Maxine was a pleasure to deal with and her cake was absolutely delicious! We discussed all of the details of the cake my wife wanted for her birthday and Maxine was very accommodating. read more

My husband and I were absolutely thrilled with our wedding cake. We wanted something simple and elegant and that's exactly what was delivered. The cake was gorgeous and absolutely delicious at the same time! Maxine was also a complete joy to work with. We feel very lucky and would recommend Maxine to anyone! read more

Maxine's Catering and Bittersweet Bakers - a white wedding cake with fresh flowers - Desserts Near Me - Accord, New York

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Maxine is a master of her craft, its as simple as that. My wife and I got married up at Plattekill Mountain on 5/3/2015, and we found Maxine about a month and a half earlier when we realized all of a sudden "HOLLY S**T! WE NEVER FOUND A WEDDING CAKE!". Maxine was extremely friendly and extremely reassuring when she heard our timetable. My wife had a couple pictures of cakes on her phone that she had found on Pinterest(?) and asked Maxine if it would be possible to put the pieces together to make one cake. Her answer was, "Of Course!", followed by "When can you guys come up to taste/discuss?". We ended up going with a Lemon/Poppy Seed cake that had a Strawberry filling, and buttercream icing. IT WAS AMAZING!!!! And the finished product (which we didn't see until the day of the wedding) was enough to bring my bride-to-be to tears of joy when I sent her a picture of it! Our day would not have been what is was if we hadn't found Maxine, and hadn't had the beautiful cake I am posting pictures of. Our guests ate the whole thing, we had no left overs, and one of our guests ate so many slices of cake that the servers knew his name by the end of the night!!! Maxine, THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!! Erica and I could not be more happy! You are the best at what you do, and have nothing but 5-star ratings for a reason, KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!! With Love, Mr. & Mrs. William Reines read more

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Absolutely PERFECT wedding cake! Maxine worked with us to create a gluten-free chocolate cake with chocolate ganache/raspberry filling, and white buttercream frosting for 135 guests. It was so fabulous, and on a 90 degree day it held up just beautifully. She worked directly with our florist (Dennis at Green Cottage in High Falls) and we didn't have to worry about a thing. Just cut and eat and say "I can't believe it's gluten-free!" :) Thanks Maxine! read more

Ooo! Our wedding cake from Maxine's was so charming and delicious. We found her name on our venue's vendor list. Frankly, we were not sure if we had enough money for a cake from her but some pleasant and unexpected budget shifts happened and we were able to order a cake for our wedding (6/9/18). We have no regrets about our decision, especially after searching for other bakeries. Her craftsmanship is refined and the icing and cake textures were perfection. My husband and I decided upon an older Martha Stewart cake design: a buttery yellow frosted cake base with piped festoons along the edges in a paler tonal yellow (we are not fans of the naked cake trend.) We scheduled a tasting and consultation and left knowing that Maxine would do a beautiful job and it was one more thing we could check off of our list! We couldn't have been happier with the results. Her delivery rate is also very reasonable and she came right on time. The three tiers of lemon poppyseed cake with blackberry jam and airy buttercream were thoroughly enjoyed by us and our guests... We forgot to save ourselves a slice but maybe we'll just have to get ourselves an anniversary cake in the future. Thank you Maxine! read more

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Maxine made and delivered a delicious carrot cake for my husband's birthday. It was perfectly moist with the perfect proportion of cream cheese/white chocolate frosting. I highly recommend her confections! read more

We chose Maxine after an extensive search for a vendor to make our wedding cake. I had such a specific vision in my mind, and Maxine absolutely nailed it-- it was actually even more perfect than I ever could have thought possible! Not only did the cake look unbelievable, but it TASTED even better! Guests raved about it, and my husband and I couldn't be happier with how it all turned out. On top of her amazing work, Maxine herself is amazing! What a lovely and easy-going person to work with on an otherwise chaotic day. She was the perfect choice, and we can't recommend her enough! read more

Maxine created a gorgeous cake for our wedding! It was exactly what we had envisioned - both minimal yet stunningly elegant. All of our guests kept raving about how delicious it was. We were so happy that we could find a baker to create a lemon poppyseed cake - our favorite flavor! On the day of the wedding she arrived and spent time adding all the final floral touches in coordination with our florist. She was great to work with, and we couldn't be happier with how it turned out. read more

Maxine made our wedding cakes and we couldn't have been happier! If you are trying to figure out where to get your cakes from, save yourself the time and book Maxine - you won't regret it. We tried several bakers in the hudson valley + catskill areas before choosing maxine and we chose her because her cakes were by far the best tasting and because she was so easy to work with. She made us 3 different flavors of cake and we still can't decide which we liked best - they were all phenomenal. She is so very good at what she does and I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a wedding or event! In addition to the cakes tasting great, they also looked beautiful - she did a great job working with some images I sent her to recreate the perfect texture and flower arrangement I was looking for. read more

I worked with Maxine for a wedding cake and a surprise groom's cake for my guy. They were both stunning and delicious! Our wedding cake was a three tier honey/rosemary cake with a layer of blackberry preserve and vanilla Italian buttercream, frosted in vanilla Italian buttercream. Our guests were blown away! (If I didn't save the top tier I wouldn't have any left.) I showed her a photo of how I wanted the frosting to look and she executed flawlessly. She delivered herself and decorated with fresh flowers and a topper we provided. The groom's cake was an add-on closer to the wedding. I asked her for a marble cake with layer of choc/hazelnut ganache (my fiance's original choice of flavor for our cake). We hike a lot, so she made the cake look like a campsite with tent and working fire pit! She delivered it in a box so he wouldn't see it and he was so happy!!! The hardest part of working with Maxine will be figuring out which flavors to select -- everything we tried was amazing! I'll definitely be working with Maxine again so book her quickly :) FIVE STARS IS NOT ENOUGH!!! Thank you Maxine!!! read more

Maxine is great at what she does - no question! My husband and I weren't originally planning to have a cake (until it was gifted to us) so we weren't sure of exactly what we wanted in the beginning. I looked around and reached out to a few vendors in the area but wasn't over the moon about the quality, taste, or look of their work (I eventually decided I was going for something natural and rustic - without fondant of any kind and with a focus on flavor). When we found Maxine, we were impressed and so relieved! She created exactly the kind of cake we were looking for! She was extremely thorough in her work - our initial conversation was designed to gauge flavors my husband and I liked and discuss the overall look and theme of the wedding. She was very accommodating and easy to work with - I sent her my Pinterest board and she was able to create something with exact feel of what I was looking for. We ended up going with a honey and rosemary naked cake, with buttercream frosting. It looked beautiful and tasted amazing. She dressed it with the same flowers from the wedding and delivered it promptly on the day of the wedding. I would not hesitate to recommend her to a friend or work with her again in the future. read more