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    Megan B.

    I placed an order for the most expensive cake I've ever purchased for my sister's birthday and it was worth every dollar! She sent me an inspo photo of what she wanted and ECBG somehow managed to make it 10x better and exceeded my expectations. I paid $289 for the 8" cake for a party of at least 30 guests and still and left overs so the cake was massive in height also! Kelly was amazing and helped me through the ordering process via email. She got back to me so fast and I was able to get the order in super quick. Cake size & flavor: 8" Lemon Filling: Raspberry whipped mascarpone Frosting: Italian Meringue vanilla buttercream (subtly sweet) Thank you ECBG team for making this happen!

    Colleen C.

    We hired ECBG to make the cake for our March 9 wedding. I had seen a gorgeous cake on Instagram and saw they were close, so we decided to do a 'to go' cake tasting, which was so much fun and I highly recommend. We loved every cake and frosting including the vegan options. We were so excited that we were able to pick a different flavor combination for each layer (our guests loved that as well). We ended up getting a three tiered cake to feed 100 people and a dozen vegan cupcakes. The cake was huge (in the best way), gorgeous, so yummy and so amazing! I already have had three guests ask me where the cake was from because their family member is getting married and needs to get their cake from there. My mom also requested a cake from here for her birthday and couldn't stop wishing we had more for weeks after the wedding. I wish I wrote down every compliment we got for the cake to share here, but basically, every guest loved how stunning AND delicious it was. You don't always find a place that makes food you want to look at and can't stop eating! I highly recommend ECBG. Not only was the cake one of our favorite parts of our wedding, but they were so kind and easy to work with. ** two notes -definitely listen to the directions about taking the cake out of the fridge before eating -if you get different flavors be sure to let the caterer/person cutting it know**

    Epic cakes!
    Christina R.

    The best cakes you will ever have! The entire team is amazing and led by a strong kind female boss, Erin! I've put in some quirky requests and they're always perfection! Also, don't listen to bitter Dennis K's review below. He leaves one star reviews everywhere asking for refunds, ruining the reputation of small businesses. He should buy his cakes from the grocery store and find a hobby outside of leaving Karen reviews.

    Matthew N.

    Was disappointed. I know we ordered almond, but it had an overpowering artificial almond flavor. The cake was cooked weird, being soft in some places, and crumbly in others. Also we found the layers to be too thick, especially with the frosting. Finally, you wouldn't believe that awful aftertaste! This didn't ruin our ten-year anniversary, but we were hoping we'd be comparing them to the cake place that was there before (Amy Beck, they were fantastic). Unfortunately I can't eat another bite, and it's not because I'm full!

    Lindsay W.

    ECBG is a pleasure to work with. And her cakes absolutely live up to the viral Instagram pix. From the smooth communication, to the creativity (all I said was I wanted a vintage wedding cake with my color scheme and they ran with it!!), to the actual quality of the cake - everything was amazing! To note, there is a minimum price you have to spend to get delivery so I sent a trusty family member to pick it up from the bakery and drop it off at my venue. It was so fresh that they were finishing up decorating when they picked it up! Would definitely recommend ECBG!!!

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    Kassandra B.

    ECBG was one of our first vendors we booked for our wedding. We did one of their at home tasting kits - which was perfect and so fun to do at home together. We worked closely with Sarah on what our vision was and she was so kind and responsive the entire process. When we finally saw the cake on our wedding day, WOW!! It's not every day that a cake can steal the show at a wedding, but it was a head turner in the best way possible. Beyond that, our guests loved the cake and we got so many compliments on it throughout the evening! Don't believe the wedding blogs that say "cakes are a waste of money" - it's a statement piece and if your use ECBG there will be very little wasted cake as we only had a handful of slices left over (which my father graciously took home as a lover of all things buttercream icing and cake). The entire team is incredible and we loved working with them!

    Ariana A.

    We ordered a cake for our wedding and our engagement party from ECBG, and I still dream about how delicious they both were! Erin's incredible artistry to create the wedding cake of my dreams was so beautiful and we are so grateful! Highly recommend and will be ordering from her again.

    I ordered a Chocolate Cake with Buttercream frosting.   Not a Buttercream Frosting Cake with a bit of Chocolate Cake.

    For my wife's birthday I ordered a Chocolate Cake with Butter Cream Frosting. As you can see by the attachment I received a Butter Cream Frosting Cake with a bit of Chocolate Cake. I sent an email to ECBG the next day saying I would like to talk to someone about the cake. I did not hear back and followed up again and this is the response back I received from the owner Erin Martin. Wow!! ============= Hi Dennis! My name is Erin and I own ECBG Cake Studio. My Order Manager, Izzy has let me know you were unsatisfied with your order over the weekend. Thank you so much for your feedback. It means a lot to us to try to make each and every experience exceptional. I did take a look at your attachment and your order form to see that it was consistent with what you ordered. My personal recommendation for fillings is something like cream cheese or chocolate pastry cream since the buttercream is always on the outside. A lot of our signature style cakes are done with artist discretion, like color of message, font of message, placement of disco balls etc. - and I am so sorry that was not to your liking. I understand the amount of filling we provided, which is consistent with all of our cakes and to our standard, may not have been your preference and that is okay. Hopefully the guests were still able to enjoy their night! I hope you have a great week! ================= Wow this is customer service... I think not. This was for a birthday imagine if this was for a wedding and you cut into this disaster of a cake at the reception. Anyone reading this please don't make the same mistake I did by ordering a cake from ECBG Cake Studio's. Dennis K.

    We were SO HAPPY with ECBG! Erin was wonderful to work with for our wedding cake - very good, clear, and quick communication. Our cake was beautiful and most importantly...DELICIOUS! We had a hard time narrowing down from the fabulous take home tasting box provided (which in itself is super cool and handy since we live out of town) so Erin suggested we just do 4 layers so we could have them all! We asked the kitchen to box up whatever was leftover so we could take them home and enjoy all of the flavors. It was still delicious a few days later at home. We enjoyed out wedding cake for a week after! They also made our dog and had him "taking a bite out of the cake," which was one of my favorite things of the day. I was dragging everyone to look at our beautiful cake and precious pup next to it! I cannot recommend ECBG highly enough...and am already looking forward to our 1 year anniversary when they do a special cake to mark the occasion.

    Everything I asked for and more
    Cassie V.

    I would totally recommend and order from this bakery in the future for any event. I gave them enough time and asked for some different colors, and they honored my request with no problem. Customer service was A+. Thanks again. By the way, the cake exceeded my expectations. It was sooooo good.

    Birthday cake
    Tracy H.

    We ordered our daughter Sweet Sixteen Birthday cake from ECBG and it was beyond our expectations. I ordered it online and described in the notes that our daughter was a Bridgerton fan and that her birth stone was ruby and she liked gardening. Our cake was vanilla with chocolate ganache filling. Love their less sweet frosting and the cake was moist. Will order from them again.

    Erin and her team are amazing! We were introduced to ECBG by a friend who highly recommended her for our wedding cake. We initially ordered a cake tasting box, and were wowed. We have since purchased several cakes from ECBG. Our wedding cake was absolutely incredible, Erin worked with us for weeks until we found a stencil that matched exactly the look we were going for. Delivery was smooth, our cake was stunning, delicious, and people are still raving about it. Would choose Erin and the ECBG team over and over again!

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    Saleem S.

    We were very optimistic during our cake tasting and design meeting. She showed us a pervious cake which we used for inspiration, in turn we drew a mockup of our vision which was submitted with our final order to clearly communicate expectations. The final product was disappointing because Erin failed to communicate her artistic changes. Our issues were: 1) Geometric flex frost design was sloppy and incomplete. The flex lines should have been cohesive and around the entire tier 2) Damage to the base layer 3) Dents on the top tier We reached out after our wedding for an explanation. Erin apologized for us being upset but not for her mistakes by stating: "The small dent on the corner of the hexagon happened during transit. Sometimes we have to weigh the risk involved with fixing it, which may result in making it more noticeable or worse. In this case, instead of redoing it, I painted over the knick hoping it was small enough to be overlooked. " "Although there is a degree to which we cannot control due to our medium being food. We try our best to make each cake perfect, but they will never be ACTUALLY flawless because it is food." "Flex frost, the product we use to do the geometric lines in which we laser cut and hand apply is a thin film that melts when you touch it. It was applied with expert care and attention. Again, as it is food, it will never be actually perfect, and if you look at the photo we had provided as inspiration you will see gaps as well (I am not sure where that mock up came from that you all provided- it was not indicative of the photo we had on your order form originally)" Be aware if you go with ECBG your cake may be damaged during transit, your cake will not be flawless and she will overlook details such as a mockup submitted with your final order. The cake did taste AMAZING and showed up on time. She loses stars for communication and customer service. You should not change someone's design and surprise them on their wedding day. Also you should not make excuses and admit your mistake. Unacceptable. I've attached photos documenting our process, If you chose ECBG make sure she understands your vision. Good luck

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    1000/10. My friends and I always get these cakes for each others birthdays and there are never leftovers

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    Bjorn Cakes

    4.3
    (103 reviews)
    1.0 mi

    This place never answered the phone despite calling everyday for a month. I don't think this place…read moreoperates business anymore.

    So let me first start out, Kort has one of the best customer service & sweetest personality I've…read moreever met. Beautiful designs and love the work behind his business! When it comes to scheduling, Kort and his team also has your back! Super friendly and generous too! This is beyond any customer service or any bakery I've ever been to with such a good service. I'm blown away by him and his team. Thank you so much for making my cake on such short notice & all the time changes. I ordered a strawberry shortcake w/ vanilla buttercream cake last year and it was so beautiful too; very simple yet intricate and lovely design with roses & macaroons. I told him on short notice(literally the day of) to make the cake & he managed to make it look so beautiful. The pink cake was my first cake I've ever purchased from him, a bit out of my price range, but I heard his cakes were good! So if I was rating on design, 11/10, it's top notch! The flavor wasn't perfect for my family. I had put the cake in the fridge and when I went to cut it; it was super hard and it wasn't pleasant. The flavor was missing something and we really didn't do much with the cake. I've always put cake in the fridge and I should've asked before I left, but I didn't. So I told Kort(Owner) about the cake and he offered to compensate me a new cake which a year later; I got this cake for my mom! So today; we celebrated my moms birthday which is on Friday. I ordered basically the same cake since my mom really enjoys fruit / strawberry cake. I ordered with him one week prior (Jan 28)to my moms birthday(Feb 7th ) to make this cake. Initially it's scheduled to be picked up on the 7th, but I told him I needed the cake by the 6th: time rolled around and the day before I celebrated my moms birthday; she said we were celebrating it on the 5th. So the night before that, I told him I needed the cake by the 5th and he managed ONCE again t make this cake on such a tight schedule. I know I haven't been the best customer, but I really appreciate his efforts to make things right & helping us create something beautiful for my mom's birthday. The cake is the same, but I think there's a custard-curd filling which my family really enjoyed. A strawberry shortcake with vanilla buttercream. It was maybe a bit sweet, cake was dense a little bit, but that's okay! We've never had cream like this before, and it was strange to begin with, but it's super creamy and tasty!! Flavor was pretty good! My family really enjoyed lit and really loved the artwork(flowers) as decorations. I didn't put the cake in the fridge and I'm glad it turned out well! We didn't see how the cake looked like until we opened the box, so it was such a beautiful surprise to look at the lovely cake. Everything's fresh, even the flowers, and designs; so beautiful work I'm super impressed with how it turned out & i would definitely go back to Kort for cakes especially for his customer service & his gorgeous designs. :) Design : 11/10! Taste/Texture: 9/10 Customer service : 15/10 if I could! To sum up, it was a beautiful cake, beautiful even layers, beautiful designs, and I loved it. Thank you for making my mom's birthday a blast! She's going to use these roses for something special. This place makes these designs unlike any other bakery or cake place I've bought from. If you want great service & high quality fresh ingredients, tasty cakes & lovely designs, I definitely would recommend Kort! Thank you once again for all you've done for me and my family with the cake! We appreciate this more than you know and I definitely look forward to buying cakes or others in the future! :)

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    Best place to order cakes, they are good and not as pricey as other places and they do the same exact copy of a picture that you send
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    Two tier wedding cake with hand made sugar flowers! Over 10 hours of labor just in the flowers...
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    Alliance Bakery & Cafe

    Alliance Bakery & Cafe

    3.8
    (1.1k reviews)
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    Such a cute little bakery with the tastiest sweets and the coolest vibe…read more Customer service - good. Desserts - even better. CUTE set up. Great spot. Chicago street parking but it wasn't crazy.

    In town visiting friends and we've heard so many great things about Alliance because it's always…read morebeen their go-to bakery. They lived out of state for a bit and tried to replicate this specific cake from other bakeries, but it never came close. Needless to say, we had to try this one of a kind cake. Unfortunately, the last time they ordered it, somehow, it was missing one of the most important parts-the raspberry coulis! They reached out to the chef-owner and he graciously offered to make them a new cake the next time they came in. We popped into this cute bakery with a vintage flare this Sunday and the staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating. The cake was gorgeous and tasted just as great! If you're a fan of chocolate, you're about to be in heaven! Chocolate cake, raspberry preserve and chocolate mousse filling, chocolate buttercream frosting, covered in chocolate ganache. So rich, creamy, moist and decadent. A little goes a long way! The flavors and textures were perfectly balanced and the raspberry coulis made me smile with each bite. Thank you Alliance for your excellent service and delicious creations.

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    Outside Alliance Bakery & Cafe 1736 W Division St, Chicago, IL  Custom Cakes Pastries Macarons  etc. Coffees Nice Friendly Service. Cool!

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    Outside Alliance Bakery & Cafe 1736 W Division St, Chicago, IL Custom Cakes Pastries Macarons etc. Coffees Nice Friendly Service. Cool!
    Molly's Cupcakes

    Molly's Cupcakes

    4.4
    (776 reviews)
    2.2 mi
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    I live Uptown & this location opened at 9, so I came in this morning to grab TONS of treats for the…read moreteachers and staff at my son's High School. Today is Parent/Teacher conference day, and although his grades are amazing & technically they don't need to see me, I wanted to do something special for them. He's a Senior and graduates this May. The staff were SO kind & super helpful!! The young lady at the counter (Crystal) helped me choose a variety of treats and even congratulated me on his graduation. If I ever need anything else, I'm definitely coming here!!

    Crème brûlée was a 7.5/10. The sugar coating was a little too sweet, but I loved the crunch it gave…read moreand the cream in the middle was so good. Blueberry cheesecake gets an 8/10 overall. I didn't love the graham cracker because it had a strong buttery taste, but I get that it's needed to hold it together. Without that, it would've been a 9/10. The cheesecake topping tasted almost like custard and paired well with the blueberry cupcake base. Chocolate sea salt caramel... 10/10. This might actually be one of the best cupcakes I've ever had. Rich chocolate cake, caramel sauce in the middle, buttercream that wasn't too sweet, and the salt on top tied everything together perfectly. Peach cobbler was insane. 1000/10. It tasted like pumpkin pie and apple pie combined, probably from all the cinnamon. Not overly sweet, super light cream, and just perfection. Definitely worth the hype. The chocolate sea salt caramel and peach cobbler might actually be the best cupcakes I've ever had.

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    Jennivee’s Bakery

    Jennivee’s Bakery

    4.4
    (721 reviews)
    2.9 mi
    $$

    This is my absolute most favorite bakery. So this is my ode to the bakery and Dom, who is a gem of…read morean employee there. I've been a customer of almost 10 years and have been obsessed since they first opened their doors at a different location. I literally live an hour away without traffic and even longer with traffic, but I make sure to stop by or send someone else to get it for me at least once a month or more. I love the amazing cakes that are so delicious and unique but on top of that, it is Asian owned, LGBTQ supporting, etc. A lot has changed since their little storefront with no seating. The bakery is now a full on cafe and I'm so happy to see how much they've grown and how successful they are. And while it is glorious, I will say I miss the sweet neighborhood charm and great customer service it used to have. Getting in touch with the bakery through phone or text can be tough and to be honest, sometimes one of the people working there is kind of...very mean. It had me questioning if I should keep coming back. I just love this bakery so much though and being raised by parents that had a small food business, I can't help but want to support. I had a particularly difficult last minute request for the bakery a few weeks ago and I was reminded why this place is so great. It had been YEARS since I made this specific request, which was an order for a slice of cake for every flavor and a cupcake for every flavor. This is a BIG and time consuming request, especially if it's last minute. Unfortunately I come to the city whenever the traffic isn't atrocious, so it's always last minute. Dom absolutely pulled through though. Even though there were other employees there (I saw two others but one disappeared and then another male was kind of walking around the cafe and such), Dom took this giant request and fulfilled it himself. The other gentleman (not the mean person previously mentioned) was actually who I made the request to, but he told Dom to do it. I was kind of confused why they didn't do it together but idk, maybe the other guy isn't allowed to handle food? Who knows. Regardless, this request obviously took a long time and the line was getting longer; people were getting a little restless but Dom stayed calm but was swift. I swear he was moving faster than most people in the industry could with a cake knife like that. He was not impatient or rude to me at all. He was just there to do his job as fast and well as possible. It's so rare to see that type of work ethic. He is also so obviously proud of the bakery and the food they serve which makes you feel good about being a patron there. So although I continue to have an unpleasant experience with one particular employee there, Dom keeps my love for this bakery alive. He reminds me of what this bakery was like when they first opened their doors. I hope Dom is cherished there and I bet he is considering his work ethic. I will continue to support this bakery and I recommend everyone else to support as well. It may not be that small little shop anymore but Dom is a reminder of the heart of the place.

    I've been to Jennivee's twice now and I also got my college graduation cake from here last year for…read morepick-up! They did a beautiful job. For my graduation cake, I chose the tres leches and it was so creamy, moist, and delicious. I basically ate half of the cake by myself lol. This most recent time, I needed a snack and wanted something sweet. Everything here looks amazing and I'm sure tastes amazing too, so it's hard to choose. I chose to get the berry chantilly cake slice since it was a hot day, and it was the perfect refreshing treat! It was soooo good.

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