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Dianne Rockwell The Cake Lady

Dianne Rockwell The Cake Lady

Lancaster, MA
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    Berfun T. Sent on 09/12/2023
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    AMAZING experience

    I had the absolute pleasure of working with the incredibly talented Dianne Rockwell the Cake Lady for our wedding cake, and I cannot recommend her highly enough. From start to finish, the experience was nothing short of exceptional.

    First and foremost, the cake design was absolutely stunning. It exceeded our expectations in every way. The attention to detail and the level of craftsmanship that went into creating our wedding cake left us in awe. Dianne was incredibly accommodating and receptive to our ideas and vision. Her expertise and guidance were invaluable in helping us make decisions about flavors, sizes, and design elements.

    She is also a delight to be around. Her warm and pleasant demeanor made every interaction enjoyable. Planning a wedding can be a stressful experience, but her positivity and professionalism put us at ease throughout the entire process.

    And let's not forget the most important part—the taste! The cake was not only a visual masterpiece but also a culinary delight. It tasted absolutely amazing. So many of our guests came up to us and raved about how it was the best wedding cake they had ever had. It was a true crowd-pleaser, and we couldn't have been happier with the flavors we chose.
    If you're looking for a wedding cake that's not only visually stunning but also a taste sensation, and you want to work with a vendor who is easygoing and delightful, look no further. We are so grateful to have had her create our wedding cake, and it was undoubtedly one of the highlights of our special day. Thank you for making our wedding that much more memorable with your incredible talent and wonderful personality.
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    Dustin A. Sent on 06/13/2023
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    Let them eat cake

    For our wedding cake we reached out to Dianne aka the cake lady, and she hit it out of the park. We were able to do a three tiered cake with each tiere being a different flavor. The cake was extremely moist, not too sweet, and had the perfect cake to filling ratio. Also she goes above and beyond be serving cake rounds instead of sheet cake to make your guests feel they are all get a piece of the actual wedding cake.

    Dianne Rockwell The Cake Lady's reply:

    Dustin, thanks so much for your kind message- it was my pleasure to be a part of your and Diana's most important day- congratulations!
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    Carolyn A. Sent on 12/31/2021
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    Beautiful Cake, Incredible Taste!

    We cannot say enough about Dianne's cake! It was beautiful in appearance and absolutely delicious in taste! The detail on the cake and then within each layer was amazing! She is a true master at baking!! Would recommend her to anyone!
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    Michelle P. Sent on 11/28/2021
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    So Delicious

    Her cakes are delicious, so light and moist. We loved our cake and so did our guests! I would definitely buy another cake from her for future events!
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    Jane K. Sent on 08/19/2021
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    Birthday Cakes to Wedding Cakes

    Dianne used to make my birthday cakes until I was about five-years-old when she began strictly making wedding cakes only. My family waited 21 years to taste Dianne's incredible cakes again. I'm not really a cake person in general, usually at another person's wedding I skip the cake altogether. Dianne's cakes, however, are not to be missed! No matter how intricate or large, it will always be the best cake in the world: incredibly moist with the most delicious frosting! All of our wedding guests made a point to compliment our cake as they were leaving for the night. And can we just talk about her sugar flowers? I had to convince so many people that they weren't real flowers! She is the most talented person I know. Dianne is terrific to work with: she has so many designs and flavors to choose from ,and even took my pinspiration to make my dream wedding cake. I'm going to recommend her for all of my friends' weddings so I don't have to wait for my kids to get married before I can have her cakes again! Side note, I had two cakes: one for my COVID ceremony in 2020 and the second for my reception in 2021. "I'm sorry your wedding plans had to change due to the pandemic?" "Why? I got to have two of Dianne's cakes in a year!"
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    Jaclyn B. Sent on 10/26/2020
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    Must Have!

    For years my aunt INSISTED that I hire The Cake Lady for my wedding when the time came and I am SO glad that I did! For starters, Dianne was so accommodating and flexible when our wedding plans changed due to COVID-19. She worked with us and was more than willing to adapt to our smaller wedding and our new plan when the day came. I sent her some photos of our centerpieces and the design she came up with was perfect. She even was able to incorporate a little paw print at my request to symbolize our sweet little puppy who couldn't be at the wedding! Our cake was absolutely beautiful but even more importantly DELICIOUS. We decided on maple walnut cake with a cream cheese filling, and almond cake with a raspberry cream filling and they were both phenomenal. Guests were raving about the cake and there was hardly any maple walnut left at the end of the night. At the morning after brunch, we had requests from guests to put any left over cake out, and it was all gone within minutes. Everyone remarked that it was the best cake they had ever tasted. We already can't wait until our 1st Anniversary to dig back in!
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    Guests loved our cake!!!

    Cake was delicious and was the perfect balance of elegant and tasteful!
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    In a word fabulous.

    Can not recommend enough. So easy to work with, even from a distance, She traveled 121 miles to deliver the cake for my daughter's wedding. So many flavors to choose from and the best tasting, most moist wedding cake I have ever tasted. Dianne was so easy to work with and had good suggestions which helped us make the final decision on flavors and design, as well as a cake tasting to decide on flavors. That's right, flavors, my daughter ended up with 5 different ones.
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    Jennifer N. Sent on 09/08/2019
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    Amazing Cake and it looked Beautiful

    We chose Dianne the Cake Lady because it was part of our package at Butternut Farms Golf Club. I was a bit apprehensive about not meeting her, getting to taste flavors, and having limited options design wise. Hope reassured me that her cakes are always amazing and moist. They have worked with Dianne for many years. On our wedding day, I saw our cake and was amazed at how beautiful it turned out. Then when we tasted it. It was by far the best cake either of us had ever had. She also put aside the top layer and gave us instructions on how to freeze it for our first anniversary. We are looking forward to eating that part.
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    Margaret L. Sent on 09/28/2020
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    Delicious & Gorgeous Cake

    Our wedding venue, Butternut Farm Golf Club, recommended The Cake Lady & I’m so glad we went with her! It was so easy and the cake was beautiful and delicious.
    Because we chose our package with the venue to include the cake, picking the cake was really fast & easy. We had 6 design options to pick from & a list of so many flavors to combine. We went with 2 flavors: key lime cake with a raspberry filling for one tier and chocolate chocolate chip with chocolate buttercream. The cake was really good - I had so many friends & family tell me that it was the best wedding cake they had ever had. We had a 3 tier cake to cut & then Dianne made extra rounds so that there would be enough cake for all of our guests (about 150).
    I followed the top tier cake freezing instructions to the letter, because of COVID we did unfreeze the top tier at about 6 months to free up some freezer space, but we re-froze 2 slices to enjoy on our one year anniversary. We ate the rest of the cake at 6 months and it was still really delicious (I would not have known the cake was frozen). I would definitely recommend Dianne to everyone - her cake was amazing!
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    Ann Sent on 11/29/2018
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    Most Beautiful and Delicious Wedding Cake Ever

    Dianne's wedding cakes are simply amazing. Not only do they look beautiful, they are by far the best wedding cake I've ever tasted. Her gallery of pictures on her web site is great for ideas. She is great to work with and flexible regarding requests.
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    Erin S. Sent on 02/08/2019
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    So beautiful, so delicious!

    Dianne has an amazing reputation in Central Massachusetts for creating the most magical, delicious, gorgeous cakes. She creates the most exquisite David Austin roses, sweet pea blossoms with spiraling tendrils, and subtle colors to mimic nature's beauty. She delivers them and hand-finishes them on-site herself. Growing up, my mom was a wedding planner. She would come home and tell me stories about the ultimate wedding cakes: the best were always created by Dianne. She is so sweet and kind, and right there with you on your vision for the most beautiful cake. Our cake was exquisite, flavors were DELICIOUS and unique. Pistachio cake with mango filling, lemon with raspberry filling. Guests loved it! Can't wait for anniversary slice. (P.S. definitely select one of her cake stands, so beautiful!)
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    Erika Sent on 02/02/2018
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    It was such a pleasure working with Dianne to design our custom wedding cake. My husband and I both fell in love with her gorgeous and life like sugar flower work, we knew that’s what we wanted incorporated into our cake. The cake tasted delicious and looked absolutely beautiful. We can’t thank Dianne enough for turning our vision into a reality
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    Chantal Sent on 11/04/2017
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    Dianne was absolutely amazing to work with for our wedding cake. Her creativity is unmatched and we could tell right from the start that she just has a passion for cake baking, and truly cares about making a couple's cake vision come to life. When it came to design, we knew we wanted an elegant but simple cake design, and Dianne far exceeded our expectations, the cake was beautiful! At our tasting, we tried several of her cake flavors and all were so delicious! In the end we selected carrot cake with cream cheese filling, almond cake with raspberry filling, and mint chocolate chip cake with chocolate buttercream filling. I will dream about the mint chocolate chip cake for the rest of my life, it was so good! Our guests LOVED it and so did we!! I also worked with Dianne to create a surprise Red Sox themed groom's cake for my husband, and she took every step to not only make sure it was perfect in design, but to also make sure it remained a surprise! I cannot say enough amazing things about Dianne, she is simply one of a kind!!

    Dianne Rockwell The Cake Lady's reply:

    Chantal- you are the sweetest and it was fun working with you! Thank you for your heartfelt comments, they really made my day!
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    Courtney Sent on 09/06/2017
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    Dianne created a dairy free masterpiece!!! Both the bride and groom are lactose intolerant and that wasn't a problem for Dianne. Everyone commented about how good the cake was and said they couldn't tell it was dairy free. The cake was so light and the frosting so good!!!

    Dianne Rockwell The Cake Lady's reply:

    Thank you so much Courtney... this means a lot. I'm glad you and your guests all enjoyed the cake! And congratulations!
    Dianne
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    Brianna Sent on 07/13/2017
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    Dianne is amazing and so incredible. She brought what I had pictured in my head to LIFE and she bakes with so much experience and love. Our cake was easily the best cake I have ever tasted and it was certainly the most stunning. Such intricate details! Thank you!!
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    Mary Sent on 07/01/2017
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    There are no words in the English language that can possibly capture the deliciousness and beauty of the wedding cake that Dianne Rockwell-The Cake Lady, created for our daughter's wedding on June 25, 2017. It tasted like it was made from the angels above and came from heaven, just for the bride and groom. Everything about it was exquisite. And I know what her secret ingredient is- LOVE! It is obvious that this sweet, kind, gentle woman really cares and loves what she does. Our guest are still talking about the cake. Really the BEST decision will be to have Dianne Rockwell create your wedding cake. She will work with the flavors you want and your wedding budget. Hopefully, there will be some left for you after the big day!...... We are grateful that we were referred to Dianne Stockwell by our planner at Tower Hill Botanic Garden.
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    Dianne really helped us out with picking the perfect cake. We had the unique obstacle of having multiple people having gluten allergies, including the bride! Dianne sat down with us and gave us some samples, and though she was initially hesitant with her own talent regarding making a gluten-free cake, it was among the best GF cakes we had tasted. She basically walks you through every step of the process, and lets you know what's needed at all times. She also has a massive back-catalog of previous cakes to take inspiration from. She even lends you a cake stand for a small fee to go with the cake if you need it. Highly recommended.
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    Katie Sent on 01/16/2017
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    Dianne's work is impeccable. Not only did our cake come out more beautiful than we could have hoped for it was also 10/10 delicious! She was super responsive to any questions we had and so easy to work with. I highly recommend her! We wouldn't chose anyone else if we were to do it again!
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    Dianne Rockwell was amazing. She made our wedding cake to our specifications even though what we wanted was completely customized. She was attentive and patient. The cake tasting was super fun. Booking our cake with her with so easy and we knew there was nothing to worry about. It was the easiest part of the wedding planning. Service was impeccable and reliable. Her cakes are absolutely delicious.
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    Dianne just did our wedding cake, and it was perfect. Dianne is so wonderful to work with, and she makes amazing cakes! For the cake tasting, she sends you home with little mini cakes that you can share with your family for extra opinions-- we loved that! We chose 2 different flavor combinations: chocolate-raspberry & raspberry and raspberry & lemon. We were told by many guests that the cake was fabulous! Dianne also arranged fresh flowers on our cake herself, and they looked perfect! I highly recommend Dianne Rockwell the Cake Lady!
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    Diane was amazing!! From the minute I contacted her she was quick to respond and answered all of my questions. She met with us and we did a tasting very soon after. She was so accommodating as we only wanted a small ceremonial cake. The day of the wedding, I was stunned as to how beautiful our cake was. Every detail we discussed was perfect and and the cake itself was delicious! We had a few friends over the next day and shared some with them... They raved about it!!! I will gladly recommend her to anyone looking for a cake! She has an A+ in my book!!
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    We can't say enough about Dianne and her cakes! We had visited many other bakers before finding her and I was disappointed with how inflexible and expensive they were. I had all but given up on having a cake at all (cupcakes or a candy station?) when we found Dianne. Not only was she super flexible and creative to help us stay in budget but she made our perfect design come to life. Once we realized we could have our design within budget I thought, well this won't be the most amazing tasting cake but hey cake is cake right? Was I wrong! HEr cakes are to die for! And she even worked with us to add a flavor not on her list that I had my heart set on.
    From start to finish working with Dianne was so stress-free and a breath of fresh air. Our cake was gorgeous, represented us, and stayed within budget to boot. We would highly recommend Dianne to anyone looking for their dream cake and will use her again in the future for other occasions!
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    When my husband and I were planning our rustic barn wedding we visited several vendors until we found one that was just right. Diane was the first and only cake vendor we had to meet with. We instantly were pleased upon our first consult with her. Diane was listed as a preferred vendor for our wedding venue and I can see why! She responded to my online request for a consult promptly. For our first consult, we reviewed the flavors we would like to try and looked at photos of the beautiful cakes Diane has designed. She was very easy to work with and flexible with design ideas. I showed her some pictures of cakes I had pinned on Pinterest. For our second consult, we tried three different flavors and loved them all so we had 3 different flavored tiers. I sent Diane my cake stand and cake topper and she exceeded my expectations for the rustic cake design. My cake was the one thing my guests really couldn't stop talking about.
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    I can't say enough wonderful things about Dianne and her beautiful cakes (that are works of art!)
    Dianne made our wedding cake, and other than marrying each other, I think her cakes were the part of the wedding we were most excited about. I can't recommend Dianne's cakes enough.
    1) There are so many delicious flavors to choose from. We choose lemon cake with raspberry filling, white cake with strawberry filling, and mint chocolate chip (yum!) The is not any additional cost for the flavors, and people are still coming us to up to ask us how they can get more cake.
    2) When you go to sample the cake, you get to bring home small cakes for your family etc. to taste the cake as well. This was really appreciated.
    3) Dianne is a cake magician. Other bakers that we spoke to said that the intricate designs (such as you would see on tv shows) are made through using fondant (not frosting.) My fiance does not like the taste of fondant, and most bakers said that if we wanted to use buttercream frosting, we could not have a complicated design. Dianne did not have such limits. Using only buttercream frosting, she made a three tier cake including frosting with scroll work design, sugar flowers, a lace design and pearl quilting.
    4) Dianne's pricing is very fair and transparent. We also were able to take advantage of having a sheet cake in the kitchen (that was less per slice than the tiered cake) but no one could tell the difference.
    5) Dianne herself is a true delight. I am so happy I got to work with her, and have her delicious cake. I can't wait for my next party so I can order one of her cakes again!
    6) Dianne delivered the cake to the venue safely in the cake-safe, and I never worried about anything.

    We whole heartedly recommend Dianne's cakes for your wedding. They are delicious and beautiful, and she is wonderful to work with.

    Dianne Rockwell The Cake Lady's reply:

    Jamie, thank you so much for your sweet review- what a wonderful Monday morning message to find! It was a pleasure working with you both on your design, and I wish you all the best.
    Dianne
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