A Cake Odyssey

We were late to our appt but no one said anything… Oops. I have mixed feelings. My fiancé LOVED this place. Im not so sure. The man who did our cake testing was not warm and obviously not interested in my wedding. Thats fine. Not everyone has to be, but come on! A little interest would be nice… He seemed annoyed when i pulled out my phone to show him my inspirations. Reading some of these reviews, I’m not surprised they have gotten orders wrong. He didnt ask very many questions or to see many pics. He was curt and to the point about my vision and how hed have to do it (buttercream vs. Fondant) which i appreciated. He was also on a pity roll. He told us all about all the things they stopped carrying because of how expensive it is…
Anyway, Now for the cake! My fiancé is picky so naturally it made our cake tasting go smoother. We tried 3 flavors of cake and 3 icings. The cake was moist and delicious. We loved the almond and amaretto! Yum!
We havent decided for or against them yet…

We stumbled on this little gem driving home through North Valley instead of taking freeway.
I tried their Petite Fours’ the Vanilla and Chocolate they were very moist and delicious! We also bought some sugar cookies, they were really good!
Next time, if they have them I will try their Tiramisu! I could only imagine what a Wedding Cake would taste like:)) Maybe I’ll order our 25^th Anniversary cake in August
here!!!
If your looking for a sweet treat, stop in here!!!

Ordered my wedding cake from here and it was simply the best! To this day, people still talk about the cake.
My husband and I went into the shop months before our wedding from a flyer we found. The gentleman working the counter scheduled us in the following month for a cake tasting. We bought some pastry for our trip home and it was gone before we left the parking lot! I absolutely love dessert and it was delicious!
We came back to town for our cake testing and it was glorious! We tasted all the flavors, cake types and their coffee was equally delicious!
We chose our cake type and fillings. The direction and advice we were given was great. I was set in my color of orange and got exactly that. I also wanted a Texas Longhorn football logo cake and they delivered!
I also found they would deliver the cake to two hours (with an additional fee of course) away to our wedding. It was set up perfectly. The boxes that were left for our first anniversary were perfect.
I can’t wait to place an order for my husbands birthday because the cake is so good!

Based on some glowing reviews from my aunt and mother, we decided to go with Cake Odyssey for our wedding. After tasting, we ordered the cake we wanted (Lemon Poppy with Rolled Marshmallow Fondant) and paid in full that day. Four days before the wedding, we get a call from the salesman advising he made a mistake and that we owe him an additional $ 200 as he charged us for butter cream and not rolled fondant despite being clearly marked on the original receipt. We gained agreement that we would not be paying the additional $ 200 and we would have rolled fondant on our wedding cake. When we arrived to our reception, the cake that was delivered was not what we ordered but a buttercream substitute. When this was called out to the owner, his response was «that we were being petty» and «the cake was beautiful». Well I agree the cake was beautiful and it was delicious, it was not what we paid for or ordered. It is a shame that their customer service is so poor and does not match the deliciousness/​quality of their product.

My experiences here have pretty much always been the same: friendly service, variety for a smaller bakery, ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ on flavors being something we’d want to try again, and prices high (but that’s Los Ranchos for you).
Best thing here so far is the pineapple upside down cake (moist and good flavor); least favorite are the petit fours (dry and bland).
They make fresh bread certain days of the week; I’ve not tried any yet but there are multiple choices.

Very poor customer service! Wanted to schedule a cake testing for a wedding cake the employees were very inflexible and not helpful at all. I would not order anything from this establishment.

I discovered A Cake Odyssey at the winter farmer’s market. We purchased a bear claw, cinnamon roll and hot cross bun — all were delicious. So, we decided to visit the store — although we were a little apprehensive after reading the prior reviews. We encountered a very nice owner — Karyn — and another very sweet counter girl.
As for the treats, they were all wonderful. The bear claw and hot cross buns were as good as the ones from the winter market. I also had a Pink Champagne Cupcake that had a fantastic strawberry flavor and just the right amount of frosting — plus it was pretty!
I will definitely be returning to A Cake Odyssey in the future.

Cake Odyssey provided the cake for my recent wedding. The experience from beginning to end was fantastic with everything coming together on time and on taste.
Mmm red velvet cake. Butter cream icing. No fondant. Yes please.

If I hadn’t had a cool head on my wedding day, I would’ve flipped out.
Somehow Cake Odyssey got my cake completely wrong. (I gave them a photo and wrote exactly what I wanted AND went in a few days before to verify everything).
Sure, it tasted fine. But it was THE WRONG COLOR. I paid $ 700 for this?(A cake for 100 people?!) It was supposed to be bright yellow and fade up to white… it came bright blue on the bottom tier and faded up to a pale yellowish white… what the heck? (I themed the whole wedding navy and yellow – the navy for him, the yellow for me… and I ended up with basically no yellow.)
They also forgot to leave a box for us for the anniversary tier so we had to keep it in our hotel mini fridge over night and then go back to Cake Odyssey to get a box for it. They did end up refunding some money, but I don’t think it made up for our disappointment and stress.
I was so disappointed as this pop of yellow was supposed to be the star of dessert before our first dance…:(
Tasty, but EXPENSIVE and unreliable… sad.

Received a surprise cake from ‘A Cake Odyssey’ for my birthday. Wow. One of the best tasting cakes I’ve ever had and I’ve been to my fair-​share of weddings people. Wedding cakes miss the mark more often than not.
Received a cake with cream cheese raspberry filling. HEAVENLY. I couldn’t resist having small piece after small piece. We decided to freeze the cake as we didn’t finish the entire thing within 1 week. We defrosted it in the refrigerator about 2 months later and again were delighted with the wonderful flavors.
The cake was ordered over the phone and was picked up several weeks later. The one complaint is the spelling/​words on the cake. As my name is «Abby» that is what was supposed to be written on the cake. When the cake was picked up it said «Happy Birthday Addy.» It made for a good laugh and thankfully we used toothpicks to move the frosting to say «Abby.» I later came to find out the spelling was repeated to the woman on the phone several times, yet she still messed it up. Had the cake been for something more professional, we would have been much more upset.

While in the area doing a tasting at a catering company, the caterer mentioned this place as a recommendation– and it was right in the same area! We popped in, excited to check it out, and our bubbles were immediately burst by the sour man working the counter. He was an older guy and didn’t seem at all jazzed to be working there. I inquired about wedding cakes and he rudely remarked that I should’ve made an appointment for a wedding consultation to ask about that. I told him we’d just found out about the place and so we were just stopping in. We got some cupcakes to go to in order to try the cake and browsed the sample (model?) cakes at the front of the store on the way out. I snapped a photo for reference and then got scolded for it!
«Do not take pictures of the cakes!» directed my friend at the counter most tactlessly.
We left quickly. The cake itself was okay– much better in flavor than ABC Cake Shop– less sweet for sure… but on the dry side. Certainly nothing to write home about.
Back home in Texas, I decided to give them a call. Why let one disgruntled employee hold me back from investigating a little more? Well, no one ever answered the phone or returned any of my several messages, so I decided to give my business elsewhere. The caterer I chose (Dawn Sanchez Creations) is also making my cake and hers blows A Cake Odyssey out of the water! Maybe because she makes hers with love… :)