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Zingerman's Bakehouse

Zingerman's Bakehouse

Ann Arbor, MI
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    The Most Beautiful and Delicious Wedding Cake!

    Our wedding cake was a highly anticipated part of our special day, and the team at Zingerman’s Bakehouse truly exceeded all of our expectations. During our initial consultation, Alyce was extremely helpful in guiding us through the many design options and hand-sketched the most beautiful cake that perfectly captured our wedding style and vision. The tasting box that they put together for us was absolutely delicious, and my husband and I had the best time picking out flavors from their many offerings and recommendations before finally deciding on their vanilla chiffon cake with lemon curd and raspberry buttercream. We really wanted to incorporate fresh floral arrangements on our cake, and the Zingerman’s Bakehouse team worked seamlessly with our florist to coordinate the design and set-up. On the day of our wedding, the cake was stunning and exactly how we envisioned it, and our guests endlessly complimented how absolutely delicious it was. After our wedding, the Bakehouse team also went above and beyond to help us coordinate for a replacement top tier for our anniversary after our hotel mistakenly threw ours away. We really can't thank Zingerman’s Bakehouse enough for their incredible work and for making the entire process easy and stress-free. We highly recommend Zingerman’s Bakehouse to any other couples looking for a beautiful and delicious cake for their big day.
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    The Most Beautiful Cake

    Our cake was everything I wanted it to be. It was absolutely gorgeous (though I may be biased, we got to help design the cake), and it tasted absolutely phenomenal. We had three cake flavors, and our guests had a blast being able to try them all and pick their favorite (which was the apple spice cake). The whole process, from tasting and designing the cake to seeing it brought to life was so much fun and everything turned out so much better than I could have ever wanted!
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    Dena Sent on 05/03/2021
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    Absolutely Amazing

    We loved our wedding cake from Zingerman's Bakehouse. The cake tasting box was filled with delicious flavors to choose from. We chose the Buttermilk Cake with Lemon Buttercream filling and it was fantastic. The guest loved it and we were extremely pleased. My cake was created perfectly, i sent a few pictures of my vision and it was exactly like the picture. If you are looking for a cake just choose them, you won't regret it.
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    Ashley Sent on 11/04/2019
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    Detail oriented and attentive

    My fiance and I some ideas of what we wanted our cake to look like but for the most part were pretty clueless. The ideas we had were all over the place and our designer really went above and beyond. She captured what we were saying in one drawing and it was very impressive.
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    Grace Sent on 06/17/2018
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    We loved working with the Bakehouse! The cake was delicious, our guests loved it, and it was beautifully decorated. The sugar flowers were unbelievable, and even matched some of the flowers in the wedding. They even made a small gum paste version of our cat, which was awesome :) The cake matched the image we had initially discussed with them during the consultation, and came out even better than we imagined!
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    Courtney Sent on 09/16/2017
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    My husband and I are frequent Zingerman's customers- both at the deli and bakehouse. We love that they are a local business, excel in customer service, and use the highest quality ingredients. We did some other cake tastings in the Ann Arbor area, thinking that a Zingerman's wedding cake would not fit in our budget. Needless to say after cake tasting at other bakeries, we couldn't find the right fit for us and ended up at Zingerman's Bakehouse. We never looked back! Their cakes are seriously THE BEST, and we were amazed by the value. Their pricing is very competitive, and we felt the design, quality, and taste of their wedding cakes far exceeded any of the other places we tried. We felt at ease throughout the process, and they make multiple last minute adjustments for us. We received so many compliments from our guests saying it was the best wedding cake they had ever had! We also added a small gluten free cake at the last minute for some of our guests and appreciated the flexibility of Zingerman's Bakehouse to make that happen. We can't say enough good things about our experience with the Bakehouse and would highly recommend them! We are looking forward to our one year anniversary because we saved the top tier of our wedding cake and can't wait to enjoy it!
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    Morgan Sent on 05/31/2017
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    Love love love Zingermans!!! When my fiancé and I had our consultation we were treated like royalty and Alyce sketched out our dream cake right before our eyes! All of the flavors we tried were amazing to the point we couldn't decide what we wanted! About a week after I contacted zingermans asking if they could make certain cakes with fillings we hadn't tried yet and they did no questions asked. They are absolutely wonderful to work with if I could give 100000 stars I would. We will definitely use Zingermans in the future for special occasion cakes :)
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    Brian Sent on 02/13/2017
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    PERFECT experience and a piece of art at our wedding. So happy with how they were able to create what I had asked for. They also made custom cookies for our guests to take with them. Perfect experience.
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    We did not end up booking Zingerman's for our wedding, but I wanted to make sure and leave a positive review. Their staff was so nice and they worked with us to figure out what we wanted and their tasting experience is great! The cakes were delicious and they even gave us a tour of their facility. They use local and natural ingredients, which is very cool! I definitely recommend them!
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    Jennifer Sent on 01/29/2016
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    We love Zingerman's!! When we first sat down with Erin, my husband I really wanted cupcakes for our wedding because my husband is not a fan of cake. In fact, he would rather eat any other dessert besides cake. So, we talked to Erin about the different cupcake options, pricing and went on our merry way with our sample box of cakes. When we sat down and compared vendors, we decided to go with Zingerman's based on reputation, quality of baked goods and reliability. Plus, they are located literally down the road off of I-94, near our wedding venue, which was the Marriott in Ypsilanti and we knew they could get there, even in a snow storm (if that ended up happening on our wedding day).

    Well, something amazing when we took the cake home. My husband and I loved every sample! Yes, my husband LOVED the cake! He loved the samples so much that he said that we needed to have an actual cake, instead of cupcakes, so that everyone could enjoy the wonderful flavors!

    We worked with Emily on our New Year's Eve wedding cake. She designed a beautiful, classy and blinged out cake! We chose three different flavors for each tier of the cake. We went with the chocolate, the humingbird and the vanilla chiffon. Elise made our cake, as Erin was on maternity leave, and it turned out amazing! We had a lot of complements on how the cake looked and guests raved about how amazing the cake tasted! We highly recommend Zingerman's for your wedding cake. Erin and Elise were fantastic to work with and they walked us through the entire design process and they made things so easy for us. Our wedding cake was one of the few things I didn't have to worry about on our wedding day.

    We took home the top tier of our cake and I called Zingerman's after our wedding and they told me how to wrap the cake and store it in the freezer. We are happily still enjoying our cake and it's still moist! I promise you won't be sorry if you choose them as your cake vendor!
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    Wedding cake was delicious!!! We did a top sheet cake with cupcake base style wedding cake tree, my guest loved all the flavors we chose, Zingerman's did a fantastic job baking the cakes, and the cake tasting part was enjoyable as well! they gave us a sampler box for us to take home and taste so we could pick the flavors we like! Good service! Great value!
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    Zingerman's Bakehouse did an incredible job with my "naked" wedding cake! It was a 4-tiered cake (each tier was a different "fall" flavor), dusted with powdered sugar and covered with fresh flowers. It was the most beautiful cake I have ever seen in my life! I wouldn't recommend going anywhere but Zingerman's for your cake! They are the BEST!
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    Rob A. Sent on 09/25/2015
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    Our wedding cake from Zingerman's was exactly what we were looking for! They were great to work with. The cake, of course, was absolutely delicious. They were able to work with our budget and offer sheet cakes with so many unique and interesting flavors! So many guests told us it was the best wedding cake they had ever had. The cake consultation gave us a really great idea of how much everything would cost and the designs available (limitless) as well as trials of any flavor we'd like to try! We HIGHLY recommend!
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    We had the hummingbird cake at our wedding and people are still raving about it! It was amazingly delicious, and they created my dream cake from a picture flawlessly!
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    Di Sent on 08/29/2015
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    Great team! I had a design in mind and they literally created a sketch of my cake right on the spot. They were patient with me and my fiance as we requested flavor combinations. My guests loved our selection. Creative and delicious and accommodating. I will be ordering for other events based on the feedback from my family.
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    We had Zingerman's Bakehouse make 140 cupcakes for my wedding on 5/16/15. They were EXCELLENT, and everyone was asking about them. If you are looking for the best tasting cake/cupcakes, I highly recommend Zingerman's Bakehouse!
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    I've used Zingerman's in the past, so choosing them for my wedding was a no brainer. We received helpful guidance during our planning meeting, when we planned how everything would look. We also got a great box of tasty samples. We did cupcakes and a cake topper, and Zingerman's offers a great service where they build a tier for your cupcakes in your chosen colors. It makes everything look so professional! Our cupcakes tasted amazing and looked perfect. I am very pleased with how everything turned out.
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    Abigail Sent on 11/02/2014
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    Positively perfect! We wanted variety for our guests, and went with an assortment of cupcakes as well as a small cake for cutting. We featured fall flavors, and they made everything exactly as we envisioned, and arranged it wonderfully on pedestal plates we provided! Nearly every leftover cupcake was taken home by guests!
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    Shaina Sent on 10/27/2014
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    YUMMMMMMMMMMMM! Is all I have to say about Zingerman's Bakehouse. From the tasting to the design and final execution of my wedding cake, they were fantastic to work with. I couldn't wait to cut into that beautiful 5 tiered cake because I knew it would be a hit with my guests! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
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    As an Ann Arbor native, Zingerman’s is both one my standards for food excellence and one of my favorite places to eat.
    I’d had Bakehouse treats many times before, but never tried their wedding cake, so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I went in for our consultation. That said, the entire staff went above and beyond my expectations in every way, from our first consultation to designing our cake to the product they delivered to our wedding.
    My now-husband and I went in for our first consultation with a couple of ideas of what we wanted on our cake, including what we thought was a somewhat complicated symbol for the middle tier. They immediately took our ideas and drafted a perfect design on the first try, complete with a perfect rendering (and eventual execution) of the symbol. In addition to the design being perfect, the taste of all the samples, and our cake on the day itself, was absolutely delicious. I can’t say enough good things about the Zingerman’s Bakehouse wedding cake team and their confections.
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    Andrea Sent on 07/14/2014
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    Absolutely LOVED my cake!! Both the flavor and the design were well over my expectations! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect wedding cake. The actual cake even tasted better than the samples we tried.
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    Olivia Sent on 06/21/2014
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    The consultant at Zingerman's was very professional and friendly, and came up with a simply lovely design from the very mixed and disjointed things that interested my husband and me. When we saw the cake created from the consultant's design, I wished I didn't have to cut it because it was so beautiful, even better than I'd imagined. The layers of cake itself were moist with incredible flavor. Zingerman's Bakehouse is the perfect place to have a cake made. Any future event where I need a cake, I'm heading straight to them.
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    Zingerman's captured my picture/vision to a T and the cake was unbelievable although I didn't have any that night I can't wait to have our topper in one year :-)

    I know our guests loved all the different flavors we chose and the pictures of the cake are to die for.
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    Our wedding cake was absolutely delicious and gorgeous!! Every single one of our guests kept complementing us on our choice and that our cake was the best wedding cake they have ever had. Highly recommend!!!
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    Zingerman's bakehouse made our cake and it was glorious! Not only did the cake look amazing - the colors matched the invite sample I had given them perfectly and the design was exactly what I wanted - but it was all delicious, even down to the fondant. We had a really hard time deciding on flavors after the tasting (they were all wonderful!), but I think we chose well because we had NONE left at the end of the reception.
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    Working with them has been great! My fiance and I want a totally unique wedding cake but wasn't quite sure how we wanted the final design. Their designer sat with us and sketched up an awesome proposal while we were there. They also gave us a box of cake samples. I wasn't sold on the chocolate sample they gave us (there was only 1 in the sampling) and wanted to try others from their list - I called and let them know and they gave me a few other chocolate types to try for free. So far everything has gone smoothly. Their price was a little higher than others, but we knew that going in with a unique design it would be more expensive, and we budgeted accordingly. We actually came in under budget by doing their suggestion of a smaller cake plus extra sheet cakes. I am glad they offered that idea in order to help keep us in our budget and keep our business!
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    I didn't think I liked cake until I had our wedding cake from Zingerman's Bakehouse! It was amazing! It was a challenge deciding what kind to get because all of the tasting slices were so good! It was so easy to design our cake and they matched the colors perfectly! We would recommend Zingerman's to anyone! We might not be able to wait a year to eat the piece in our freezer.
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    Zingerman's was our favorite stop at school for a treat and we went to our cake tasting thinking we were just going to get a sample, but not expecting to get our cake from them as it is a little expensive. After just a few bites, we knew we couldn't pass it up. We ended up getting a smaller cake that we served at brunch the following morning and served another cake at the reception - and Zingerman's was very amenable to this arrangement. The cake was beautiful and exactly what I wanted. It was also delicious - everyone kept telling us it was the best they'd had. I would definitely recommend Zingerman's if you want a star dessert!
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    They were pleasant to work with, and we didn't even make appointments. We just walked in to check out what they had and we instantly wanted to use them. They have amazing flavors to choose from and we were able to have sheet cakes as well as a 2 tiered cake to cut the cost down. They did a great job!
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    Zingerman's has the best service ever! No surprise! They were super helpful in creating the perfect cake for our wedding, and we are so excited. They are a bit pricey, but as a huge Zingerman's fan I think it's worth it!
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    Very tasty, lots of flavor to choose from, professional
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    We used them for the grooms cake, the wedding cake, and the favors and before I get into the design, I just want to say that to cake was delicious and the people we worked with were incredible. All of our guests complemented us on the cake because a lot of the time wedding cakes can be pretty disappointing. To be honest, our wedding cake didnt end up looking as good as I would have hoped, I knew going into it my design idea was a bit out of the box, but I wish they would have just told me that it was unrealistic. The grooms cake was perfect and so were the cookie favors! Really cute. At the end of the day, I was pretty happy with how everything went because in my opinion, the taste is what is important.
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    The most amazing wedding cake I could have ever imagined!
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