True Confections

The road to nuptial is not an easy task, especially when you have to find vendors. I would have to say one of the hardest task is finding a vegan wedding cake vendor. I never realized there is not a lot of them out there. I wouldn’t say I settled for this place, because I will have to say the cakes we tasted was so good.
At this point I would have to give them a 4 star, only because of the cost factor on the tasting and $ 55 delivery charge to Fairfield.
Our wedding isn’t until June, so I will definitely update my review once she has delivered the finish product.
Here are some quick information:
1. Appointment only
2. They make both vegan and non-​vegan cakes and wedding cakes, tarts, and cookies
3. Tasting is $ 20 per cake. Yes, you heard me right. $ 20 for one cake and filling. The cake is 6″ round, so you can bring a lot of people to your tasting. There is plenty of cake to go around. Obviously there is no way you can have a proper tasting with one cake flavor. So we bought 3 types.
4. The tasting is done at Johnny’s Café (ironic that this is the name of my fiancé).
5. Parking is not easy. Since it is located in a residential area. Give yourself plenty of time to find parking.
6. Price varies on design and size
7. Judy (the owner) is very nice and responded to my emails quickly.
What did we taste?
–Red Velvet with Cream cheese and Raspberry Buttercream
— Boston Crème Cake (Crème filling with Chocolate fudge)
— Chocolate Decadence (chocolate cake and chocolate fudge)
What we ended up getting?
Obviously hands down the Red Velvet and Cream cheese and Raspberry Buttercream filling. It was the BOMB!
If you like rich/​sweet cake. You may want to consider the Chocolate Decadence. It a huge punch to your face sweetness.
I wasn’t a fan of the Boston Crème cake. The vanilla cake was too dense and the crème was way too thick. The fudge was perfect tho.
BTW — I can’t forget the Mexican Wedding Cookies. We asked her if she can make a vegan version. As we were the first to request this. Let me tell you, the cookies we AMAZING! Did I say AMAZING!
What I can say is if my family who are not vegan, can’t tell the cake and the cookies are vegan, then she hit it out of the park.

Judy did a wonderful job with the cake for our wedding! She was easy to work with, and you can’t find a higher quality cake anywhere for the price. I would definitely choose her again.

We contacted Judy and her staff as we were in need for a wedding cake. My wife is vegan and True Confections offers vegan cake. We decided to go with True Confections after meeting with Judy. She was very helpful and understanding. We did not want a traditional wedding cake. We wanted a baseball themed cake with waterfall, reflecting Multnomah Falls. Judy did an amazing job capturing our cake. Our guests loved the cake, the way it looked and they bragged about the taste. I recommend True Confections to anyone looking for a special occasion cake.

Our experience with Judy was not the best. We had an appt for 11am, we got there a couple minutes early, and asked for her like we were told to do, we waited for 20 minutes until she finally appeared, apparently she had went in the back to run a credit card of her previous appt. I understand if the appt had run longer than she planned. BUT 1. it doesn’t take 20+ minutes to run a credit card, and 2. when you finally do come out and see that we have been waiting, you apologize, we never got anything close to an apology for waiting for her, if she had been 2 minutes later we would have just got up and left, the only reason we hadn’t already was because we traveled 40 minutes to get there. Beyond that, the cake was ok, nothing really special, we liked a coupe of them but with the price, $ 450 to feed 55ppl, it just isn’t worth it.

Had a pleasure of tasting Judy’s delicious cakes for our upcoming June wedding. She has done amazing work based on her portfolio and she had a pleasant attitude. She was one of three cake vendors we met with and her cakes were delicate, light and not too sweet, just right. There were varieties of flavors and executed each flavor perfectly; there’s something for every palette. My future husband and I ultimately decided to work with another vendor but I still wanted to acknowledge her business for accommodating us.

She did an amazing job with the cake. We talked to her about what we wanted and looked through photos and the end result was what we had chosen. The cake is delicate and delicious. We chose the berries and cream and the ginger chai layers. They were fabulous. We had fresh flowers for the decorations on the cake and she displayed them nicely. The ribbon used on the cake matched our color just right.

My husband and I got married in April. We were so happy we worked with Judy at True Confections. She created a beautiful wedding cake for us. I was so excited by the final product and so were our guests. She was a great listener and made us a separate vegan cake for our many vegan friends. Additionally, she was very open to turning the extra layer cake we ordered (to ensure we had enough cake) into a birthday cake for two of our guests. I thought it would be very basic, but it was really beautiful. She was so accommodating and our cake was so delicious. I highly recommend her services.

My wedding was 10÷26÷13.
Judy was great to work with especially since my husband and I had no clue what we wanted for our cake! She had lots of photos of her work and presented many options during our cake tasting. We wanted something unique but simple and she was able to deliver that. She helped us design a hexagon topsy turvy cake, if you can imagine what that looked like. It ended up looking very cool and we were pleased. We had no problems in the actual delivery of the cake and we got lots of good feedback from our guests on the taste of the cake.

My husband and I got married in August 2013 and we ordered cupcakes and a 6″ round cake in order to save on cake cutting fees. The tasting session was great and we felt that Judy was very patient with us since we had no idea where to begin with the flavors. We ordered «fuchsia» velvet cupcakes (a play on our wedding color) and chocolate cupcakes. The fuchsia velvet cupcakes were gone by the end of the night, luckily we had a few chocolate ones left over and they were amazing! They were a delicious hybrid between a chocolate cake and a brownie. We will definitely order from Judy for any future special occasions.

I have ordered cakes for Judy because they are just so damn good! I got a cake for my boyfriends 60^th B-​Day party (with a boat on it because he is a sailor) and my guests said it was the best chocolate cake they ever had. Everyone wanted and extra slice to take home, there wasn’t enough.
Judy is a sweetheart to work with and perfectionist, not only will they taste good but they are so beautiful. I recommend her to all my new bride friends.

Judy made the best wedding cake I have ever tasted! We had our wedding on 8÷17÷13 and it was so good that I made sure to tell our coordinator to send some extra to our hotel room! My husband and sister do no even eat cake and they ate their whole slice! The price of our cake was perfectly reasonable and for how amazing our cake was I think we should have had to pay more! Thank you so much Judy… We are already looking forward to our anniversary cake!!!

Judy made my wedding cake last summer (July 2012).
Looking for a cake vendor, my wife and I wanted something affordable (around $ 5 per serving). We had a very simple cake design in mind, and it was very important to us that the cake tasted at least as good as it looked.
Judy’s cake tasting was phenomenal. She has a huge variety of cake, filling, and frosting flavors and everything tasted fantastic. We ended up choosing Judy because the cake was the best we tasted, the price was right, and based on her past work we were confident she would do a great job creating the cake design we wanted.
Working with Judy was also a piece of cake (sorry, couldn’t resist!). We were pretty indecisive at first about what size cake we wanted, and Judy graciously put up with way too many emails about cake prices, flavors, and designs. She was very accommodating and worked with us to figure out the best size and style of cake to feed all of our guests and stay within our budget.
We ended up with a 3-​tiered round cake plus extra sheet cake. We got to do two different cake flavors so my wife and I could each choose what we wanted. I went with a yellow cake with fresh berry buttercream and lemon curd fillings, while my wife picked a nut cake with caramel buttercream and chocolate ganache fillings.
Judy delivered the cake to our venue the day of the wedding. As far as we know, there were no problems with the delivery (the staff at the venue took care of everything) and Judy decorated the cake on-​site with fresh roses delivered by our florist. The final cake was beautiful and exactly what we asked for. And it tasted even better than it looked! Our guests loved the cake and we didn’t have any leftovers at the end of the evening.
If you’re looking for good value and a really delicious cake, we highly recommend Judy.

Judy was accommodating to my needs for an Eggless wedding cake. She is very quick to respond to emails and phone calls and is so wonderful to all her clients.
Our wedding cake was so beautiful and EXACTLY what we wanted. The quality of the cake was outstanding and we couldn’t be happier with True Confections.

Just got married! Cake was beautiful. I recommend the lemon cake.

Working with Judy was a great experience and I recommend contacting her if you are planning for a wedding or any other big celebration. My husband and I contacted her for a testing when we were shopping around for our wedding and she was hands down the best option.
Her prices are reasonable and her cakes are delicious. The texture was very light and she used very fresh fruits and ingredients which was perfect for our summer wedding. Many of our guests went for a second round and I’m personally not a cake person, but I loved it.
Judy is also easy to work with, she listens well and is very professional.

Judy is a true artist.
Her cakes are beautiful, unique and delicious.
I sent her a picture of a wedding cake and not only did she deliver she made little changes to it to make it custom to us.
All her flavors are seasonal, fresh and delicious. She uses local products and is extremely easy to work with.
I was more then thrilled with my cake and the flavors were even better the day of the wedding.

Judy was a true pleasure to work with. We were able to have 2 flavors of cake and both were delicious. Actually, the cake was even better on the day of the wedding than it was during the tasting. The cake looked beautiful without being gaudy. Also, she was able to accommodate our delivery time. I should mention that I went to 3 cake tastings before this (I’m a chef’s daughter so I’m kind of picky).

Judy is a nice and professional baker! Communication with her is easy andshe is very responsive; my calls were returned typicallly by the next business day. I was able to talk «straight up» with her, make changes along the way, and do my own design, it was all ok w/​her… and no nickel and diming for wanting to do a different flavor than her standard ones. I found True Confections through a Brazil Room wedding faire, and out of all the bakeries represented, plus the ones i already tried in the Bay Area, the quality of her cakes are the best. Moist, soft, and not-​too-​sweet buttercream icing that is not heavy. The fillings are made with the real thing too… for example, if it’s a lemon curd filling, it’s really lemon curd, not lemon extract. For my July 2010 wedding, i had her do a custom Italian casada cake, which i got to try beforehand… she does charge for the cost of ingredients to bake a small custom cake for you to take home and try ($ 10), but her standard cake flavor tastings are free. It was a genoise sponge cake with chocolate chip ricotta filling, soaked in real rum, with white buttercream and pretty turqoise swirl design. It was DIVINE. (oh, and if you have real flowers to place on the cake, no problem… she’ll happily place them for you at no extra charge). The cake got raves, and my husband and i were eager to eat the leftovers! I was really looking for an Italian wedding cake like you get in the East Coast, and Judy came through. I even liked her cake better than Dianda’s Italian Bakery!
The ONLY not-​perfect thing that bugged me some with the cake was that it was tilted crooked a little… i noticed it before the ceremony, about 30 mins after it was set up… but since i wasn’t there when Judy set it up, i don’t know if it was her, or if it tilted after. It was not a hot day, so i don’t know… it made the cake pics come out a bit off, but that can be photoshopped i guess.
Price wise, it’s fair… not too exhorbitant, but not the cheapest either… however you get what you pay for… if you’re looking for cheap, Neldam’s is an option, but their wedding cakes taste «eh»…nothing special and you can tell a big difference in the ingredients used. Oh, and there is a $ 35 delivery charge, but that’s better than many others who are $ 50 and up.
One very nice touch with Judy’s business is that with your wedding cake order, she will make you a complimentary «top layer» of your cake for your one year anniversary… so no year-​old frozen cake! I’m really looking forward to that :)
I would use True Confections again if i need a special cake for a B-​day or something. Definately at least go for a tasting.

OMGoodness! My partner ordered my birthday cake here and let’s just put it this way each bite was heavenly orgasmic ! The blend of the flavors, OH MY! The layers of white chocolate cream with fresh raspberries was just divine so gooood! and the chocolate mousse and chocolate fondant YUMMY!!! I am a fan and would highly recommend her for any of her creations! I bet her wedding cakes are memorable because that b-​day cake certainly was !
Yeah baby!

What a HUGE disappointment! I’ll start off by saying the wedding cake was not mine, it was my cousins. The tasting went well and the bride could not stop talking about her cake and how wonderful it was going to be. She assigned all of us jobs but said that one thing was most important, when the «cake lady» Judy came we were to show her the table but she would not be needing help carrying the cake. The first words out of Judys mouth were «who is going to help me carry the cake?» WHAT??? Okay, so we got some strong men to help her. I understand a cake to serve 400 is heavy.
Then, we asked about the weather it was a hot day, Judy said she didn’t see a problem, GREAT! Unfortunately as the cake was being cut and served it proceeded to FALL apart. Some of us got cake crumbling to pieces and others were served frozen bricks of cake… delish!
In trying to rectify the matter with Judy, who is adamant she does not freeze her cakes, I guess the cake froze on its own, she only offered to provide a half sheet (retail $ 75) for a future event with in the year. That completely makes up for botched wedding cake meant to serve 400 people and provide beautiful memories for a lifetime.
This is was such a disappointment the bride couldn’t even bring herself to write this review. Don’t put yourself through this, go else where!