Cake Studio of Ocean City

At the beginning I was so unbelievably excited to be getting a cake for my wedding by the amazing Darren, I’ve enjoyed his beautiful creations before and could never of imagined the experience I had.
Darren the owner was EXTREMELY UNPROFESSIONAL. I was flying in from another state to do all my wedding planning. We started communications via email which took him days to send the list and reply to. When we arrived for our cake tasting he was not there. After much discussion that he would be there to do everything his assistant (that was amazing) was very confused when we walked in. She quickly stepped to the plate and saved the day. The tasting with her went well, the cake was amazing and their previous cakes were beautiful. DEALING WITH THE OWNER/​BAKER WAS A NIGHTMARE! We were waiting on our price to place our deposit, cancelled all other bakeries that we planned on visiting. Days went by and he never responded, we finally went in to his store because he was not returning any calls or emails and he said he didn’t want to do our cake, when asked why he said he wasn’t «comfortable doing it.» After 2wèeks of constant communication a tasting, a sketch of our cake being done he cancelled on us the day before we were leaving completely screwing us on our wedding cake.

I can not even express in words how satisfied I am in my overall experience with the cake studio. Darren was super easy to work with and INCREDIBLY talented. I was so excited for my sister’s baby shower cake since our meeting and he did not disappoint. The cake was as delicious as it was beautiful. Our guests could not believe that the flowers on the cake were made from sugar because they were so detailed! We had two of Darren’s many flavors (pumpkin & toffee fudge). Both were fresh, moist & delicious. We made thin slices because our guests wanted to try both flavors & even the thin slices offered a generous portion. Highly recommend this place !!!

Darren is an amazingly creative, talented baker! He made our wedding cake and it was absolutely perfect, his sugar flowers are SO gorgeous, and the cake is delicious. He is also extremely nice and accommodating, very open to changes in the designs as well. His talent also reaches into unusual cakes, as he made a Pittsburgh Penguin (Petey) cake for my husband as his grooms cake, and it was the most adorable thing ever!
Additionally, he doesn’t believe in freezing the top layer of cake for the 1 year anniversary, and will make you a FRESH cake for it one year after your wedding!

I agree entirely with Lindsay T’s review. I met with Darren to do a tasting for my wedding cake a few weeks ago. He sent me an email a week before asking me which flavors I wanted to try. Everything I tasted was some of the best cake I’ve ever had (We tried the peanut butter and banana cake, the chocolate guiness cake, and the chocolate «latte» cake), and there was enough for me, my fiancée, and both of my parents to get a large tasting. Darren’s cakes are also beautiful and probably should cost way more than they do given both the taste and how pretty they are. I also really liked that he didn’t try to get money out of us right away; he wouldn’t even take payment that day (we got a contract by email a few days later). Overall, I couldn’t have had a better experience with the Cake Studio of Ocean City.

In response to the prior review — no, you can’t get a cupcake here, it’s not a bakery. I don’t think it’s fair to give a business a 1 star review when you don’t even enter the studio (which yes, is my appointment only).
It’s a specialty cake studio. Darren’s cakes are amazing. I was slightly intimidated when I met with him for my wedding cake because I had seen elaborate cakes and assumed his cakes would exceed what I was willing to spend. Fortunately, Darren made us a simpler cake, which was elegant, creative, and beautiful (and very reasonably priced!)
While Darren’s cakes are pretty, the real reason we chose him: chocolate guinness cake with salted caramel butter cream frosting. It was hands down the best cake I, or my husband have ever tasted. Incredible!