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***NOTE TO POTENTIAL CLIENTS: After 16 beautiful years, we have decided to retire the business. We wish you WONDERFUL choices in your wedding & future marriage and thank you for all the love & support we've gotten all these years!

Sweet Cheeks Baking Company, located in San Diego, California since 2007, is a renowned bakery that offers custom treats for weddings, among other special events. Elaine and her team of talented bakers & artists strive to bring fun and high-quality service to every event. The team realizes that a wedding cake is one of the most photographed items at any wedding event, so they work to make each cake as beautiful as possible, using the best ingredients to create delicious cakes with flair.

Experience - About the Founders

Sweet Cheeks Baking Co's creations have been featured multiple times on Food Network and TLC (and won Food Network's Cupcake Wars!) Elaine is also a wine educator & Certified Sommelier and graduate of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, while Donna served for 10 years as a chef for Presidents Clinton and Bush. Today, the team provides nearly 400 wedding cakes and dessert buffets to clients each year.

Services Offered

Other than wedding cakes, Sweet Cheeks Baking Company offers a number of custom-designed desserts for events, including specialty cookies (monogram cookies and photo cookies too!), cupcakes, grooms' cakes & partner's cakes, mini pies, and dessert buffets. Dessert items can also be provided for those with dietary restrictions, including gluten-free, nut-free, lactose-free and vegan options. Other services provided by Sweet Cheeks include:

  • Consultations
  • Private tastings
  • Delivery
  • Set up

Pricing averages $9-11/guest

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for wedding cakes with buttercream frosting (per slice, without tax)?

$9

What is the starting price for fondant wedding cakes (per slice, without tax)?

$10

What is the starting price for cupcakes (per cupcake, without tax)?

$2

What services do your prices include?

Custom Cake Design

What types of desserts do you provide?

Cookies
Cupcakes
Dessert Buffet
Groom's Cake
Pastries

What services do you provide?

Consultations
Custom Design
Delivery
Setup
Tastings - Private

What cake items do you provide?

Cake Stands
Cake Toppers

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Lactose Free
Vegan

What special ingredients do you use?

Fresh Fruit
Local
Organic

Are you licensed by the state health department?

Yes

Reviews of Sweet Cheeks Baking Company

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Elizabeth Sent on 09/19/2022
5 out of 5 rating

perfect, delicious wedding cake!

Sweet Cheeks Baking Co. has the best cake I have ever tasted in my life! My wife Karli and I are so happy that we got our cake with them. They were really easy to communicate with throughout our planning process. Sweet Cheeks adapted their tasting during COVID to a take-home tasting box, and I loved the experience. We ended up choosing a strawberry champagne flavored cake, along with a vanilla cake that had fresh berries and lemon curd. We loved it so much, we ordered another tier to eat after our wedding, too. I highly recommend this bakery for any event / wedding!
Carey
Carey Sent on 07/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding cake of my dreams!!!

For my wedding, I was blessed with an INCREDIBLE, MAGNIFICENT, FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL experience of working with Elaine from Sweet Cheeks Baking Co.!!! Elaine just GOT ME! I swear, in another life, me and her were sisters! She got my sense of humor as well as my vision! I gave her a rough idea of my hopes and dreams in cake form, and she put into reality (with her extraordinary team of bakers and artists) the wedding cake of my dreams! Elaine provided drawings and pictures and the funniest emails EVER to really make sure I was confident in what they would create! And boy oh boy did they deliver! They also allowed me to rent a gorgeous cake stand that matched the cake style perfectly, and safely delivered and setup the cake (or delicious artistic masterpiece, I should say) to absolute perfection!! When I saw the cake, I was over the moon! I didn't have to compromise in the slightest, it was EVERYTHING, and then some! Elaine... I LOVE YOU and your team! Thank you for all you did for me and Adam! We are so lucky we had Sweet Cheeks as part of our wedding! HUGS!!!! xoxo
Also…. I almost forgot to mention, we had the Triple Chocolate and the Fresh Lemon Berry cake! Both were very loved by our guests and we purchased for 124 attendees (which was or original guest count, but only 105 ended up coming). The only thing I would change would be actually getting some cake! Other than the bite we got for the cutting, Adam and I didn’t get any cake! I guess the guests loved it so much they ate it all!!! Lol
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Gracie Sent on 03/09/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend Sweet Cheeks!

Sweet Cheeks did a fantastic job with our cake and assorted cupcakes. The cake looked amazing and all of the flavors were delicious. We loved being able to have a variety of flavors for guests to choose from. They also made us monogramed cookies as our wedding favor. Those were a hit! Our wedding was postponed twice due to covid. The team at Sweet Cheeks was flexible and responsive throughout the process and postponements. I highly recommend Sweet Cheeks!
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Kristin Sent on 01/13/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Scrumptious!

The Sweet Cheeks Bakery team provided our wedding guests with scrumptious cupcakes! We had a simple, single tiered cake to ourselves. Our cake flavor was Smashing Pumpkin, and our cupcakes were Smashing Pumpkin, Fresh Lemon Berry, and Triple Chocolate Darkness.The cake itself was a perfect blend of pumpkin and cream cheese; it was so delicious! As for the cupcakes, our guests kept going back for more!

Because of the pandemic, our cake tasting involved us picking up the samples and trying them at home. The process was easy and Candace was super welcoming when I arrived. We also decided to rent cupcake stands through Sweet Cheeks. The team was great about providing options for us to choose from.

After our wedding, we returned all the rented stands at the bakery. Our dog was waiting in the car, and Elaine came out to say hi to us and our dog, and we chatted about our wedding. It was so nice of her to come out and see how our day went!

We would definitely order from Sweet Cheeks Bakery again!
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Simone Sent on 09/08/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Delicious!

Our cake was absolutely stunning and everything we had hoped for! Besides getting married the thing I looked most forward to one our wedding day was the cake! I had been dreaming/thinking about it since we had our tasting! All of our guests raved about how delicious the cake was. I would highly recommend getting your wedding cake from here not only are they beautiful but the taste is amazing and will leave your guests talking about it.
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Jin S. Sent on 06/19/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Best bakery ever!!

I can’t thank Lauren and her team at SweetCheeks enough! I had a very specific wedding cake in mind and when I contacted other vendors they either told me it was not possible or it would be very hard to make. But when I contacted Lauren she was willing to do anything to help me make my dream cake come true! She even drew me a picture of what my cake would look like and I was super excited to see the cake in real life! The whole team was very professional and super kind throughout the whole process! I ended up having faux cake for show which came out exactly the way I imagined and backup cakes to eat. The groom’s favorite was “Marbled with love” and mine was “the Sicilian.” We ordered extra big cakes so we could have two slices! I’m just sad I couldn’t eat 3 slices that night! Even my dad had 2 slices and everyone complimented on how delicious the cake was! Thank you so so much SweetCheeks!
Brianna
Brianna Sent on 03/17/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Best Cake Choice!

Sweet Cheeks did our wedding cake and it was amazing!! They were so helpful from the start and every cake we tested was delicious. We went with a lemon cake and all of our guests loved it, not to mention it was decorated beautifully. I would absolutely recommend them for any wedding!
Cathy
Cathy Sent on 01/19/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible Cake

We live in the Sacramento, CA area and had planned a small destination wedding in San Diego. We relied solely on reviews to pick our vendors for the event. From my first contact to my very last, everyone I dealt with was so helpful, polite and accommodating. I had a very vague idea of what I wanted, but after speaking with Elaine and answering a few questions, she came up with a beautiful design which fit us perfectly. Her creativity and expertise showed in the simple but elegant design which matched elements of my dress. She is truly an artist. The cake was so delicious, moist, creamy and the tiramisu filling was incredible. Elaine and crew deserve a "10" in our book!
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Alex Sent on 10/02/2019
5 out of 5 rating

They were amazing!

Sweet Cheeks bakery was awesome!! They were so easy to work with and made both wedding cake and grooms cake of our dreams! We sat with them and were able to custom make the design we wanted and they executed every detail. I would highly recommend using them for you wedding cake!
Kristen
Kristen Sent on 09/01/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The Sweetest Wedding Day!

From start to finish, Sweet Cheeks baking made our wedding dreams a reality! Elaine and her entire staff were so amazing throughout the entire process from selecting wedding cake flavors, to design to delivery. They are an incredible team and it shows through the service you receive. Elaine and her team helped us design a unique hand-painted wedding cake for our reception and a wonderful Groom’s Cake surprise for my husband during our friends and family after-party. The cake itself – let’s just say DELICIOUS!...And we visited a few bakeries for taste testings in the area before making our final selection. Hands down – Sweet Cheeks far surpassed the rest. Our guests ranted and raved about the taste of the cake! Elaine and her Sweet Cheeks team absolutely nailed it! Your clear and only choice for the most important day of your life is Sweet Cheeks Baking! You will not be disappointed!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
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Professional Network & Endorsements

54 Endorsements
Spotlight Studios Spotlight Studios Wedding Photographers

Such delicious cakes!! Super beautiful creations you will love! Very professional team as well!

Events Inspired Events Inspired Wedding Planners

We absolutely LOVE working with the Sweet Cheeks team! Their cakes + desserts are not only extremely delicious, but the presentation is wonderful as well. Our clients are always so impressed with how great their dessert table turns out. Since they also also offer cake stands, trays, and platters to rent it makes it that much easier for the client. Communication prior to event is great, and they always deliver on-time the day of events.

Mobile Beauty Team Mobile Beauty Team Wedding Hair & Makeup

Our brides in San Diego have used this company many times and the cakes that come out of here are AMAZING! Great customer service too!

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