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Zell's Cottage Bakery

Zell's Cottage Bakery

Gainesville, GA
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    Jesse S. Sent on 03/27/2024
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    Incredible and beautiful desserts!

    The dessert bar we got from Zell’s was one of the main highlights from our wedding. Everything was absolutely incredible! If you’re looking for beautiful, delicious, moist (sorry had to say it), flavorful and memorable desserts - look no further.

    Jennifer made the most amazing desserts for our big day, and went beyond to execute our vision! Everything from gorgeous artistic cupcakes (people didn’t even know they were edible!) to decadent brownies, to a local treat we asked her to make for us (she completely nailed it) was fantastic. We had so many guests compliment us during and after the reception.

    Highly recommend Zell’s for any occasion. We just wish we lived closer so we could order from Jennifer more often. And to top it all off, Jennifer is also the sweetest baker - you truly won’t go wrong with anything from Zell’s!
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    Linda W. Sent on 01/21/2024
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    Absolutely terrific

    Working with Jennifer was a fantastic experience, fun and easy, it made getting everything we wanted in a perfect cake. The tasting presentation was amazing with so many choices and helpful ideas. The cake was delivered and set up with no problems. It looked fantastic and tasted even better. We had many compliments from our guests. I highly recommend working with Jennifer to create just what you want for your special event. She is very good at communicating with you, has a terrific product and makes it fun!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    I am thrilled that you loved the cake as much as I did!!! Thank you so much for such a sweet review! ❤️
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    Kelsey G. Sent on 01/25/2023
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    Great service and fantastic cake

    Jennifer was incredible! She was super friendly, informative, and responsive. The cake tasting was a fun experience, with lots of variety of options. And the cakes she made were delicious and beautiful! I love that she used family recipes for some of her flavors too. Overall would definitely recommend!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    Thank you so much for your sweet review!! I'm am thrilled that you had a wonderful experience. Thank you for choosing us to be a part of your special day!
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    Cindy L. Sent on 01/01/2023
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    Perfect cake to accompany a perfect wedding day!

    My daughter, Ashley, got married yesterday at our church and had the reception at The Chair Factory. We used Zell's Cottage Bakery for the cake and it was absolutely amazing!!! Not only was it beautiful on the outside, but it tasted wonderful on the inside. We received many compliments on the cake. We loved the the cake texture and flavors and pureness of the icing. No dyes, just pure simple flavor. We went with the vanilla cake and chose different buttercream flavors (the coffee buttercream is unique and AH-MAZING!!) for each layer, plus had a sheet cake same flavor as one of the layers, and all were delicious! Jennifer also placed my mother's cake topper on the cake and added some flowers which made it extra special. In our correspondences with Jennifer, she worked to provide us with cake size options to stay close to our budget, as well as multiple choices for the decorative icing. Everything was perfect! Thank you so much. Cindy Laarhoven

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    This truly makes my heart smile and exactly why I do what I do. I am thrilled that you loved your daughter's cake. Thank you so much for choosing Zell's to be a part of your daughter's big day!
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    Heather S. Sent on 11/07/2022
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    Hope to use Zell's Cottage 100 times again!! Flavorful perfection

    LOVED having Zell provide the cake at our wedding. Everything from our tasting to our happy guests was PERFECT. The cake is so moist and she does such a fabulous job of coming up with any cake flavor combinations from classic to more obscure flavors. We had champagne cake with champagne buttercream for 2 layers and lemon cake with lemon buttercream and blueberry comport for our other 2 layers. Would absolutely recommend Zell!!!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    Thank you so much for such a stellar review! I am thrilled that you loved your cake. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your big day!!!
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    Brittany S. Sent on 01/24/2023
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    Great Vendor for a Dream Wedding Cake!

    We loved our experience with Jennifer! We had a great cake tasting and had an amazing cake with not only the perfect design that we wanted but also it tasted beyond amazing! If you want a beautiful cake, I highly recommend Jennifer!!!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    Thank you so much for your SWEET review! We are thrilled that you loved your cake and beyond honored to have been a part of your special day.
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    Conner R. Sent on 09/20/2022
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    Your Dessert Bar Dreams

    I can't speak in regards to her full on wedding cakes, although I have no doubt that they are just as delicious, but if your wedding vision includes a dessert bar of any kind, just go ahead and book Jennifer NOW. Not only are her packages affordable for the number of desserts you're getting, but she has such a large variety of options to choose from and they are ALL so good. Jennifer was even so kind as to work with me on a few vegan options for my family and they were a huge hit! I cannot recommend her services enough. You won't regret it!
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    Morgan Sent on 09/16/2022
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    She is amazing!

    A++++++++++

    From consultation to booking to wedding day everything was fantastic. Jennifer was able to sketch our cakes right there in front of us! Her sampling method is the perfect way to figure out exactly what you want.

    The wedding planning process is stressful but we never once had to worry about the cakes!
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    Jessica C. Sent on 09/08/2022
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    Amazing 🤩!!

    I just have to say Jennifer is the most amazing baker that we know!! We have used her for two big events now she did an exceptional absolutely outstanding job for both events!! It’s such a pleasure working with her and had such an amazing experience with the cake tasting and our guest loved the cake for both events!
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    Makensy H. Sent on 08/20/2022
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    Wedding Cakes

    The best there is!! Don’t look anywhere else, ZCB made my dream wedding cake and my husbands dream grooms cake!
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    Shelby R. Sent on 07/07/2022
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    Simply Amazing & Honest

    OMG!
    First off, she did great working with my vision for an amazing custom cake. Jenn is a true artist! That just the outside!
    The inside was a whole party on its own! Absolutely delicious with custom fillings in each layer.
    I went in just wanting plain vanilla and chocolate, but Zell's cottage has opened my eyes to a whole new world of delectable mouth watering variety of cakes.
    I absolutely will be hiring her again for any event I can!
    Someone's birthday is around the corner, right? Lol
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    Shelby R. Sent on 06/19/2022
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    Delicious cake, easy to work with

    The cake was beautiful and exactly what my daughter had envisioned. And the taste of the layers was amazing. Would definitely recommend.

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    I am thrilled that you enjoyed the cake! We are thankful to have been a part of your daughter's special day!!!
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    Joni Sent on 06/27/2022
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    Beauty with Taste

    Jennifer did an amazing job creating my daughter’s vision of a “Van-choc-straw” cake because of her love of “Van-choc-straw” ice cream. She wanted it with berries and flowers. She created it perfectly, and it tasted amazing!
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    Sara L. Sent on 05/30/2022
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    Wedding Cakes

    Zell's Cottage Bakery did an amazing job with our cakes. Jennifer was able to bring our vision to life... plus they were absolutely delicious!!!! As the bride and groom, we were lucky that a member of our bridal party thought ahead of time to save us a slice of each to enjoy later that night agree the wedding. Our guests were going back for seconds (and thirds...lol)... because they were that yummy!!! I would highly recommend Zell's Cottage Bakery to anyone looking for a specialty cake!!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    I am thrilled that you and your guests loved the cakes as much as we enjoyed making them. Thank you so much for allowing us to be a part of your special day!!
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    Sydney P. Sent on 06/08/2022
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    Wedding cake you will actually look forward to eating on your Anniversary

    Jennifer is a dream to work with! She was so creative and helped make our vision a reality. You can tell she cares greatly about her work and the couples she gets to work with.
    Not into a traditional cake? Jennifer turned my husband's love for chocolate chip cookies and M&Ms into an awesome tiered M&M cookie cake that looked as great on display as it tasted!
    I had yet to go to a wedding where the cake wasn't as hard as a rock, dried out, or so covered in fondant that it turned your mouth blue. Thus began my quest to find a wedding cake worth eating...
    We found Jennifer at a vendor fair and after tasting her strawberry champagne cake (which is to DIE for), she warmly told us about how much care and work goes into her craft, and I was struck by how a cake that looked so elegant could taste so much like......cake. A real cake, like the "I just used my finger to scrape the last bit of icing off the plate and now I really want seconds but I am in public" kind of cake. Now that was what I was looking for!
    Whether you have an eye for the edgy, or just want a white buttercream frosting cake that just tastes darn good, Zells is the way to go!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    Thank you so much for the incredible review!!! I am thrilled that you enjoyed it all and thankful to have been a part of your big day!!
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    Tracie W. Sent on 05/23/2022
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    Delicious wedding cake

    Wow, Jennifer made the wedding cake for my daughter‘s wedding. To begin, my daughter really did not care to have a wedding cake because she said she has never had one that taste good. I overruled her. After she ate a piece, she said that was the best piece of cake she has ever had. It was amazing! It was also so beautiful. Jennifer is very talented.🥰

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    Thank you so much for the SWEET review!!! I am thrilled that both you and your daughter loved the cake! Than you for allowing me to play a small part in her big day.
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    Willy A. Sent on 06/12/2022
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    Beautiful Wedding Cakes!

    Jennifer made our vision of our wedding cake come to life! We told her exactly what we wanted and she delivered and fresh and beautiful cake. The samples were delicious and it was a hard decision to narrow down the flavors. We can't wait to eat the top tier for our 1st anniversary!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    I am so happy that you loved your wedding cake! Thank you so much for allowing us to be a part of your special day!!!
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    Jacqueline L. Sent on 04/21/2022
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    Delicious, unique, and beautiful!

    We started our experience with Zell’s in a super fun brewery for our tasting! It was such an awesome experience and Jennifer is so friendly and clearly very good at her job. We had Zell’s make our groom cake and our wedding cake, both very different in aesthetics and flavor. They both turned out AMAZING. We paid the travel fee for them to deliver to our venue 3 hours from their bakery — that’s how much I wanted their cakes at my wedding. We did tastings with several other cake bakers and Zell’s blew our expectations out of the water. You absolutely will not regret choosing them!
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    Kim P. Sent on 04/15/2022
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    Zell’s Cottage Bakery is outstanding!!!

    Jennifer is absolutely amazing! From the cake tasting appointment to day of the wedding-we had the BEST experience and the most amazing, beautiful, YUMMY cake! Zell’s Cottage Bakery is the best, hands-down! I can’t wait until the next special occasion because that will be the first call I make!
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    Kelsianne C. Sent on 03/25/2022
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    Best Experience

    From the moment we met Jennifer at the cake tasting, we knew we were in good hands. It was our favorite part of wedding planning and the cake on wedding day exceeded all expectations. We can’t wait to eat our top tier on our anniversary!!
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    Erin O. Sent on 03/11/2022
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    Excellent whimsical cake you would see on TV!

    Cake and cupcakes were delicious and our Alice in Wonderland theme was caught perfectly with a topsy turvy design. It couldn’t have been better. We were blown away!! Jennifer also went the extra mile and assembled a special element for the cupcakes I wanted.
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    Lindsay H. Sent on 01/12/2022
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    Amazing! Amazing!

    Simply amazing. I was dreaming about our cake since the tasting. At our wedding- it was better than I remember. I’ll be getting a cake done for every anniversary!

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    Thank you so much for your SWEET review! I am thrilled that you loved your cake bar! I hope your day was everything you dreamed it would be!!! Thank you for allowing us to be a part of it.
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    Abigail K. Sent on 01/15/2022
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    Hire her! She's amazing!

    I told her my vision and she made it more beautiful! Everyone loved the taste of the cake and how beautiful it was. The amount of people after the wedding who told me how much they love the cake was insane. Don't walk, run! The photos don't do the cake justice. Also she was one of the best vendors when it came to replying and communication!
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    Pamela R. Sent on 01/13/2022
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    Everything about the cakes were PERFECT!

    The cake was amazing and tasted amazing! Everyone was blown away! We got so many compliments!

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    I am THRILLED that you loved the cake as much as I did! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of such a special day!
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    Kaylee S. Sent on 11/09/2021
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    Seriously Amazing!

    I am so glad we went with Zell’s! Jennifer was amazing from the beginning with ideas and thinking outside of the box! She was very flexible when we needed to postpone due to covid last year. I loved that we were able to pick up a cake tasting box (though everything was SO good it made it hard to pick a flavor!). She took our vision and made it a reality! I had no worries the day of our wedding about our cake and I was amazed when I finally saw it! I had a lot of personal items for our cake display (cake topper, cake charms, cake stands etc) and everything was displayed perfectly. Bonus: the cake was so, so good! I think I had cake for dinner for a week after the wedding and I’m still dreaming of it.

    Zell's Cottage Bakery's reply:

    Thank you so much for your SWEET review! I am so happy that you loved your cake and experience with us. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your big day!!!
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