Amaru Confections

What a great experience! I ordered a car themed cake for my son’s second birthday and it surpassed my expectations. The staff noted everything I asked for in terms of design. The cake was colorful and the attention to detail was impressive. When my son and his friends saw the cake, they were so excited to eat it. Everyone commented on how nice it looked. The cake was one of the best I have tasted. The signature buttercream is to die for. Thank you so much to the staff for making my son’s special day so memorable. I will be ordering again! :)

Chris and the staff at Amaru are amazing! They made the most beautiful and delicious wedding cake ever for us. They also made accent cupcakes, and those were beautiful and tasted great as well. We waited way too late to order the cake, and Chris made me feel at ease right away, that they would be able to take care of us, and they certainly did. All of our guests were really impressed with how beautiful the cake was– we could not be happier, and will be using Amaru for every occasion that calls for cake or cupcakes in the future. If you’re planning your wedding, go with Amaru, you will be well taken care of– they are the best!

I was throwing my daughter a baby shower in Caldwell Idaho. I’m from Portland Oregon. I hand to find a bakery that would do the kind of cake she wanted. I of course came to Unilocal,I’m thrilled I did. My daughter was able to pick out a cake, and I paid for it, then we picked it up for her shower. But the convenience of the whole thing was not the best part. The best part was the cake. It was above and beyond our expectations. It was the most beautiful cake I’d ever bought from anywhere. Someone put a lot of thought and work and care in to my daughters cake. While the décor was fondant my daughter prefers buttercream frosting, the frosting was so smooth, it looked like fondant. The actually cake? It broke my heart to cut in to it, but wow, delicious. Moist, perfectly layered, amazing flavor. I will be back to this bakery whenever my daughter has a special occasion needing cake. Or maybe just to try some of their other amazing treats.

To be honest, I had high hopes for Amaru. I heard wonderful things and my fiancé and I were excited to taste their wedding cakes. I set up a cake tasting appointment mid-​last week, indicating that my wedding was still a little over a year out. Since my fiancé and I are paying for the entire wedding entirely ourselves, we started planning early because we didn’t want all the wedding costs to pile up all at once.
The morning of our appointment with Amaru, I received an email from the owner asking us to move our appointment to next year since cake prices will differ. Completely understandable, but my fiancé and I wanted to get a better understanding of the process, the (average) costs, and what we like/​dislike. His email was friendly but it gave us the impression they were trying to dismiss us because of how far in advance we were trying to plan. I replied, indicating that we would still like to meet since we had plenty of questions.
When we arrived, the owner sat us and left to go back to his office right around the corner. He wasn’t rude but he made us feel our like our appointment was unappreciated and he made us feel unwelcome. During the actual cake tasting, the decorator left but never came back. We both felt like we were not taken seriously and we kept receiving odd looks and reactions from the cake decorator. My fiancé said (and I agree), that it was as if they were dismissing us because they knew they weren’t going to make any money off us that day. I completely understand business needs but what ever happened to having the customer’s satisfaction and happiness in mind? I would have been happy to pay for the tasting if they would have treated us more seriously. Had today gone well, I would have considered using them for my wedding cake. However, the service was definitely disappointing and the cakes we sampled were mediocre. I’ll take my money to someone who doesn’t mind working with early planners. It was a disappointing experience for something that should have been a happy and exciting event. The only reason I gave them two stars instead of one is because their signature buttercream frosting was delicious.
When we went to talk to Sugar Rush the same day, they happily said they would do a tasting and book us for a year out. We’ve already picked our cake out with Sugar Rush and our $ 500 will be going to them. I will gladly pay more for good service.

They made my son’s Pooh cake so beautiful and it was very tasty. I definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a cake for any occasion.

We used Amaru Confections for our wedding! We chose both layers to be marble chocolate cake but the best part was the champagne buttercream filling that we chose and it was absolutely delicious!!! Plus, they were super helpful with helping me decide what cake we wanted. Totally recommend for any occasion!

I had Amaru make a cake for my wedding reception this last Saturday. My husband and I were married July 15^th in Las Vegas and wanted to do something special for our family here in Boise. So seeing as Amaru seems to be the only gluten free bakery in town (We have several relatives who are allergic) we decided to go with them. They were very helpful and I only had to give them a few days notice for the cake. Prices seemed very reasonable, especially for what you’re getting. I sent them a photo from pinterest as a loose idea and what they gave us was an exact replica of the cake I liked only more beautiful! We decided on vanilla bean cake with a pink champagne filling and white fondant. The morning of the reception my husband and I picked up our cake with no hiccups and took it down to our venue. I couldn’t believe my cake was so gorgeous I felt so lucky! Everyone who saw the cake thought it was darling and we had so many people ask us where it was from. As far as the taste goes I thought it was a bit heavy and sweet for me, but then again it is cake soooo… In any event, my husband loved it and we were happy to be able to share our cake with our gluten free family members. I highly recommend Amaru to anyone seeking true pastry perfection in Boise!

Amaru knows cupcakes. They are huge, fluffy, and full of flavor. I love how tall they are and how the beautiful frosting paired with the paper lining made my lemon huckleberry cupcakes look like flowers. While the lemon flavor dominated the cupcake it was still pleasant. The best cupcake by far is the strawberry champagne cupcake with its perfectly balanced flavors and frosting. The gluten free cupcakes are a little smaller and have a little less frosting but they are still delicious. The building is small, parking is weird and if you are like me you’ll find yourself driving past it. DO NOT TRUST THE PACKAGING. My beautiful, flower-​like cupcakes were ruined when the plastic stands inside the bags buckled. When I saw that they were starting to tilt I lifted up the bags assuming it was uneven ground. The stands completely collapsed and my cupcakes were ruined.

Ordered a birthday cake to pick up but I arrived after the store already closed because of traffic jam. I called Chris (store owner?) and he came back to the store after 15 minutes of waiting. This is a perfect example of great customer service — go beyond to meet customer’s needs. The cake tastes good and looks very nice.

I was looking for a bakery that could not only do regular desserts, but gluten free ones also. Amaru confections delivered on both fronts. The gluten free wedding cake was absolute amazing and no one at the wedding could tell it was gluten free.
The maple bacon cupcakes were absolutely amazing!!! A must have.
I would recommend Amaru to anyone!!!

We used Amaru Confections for our wedding cake and cupcakes this summer! We loved the strawberry champagne flavor and would definitely recommend them! They were easy to work with and everything was perfect!

We always have a great experience with Amaru. They listen to our requests and take great care of us!

Amaru did our wedding cake and it turned out so beautiful! I worked with Chris and he made sure every detail we wanted was included in our cake. With myself being gluten free, Chris made sure that our cake was handled with the upmost of care. Delivery of our cake was on time, and set up by the time I arrived to the venue. They are very quick to respond to emails and phone calls. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for speciality cakes or cupcakes!

We had cupcakes from Amaru and they were yummy and pretty. I remember them being very tender. Will definitely order from them.

I ordered the cake imaging Star Wars LEGO with lego Darth Vader on the top and starship in the front. We were disappointed.
The tast was great.

Chris and Aimee were so helpful when I needed a birthday cake in a pinch! I had planned on baking my four year old’s cake when I was suddenly hit with the scale of the party we were undertaking. I called Amaru on Friday morning and was able to pick it up the next day before the party. Their cake was delicious (as always) and looked amazing for my Super Hero theme. I recommend this place to people constantly– I have been hard pressed to find cakes that taste this good! Always professional, helpful, and the storefront is just as cute as can be with hot pink walls and vintage stoves. Their cakes really are delicious, plus they offer dietary restricted options (you would never know because taste isn’t sacrificed!). A+ will continue to use them. They make wedding cakes and cupcakes as well!

I have used Amaru Confections twice this year for my step-​daughters’ birthday parties. Both experiences have been wonderful! Chris is quick to respond to inquiries and was great about seeing my vision for the final results for both cakes. In both cases I sent him pictures of what I wanted it to look like, but also noted some changes to the designs. He and his crew are creative and the cakes turn out exactly how I imagined them, if not better.
Most recently, I ordered a cake for my step daughter’s 18^th birthday. Everyone loved the design and especially loved the flavor of the cake. Many exclaimed, at both parties, that Amaru’s cakes taste better than any other professional cakes they’ve had.

I was craving a good cupcake so I read the reviews here and realized I could get this from whole foods. I have never tried any of amaru’s baked goods before. I got the salted caramel chocolate cupcake and the one with white cake and lavender colored frosting with a stamped white sugar square (can’t remember name of it) the reason I gave 3 out of 5 stars is the cake itself was heavy, thick and moist which I thought was great but it only had some flavor and the frosting we didn’t think had much flavor at all. My husband and I both tried each cupcake and didn’t think it was that great. I wanted to like this but it just wasn’t for us. Sorry Amaru, we may try other flavors in the future but not too impressed with these two cupcakes.

Not only did they deliver another bride’s cake to my friend up in McCall, but they then made one of the guests come pick up her actual cake and refused to deliver the correct one.
Somewhere there is a wedding today where no cake will be delivered (because they aren’t picking this one up either), and somehow this isn’t the bakery’s fault? Ridiculous. Way to add unnecessary stress to two events, and to try and act blameless.

I used Amaru for our wedding cake, grooms cake and cupcakes.
All of the cakes were amazing. I am a baker, and have made several wedding cakes.
Amaru’s cakes did not disappoint. The Guinness Chocolate Grooms Cake with Salted Caramel filling was a huge hit. We ordered way more cake than we had guests and we barely had any left overs. It was that good! Our wedding cake was gorgeous, just like the picture we discussed. Our initials were piped on fondant dots, the color of the piping was a little off, so that’s why I didn’t give them a perfect 5 stars. Other than that our two tier mini wedding cake was gorgeous. Great work with butter cream & fondant, the look of the cake was flawless.
The cakes were boards that did not fit the cake stands we had, but I don’t blame them for that… That was my communication error. It did not effect our special day, and the cakes & cupcakes by Amaru looked lovely on our cake table.
The customer service offered by Amaru is excellent, far superior to another popular vendor who I also contacted regarding our wedding cake. I added the groom’s cake 1 week prior to the wedding, and their response was no problem. They are very easy to work with.
I would definitely recommend Amaru for any of your cake & cupcake needs.