. Dude, score!
So the sign in the case said $ 2.50 or a dozen for $ 14. I had 3 other picked out so I said to give me 3 Hummingbird. Then I got a chocolate chunk & a no bake cookie which were $ 2 ea. I got out to my car & suddenly thought «why was that $ 25?» Adding $ 14 + $ 4 was $ 18 to me. So I grab my phone to look up my emailed receipt. I was charged for 7 cupcakes instead of 6 and apparently most of the cupcakes I chose were more than $ 2.50. I would have gotten 5 instead of 6 cupcakes if I had known it wouldn’t be the $ 14 but the individual price not have changed my mind on what flavors to get. I just think it would have been nice to see that there were different prices. Anyhoo, I went back in and the girl working the register apologized & I just chose another of the regular priced cupcakes since I was charged for an extra.
So onto the goods. I am going to start off with the double vanilla. Tat was the extra one I picked when I went back in because I was overcharged and she just handed it to me so it wasn’t in a box like the others. I had more errands to run so it got a bit dried out & I ended up throwing it out after a bite.
The Hummingbird. I was disappointed. It was the least flavorful and not as moist as the others. I have really high Hummingbird standards. :)
The chocolate merlot was fantastic. My sister loved it too and she is a tad anti booze in baked goods. I think she was surprised that she liked it so much.
The banana peanut butter was really good too. Really gook pb frosting! Great flavor overall.
The no bake cookie was just great, the chocolate chunk was quite fantastic. I spent days thinking about it & can’t wait to go back for more!

I cannot begin to describe how wonderful my experience was with the Cakabakery. First off, I was going to Grand Rapids as a surprise birthday weekend getaway for my significant other. (He is a craft beer connoisseur, so this was the perfect close-​yet-​far city.) I called the Cakabakery because I wanted to get a cake delivered to the hotel and Jason, the owner, was more than willing. I explained what I needed and the rest is pretty much history — the cake was delivered, put in our room, and devoured. My significant other (who really doesn’t get too excited over things like cake) was raving about it to anyone who would listen. We could not finish the whole cake, so we packed it up and brought it back for others to enjoy — which they did indeed. Thanks so much to the Jason and the Cakabakery for making it an extra special weekend. I will definitely be making trips to have your help for events forthcoming!

The owner of this place is awesome. He is friendly and creative. I ordered a custom cake for my wife’s 30^th birthday and it was perfect! The cupcakes are also really good. We will be repeat customers.

The cupcakes are the real deal. This isn’t your health food store, and it’s not cheap (at least for the portion), but it was well worth it! Micro indulgence at it’s best.

i visit the cakabakery two days a week at least, I love the breakfast stout cupcake, the banana peanut butter and the salted caramel. everyone who works there is so friendly, its hard not to walk out with one of everything they sell. I also love the root beer they carry there as well as the hop soda! will definitely be buying my birthday cake from there when my birthday rolls around!

In the words of my sister (who loves Sprinkles cupcakes), «the Red Velvet cupcake is an obscenely heavenly first bite! and the Mochachino cupcake is absolutely amazing and better than Sprinkles!» — and I used to carry those Sprinkles cupcakes in boxes from Los Angeles just for her — thank God, Cakabakery is here!

Save all your calorie points for these cupcakes because they totally worth it. A-​MAZ-​ING!
A co-​worker brought in the pumpkin and banana/​peanut butter cupcakes today. After having what is apparently substandard pumpkin and banana/​peanut butter deserts, I was afraid that these would be heavy or dry. Not so! Both types were moist, light, flavorful, and rich without being overwhelming. The frosting added a touch of sweetness but again, wasn’t overwhelming to the cake itself.
Check out Jason, the owner and baker, on Food Network’s Cup Cake Wars (episode: Cupcake Wars/​Cosmic Cupcakes). Jason made it all the way to the final round! You can read all about his experience on their webpage.