Susan makes the best cakes, honestly. My wife and I went for a tasting, brought a few friends, and we all left with huge smiles on our faces. Susan uses many organic ingredients and has a strong sense of flavor combinations. There were a lot of options and we were happy to be able to choose different flavors for each tier. We ended up getting a lovely 3-tiered naked cake for our wedding and will be making some arrangements come anniversary time. read more

We contacted Cake Bloom for our wedding cake when we lost our original baker just a few weeks before our destination wedding in Napa. Susan replied quickly and luckily had availability. We ordered the Rainbow Carrot cake without ever tasting it and it was a fantastic choice. All arrangements were made via e-mail and she was very accommodating with our requests and our venue's unusual delivery requirements. Would very highly recommend to anyone! read more

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First of all, Susan is a very delightful & responsive person, to work with, and makes the most beautiful, delicious, fresh, and exquisite Wedding cakes, she is a true cake artist. For my Wedding I had a 4-tier pressed flower cake with a delicious vanilla Chantilly frosting. I chose to do a cake that was one part vanilla & one part chocolate. The vanilla and the chocolate cake had an incredible flavor. Both the vanilla & the chocolate cake had a fresh raspberry filling, and when put together with the taste of the vanilla Chantilly frosting & the edible flowers, well, it was just off the charts sensational. Bottom line, it exceeded my expectations, my husband, and my guests. You can't go wrong with Susan at Cake Bloom & her Flower Wedding cakes. read more

Cake Bloom - Bakeries Near Me - Charlottesville, Virginia

Susan is a CAKE MAGICIAN! She took our ideas and crafted beautiful (and incredibly delicious) cakes for our wedding. We didn't have a single morsel of cake left at the end of the night! From start to finish, the process was flawless, from our bespoke tasting experience all the way up to delivery and decoration. Thank you so much, Susan! read more

Susan was a lifesaver when we needed a last minute cake for our friend's 30th birthday. The cake she created was beautiful, and perfectly decorated to the theme! Highly recommend for your cake needs in the Sonoma area. read more

We celebrated my friend's 40th in Charlottesville last weekend and I had worked with Cake Bloom in advance to have a cake ordered and delivered to our airbnb. I listed my friend's favorite flavors and luckily they had a special flavor (Wahoo stout) available! We planned to have it be the last delivery of the day as we were on a winery tour and didn't know if the weather would be hot that day for a cake to sit outside. About 4 hours before we were expecting the cake, I got an email that it would be ready the next day! You can imagine the level of anxiety after a few glasses of wine! ;-) I quickly contacted them and we worked out the error and they were able to quickly bake and deliver the cake ON TIME! And EVERYONE loved and raved about the amazing cake. The birthday girl even said it was her second favorite cake (after her wedding cake)! Thank you so much for being so easy to work with and delivering such a beautiful and delicious cake! read more

Susan's rainbow carrot cake with sea salt caramel and cream cheese frosting is quite possibly the best cake I have ever had. We chose this cake for our wedding and could not have been happier. It was absolutely beautiful and tasted so good I can't even describe in words how good it is. Many of our guests told us it was the best wedding cake they had ever had. She uses organic ingredients and changes the flavors based on the season. My husband and I are already planning on ordering another one of her cakes for our first year anniversary. Highly recommend. read more

Reached out to Cake Bloom for my dad's 65th birthday. The experience was amazing, Susan answered all my questions and prepared the most amazing blueberry lemon cake for us! It was delivered to us in pristine condition and tasted AMAZING!!! We got a few of the little cake bites that she has as well, I think they're called bloomers just to have extra sweet bites for the party, the Guinness cake and the carrot was a HUGE hit for everyone at the BBQ. I usually just go to the grocery store for cakes but it was so nice to have someone like Susan make this birthday extra special for my dad. read more

Wow! I have sample tasted Cake bloom blackberry curd, raspberry velvet and carrot cake and experience of heavenly bliss is an understatement. Those cakes were freaking amazing! My taste buds were so happy with the fresh combination of the ingredients and at that point I was cake convert for rest of my every day. I have tasted every single flavor of each ingredient in the cake and all of them were light, fluffy and fresh and wanting me to want more. Fantastic and highly recommended! I would definitely be getting cakes from Cake bloom! read more

Cake Bloom did our wedding cake for 175 guests and a chocolate stout groom's cake that we served on Friday night. I can't say enough wonderful things about Cake Bloom and Susan!! Not only were both cakes delicious, but they were gorgeous. Susan's design for our cake was elegant and rustic at the same time, and she even sourced a redwood stump to display it on. Susan took the time to personalize every detail, from the flavors (rhubarb!) to the flowers (air plants, my husband's favorite)...it was so far from an "off the shelf" cake that you find at most bakeries. Everything was sourced from local organic farms (how amazing is that) and lovingly crafted into delicious cakes that our friends and family still rave about. If you're looking for a unique wedding cake that actually tastes good, is made from quality ingredients, and perfectly represents you, then look no further! read more

Cake Bloom is amazing. Susan takes local, organic, seasonal ingredients and bakes them into delicious pieces of art. I've been eating Cake Bloom from the beginning and I've watched and tasted the cakes, macarons and madeleines evolve from amazing to perfection. Baking is Susan's form of art, each cake from conception to consumption is unique, curated and customized to meet the needs, personality and message of each client. And to top it all off (pun intended) Susan is simply a pleasure to work with. Follow Cake Bloom on Instagram as an extra treat for the eyes. read more

I'm so glad that we chose Susan at Cake Bloom to make our wedding cake and cupcakes! We did the chocolate mocha (my favorite), the rainbow carrot cake (my husband's favorite), and the olive oil for our reception. We ordered a bit extra based on our guest count, but we had almost nothing to take home with us after - everyone loved it! Cake Bloom was also kind enough to have the cake and cupcakes delivered to our venue in San Francisco and set up floral decoration on site. I'm recommending Susan to everyone I know who is getting married! read more

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I was lucky enough to book Susan for my wedding in San Francisco at The Cheese School. I had a basic vision of what I was looking for, but wasn't sure exactly what I wanted. Susan took my very remedial ideas and blossomed them into three GORGEOUS cakes, offering variety and an incredible visual display. Not only were the cakes just beautiful, they were delicious. Guests kept raving throughout the evening and kept going back for seconds and thirds. Susan's creations are artisan to the max; handcrafted, unique, and oh so special. I couldn't speak more highly of this gem of a baker. read more

We ordered the rainbow carrot cake from Cake Bloom for our one year wedding anniversary, and we couldn't have been happier with how it turned out!! It was divine...beautiful AND delicious, which can definitely be hard to find. Susan is so gracious and gives the most wonderful customer service!! She definitely went above and beyond for us!! I wish we lived closer so we could get her cakes on a regular basis!! read more

Amazing! We contracted Susan to provide us with a cake to serve roughly 40 people at a baby shower last weekend in downtown Sonoma. The cake was beautiful, the price was perfect, and Susan was great to work with. We had multiple guests tell us how delicious the cake was. It's such a plus when a cake is as delicious as it is beautiful. There was none left behind! I would highly recommend using Cake Bloom for any event that you have read more

Cake Bloom is your Pinterest pins come to life, and deliciously. Susan really knows what she is doing and puts her baking first, while producing beautiful and creative cakes and desserts. We have used her for years for special events like birthdays and christenings and I hope to use her for my daughters' weddings (not too soon tho!) She will also make pretty and yummy mini cakes to give as a gift or for a small tea. Susan comes up with simple and sometimes unusual flavor combos that just work. She will even share her secrets for fillings (like rhubarb curd and boozy ganache) but I've never bothered making them because mine will probably never tastes as good as hers! Now that I'm thinking, she should put that curd in a jar and sell it with a spoon. Yum. But I think she mostly enjoys making the cakes. Very special. read more

What can I say other than fantastic all around! Susan's use of organic, local & seasonal ingredients & her knack for interesting & artful flavor combinations make for the best cake I have ever had. The first time that I tried her cakes I was struck by experiencing the nuances in flavor of each ingredient instead of just tasting an overwhelming amount of sugar. I love following her on Instagram too just to see what she might pull out of her sleeve next. read more

After attending many cake tastings for our wedding we knew as soon as we tasted Susan's cakes that our search was over. Her cake flavor combinations are so tasty, wonderful and subtle. Each bite will have you thinking about the different flavors/ingredients that went into it. Her cakes look as amazing as they taste. Simply on a different level than the others we tried. Our wedding guests loved all of her cakes (we had three flavors!). To top it off, Susan is professional, courteous, and a warm sweet person to work with. I can't recommend her enough! Thanks Susan! read more

Susan's cakes are seriously the best cakes I've ever had in my entire life! Each different flavor is so simple and fresh. It's truly hard to pick a favorite, but for my rehearsal dinner before my wedding I ordered the Rainbow Carrot Cake with salted caramel and it was a hit! Not only are her cakes amazing, but Susan is so easy to work with and she definitely went above and beyond for us. It's only been about 2 months but I'm already craving more of her carrot cake! read more

Susan Williams and Cake Bloom truly are 'as good as it gets'. We did not want the typical chocolate or white wedding cake, nor did we want a frilly or overly sweet one. In the end we chose a lemon cake with lemon curd and 'naked' buttercream frosting, simply and gorgeously adorned with ranunculus. Susan brought the cake to the venue where we were having the wedding and added the flowers at the last minute, so they had that 'just picked' beauty and freshness. The cake itself was beyond scrumptious. There was not one thing about the cake or the service we got from Susan that I would have changed. A magical way to end our wedding meal read more