For the best in the cake business in the Atlanta area, look no further than Lush Cakery! I…read moretypically never, ever care for wedding cakes... They're usually nothing special. But cakes from this shop are crowd-favorites! Everyone at my wedding raved about the cake, even months later people still brought it up. I highly recommend this business.

We had a great time tasting cakes with our wedding planner, Jordan Flowers of Wedding Belles, and…read moreKathryn ("Kat") Steed, sole owner and cake maker at Lush Cakery in Marietta. Jordan recommended Lush Cakery to my fiancee and me (our planner does not accept kickbacks, but instead passes on any discounts she may get on to us) and that is enough praise for me. My fiancee, through her own research, noticed that Lush Cakery has had a hand in a lot of nice weddings in Atlanta. She absolutely loves the look of Lush's cakes (she describes them as beautiful, fun, and creative). I asked Kat how many weddings she did last year and she told me, if I recall correctly, 185 (all by herself!). She doesn't plan on doing that many per year going forward, but she definitely has the experience and is well known in the Atlanta wedding community. Kat moved into a cute space just off Marietta Square a couple years ago. There's a retail space, open four days a week, and a tasting room, available by appointment only. The shop can also be booked for small events like bridal and baby showers. Kat was waiting for us promptly at our appointment time. My fiancee and I were accompanied by our planner for the tasting. The tasting room was quaint and charming. It reminded my fiancee of an attractive sitting room, like something you would see on HGTV. We got to know Kat and she got to know us. She let us swipe through cake designs on her iPad while talking to us about our wedding, our tastes/visions for our cake, and how our cake would align with our wedding overall. For example, we talked about the season of our wedding, whether it's going to be indoor or outdoor, etc. These kinds of things can affect the ingredients and flavors of our wedding cake. There was a menu at the table with Lush's most popular wedding cake flavors. We tasted the following six flavors: * Salted caramel * Amaretto white chocolate red raspberry * Triple chocolate hazelnut * Grand Marnier strawberries and cream * Cinnamon * Cream cheese pound with lemon curd Kat had the first five flavors in the list above ready to go on a plate for each of us. The last one was requested by my fiancee who was interested in trying the lemon curd after seeing it on the menu. My eyes lit up as I bit into these cakes. What impressed me most about them was actually not their flavor, but their consistency. Every single slice was perfectly fluffy and moist. They were tender and delicate with good crumb. Flavor-wise, they were sweet, but not too sweet. My favorite flavors were the salted caramel and the strawberries and cream. My fiancee's favorite flavors were the amaretto white chocolate red raspberry and the triple chocolate hazelnut. My fiancee thought both the strawberry and cinnamon tasted delicious, but were a little too simple for her tastes. The cream cheese pound cake with lemon curd was outstanding, but we agreed that we liked the lighter, less dense textures of the other cakes for our wedding cake. Everything we tried tasted great, so what it really came down to here was personal preference. We want a classic, elegant looking cake so Kat suggested a traditional three-tier round cake. We'll have it decorated with flowers from our florist, Julie Coffin of Unique Floral Expressions, who is one of the rock stars of the Atlanta wedding industry and whom Kat has worked many weddings with. We chose our cake and icing flavors, along with a fun design extra, and were quoted under $700 for our cake (tax and delivery included). The cake will serve 100. We'll have more than 100 guests, but there will be other dessert options too. Kat's quote is about $200 higher than another quote we recently received, so Lush is on the higher side. However, the other quote did not include an extra design element and the Lush quote also includes a "complimentary" anniversary tier a year after our wedding. A $150 non-refundable deposit is required to secure a date. We received Kat's proposal via email quickly after our meeting. My fiancee had a question and it didn't take long for Kat to respond. All in all, this was a wonderful experience. Now we just have to make a decision! Throughout our wedding planning process so far, this has turned out to be the most difficult decision yet.

I would highly recommend Flawless cakes for any of your custom cake needs. I requested a custom…read morecake to be made for a party and was not disappointed! The owner is super helpful if you need any creative direction or have any questions. Will order from them again!

From the owner: We specialize in custom cakes for your special event. Let us be a part of your wedding, baby…read moreshower, graduation,anniversary ,birthday, etc.

Vy created the perfect cake for our wedding day! Her cakes are all absolutely beautiful and also…read moreespecially tasted amazing! Before our wedding, we were able to pick up one of Vy's tasting packs of cake, all of which were incredible tasting and helped us choose the flavours we would want for our final cake. Highly recommend picking up a tasting pack if you are able to! During the process, we met with Vy early on and discussed our choices of flavours, design, and Vy was able to send us a mock-up design that incorporated elements from the wedding dress which ended up being a great touch, and created a cake that was unique for just us. We have honestly never seen a cake fly off the table so quickly - to the point where we weren't even able to have one of the flavours on the wedding day as the guests ate it all so quickly! So many compliments have been given from friends and family about her cake. Overall, we highly recommend getting a cake from Syndesi for whatever event you may have coming up. The trip out there would definitely, definitely be worth it. We'll certainly be ordering more cakes from her for future celebrations!

Favorite cake baker! Vy was so kind enough to squeeze me in to make a cake for my daughter's first…read morebirthday. And I was so happy she did. Everyone was amazed at the cake (a lot of them didn't even believe it was cake). The guests devoured it and I got asked so many times who did the cake. I will definitely be recommending her to friends who are looking for custom cakes and will order from her again for other special occasions!

Chaos Custom Cakes is the best! The owner, Maggie is super accommodating and ALWAYS goes above and…read morebeyond to bring our dream cakes to life! Not only do her cakes look great, they taste even better! Website form is super easy to fill out and Maggie always follows up in a timely manner and is very transparent about the whole process.

Very professional and gorgeous work! Literally an artist! Highly recommend to anyone looking for…read moresomeone to trust with a wedding cake or birthday cake! 10/10.

Have always gotten my daughter's bday cakes from this place. They are super well done and probably…read morethe best cake we get. They are always super detailed and beautiful. They also have great pastries and sandwiches (get one if you are around they are the best). I can't praise this place enough. The lady who works the counter is awesome and is so helpful, she will bring the cake to the car and make sure it is secure before you leave to insure it stays nice on your way home. Plus she gives you directions to keep it well cooked and at right temp to cut. If you want the best come here.

They did an incredible job on my daughter's cake for her 30th birthday. The design was beautiful…read moreand the cake was delicious!! I will be using them again for a baby shower next week!!

Tracy did an AMAZING job on my daughter's graduation cake! She created a beautiful cake - exactly…read morelike the picture I texted her:) and it tasted incredible. The buttercream icing was light and delicious - yes it was made with REAL butter- and Tracy used puréed strawberries in the cake batter that delivered a sweet, moist strawberry cake that was the best I've ever had. As an avid cake baker I can taste the difference - this was a scratch-made cake! I recently moved out of state and was unable to make the cake for our special day but Tracy knocked it out of the park and also hand-made each bumble bee (for our GA Tech grad:) on this adorable cake. It was a total hit - everyone loved it and she definitely exceeded my expectations! Tracy also called and texted me and was so flexible in making any changes as well as pick up arrangements. Tracy, thank you for making our daughter's college graduation party extra special

The cake was delicious! Our guests raved about the cakes! Our wedding cake was a scraped,…read morechocolate cake with cookies and cream filling and it was so good! I am not normally a cake person, but you just wanted to keep going back for more! The grooms' cake was also a fantastic red velvet cake that received amazing reviews from our guests as well! Would definitely recommend Confection Perfection, as the taste and presentation were top notch for our wedding day!

Loved as always working with the wonderful people at the bakery and love having a local female…read moreowned bakery being apart of our families celebrations