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Bittersweet is a European-style pastry shop and cafe that opened in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago in 1992. The company offers its signature wedding cakes as well as a selection of sweet table options. The company is open six days a week and offers wedding cake consultations.
Cafe Selmarie is a bakery cafe that opened in the Lincoln Square section of Chicago in 1983. The company offers a variety of round and square wedding cakes along with signature tortes, cheesecakes, pastries, pies, and tarts. The company is open every day but Monday.
Cake Sweet Food Chicago, better known as "Cake" is an established award winning scratch bakery serving couples from all over and most Chicagoland venues. They believe every cake is as unique as the vision they're made of. Being one of the first to design a tasting for couples, Cake offers an elaborate line of flavors and packages in a fun and welcoming environment. Their web store has an extensive line of gourmet sweets for shipping and gifting and the underground social media bakery Take the Cake offers ordering and easy pick-up. Consultations by appointment is required.
Creative Cakes is a bakery in Tinley Park that opened in 1989. The company has been featured on Platinum Weddings on WEtv and been honored with a WeddingWire Couples’ Choice award for seven consecutive years. The company prices its wedding cakes by the serving, from $4.50 per slice for cakes iced in real buttercream to $5.50 for rolled fondant.
Delicious Creations is a retail shop and made-to-order bakery in Hickory Hills. The company’s standard wedding cake pricing starts at $2.45 per person, and couples can have a different cake dough and filling in each tier at no additional charge. The company offers free wedding cake samples on Saturdays with at least three days’ notice. The company carries wedding cake bags and only charges a delivery fee if the reception takes place outside of the company’s normal delivery range.
Jarosch Bakery is a bakery that opened in 1959 in Elk Grove Village. The company provides a complimentary 6-inch top tier wedding cake sample customized to a couple’s exact specifications with 72 hours’ notice. The $25 consultation fee is applied toward any order placed with the company. The company offers a range of cake flavors, fillings, and designs with both round and square tiers.
Lutz Cafe & Pastry Shop is a Konditorei-style bakery that opened in Chicago in 1948. The company offers free wedding cake consultations and complimentary tastings from a range of cake, filling, frosting, and flower choices. The company’s Anniversary Encore package is included with any order, with the company creating a fresh replica of the couple’s top layer on their first anniversary.
Reuter’s Bakery has provided pastries, bread, and baked goods for over 80 years in Chicago. The company specializes in creating wedding cakes that match the size and elegance of the event. The company works with couples who already have an idea of how they want their cake to look or need help designing their dream cake from the examples on their online gallery.
Scafuri Bakery offers wedding cakes in Chicago and opened in 1904. The company is in the Little Italy neighborhood and offers classic Italian cookies, bread, and pastries. The company provides simple or lavish cakes, sweets tables, donuts, and guest favors for weddings. The company also prepares a complimentary 6-inch round cake in the flavor of the wedding cake for a couple’s first anniversary.
Sugar Fixe Patisserie has offered authentic French pastries at locations in Lincoln Park and Oak Park since 2011. The company offers wedding cakes, cupcakes, and miniature pastries for the event. Cakes start at $5 per serving for buttercream and $6 per serving for fondant, and dessert tables start at $3.75 per guest. Couples can select up to four cake and filling flavors for their tasting appointment, with the $25 tasting fee applied to any order over $300.
Three Tarts Bakery and Cafe is a bakery in Northfield. The company offers traditional butter cakes for weddings finished in buttercream or fondant, as well as floral, monogrammed, or custom-designed cupcakes. Couples can bring photos or magazine clippings to their tasting appointment, or they can peruse the company’s design books for ideas. Couples can reserve the date for their wedding cake with a $200 deposit.
Toni is a European-inspired patisserie and cafe that opened in 1994 and has locations in Hinsdale and Chicago. Couples can choose from seven signature-style cakes for their wedding or can customize their cake from seven different flavors, 15 different filling options, and nine different frostings. The company offers complimentary tastings and also creates a range of favors and sweet table options to complement the wedding cake.
There are many different types of wedding cakes with various flavors, designs, and icing options, so the best wedding cake comes down to personal taste. Some of the most popular wedding cake flavors include vanilla cake with buttercream, red velvet, vanilla cake with blackberries and sugar flowers, and pumpkin spice with cinnamon fondant.
Wedding cakes can cost anywhere between $75 and $1,500. The price of a wedding cake is determined by size, ingredients, specialty toppings, and cake decorations, so specific prices can deviate from the average based on your needs.
The size and quantity of wedding cake you should order depend on how many guests will be attending your wedding. A standard three-tier cake serves between 50 and 100 guests, and a quarter sheet cake provides 54 servings. A half sheet cake serves 108 single slices.
There are many options for wedding cake flavors, and cakes can also be customized with nontraditional flavors. Common options include vanilla with buttercream frosting, red velvet with white buttercream frosting, chocolate and German chocolate, and marble cake. Less traditional options include lemon, carrot, and banana.
The most common flavor of a traditional wedding cake is vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. However, chocolate is also considered traditional, especially for groom's cakes. German chocolate, red velvet, and champagne flavored cakes are also popular and fall into the traditional category.
Traditional wedding cakes generally have three separate tiers, but cakes can be customized to meet the visions of the bride and groom. Each tier has its own significance. The top tier is to be saved by the bride and groom and eaten on the first wedding anniversary, and the bottom tier is to be served at the reception. The middle tier is distributed to guests after the wedding.
