Cakes By Jula

We ordered an anniversary cake for my parent’s 50^th anniversary party. They replicated my parent’s wedding cake almost perfectly. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. Not only that, it was SOOO good to eat!

I have heard good things about Cakes by Jula however I will NOT be Doing business here anymore! I ordered a marble cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ganache drizzled over it topped with chocolate covered strawberries for my moms birthday. I provided a picture for them for an example. When I arrived to pick the cake up I was in for a surprise. The cake they prepared for me was not what I asked for! It didn’t have one strawberry on it! Jula read the ticket and admitted that she didn’t see to add strawberries (although she is the one who originally wrote the ticket) and that strawberries wouldn’t be delivered until Wednesday (Today is Monday). She offered to have her husband pick up strawberries from the store but by this time it was already 545 and dinner was at 630 in Galveston. She then offered to put cake balls on top (tacky) or even roses. Being upset I just chose roses and thought she could make it better. She quickly doctored this cake in about 15 minutes adding more chocolate ganache drizzle and roses as well as redoing the happy birthday. When done she placed the cake in the car on my cousins lap and told her to place the air conditioner on it to help dry. This cake was horrible! Please look at the photos I’ve added to see what I wanted and what I got so you can understand. What was suppose to look like Happy birthday looked like
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Yes that’s how it looked on the cake the P was so far down and crooked and the B looked like a D, not to mention the fingerprints on the side of the cake. I was so embarrassed when I showed up with the cake. Even more embarrassed for this place when I showed everyone what the cake was suppose to look like compared to what I got! The cake wasn’t even that great when I tried it. It was a bit dry and not what I expected. Luckily I didn’t have to pay the full amount and I only payed the down payment of $ 25 when I placed the order. I should demand a refund but I don’t even want to deal with it. Really unfortunate bc I thought of using them for my daughters party this September but that definitely won’t be happening.
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I have used Cakes by Jula for two years, since Jula did my wedding cake and grooms cake. Both of them turned out stunning. Since we live near the bakery, I have used her on several occasions for various showers and events. I’m always hosting showers for friends. So when it came time for my best friends bridal shower, the cake was a no brainer. I placed my order at Jula’s for a small round cake to feed twenty guest. I ordered the cake three weeks prior to the shower, company requires two weeks notice. I paid for half the cake then and the other after pick up and emailed an exact photo. The evening before the shower I picked up the cake. I got to Jula’s 2 minutes before close due to horrible traffic. I quickly looked at the cake on the top and it looked great. I placed the cake on the flat surface of my car and did not refrigerate, just as instructed. The next day when I removed the cake from the box I saw the worst cake I have ever picked up from any bakery. The sides were not smooth, the cake had large patches that were cracked. Being that I paid $ 60 for a simple round cake with buttercream icing, I was very disappointed and embarrassed to serve this at my event. For future customers, I just caution you. Remove the sides of the box and inspect everything! As I said before I have had several beautiful cakes from Jula. However after this cake I will not chance it again. For the price you are charged you should have a flawless cake.

Custom order bridal shower cookies and they were pretty good. Other than the fact they forgot to put the date on some of the cookies I was overall pleased. The pricing was a little high 72.00 for 2 dozens yikes! But it was for a bridal shower so I did splurge a little. If the date would have been on some of the cookies and the price wasn’t so high I would have given 5 stars.

Cakes are delicious! The decorators are super talented. All around, very good. My friend was able to get her wedding cake here with very short notice, because the original baker backed out. They did a fantastic job on short notice. Prices are reasonable for a free-​standing bakery.

Julia has made cakes for our family now for over a dozen years and they are the best tasting cakes in the area. The cakes are also beautifully decorated. Very professional service and locally convenient.

I ordered a cake for my daughters birthday and it turned out pretty but the taste of the cake wasn’t good. The cake was very dry and we ended up throwing away what was left which that was a lot of money. They are nice and do pretty work but with cake it needs to taste really good too.

We enjoyed eating last night’s cupcakes made by Cakes by Jule at the Dawson Cross Country awards banquet led by coach Hypolite. Not only were they delicious but they looked gorgeous as though each one was hand crafted by an artist. Deanna

We loooooooooved our wedding cake. It was so delicious. Italian cream cake with cream cheese icing and raspberry filling. The design of our cake was exactly what we wanted. Thank you so much.

I ordered a baby shower cake from here. Everyone absolutely loved the cake and the way it tasted. I don’t know if I’m just inexperienced with frosting but I have never had buttercream that delicious, and the cake was very cute. The ONLY bad thing I could say about this place is that I ordered a chocolate chip cake, but got full chocolate cake. I am wondering if I got confused and thought the cake would be yellow cake with chocolate chips in it and their cake is actually just chocolate with chocolate chips in it, so that’s why I’m not upset.
All in all, they did a wonderful job, gave me a straightforward answer about pricing, had the cake ready on time, and made it easy for me to pick up. I will definitely come here again if I need another custom cake for any reason.

Awesome! Had my wedding cake done. Everyone said it was amazing! Love everything here!

They have the best cake balls I have ever had! Every time I go to cakes buy Julia they have a great assortment of sweets and her prices are AMAZING!

Using my husbands Unilocal account… She has made a couple of cakes for us recently. She made our wedding reception cake a year ago today, and it was unbelievable. It was so good and moist that we ate the top section the next day even though we were going to try and save it for our one year anniversary. It was a french vanilla with raspberry filling and buttercream icing. The «art work» was so intricate and detailed that we thought it was fake! Best of all, everyone absolutely loved it.
A few months ago she made a going away party cake for my son’s party (he left for the Navy) and same thing– the American flag and «Anchors Away» artwork were so 3-​D and detailed that it looked fake. Of course it was all real and edible.
Great cakes and great prices. You can pay more but you’re not likely to get more.

My review of Cakes by Jula is only for the cake balls and nothing else, since that is all I ever get here!
They have a nice assortment, from mint chocolate to pineapple! My absolute favorite are the pink champagne and the orange flavor. YUM!
They are always moist and delicious, never stale! And the staff is always friendly and attentive. An absolute favorite for sure!

It was my granddaughter’s 2^nd birthday and currently everything has to be like Ariel, the Little Mermaid. So my daughter set off to have a custom cake made for her and heard from other moms in the area that Cakes by Jula was good, so that’s where she went.
The birthday cake was perfect, it was blue like the ocean and had edible fish, shells and star fishes and topped with the Princess Ariel, and my lil granddaughter loved that cake!
But let’s talk about the cake itself, it was an Italian cream cake, I have never had Italian cream and I have to say all other cakes are now ruined because this was a great tasting cake! I can’t even describe it, it’s the texture of a spice cake, but not the flavoring of one, it was a sweet nutty cake, the blue frosting was a buttercream, but it wasn’t a heavy buttercream, it was light and went perfectly with the Italian cream cake. I really enjoyed this cake.
The cake was a hit with the 2 year old princess and party guest, if you’re looking for a custom cake you should give Cakes of Jula a try!

Wonderful cakes for our wedding!
The whole experience was incredibly easy, with lots of flavors to chose from for the cakes. We had chosen to have our dog as the groom’s cake with a Rice Krispy version of our new puppy next to him, but they were actually able to do a cake version of her as well, which was great. (And a complete surprise.) The wedding cake was beautifully done as well.
Definitely recommend using them — we were not disappointed and everyone thought the cakes were delicious!

Just moved here a day before my daughters 18^th birthday. Had no idea where to go. Saw the reviews on Unilocal so decided to drive over to see if they could make a cake in a day. I explained my situation to the lady she said they where booked. Usually they need a 2 week notice. I thought for sure I was screwed. Then someone from the back must of heard and said they had 1 sheet cake left, if I wanted it. I wasn’t sure since I wanted something completely different. But it was raining and I was tired. So I said fine. I have to say… It was beautiful and sooooo good!!! And the price was fair. So happy I found a bakery:)) p. s I’m the pickiest person ever!

Yesterday was my mom’s 60^th birthday and we (my brothers and dad) wanted to get her a cake that would make her say «WOW!» and that’s where Cakes by Jula came in :-) My dad and I created a custom designed cake and described it over the phone no less to the wonderful people at Cakes by Jula. When we picked up the cake we were amazed by how beautiful it looked! It was even better than what I imagined. When my mom saw the cake she screamed hahaha and said how beautiful it was. The cake was the star attraction of the party people were taking pictures with it left and right hahaha!
I have to say that not only was the cake beautiful but it was so good! Nice and moist (I know I know that word is kind of gross) so maybe I will say it was soft and delicate and just plain delicious!
I will definitely think of this place the next time I need a cake made.
Thanks for making my mom’s birthday such a hit!

Carrot cupcake: cake a little dry but good flavor. Icing cream cheese and delicious.
German chocolate cupcake: cake moist, coconut icing delicious and added choco frosting ever so awesome.
Day old german chocolate brownies: moist and intensely chocolate with coconut icing
Peanut butter cookie: so. Good. Perfect blend of choco and peanut butter.

I had been wanting to come here for a while and didn’t realize how close it was to me because it’s kind of hidden.
I finally went and noticed it right away. It’s covered in pink. As soon as you walk through the door the smell of delicious baked goods hits you.
I got 3 cupcakes: Italian cream, Boston cream, & Reese’s and 2 cake balls: rum nut & red velvet which were all reasonably priced. The cupcakes were all very moist, the icing was not too sweet and very good. The cake balls were ok I would like to try other flavors but I don’t think I would get the rum one again.
Overall everything was spectacular, I look forward to going back!