Sugar Flower Cake Shop

I bought a Living Social deal for my daughter as a Christmas present. I thought it would be a cool idea to have mommy and daughter time doing one of the things she loves! Who had a ball? WE DID!
It was mess and sugary and we had the best time learning techniques, bonding over messes, and ultimately creating a beautiful cake :)
Definitely an experience worth having if you are in to cooking and baking OR if you just want to try something different #40for40 check!

Very homey. Best sugar cookie I’ve ever had in my life. The staff is extremely friendly and so welcoming. I’ve yet to try the cakes, but lord find me a treadmill if I do…

I took the two hour sugar rose making class with a groupon. Overall, I really liked it. I thought it was thorough, touched base on everything important and was a lot of fun. It began with a quick intro on what the tools we would be using are, explaining ingredients and all. Each bench had a ready made flower of each step which served as a nice guide. Leah explained every step well and she and the assistants were very helpful, walking around helping others and giving them tips and fixing our flowers if we did something incorrectly. They were all very nice about the whole process. Certain steps in the sugar flower process need to be dry and hard before proceeding to the next step so we did very step, and were given ready made dried flowers to do the later steps with. We took home everything and did each step ourself. We had 5 flowers total but only received 3 caylexes (green leafy ends to cover the bottom of our rose), I think we should have gotten the same amount as the roses so that each item we took home would be complete. We ended with coloring the flowers with petal dust, which was getting everywhere. I think I inhaled a decent amount, I wish we received masks by I suppose I could have been more careful with applying the dust. We were running short on time but they let us stay and finish coloring while they set up for their next class. They were generous with the supplies as well, which was nice. We took home the flowers in boxes which were provided, so it was a very full experience. Leah said we would be emailed with instructions later in the week in case we forgot them which I think will be helpful lol. It was a nice experience, I don’t think I would have attempted making sugar flowers unless I took a class and this class taught slightly different techniques than those I learned from videos I have watched. With the groupon, I think it was pretty worth it.
My main reservation, not with this class in specific but with the policy of the bakery in general, is with the ‘special’ classes. Groupons cannot be applied towards the use of specific class and I do not understand why certain sugar flower classes would be excluded from the groupon, since they are all around the same level of intensity and all take only 2 hours. I wish this wasn’t the case, I still paid a pretty penny for the groupon so I should be able to use it towards any class of the same intensity as those included with the groupon.

Great service… communicated through email and sent them a picture of our wedding cake from 5 years ago… asked for 2 tiers for our anniversary cake. Lea responded quickly and professionally through email. We had no hiccups… everything went perfect. The detail in the flowers was amazing, and they even tasted great! (even made stamens and such for details, incredible).

Sugar Flower Cake Shop is the best-​smelling place in the city.
As a lover of buttercream, I admit that I have a bias towards SFCC’s icing, as opposed to ganache. Another bias is that I like simpler cakes, nothing shaped like Yankee Stadium (though this shop can do that), and these cakes just scream delicious elegance. Plus, they are not too sweet, so they don’t remind you of suburban sheet cakes from the supermarket.
I have had several birthday cakes from SFCC, and all of my friends raved at how delicious and gorgeous they were. The shop is generous and organized!

All future custom cake orders will be with this wonderful cake shop. Amy and her team put together a graduation cake for my best friend who just graduated law school and it blew everyone away. They took all my ideas and put together a tasty piece of art. Even the restaurant staff was in awe. They felt like criminals cutting it up, it looked so amazing. It also tasted fabulous. Everyone was impressed. I really appreciated the communication through online correspondence as well.

This place was incredible. I ordered a 2 tier cake with flowers and red velvet flavor. I can never eat red velvet cake anywhere else because the cake that I had here MELTED IN MY MOUTH. Not only was it absolutely delicious, the presentation was so unbelievably professional and creative. the edible flowers looked like real ones. When I ordered the cake, they took their time to find what I like and suggested ideas (never trying to heighten the price). I payed $ 200 for this cake that looked and tested like it was well worth a $ 400 wedding cake!
I would recommend this store for ordering cakes ANY DAY! It is flawless work!

All I have to say is WOW! My friend is having an incredibly short engagement (2 months!) and I wanted to pull together a memorable «bachelorette dinner» for her. I looked online for a custom cake for the event. I had never heard of Sugar Flower Cake Shop but saw some of their beautiful cakes on their website (and that one of the cakes was chocolate with salted caramel filling — YUM!). I sent an e-​mail 1 week before my party to see if they could make a cake in a short time frame. They responded within 24 hours and were able to accomodate me — including making a design I saw online! The cake was the hit of the party. It was so beautiful AND tasted SOOOO amazing! Even the restaurant was asking me where I got it noting it was easy to serve /​cut and just looked so fresh (I think our waitress wanted some!). Oh and even more of a nice touch — Amy delivered it to me in person. Thank you so much for helping to make my friends special night even more special. I highly recommend Sugar Flower Cake Shop and now can’t wait for the next cake I order from them!!!
Thank you!!!

This review is for the cake decorating class, specifically. The basic class, not the fancy sugarflower classes.
I’m a pretty experienced baker, but have always had trouble with decorating. Hence I’ve often avoided making cakes altogether, opting instead for pies & cookies.
Within a couple hours, I was able to do a pretty decent job of some basic decorative stuff. The instructions were always clear & thorough, and there was plenty of personal attention.
My friend & I also arrived late and still managed to learn… and we still felt welcome. So I’m not really sure why some people were complaining of rudeness. Maybe it depends what assistant or teacher you have? Or maybe someone was having a bad day…
Oh, they do gluten free cakes here if you want, for those who are looking for that. (I don’t think that’s available for the decorating class, though.)

We chose Sugar Flower Cake Shop for our recent wedding after reading rave reviews on WeddingWire and Weddingbee. Everything was absolutely stellar, from the initial cake tasting, to the cake design consultation with Amy, to the delivery of our INCREDIBLE cake.
I requested a very naturalistic mix of flowers and I was blown away. Most guests didn’t initially realize that the exquisite hand-​painted flowers on our cake were made of sugar. Our cake was just astonishing and my cell phone pictures (in my profile pix) don’t do it half justice. I was told that the pastry chef at the Pierre swooned over it.
SFCS doesn’t use fondant, and the buttercream frosted-​cake was both flawless and delicious. I would not hesitate to recommend them or order from them again.
Worth every penny!

I went with a groupon and I was very disappointed because I expected a challenging cake decorating class but instead it was making some flowers with cookie cutters. I got yelled for tasting the butter cream out of my cake. The teacher was very RUDE and UNPROFESSIONAL. She could have said something in a nice way but instead I felt a bit embarrassed in the class.
In conclusion, this is a great class for kids to have some fun playing around with sugar paste but not for adults trying to get some actual experience.

I know tons of people who’ve hired Amy for cakes and cupcakes. All I hear, across the board, are rave reviews. I’ve also had the great pleasure of eating more than my fair share of Amy’s cupcakes and, really, they’re spectacular.
I used to own a wedding photography business so I’m familiar with bakers and cake-​decorators around the city, both talented and not-​so talented. Amy stands out from her competition in so many ways. First: her artistry. Her sugar flowers are just beautiful. They’re works of art in their own right. (She’s so good, she teaches classes on how to create them to hundreds of people!)
When you’re planning your wedding, you want to be working with consummate professionals who won’t drop the ball. Amy and her entire staff take such good care of their clients. I’ve heard stories of the hoops that Amy has jumped through for past customers and it shows how much she really prioritizes customer service.
Amy is passionate about baking, about creating beautiful cakes and about making sure her customers are extraordinarily well taken care of. It helps that she’s exceptionally good at what she does. I know from experience that she’s also a great person to know. I could go on and on about Amy’s virtues. Really, you can’t do any better than hiring Amy. She’s phenomenal!

My friends and I bought a bulk Groupon deal for $ 200, 5 students and decided to take the butterfly making/​decorating class since the basket decorating class wasn’t offered anymore. I was pleasantly surprised at difficulty of the class. After icing the 3“x3″ cake with salted caramel buttercream twice, we formed the butterflies with some interesting sugary ingredients which honestly aren’t very tasty as an end product. All the tools were included and the class totally focused on food safety and technique. Very good instruction and support staff. My biggest elation was honestly when Amy brought out premade butterflies for us to paint on because mine looked like a truck rolled over them.
Quality class.

Beautiful cakes always create great memories for events, parties, and birthdays. Amy’s cakes are not only beautiful, Amy’s cakes are yummy. She is so crafty that she can create any style cake you’d like.
She also has a cute shop that you can see her making cakes, or you can just go there to taste cakes. I heard about her cake decorating classes. I am going to sign up for it soon.

I recently attended a Butter Fly cake decorating course at Sugar Flower Cake Shop. I learned a lot and great tips were given. I was amazed how easy it was and Amy was very informative and friendly. I would take another course. I went to Groupon to get a discount price for a decorating class. I like the class so much I recently bought a video to learn how to make the fantastic Butter Cream Frosting. My Husband does not like frosting much. He loved the Butter Cream Frosting from Sugar Flower Cake Shop. I can’t wait to download the video and amaze my family and friends. I would like to work there to learn more. The best part they do not use Fondunant. I don’t like it. It is cheating for cake decorating. Glad Amy does not use it.
Thanks Amy for your tips and a great time.
Efrain

I bought a deal for the Sugar Flower Cake shop for a 2 hour sugar rose making class. I figured, heck I’ve always wanted to know how they do that. Plus if I’m poor and need to decorate my own wedding cake someday, I at least know how.
The course cost $ 69 (regularly $ 200) and for two hours my group of 20 women were taught the basics of sugar rose making. I painstakingly cut, molded, rolled, shaped and glued little petals forming beautiful little rose buds during that time. Whew.
Yeahhhhh after this course, I have figured out I do not have the patience to build those little f*ckers. They are difficult, uncooperative, and flimsy. I can’t deal. I need something more durable to work my fingers with. After creating a few rose buds of our own, we were given a fully formed rose to «paint» and take home. Painting the flowers were powdered sugar was a pain too because it’s hard to make the color stick unless you saturate it a hundred times over. I think I’m just going to raid my neighbors garden the morning of my wedding day and use real roses for my cake. These sugar flowers are too high maintenance and come with a hefty price tag… Now I know why.
Concerning the class, there was some confusion with my deal as it said I would be able to take home a cake. I was then told that I only got to take home cake if I was in a class that was making cake. What?! I wanted cake darnit! What’s the point of hanging out in a bakery surrounded by beautiful cake examples for over 2 hours if I can’t take home some freshly baked cake? Come on, give me a sample! Bah. The class was interesting but I can’t imagine paying full price for it… and I’ll leave it at that.

3.5 star.
The class was fun but obviously not worth the price — $ 65.
I took the gift box cake making class. The cake turned out cute as expected, but still pretty preliminary.
It’s only worthwhile if you have never done cake-​decorating and simply want the experience.
The cake shop is located in an unfavorable location. In the class, I feel a little bit neglected…
But the experience was valuable to me.

I only feel compelled to write this review after reading that the 2 hour cake decorating class i took on saturday retails for $ 200… i mean, wow — after taking the class, i think $ 65 living social deal is a bit of a rip off.
My particular class was supposed to be making a sunflower cake with sugar flowers. I’ll ignore the fact that half the class was spent icing the cake three times with pre-​made icing and sticky tools that were shared among the many people in the room… but «making» the actual flowers consisted of rolling out pre-​made balls of sugar-​dough, using a cookie cutter in the shape of a petal, and leaving them out to dry. the best part was that they make you do it in three rounds (5 petals each time!) in order to keep the class moving… but every time you come back, you have to use the scraps of sugar-​dough left by other people… that’s getting harder each time people take it out and knead it… yes, you’re using the dough that many other people have already kneaded. sometimes little flecks of foreign object like dirt wound up in the mix.
Anyway… felt a little cheated by the «class.» The main girl leading it was nice enough, but one of the assistants just looked at you funny any time you asked a question, which was annoying.
I’m sure they make delicious cakes there, and i can’t say anything bad about the taste or quality of their final product — just the class… pass.

Meeting with Amy was such a delight. It was awesome to see her set up, where you can see the «flower graveyard» but also wonderful samples of her cakes. You can tell instantly that Amy is so talented. Truthfully, her sugar flowers are some of the best ones I’ve come across; you can even buy her flowers separately!
The tasting experience was also really elegant. She lets you try multiple cake and buttercream options and lets you take your time trying each. In the meantime, you can also check out her work.
Amy is spunky and smart. She really listens to what you have to say and can interpret little comments you make in a way that translates into a beautiful image for your own cake.
She’s also really willing to work with you on price. It seems that the cheapest slices she has would start at $ 8.
It’s also worth mentioning that her cake ingredients are local when she can get high-​quality ingredients locally. I think this really makes her company stand apart from many others in the city.

Sugar Flowers for your cake.
Locally grown, locally owned.
Best item to buy when you’re on a BUDGET and you need your cake to look sharp.
Let me put it this way — I like playing with my food: making shapes, faces, sculptures out of it; but the Sugar Flower Shop takes playing with food to a whole new level.
These Sugar Flowers look real! You will blink a couple of times when you see the flowers but I swear they are 100% edible and apparently last a lifetime; well at least that’s what the owner of the company said. Something about having wire in certain flowers but most likely if you’re buying these, you’re not going to buy them to choww down.
The flowers from this **by appointment only** shop can cost anywhere from $ 7/​flower on up — depending on the intricacy of the design.
You can order flowers and make a cake yourself, or have Sugar Flower Shop make the entire thing! So, if you’re on a shoe string budget, or you have unlimited funds: having a schnazzy cake won’t be off limits to you.
Wedding cake, anniversary cake, business cake, birthday cake; if you want to impress your guests a cake from here will do the trick!
I’ve had my fair share of cakes over the years and I have to say I was REALLY impressed with the samples from Sugar Flower Shop. The cakes that I sampled were all delicious! The flavors had quite a range; but still all of the cakes I tried had one thing in common… they were not overly sweet!
Date Rating: N/​A (this is a private studio by appointment only)
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Strong Suggestion: Visit their website and check out some of the videos/​photos.