Dessert Works

My mother in law ordered my 50^th birthday cake from your bakery and every single guest at the party commented on how fantastic the cake was. Not only did it look spectacular with stylish writing and chocolate covered strawberries, but it tasted amazing. The quality of the cake and the contrast of the chocolate frostings worked perfectly. Very successful party. Cake was a huge hit.

Vanilla buttercream frosting is horrible. Has no taste of butter or vanilla or sugar and is like a thick layer of lard on top of a tasteless ‘vanilla’ cake. Was told the ‘lard’ would soften after 3 hours at room temperature. It did not. The cakes are beautifully, professionally decorated but flavors are awful. Expensive. Go somewhere else.

My daughter’s wedding cake was absolutely amazing. So many guests came up to us to let us know it was the tastiest cake they had ever had and how shocking that was especially for a wedding cake. There was plenty for everyone too and believe me many people had seconds. I highly recommend the buttercream they selected as at the end of the day fondant is just not very tasty!

We LOVED our wedding cake from Dessert Works! Both of the flavors of cake we selected were delicious and huge hits with our guests. Our cake was beautiful and working on the design of the cake was easy – Jacqueline was a pleasure to work with. We even got a mini version of our take to take home for our anniversary! We definitely felt like our cake was a good value for what we received and would highly recommend Dessert Works to anyone looking for a cake.

My wife and I recently had Dessert Works do the cake for our wedding, and we couldn’t have been happier with the process and the results. We met with a number of vendors, but it took us little time after meeting with Dessert Works to know they were the right partner for us. We got a ton of compliments on our cake, both on the taste and on the presentation, and their prices were extremely reasonable given that the word «wedding» is attached. We’re definitely recommending the team to all of our friends!

Five stars because they make the best oatmeal-​cookie I’ve ever had.
Only complaint is there could be more to choose from.

Dessert works did my wedding cake on 4÷25÷2015. I got my cake delivered to my venue in Newport, RI. I was never stress about the cake and I had no reason. Not only did they assure me, it would arrive in one piece but that I would get exactly what I asked for and I received nothing less. Delivery and customer service was my main concern since I live in Boston and my wedding was in RI. I went to several other bakeries before I did my selection. Not only did they have great customer service but they also have amazing cakes that aren’t just looks. My guests can’t stop talking about it.
I wish I took a pic of the anniversary mini cake we got. It was the cutest thing and way better than saving a top tier.

We got our wedding cake here and it came out amazing! We worked with Jacqueline and she was sweet and professional and gave us suggestions on how to make our cake look even better. We ended up choosing the chocolate cappucino as our cake and a chiffon lemon berry sheet cake to serve about total 200 guests. They even came with mini anniversary cake that looks like the big cake, so cute! Im glad we were able to show a picture of what we liked/​wanted and they were able to execute it perfectly. We had a set budget in mind for the cake and she was able to work with us and make suggestions on what would work best. The cake was delicious and moist! I would highly recommend this place for awesome tasting cake and looks amazing as well!

We get all of our family party cakes here and it is the best place to go! The cake is moist and the prices are good!

Delicious desserts at reasonable prices!
They have «mini-​sized» desserts which are good for 2 – 3 bites, so I decided to get a sampler of those. I picked up a Milky Way tart, a fruit tart, a tiramisu-​like guy, an éclair, a cheesecake lollipop, a red velvet lollipop, and 3 mini-​cannoli. They were all very delicious! I’ll definitely come back to try what I didn’t the first time around.

The baked goods are tasty but I won’t be going back. I stopped in to order a bunch of baked goods and was disappointed by the service I received. I ordered several mini cakes and was advised that there would be a charge of .25 $ per cake for packaging. When I pushed for an explanation the fee was waived as the person helping me admitted that since I wasn’t getting a dozen discount for the 12 cakes, she shouldn’t charge for packaging. I also ordered a couple of platters of 8 dessert bars each for a total of about $ 11. per platter. When I reviewed the receipt there was a $ 4.00 «plating fee». They literally just put the bars on a plastic tray and threw a cover on it. I spent over $ 100 and they’re charging me for packaging and plating?! There are plenty of other excellent bakeries in the area that won’t nickle and dime me.

I purchased my dads birthday cake at dessert works. It was my first time there so I didn’t know what to expect. When I picked it up Saturday it looked absolutely amazing! Beautiful detail… The cake tasted delicious. Probably the best cake i have ever tasted!!! Everyone in my family kept talking about how good it looked and tasted! Amazing work! I will definitely reccomend this place to everyone I know. Also, the owner was SO nice and SO helpful. You guys rock!

Excellent food at reasonable prices. We got a coconut/​chocolate square, lemon bar square and caramel pecan square and it came to $ 4.10. What was nice was the portions are reasonable for the size you get, and EVERYTHING looks so good it is hard to pick just one thing, so you can get a handful of treats and not go broke! We will definitely go back when in the area. See pictures.

We got our wedding cake here. I enjoyed eating the cake, at the ceremony, after the pictures were taken of it, because it also looked good. Many others at the wedding enjoyed eating the cake, expressing so with such sentiments as «This is a good spice cake,» «I like this frosting» and «yum!» Later, when we got to take a layer of the cake home and put it in our fridge, I enjoyed the cake again, several times, over the course of the next week. It is good cake. And they got it to the venue without any problems. I would put more of the cake in my mouth, if I had any left, and I would have them make another one for any formal reception I might hold in the future.

I love cake, and come from a family that loves cake and is very particular about cake and frosting. So when I had to find a bakery for my wedding cake, the stakes were pretty high. My family adores Party Favors in Brookline, and I love them as well, but I wanted something a little higher end. Dessert Works was on the list of recommended vendors for our venue, so we checked them out and loved them.
Jacqueline made us a custom-​made spice cake with American buttercream frosting (which isn’t the fancy, «good» buttercream, but my family really loves sugary frosting, so it was amazing). It was absolutely phenomenal; easily one of the best cakes I’ve ever had. My family members kept coming up to the sweetheart table during dessert to gush about how awesome the cake was.
We ended up having an entire tier to take home with us, which we ate over the course of a week. It was delicious.
Dessert Works was definitely on the pricier end of the bakeries we looked at, but the delicious cake was worth every penny.

I love this bakery! I have a gluten sensitivity and they bake incredible gluten free desserts.
My favorite gluten free dessert is their key lime tart. The crust is made with butter, macadamia nuts, candied ginger and coconut. It has a sweet yet tart key lime custard filling. It’s topped with homemade whipped cream, toasted coconut and slivers of key lime rind. I could eat a slice of this for dessert every night and sometimes I do just that! I purchase a whole tart and cut it into eight slices and freeze them. When I want a slice, I just pull one out of the freezer and let it defrost for about a half hour. Yum! They also sell slices of the key lime tart.
I also like their flourless chocolate cake. The cake itself has a dense fudge-​like consistency and it’s topped with a dark chocolate ganache. It’s very rich but not overly sweet which is what I like the most about it. I usually eat half a slice at a time and save the other half for the next night. You can also purchase individual slices of this cake.
They also have gluten free coconut macaroons and an opera torte which I haven’t tried yet.
Even though I can’t eat very much gluten, I’ve sampled their tiramisu and it was just as good as those you’d find in the North End of Boston. Their individual Boston Cream Pie is also delicious. If I could eat an entire slice of cake made with wheat flour, my choice would be their vanilla cake with raspberry mousse. The sample that I tried melted in my mouth. It had two layers of a moist and airy vanilla cake, a whipped raspberry mousse center and vanilla buttercream frosting. It’s not too sweet and you savor every mouthful.
Even though I live in Framingham, it takes me less than a half hour to drive to Dessert Works. I go about once a month to stock up on gluten free desserts and to sample more of their delicious baked goods.
Whether you can eat flour based desserts or have gluten restrictions, I highly recommend this bakery to anyone who places a high value on freshness, quality ingredients and an array of flavors that leave your taste buds asking for more!

Dessert works was recommended to me back in 2006 when I was planning my son’s college graduation party. I catered the event for 50+ guests myself, but needed an expert bakery to create a cake worthy of the occasion. Since his major in college was drama, I chose the DreamWorks iconic photo of the little boy sitting on the half-​moon, and instead of DreamWorks SKG, I had them write «Dreams Work, IDJ (son’s initials). i chose their luscious carrot cake — didn’t have to taste it to know it would be superb, and it was, The cake was delivered on time, and it was both elegant and massive. We were eating it for days, and then had to freeze some. For son’s 30^th birthday this year, I went back to Dessert Works for a smaller special cake, also the carrot cake variety, with the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy logo created on it. Again, beautiful
artistry and luscious flavor. As far as I’m concerned, the only place I’d go in this area for any special event cake.

Pure perfection… From day one they were extremely professional which carried through the entire experience, the cake tasting was the best experience possible great flavors, amazing ideas, & friendly staff. The cake was huge hit at the wedding everyone loved it!!! Worth every penny highly recommend the buck stops here… Great job DW

Ordered a small birthday cake here and had no problems with the order and the pick-​up. The lemon summer berry flavor was delicious and it was an attractive decoration for a standard cake. This shop is located in a strip plaza (with Lambert’s market) close to the highway exit. The parking lot is a bit narrow, and Dessert Works is at a far end.

I want to like Dessert Works… I really do. Their desserts are pretty and when you walk in, your first thought is «oooh!»… and that is really what your first thought should be when you walk into a bakery!
However, this 2-​star review is based on last night’s Christmas Eve Apple Strudel which I had ordered last week and while I can only assume it was baked early in the morning, it tasted like it was baked last week. INCREDIBLY dry, and not in the «dry, flaky, strudel kind of way». Just plain olé’ dry. Sad. Very sad. Fortunately, we had my Aunt’s cookies and cupcakes that she had baked.
Also, the last cake I picked up from them (a carrot cake, which was good) was picked up on a day when a surly guy was working.
So, 5 stars for presentation, 1 for the surly guy and 1 for dry strudel.