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Your Sweet Expectations of Cotati, California creates delectable cakes and desserts for your wedding event. The experienced owner lends her cake decorating expertise to the process of planning and baking cakes and desserts that are as delicious in taste as they are extraordinary in appearance. Enjoy the convenience of a consultation, custom design, private tasting and delivery and setup provided by Your Sweet Expectations.

Experience
The owner – Carolyn – is a certified cake decorating teacher and certified food safety manager through the National Registry of Food Safety. Her 31 years of cake decorating experience serves her clients with professionalism and quality dessert items perfect for a memorable celebration.

Products Offered
Your Sweet Expectations offers various possible dessert items for your wedding event, including custom cakes, cookies, croquembouche, cupcakes, a dessert buffet and groom’s cakes. The various dessert items can be adapted to accommodate gluten free and lactose free dietary needs.


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Frequently asked questions

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

$8

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

$3

What types of desserts do you provide?

Cookies
Croquembouche
Cupcakes
Dessert Buffet
Groom's Cake

What services do you provide?

Consultations
Custom Design
Delivery
Setup
Tastings - Private

What cake items do you provide?

Cake Stands

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Lactose Free

What special ingredients do you use?

Fresh Fruit

Are you licensed by the state health department?

Yes

Reviews of Your Sweet Expectations

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Amy F. Sent on 11/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful, delicious cake!

For our wedding we had a two tier cake with chocolate cake, raspberry preserves, and chocolate mousse on one tier and pink champagne cake, strawberry mousse, and strawberry preserves on the other. Both were delicious, and it was a beautiful cake!
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Kate Sent on 08/26/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent Experience and Delicious Cake!

We worked with Your Sweet Expectations for our wedding cake. Overall, it was a great experience! We loved the take-away tasting plate that was put together and the worksheet that allowed us to build our perfect cake. The cake was SO GOOD and it looked beautiful.
Lexi
Lexi Sent on 10/02/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Delicious and Beautiful!

Carolyn and her team baked the perfect cake for my wedding! It was absolutely delicious and all the guests couldn’t stop talking about how much they loved it! I would highly recommend Carolyn and her crew.
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Chelsea Sent on 06/24/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Thank You!

Carolyn created a beautiful two-tier cake for our small 50-person wedding and it was absolutely perfect. We opted for white cake with buttercream icing and layers of raspberry cream and fresh raspberry. YUM. Many of our guests commented that it was the best cake they'd had at a wedding and I wholeheartedly agree! Carolyn was easy to work with, responsive, and so kind. Highly recommend!
Sara
Sara Sent on 11/11/2018
5 out of 5 rating

The perfect cake!

We had a destination wedding this July in Rohnert Park and Carolyn was awesome to work with for our wedding cake. We unfortunately didn't have the pleasure to meet her in person and do tastings as my husband and I don't live in California but we are so glad we went with Your Sweet Expectations.

After a couple phone conversations with Carolyn we decided to play it safe and stick with a 3 tier Vanilla cake (2 tiers of chocolate icing and 1 strawberry!) and it turned out AMAZING. I wish I wasn't the bride so I could have indulged in a few slices. It was so beautifully decorated and our friends and family said it was the BEST cake they've ever had - I have to agree.
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Marie Sent on 09/18/2018
5 out of 5 rating
We LOVED working with Carolyn and her team at Your Sweet Expectations. The shop is adorable, and the staff was a delight to work with. We had already arranged for a variety of desserts at the wedding, but wanted a small two-tier celebratory cake. Carolyn perfectly captured our vision with a simple but elegant design, which packed a lot of flavor. They have several options to choose from, fillings and icing, but we went with the pink champagne cake with raspberry/cream and cream cheese fillings and the whipped cream cheese icing. SOOO YUMMY. The cake tasted so good that we regretted not ordering a larger one.

We definitely recommend this bakery. They are very easy to work with, responsive, and deliver too! A huge THANK you to Your Sweet Expectations team. We’ll be back for more tasty treats soon.
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Corinn Sent on 12/26/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Caroline and her team did our wedding cake and cupcakes this year, and everything was phenomenal! After helping to coordinate a special tasting event to my specifications, we officially selected them, and Caroline worked with me personally to ensure that we had the right selection, flavors, and pricing. She took care of everything, making it a no-stress situation, and was flexible in coordinating the return of their cake stand. Oh, and the cake was DELICIOUS!!
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Heide Sent on 12/20/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Loved our wedding cake! All the guests commented on how amazing it looked and tasted. I highly recommend her!
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Carol Sent on 12/20/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We has Carolyn do the wedding cake and dessert bar for my daughters wedding at Silverado Resort. Carolyn and her staff are amazing, we could not have asked for a better vendor. The cake was beyond our expectation and tasted amazing. They also provided a dessert bar that was over the top. If anyone is getting married definitely use them you will not be disappointed and extremely affordable what else could anyone want.
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Denise Sent on 10/29/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Carolyn was a joy to work with from day one! I can't say enough about what a wonderful woman she is and how easy she made all the dessert planning for our wedding. The cake, cupcakes, mini cheesecakes and cookies were all delicious and beautifully presented. Our guests raved about all of them. I highly recommend Carolyn and Your Sweet Expectations bakery - you will not be disappointed! Thank you, Carolyn, for making our wedding day extra special!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2016 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2015 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2014 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2013 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2012 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

9 Endorsements
Wine Country Bride Boutique Wine Country Bride Boutique Wedding Dresses

Beautiful and delicious cakes and they are very sweet and genuine, a pleasure to work with.

Perfect Day Events Perfect Day Events Wedding DJs

If you are looking for a wedding cake or cupcakes made by a true pro with love..then look no further. I have seen her work for years, and it is always beautiful on time, well presented and delicious. Highly recommended A + A + A + A + A + Noel Plumb

Warner's Whole Heart Events Warner's Whole Heart Events Wedding Planners

The cakes are beautiful and delicious. Carolyn is easy to work with and reliable.

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