There are not a lot of bakeries in Hilo that make wedding cakes. The first one I contacted was extremely expensive and not very friendly. My caterer recommended that we call this one. Coen was super friendly over the phone and offered very reasonable prices for our small wedding cake (35 people, 2 round tiers of 10" & 8"). We wanted to use our own flowers to decorate the cake and Coen was happy to accommodate this request. He also let me bring in our own platter to put the cake on for an added personal touch.
We were planning our wedding from California, so we couldn't taste the cakes ourselves, but my parents live nearby, so I sent my mom to taste the cake. She paid a reasonable tasting fee ($5.50) and enjoyed a delicious slice of our requested flavor (white cake with lilikoi filling and vanilla buttercream).
On our wedding day, Coen delivered the cake to the wedding site for a modest delivery fee. It looked lovely, and when I finally got to taste it I was so happy.
I think there is some tradition about freezing a piece of wedding to eat on your first anniversary, but the cake was so delicious we couldn't resist eating all the leftovers the next day. Hopefully we can just order another one from Coen for our anniversary!
One other note: In all our hectic rushing around before the wedding, one of my favorite relaxing moments was sitting at the picnic table outside the bakery enjoying a maple bacon donut with my soon to be husband.
