Custom Cakes by Dorothy

I also found Dorothy to be rude on the phone. She was condescending and acted as if I was wasting her time. I guess she doesn’t really need new business. I told her I was new to the area and am looking for a prospective baker for my son’s birthday party. She suggested I bake my own cake. WTF! Really? I told her I’m not throwing a small party but that I’m going to have at least 20 kids so I’m not about to bake a cake when I’m not even into baking. She then said she’s not available. Why didn’t you just lead with that statement to begin with?

A rude person on the phone… enough said. This coming from a New Yorker, Californians you never cease to amaze me at times

It was my Uncle’s birthday on Saturday and my aunt asked if we could pickup the cake as the party was a surprise. I figured I would be stopping at Safeway or Costco and picking up a ho hum cake but no the GPS brought me here. As the name implies the cakes are custom and real ingredients make the cake taste like it did when grandma used to make it.

Dorothy was very accommodating for a last minute cake. She offered suggestions and did a wonderful job.

I had been referred to Dorothy from a friend. My wedding was on July 20, 2013. My fiancé and I started cake tasting in February. We set an appointment with Dorothy, Gala Party Shoppe & Bakery and Swiss Delices. A great tasting cake is very important to us. It also needs to match my under the sea theme.
First, we tried Swiss Delices. Out of the 5 or 6 different cakes we tried, only 1 really knocked my socks off. It was time to talk price with the owner. I need to say that I work in sales and know all about upselling. I asked her what the bottom line would be. She kept giving me the run around. Because I couldn’t get a straight answer from her and only 1 cake was really good, this place is out!
We then tried Custom Cakes by Dorothy and Gala. Both of the ladies were super nice and upfront about prices (which is very important to me because I had a set budget). It came down to taste at this point because both places were comparable in price. Gala has a homemade butter cream icing which was pretty good. Then we tried Dorothy’s cake. She makes the most amazing homemade filling!!!
The decision was easy. We used our wedding cake as the dessert. People went up for seconds! There was some to bring home; however, the family spent the weekend here and the cake was gone the next day!!!
I will be using Dorothy for all my cake needs!

Awesome cakes. I’ve been going to Dorothy for multiple occasions for the past three years, and I get rave reviews on the cakes every time. I always get the white marble with chocolate chip/​chocolate mousse filling. I need to try her other flavors! She is great to work with, she is extremely responsive, and her cakes are reasonably priced compared to other bakeries. She may not have the carved cakes with fondant but I have run into too many cakes that look cool but just taste average or aren’t good at all. Her cakes are guaranteed delicious. Thanks Dorothy!

I threw a wedding shower yesterday and let me tell you… Dorothy’s cake was a smashing hit!!!
8 days before the wedding shower and during the Christmas/​New Year’s holiday, I decided to order a cake instead of baking my own usual array of desserts. At the suggestion of friends (and you Unilocalers), I decided to give Dorothy a call. Dorothy was very helpful over the phone and also very accommodating in spite of the fact that I needed a cake for 45 – 50 people, while she was taking some time off during the holidays.
Let me tell you… Dorothy’s cakes are THE BEST and I don’t even like cake!!! Firstly, the cake she made for the shower was BEAUTIFUL! She created a heart-​shaped cake sitting on top of a flat sheet cake. I gave her some raffia and Dorothy somehow managed to beautifully incorporate into the cake decoration. She also topped the cake with fresh flowers. I am NOT into a bunch of flowers made out of frosting and there wasn’t one to be found. The cake was simple yet elegant. PERFECTION!
At her suggestion, I ordered a chocolate cake with chocolate chips, filled with chocolate mouse and a layer of raspberry. The cake was DELICIOUS and moist. The frosting wasn’t sugary sweet and did I mention that the cake was DELICIOUS?
People at the shower were raving about the cake and asking where I got it. Even the mother of the bride-​to-​be was telling me they were thinking of getting the wedding cake from Dorothy. Also, to my surprise, people were going back for seconds since I have yet to attend a party where people eat TWO pieces of cake. One of the guests told me she doesn’t like cake but decided to try a piece because people were talking about it. That person said the cake was AMAZING!
Another guest told me that someone told her the cake probably cost about $ 200! Well… had I ordered it from another baker, it probably would have cost that much. Dorothy charged a mere $ 70 for the cake. That’s right…$ 70!!!
I VERY highly recommend Dorothy’s cakes. I will definitely be a returning customer.

Best cakes! She’s done my wedding, birthdays, showers, baptism and all in between! Thanks Dorothy!!!

We have known Dorothy for over 12 years and have ordered cakes from her several times. The cakes are exquisitely made and taste fabulous. Dorothy is generous and has donated cakes to Church of the Transfiguration for several special occasions, the latest being the Golden Anniversary luncheon celbration. One of our favorites from her store are «Dorothy’s Delights» — little chocolate squares with raspberry filling, covered in chocolate ganache with a small dab of cream. One of these will make you think you died and went to heaven! Dorothy is a wonderful person and works hard to make sure you get what you want. She is a pleasure to work with.

I found myself responsible for bringing the cake for a «Grown Up» party for us girls. I was very pleased when I found this place on Unilocal because it is so close and was so highly rated. I didn’t even care that they don’t accept credit cards. So I called to see if they could help me and at first Dorothy was nice on the phone but when I explained the adult theme for the cake, her tone abruptly changed and she sounded like I was wasting her time or bothering her. I don’t normally rate businesses I haven’t bought something from but in this case I really felt offended as a prospective customer. I mean, it is embarrassing enough to have to ask for an adult themed cake, but then to be treated like that by the business owner just really makes it worse. By all accounts her cakes are great, however I’ll never find out first-​hand as I will not order this, or any other cake, from a business that has no sensitivity for a prospective clients comfort. If asking about a cake she doesn’t want to make causes this reaction, I can only imagine the response I would receive if I were unhappy with something she made. No, thank you.

I’ve known Dorothy since I was very little, and all that time I knew her as «the neighbor who would give us cake-​scraps to eat when she got home from work».
As I got older, Dorothy did multiple cakes for not only myself but for nearly every time my family needed a cake made (not to mention the friends and family we gave her information to so they can get a cake too!).
Dorothy’s cakes are always fantastic — moist, flavorful, not to mention beautifully decorated to your liking!
Dorothy takes a lot of pride in making her cakes to her customers liking, and I appreciate (and know first-​hand) that all her handiwork is done with a great deal of skill (especially because a lot of the designs she creates are hard to make because she does not use fondant!)
I would highly recommend trying any cake creation by her using the marble cake and the chocolate chip mousse filling — it is to die for!

I love Dorothy she is so plesant and her place always smells so good when ever im in there…

Dorothy is a sweetheart. She prepared a great cake for our wedding and it was delicious and reasonably priced. It is the moistest cake with the best frosting you will ever enjoy. The frosting is the best part — whipped cream, no fondant — delicious! Since then she has prepared an adorable cake for my daughter’s birthday and two anniversary cakes for us — small scale replicas. She remembers me every time! Love her. Can’t beat the price for the quality.

Dorothy came highly recommended by a friend. She made the wedding cake for my son and his wife. The cake was just what they wanted and was so delicious. Based on that, I had her make my daughter’s graduation cake. Dorothy worked with me on the design and it came out terrific and so very delicious. For my son and daughter-in-law’s first anniversary, I asked Dorothy to re-​create the top layer of their wedding cake. Her cakes are the best, she is the nicest person and the costs are so reasonable. You can’t go wrong.

We contacted Dorothy to make a custom cake for us based on the reviews we read here on Unilocal.We were thrilled with the results!
Dorothy made us a custom cake to go with our ‘Lost” (as in the TV show) themed party. The cake was decorated as a beach scene with a large crashed airplane and other props. She did an amazing job on it! We got rave reviews both on how it looked and how it tasted. We had a chocolate cake with raspberry filling that we would highly recommend! We would not hesitate to recommend Dorothy to our friends or to return to her again in the future for our next fun event!

Dorothy did my son’s 1^st Birthday Cake. She did such a great job and not only was the cake beautiful but it tasted good. She did a two tier style cake, the bottom was square and the top was round. All I did was show her a picture of my son’s plates I purchased online and she was able to decorate the cake with the same colors of the plates. I received so many compliments on it!

Dorothy did a cake for my 50^th birthday and it was the BEST ever! It looked like a chocolate and gold beautifully wrapped present. The cake was moist and delicious. It was gone in minutes. She also made cupcakes for me and they were heavenly.
Dorothy definitely is reasonable for what you get! She could be charging more like some of the other professionals. She’s just a good person who has a lot of talent and wants her customers to be happy.

Dorothy did my wedding cake in February. It was DELICIOUS!!! I couldn’t have been happier! She is so sweet and just a pleasure to work with. The tastings of the various cakes and fillings was the best part of planning the wedding! She also is very artistic. The cake she designed was BEAUTIFUL. I couldn’t have been happier with the cake design, cake taste, and Dorothy’s help and professionalism!

I was checking out all the wedding related posts and noticed that Dorothy had no mention?
True, my sister’s wedding was 8 years and 3 kids ago! However, at the time, her cake (s) came from Dorothy and they were:
1. Beautiful
2. Tasty
3. Extremely well priced.
We had a tasting and found several combinations of filling and cakes and frostings we LOVED. Yellow and raspberry, Yellow and chocolate mousse, white with custard, and all of the above in various combinations. She choose several combinations so all could be happy. The main cake was composed of three stepped layer cakes (small to large) in a simple offset waterfall type arrangement. Other layer cakes sat to the sides for pure eating enjoyment and variety. The extremely reasonable costs made this optional affordable. We had a minimum of décor (plain white exterior with small beads of frosting at the edges) and the caterer trimmed these out with fresh flowers at the reception. The white buttercream was delicate, more creamy than sugary. There were no leftovers.

Excellent customer service. We made our appointment with her and she was very accommodating. She showed us many different designs and ideas for wedding cakes and cupcakes. I had gone to other cake shops to try out other options. Dorothy was half the price but with exceptional quality. I have heard of friends who have tried her cakes in the past and loved them. When it was time to choose a baker for our wedding cake, I knew where to go. She was very prepared with cake samples and ideas.