We had a wonderful (and delicious) cake tasting experience with Room for Cake! What we loved was that you can choose any four styles of cakes from their list of signature cakes or build your own custom one! We went with lemon blueberry, lemon olive oil, coconut cake, and a custom one of banana cake with mocha buttercream and toffee bits! Coconut cake with passion fruit cream and toasted coconut was our favorite, with the tartness of the passion fruit cream and the wonderful texture of the toasted coconut. While ultimately we didn't select Room for Cake for our wedding cake, we thought it was a great experience regardless. Communication with Lauren and pickup was very easy. Her kitchen is located in a converted seminary which is located near the old mission, so driving into the property was a cool experience itself. read more

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Laurie at Room for Cake is AMAZING! We hired her to create a completely custom cake for our wedding and I am so, so glad we did. Laurie was extremely communicative and fast at responding throughout the whole process, which was almost a year from the day I first reached out to our wedding day. We made several changes along the way, and Laurie rolled with the punches and always said 'yes' no matter how complicated or complex the request was. I sent her an inspiration photo from Pinterest and she made our dream cake come true. She even accommodated putting on two cake toppers and florals! We received so many compliments on our cake and our guests were blown away with the quality of the taste but also the presentation and design. Laurie is a magician and I cannot thank her enough for agreeing to work with us on our cake. It turned out better than we could have ever imagined - the pictures speak for themselves! You will not regret hiring Laurie!! Seriously, just do it! read more

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Laurie is kind, talented, and bakes the best cake!! She provided us the most beautiful and tastiest wedding cake where each tier was a different flavor. Everyone loved it! We had a chocolate top tier, coconut middle tier, and lemon bottom tier...each one was so moist and tasted amazing! read more

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Best cake of my life!! Laurie is a dream maker. We ordered a 50-person wedding cake along with two additional sheet cakes to serve our guests, and every bite was unforgettable. She let us choose three flavors -- carrot, strawberry shortcake, and lemon raspberry -- and each one was unique, delicious, and totally memorable. Guests could not stop raving about how it was the best cake they've ever had... and I couldn't agree more! Not only was the cake beautiful and delicious, but Laurie was also such a pleasure to work with. She was warm, professional, and incredibly flexible throughout the entire process. I can't recommend her enough -- she truly made our day even more special. read more

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Laurie made the most beautiful and delicious cake for us for our May 2025 wedding. Even my step dad, who is a chocolate lover and EXTREMELY discerning, LOVED it and asked for seconds. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful or delicious cake. read more

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We got married a few months ago and ordered a three layer strawberry shortcake flavored cake and it was just perfect! The outside of the cake was the exact design we wanted- elegant, classic, and chic. And the inside tasted delicious! Would recommend Room For Cake for any of your dessert needs!! Thank you for making our wedding cake dreams come to life! read more

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Our wedding was 8/19/23 in Santa Barbara and we couldn't ask for a more simple but elegant cake. Sorry I'm way behind on this review lol but thank you for being so accommodating and kind. Everyone enjoyed their slice! read more

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I ordered a simple cake for my wedding, it was pretty but the cake itself was pretty dry. We ordered Vanilla flavor and it didn't taste like vanilla, it had a plain taste to it. read more

Perfection! Two tier cake for 25 guests and a backyard wedding. Simple, elegant and delicious. Thank you! Communication was easy and the service was great!! read more

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DELICIOUS! I got a strawberry cake with a photo of my kids for their grade school graduation. They loved the personalized picture and the cake was moist & delicious. I've had a carrot cake from here at another party and it was also moist and delicious. It's a small shop with very good cakes! read more

We worked with Laurie for our wedding and couldn't be happier with the cake. She was incredibly kind and easy to work with and went above and beyond our expectations. We got to taste a variety of flavors and loved them all. We went with the citrus olive oil cake which is so delicious- highly recommend. We also had her make a cake for my bridal shower which was a great way to test as well. I sent Laurie a few images of the design I wanted and she made it even more beautiful than I could've imagined and made the entire process seamless. read more

I highly recommend Room For Cake! Laurie was incredibly kind and accommodating. We planned a wedding in SB but we are actually from LA. The communication was great and we were able to get exactly what we wanted without ever meeting in person, complete with fresh florals :) the cake itself was tasty and of good quality. Everyone was raving about the cake! Thank you for everything! read more

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Laurie was so unbelievable to work with! She was so accommodating and the cake tasting was delicious. I sent her some inspiration photos for what we wanted for our wedding cake and she absolutely delivered. The cake was gorgeous, and SO delicious! We got the lemon olive oil cake. It was perfect! read more

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Room For Cake made my wedding cake and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. It was absolutely beautiful and DELICIOUS! One of my guests actually said it was the best wedding cake they've ever had and I have to say I agree! We went with the lemon raspberry cake and opted for cream cheese frosting since it's my favorite. I've never had fruit as fresh as the raspberries that were in our cake and it was the perfect amount of lemon. The cake itself was super moist. Every single guest raved about it. I'd highly recommend Room For Cake! read more

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After browsing on Yelp, I contacted Laurie just a week before my wedding. I had a very specific request (small vegan cake, delivered) and she came through for me so beautifully! Thank you Laurie. Incredible communication throughout the process. Cake was lovely and delicious and felt really special. read more

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Laurie was a dream to work with and made us our dream wedding cake! I live in Scottsdale, AZ but had an out of state wedding in Santa Barbara, CA. Therefore, I communicated with Laurie primarily through email except for on the one occasion I met with her at my wedding venue (Riviera Mansion) to taste wedding cake samples. Laurie has excellent prices, is a great communicator (always replied to my emails within a day or two), and an eye for beauty. I sent her several images of cakes I liked on Pinterest and what she delivered was even better than I had imagined! And our cake was so delicious! She made us a three tiered textured buttercream cake (fresh flowers provided by my florist, Ella & Louie). Our wedding cake flavors were banana with cream cheese, lemon with lemon curd and raspberries, and bourbon with bourbon glaze and custard. I highly recommend her Thank you Laurie! read more

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Room For Cake creates gorgeous, high quality, delicious cakes of all kinds! I highly recommend them. For my wedding, Laurie created a perfectly light lemon cake with vanilla buttercream icing, and whipped cream with raspberries in between the layers. Along with the cake we had a fresh raspberry sauce drizzled first on the plates. Everyone raved about it's light lemony freshness. The cake was beautifully put together and decorated with magnificent flowers. We also rented a cake stand that elegantly displayed the cake on the serving table. I was so excited about how special and elegant it looked and how delicious it tasted. read more

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Owner Laurie Petrolino just made the most Beautiful and delicious 50th birthday cake. It was a hand sculptured Buddha on top Of a triple layer cake with custard and strawberry filling. She delivered it to a packed house at the employees lounge At Kamran & company and what a wonderful Surprise. This cake was 5 stars!! I would use them again without hesitation. Erica Salda 805.679.3776 SBTSR.com read more

Customer service at it's finest! Laurie was amazing to work with! I sent her a photo of a Baby Shower cake that I wanted and she replicated it exactly. It was gorgeous (and shockingly more delicious than expected). She and I never met or spoke over the phone--we did this all over text! Her talent was a beautiful and delicious work of art. I used the cake as my centerpiece as it was stunning. Let me add that she delivered the cake to my home and put it in my refrigerator while I was at work! Again, who provides this level of customer service in our world these days? 5 stars Laurie. Your professionalism and integrity level matches your delicious artistry! Thank you again for making my party so beautiful and stress-free! I'll be telling all my friends about you. Debra read more

Fantastic in every way. I needed a small wedding cake for my nephew and loved Laurie from our first call. I had some ideas and so did she and we ended up with an absolutely delicious cake. Laurie created a photo of the couple in fondant for the top of the cake that made it very personal. Her attention to detail and high level of customer service were a delightful experience. I would highly recommend Room for Cake. read more

Laurie has built an extraordinary business. Her prices are competitive to the common bakeries you can work with for wedding cakes, but her boutique like service makes you feel like you are the most important client she has. AND THE QUALITY!!!! What she created was unlike anything I had ever tasted, and we gave her a challenge (I'm sure everyone thinks that). Our request was for a four tier cake fashioned after individual layers from four different inspirations. Here's where it gets fun; one layer needed to be vegan chocolate, one carrot with a cream cheese filling, another layer being a ridiculous lemon with raspberry sauce, and the final being a crazy chocolate mousse like cake with a raspberry filler. What's not obvious in that selection is the varying degrees of density, AND following our choice of which layer was which. You will find that the quality of the cakes you taste in your sampling will carry over to the big day. Now I'm not suggesting you don't taste what other bakers have to offer, as free'ish cake is always good! But, if you don't have time you can confidently contract with Laurie and be amazed how her contribution to your special day will be the so called icing on the cake! Oh, and an added bonus...we are coming up on our one year anniversary, for which Laurie's anniversary gift is making us a small sampling of what we experienced that incredible day instead of a one year old frozen piece!!! read more

Thank you for the absolutely delicious wedding and groom's cake and for bringing my daughter's vision to a reality. You were wonderful to work with and our cakes were perfection! So yummy and beautiful! read more

We tried a couple of different cake places in Santa Barbara and the tastings were OK, but Laurie from Room for Cake blew us away by making tiny cakes in every flavor we wanted to try. We couldn't decide, so ended up picking a chocolate orange and very vanilla one. When she actually delivered them the day of the wedding, they actually took my breath away the first time I saw them. They were stunning--simple, elegant, and delicious. She was also very easy to work with. I could not recommend Room for Cake more. read more