Artistic Desserts specializes in wedding cakes, but from what I saw, Mike does cakes for all…read moreoccasions and other desserts and unique chocolate sculptures as well. We met with Pastry Chef Michael Markwitz at his (very nice) home to go over our wedding cake selections. We were served full-sized slices of his incredibly delicious moist cakes in his dining room, on Lenox china with a freshly brewed pot of coffee. HUGE slices of delicious cake - so you can taste each one several times as you're narrowing down what you want. He combines whatever filling you want with whatever kind of cake you want, so again - big slices of fresh delicious cake really help when you're mixing stuff up to make an educated decision. He helped us select the number of tiers we wanted and even suggested keeping the cake shorter and offered to make a couple of cakes on the side to save money. Not sheet cakes, the same awesome round cakes with fabulous fillings. The cake is cut and served in the back anyway, so no one would notice either way and the quality of the cake is identical. Since we're having a backyard wedding, he even gave us tons of detail on how to cut and serve the cake and drew me a little diagram as well (there is an art to cutting a huge wedding cake without butchering it and I'm grateful he took the time to explain.) We have three tiers and he doesn't charge any extra if we wanted to do all three tiers with different cake flavors and fillings. The Cakes: Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting - the cake and icing were dense and delicious without the cloying sugary sweetness or unsweetened butter greasiness of a lot of other bakeries' cakes and icings. Some kind of white italian cream cake with a layer of Swiss imported seedless raspberry marmalade and a second layer of custard creamy goodness. Dense and delicious lemon cake with raspberry cream - we went with this one. Again, not too sweet, not TOO dense - just right. The chocolate - holy goodness. There was some kind of incredible ganache filling in there that was to die for. He made another cake with crushed peanut butter cups in the filling - this was my fiance's fave and it was delicious as well. Believe it or not, I am not a huge fan of cake overall, but you can't NOT love this guy's cakes. They are fabulous and they are beautifully decorated. He spent well over an hour with us at 7:00pm on a weeknight to accommodate our work schedules. He scrolled through endless pictures of cakes he had decorated so we could see some examples and he made some great recommendations. He let us try samples of fondant even though the cake we were selecting was iced with buttercream. It was light and soft and tasted almost like marshmallow. Not at all what I expected fondant to taste like, but he makes his own and it is delicious. When I went off on a holy-crap-i-never-even-thought-of-that-what-an-awesome-looking-cake tangent, he brought me back to my original vision for a simple, plain, classic wedding cake, even though the other option that caught my fancy would have cost a significant amount of money and truly would have been an impulse-buy. The man is a professional. Damn it I love independent businesses who haven't gotten so big and self-important that they forget about their customers. What a drastic difference between a tasting in the home of someone who loves what they do, and an impersonal tasting at a busy bakery that barely gives a crap about you and expects a healthy deposit in advance before they do you the huge favor of serving you silver-dollar sized stale morsels of inferior cake. He takes consultations by appointment only, so you'll want to plan in advance if you need a cake. His site has a lot of great pictures as well. I highly, highly recommend Michael and his wonderful cakes. We drove an hour to get to our tasting and it was so worth it. He is very friendly, very knowledgeable and very interested in making sure you get exactly what you want for a fair price. It was a great experience and a fabulous reminder of why I love shopping small, independent operations most of all.

Michael was awesome to work with. The tasting at his house in Westminster was great. He served us…read moreon his china and offered us tea and coffee. He gave us lots of different options to choose from as far as flavors and decorations. He also suggested that we have one of our flavors on a sheet cake that guests never see to save money, which we did. I've been to a lot of weddings where cake slices are left abandoned on the table, there is lots of cake leftover, etc. Our wedding was NOT like that at all. Everyone was talking about the cake and there was hardly any left! We had Italian Creme Cake w/Chocolate Ganache & Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Red Velvet w/Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting, and Italian Creme Cake with Vanilla Pudding & Swiss Raspberry. All were amazing, but if I had to choose my favorite it would be the Reese's peanut butter cake! The cake looked and tasted wonderful! Seriously, this was one of those wedding vendors that just blew me away. I expected the cake to look and taste good, but it was AMAZING!

If I can give her zero stars I would but I can't. The cake…read morewas a disaster, not only was it hard, it was dry and burnt. When I tried to contact her to talk to her about the issues, she totally blew me off. The thing that upsets me the most is one of my friends had and cake from her, she forgot the cake on her event date and had no cake! My friend gave her another chance too and she gave her a cake that was the wrong color and theme, i looked passed this when my planner told me to give her a try and that she would cover me if anything went wrong and sure enough everything went wrong. Please only order treats from her, don't waste your money on a cake. For $180 I can honestly say It wasn't worth it and I feel cheated.

We used Kima's Konfections for my sister's Sweet 16... Cupcakes and a small cake and topper for her…read moreto cut. She did an amaaaazing job. The theme was "Around the World" and "Butterflies" (i know, i know - teenage girls lol), but Kima pulled the two together beautifully and the desserts were a perfect compliment to the event and decor! I highly recommend her for your next special event!

I had forgotten to order a cake for my Moms 90th birthday party…read more The party was Dec 27 and with Christmas a lot of bakeries were closed on the 26th and would not take my order but Starry Night came through. They made a beautiful and delicious cake. My family was very impressed with it and so was I . I can't thank you enough for helping make my mom's party a success !!

Thank you for the most beautiful and delicious cake for my mother's 101st birthday! I must come up…read morewith more reasons to celebrate so I can order another fabulous cake. It got rave reviews from all. Fresh, moist , delicious. I ordered from the website and chose one of their designs. I decided on chocolate cake with raspberry filling and would highly recommend .

Fantastic little bakery with LOTS of goodies! First time visitors and we were not disappointed at…read morethe selection. Picked up for freshly baked donuts, danishes and of course a Baltimore favorite - Smearcase! I was so excited to see they carried it! Made with a pastry crust (which I've never had it like that!) and every was delicious! The staff were so kind, polite warm and welcoming!

Always friendly and helpful staff!! Fabulous bakery items!…read moreAnd COFFEE always HOT and Fresh!! And just waiting for me on Sunday morning after Church!!

I've been a longtime customer of Jacquelyn's Bakery and have always believed in supporting local…read morebusinesses. Even when something wasn't to my taste, I'd come back and try something else--because that's what supporting small businesses looks like. I want local shops to thrive, not get swallowed up by big-box stores. That said, I was genuinely disappointed after seeing Jacquelyn's recent Facebook post. Everyone is entitled to personal opinions, but using a business platform to label people as "dangerous" and "unsafe" simply for having different views isn't community-building--it's divisive, and it's bad for business. Profiling customers and publicly signaling who is "acceptable" to walk through your door is not how you grow or sustain a welcoming business. As a result, I won't be spending my money here anymore, and I won't be recommending it to others. If the energy spent dividing the community were redirected into improving product quality--like making cakes that are actually moist and buttercream that doesn't resemble Play-Doh--it might do more good for the business than turning customers away. Supporting local businesses should feel inclusive, not conditional.

I'd known of Jacquelyn's for several years, yet had never gone in as we live about 14 miles away…read more We had our 2 yound granddaughters and decided to procure ffor them (and us!) a little treat. Goodies abound,cand there is a variety of caffeinated beverages as well as a number of tables. One in front seats 2 and is in a little nook, but was occupied. There are also tables in the rear of the store. Jacquelyn was working alone and was most affable and accommodating. We bought a bunch of things, including for later that day and the next. I'd highly recommend this for anyone with a sweet tooth, any coffee lover, and anyone fancying some gustatory delight!

We have ordered several pies from Leona's and they are all the best we have ever had. The latticed…read morecherry pie we recently ordered was not overly sweet and was dense with cherries without that gross filling one finds in so many pies. The piecrust is light and so delicious. We will be going back to Leona for future pies. Make sure that you put your order in ahead of time as they are made to order.

Met Leona at Morningstar, her pastries are the best. I live in Dover, so I was ecstatic she was…read moregetting a spot here. if you haven't tried her scone's, turnovers, cookies you HAVE to try them. Her daughter has made two birthday cakes for me..... All I can say is WOW. Racing was the first, she made a tire that was spot on. The second was Roblox unbelievable, and delicious. Both of my grandsons loved them. If there is one thing new that you do in the New Year go to Leona's 56 S Main St Dover.

If you want sweets then this is it. I am a carrot cake fan and she has the best I have ever had…read more Now I also love peach pie and cobbler and the owner as made two types for me. One regular and one for diabetics. If you need delivery in the area she will accommodate. I can't name all of the items she makes but I have never had anything bad. Oh the breads are the bomb. The friendship and beer battered bread are some of the best you will ever have. I can't say enough about her baking. The only downside is that during the holidays if you don't order early she will not be able to get it out

If I can't catch this baker at the market, I usually eat her tasty cupcakes at the Parkway Deli…read morewhenever I get the urge. Sometimes when I go there, they have already sold out. My favorites are also her chocolate chip, snickerdoodle and oatmeal raisin cookies. So good! I will have to visit her soon at the market to try the cinnamon rolls.

Amazing food and service, the tamales and custom made cakes are amazing. Highly recommendread more