We designed our own wedding cake with Joann. We were so happy with how it turned out. My husband and I thought it was the prettiest cake we had ever seen. The cake not only looked good but was delicious. Our cake was so colorful it had fondant. The fondant layer was about half an inch thick but also tasted good with a light orange-almond taste to it. If you get a cake by Joann definitely go with the chocolate fudge cake with mocha filling. It was yummy!

One of our wedding guests is a lover of all things "cake," and the best compliment I can give to Joann is that cake-lover proclaimed, "That was one of THE best cakes I've ever had. So buttery and MOIST!"

I spent LOTS of time at Joann's place, thumbing through pix of wedding cakes she's done. I talked to her about the possibilities, and she was SO helpful with advice of what would work and what wouldn't. She's been in the cake biz for a LOT of years, and she knows the in's and out's of wedding cakes!

One thing I especially appreciated: Joann has been at the same location for quite awhile. It's not in the trendiest part of town, so she doesn't charge an arm and a leg to cover high overhead to have a chic storefront. I appreciated that I did NOT have to pay an outrageous premium for a cake in order to cover the cost of a fancy storefront in a shee-shee foo-foo, trendy mall.

Loved that she has cake tastings every week. She has oodles of different flavors, so I narrowed it down to a few, and she made those particular cake/filling combos just for me.

Ended up choosing the most delectable lemon pound cake with a tart lemon filling (like lemon curd) for the actual wedding cake. She suggested a way to save money since she knew I didn't have a lot to spend: get a sheet cake. So, not only did we get a three-layer wedding cake, but we also got a large sheet cake of champagne white cake with rum cream filling. Delicious!

Joann knows all the questions to ask, and she's never in a rush. She's SO creative! I ended up ordering the fondant (something I'd NEVER heard of before) because I had a backyard reception in 85-degree weather, and buttercream frosting would not have held up. Perfect! I provided yellow gumballs, Lemonheads, and jawbreakers to go around the base of each layer. After looking at all of her creatively designed cakes in pix, I asked her to put a different white-on-white fondant design on each layer, and I ordered a fondant bow to go on top. The BEST surprise? When I arrived at my reception and first saw the cake, I noticed that she had put little yellow dots on the white fondant bow! I hadn't ordered the cake that way, but when I saw the "executive decision" she had made, I was SO PLEASED. The cake would've looked flat if the bow hadn't had a little pizzazz to balance out the yellow candies at the base of each layer. The cake was PERFECT!

I HIGHLY recommend Joann b/c of her EXPERIENCE, her willingness to work with customers, her easy-going manner, her WISE advice, and her creativity! The cake was delivered ON TIME, and the end product was MOIST and just plain yummalicious! So glad my guests could enjoy a tasty cake!

Cakes by Joann was provided by TorNino's Banquets. The package I chose for my wedding included a free cake from Cakes by Joann. We went in to view the bakery, they had many beautiful cakes displayed and cake samples which were yummy. In the end I went with the red velvet cake and the rasberry filling, I recieved many positive reviews from my guests.