A Spoonful of Sugar Reviews
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4.3 out of 5 rating
4.3 out of 5 rating
11 Reviews
86% recommend it
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Kathleen Sent on 02/17/2020
Yikes - cake gone wrong
Kathleen ignored 100% of the things she said she would do for our cake.
(only one of 4 tiers was cake, she made almost entirely sheet cake for our wedding)
The design, goodness, was bonkers. Pictures say more than words, check out what she did. Why she would show us her portfolio, know we liked delicate design and mauve colors... and make this colorful, childlike cake is beyond me. We expected what she called the confetti, but what she created was nothing like the confetti she showed us. For reference, top right photo is her cake we picked as a reference, bottom right the colors we said we liked, and the left is what she delivered.
Our other vendors were all super concerned about the cake ruining our photos. Guests certainly made comments about it. The cake just looked ridiculous.
It looked rushed and sloppy. Given that she texted me about the decorating at 12:30pm on the wedding day for our 3pm delivery is enough evidence to me it was rushed.
On our honeymoon she was anxious we didn't like the cake, and offered to "rectify", but when we reached out she refused to offer any amount of refund. I wasn't asking for the full cake to be refunded. Paying $1300 for this cake is a HUGE ripoff considering the cake was 3 tiers of Styrofoam, decorated last minute, looked nothing at all whatsoever like what we asked for...
People ate the cake. But the experience tasted disappointing.
Check out the photos:
Left side what she made
Right top: her portfolio cake we picked
Right bottom: the colors we agreed to -
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Markaley G. Sent on 06/19/2019Our only wedding vendor regret
***To be clear, my husband and I did receive a full refund for our wedding cake***
We booked Kathleen to bake our wedding cake in January for our wedding in June. At the first tasting, we booked Kathleen; her cakes were so delicious, full of unique flavor, and soft and fluffy.
A few things throughout the process leading up to our wedding went wrong, but nothing that caused us to rethink our decision— Kathleen canceling our first tasting the day before due to being sick, not responding to emails for several days or even a couple of weeks on more than a few occasions, canceling our second tasting the day of because she didn’t order an ingredient with enough time (but she did deliver a few samples to us the next day). Because of these inconsistencies, I checked in with Kathleen 3 days before our wedding to make sure everything was on track for our wedding cake. She responded with, “ Yep! Yep! Yep! Can’t wait!”
Going through with A Spoonful of Sugar cakes was the biggest mistake; we literally hated our wedding cake, which cost almost $1,000. The cake showed up late, after our guests had been seated for the reception. The frosting wasn’t even fondant (which we paid for) and it was messy and uneven, with holes and gaps. There were leaves stuck haphazardly around the cake, and we had specifically ordered white sugar flowers to be flowing around the cake. In addition, the flavors were off, and the cake was dry. Please see photos (first few photos are our wedding cake, last photo is our “inspiration” cake that had previously been made by Kathleen).
Our entire wedding was beautiful and elegant, and then there was the cake—completely opposite of everything it was supposed to be. I was so angry that I emailed Kathleen the night of our wedding. She responded that she was going through a health crisis and she apologized for the cake not meeting her usual standards. After she didn’t offer one, I asked for a refund, and she gave one to us. We got a refund, but our wedding photos include the cake, and it literally makes me sad and disappointed every time I see photos with the cake. -
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