A Sweet Life
A Sweet Life

A Sweet Life

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Introduction
We pride ourselves on delicious recipes and attention to details that make every cake creation as unique as the event. Whether it is the stitching on a cake topper or the flair that we put on our cake boards to tie the whole presentation together...we consider it all as a part of our final product. We love the creative process and sharing behind the scenes with our customers. One of our favorite things is to create something new that has never been seen before. Our philosophy about cake is simple. Use the freshest ingredients; Make from scratch; Attention to detail. We are a small artisan studio and we limit the orders that we take in order to stay true to our work and make sure that your event is given the focus that it deserves.
Overview

Hired 74 times

2 employees

11 years in business

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This pro accepts payments via Cash, Credit card, PayPal, and Venmo.

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Customers rated this pro highly for work quality, professionalism, and value.

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ANISHA A.
May 28, 2019
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I'm usually not that impressed with the taste of wedding cakes I've had at weddings I've attended, they're always just okay. Since we were not planning on having additional desserts, we wanted our wedding cake to be really delicious. Since my fiancee and I lived in different states and held a wedding in a state neither of lived in, finding a pastry chef and doing tastings was not easy. We had to try to squeeze in tastings along with hair and makeup trials during a 3-4 day trip. I scheduled 3 tastings and Leigh from A Sweet Life was the most professional, responsive, and knowledgeable. . . we learned everything we would ever need to know about wedding cakes during our tasting. She took the time to properly prepare for the tasting by having us answer some questions to determine what flavors of cake and filling we would be interested in trying and the choices were extensive. We were pretty set on carrot cake with cream cheese filling but after the tasting we chose 3 flavors: carrot with salted caramel and vanilla bean filling, marble with raspberry and blackberry filling, and hummingbird with bananas foster and vanilla bean filling as it was hard to stick to just one flavor after tasting the other flavors. The carrot cake was make just the way I like it with coconut and pineapple juice as the sweeteners. The hummingbird cake was a banana and pineapple based cake that even my brother who absolutely detests bananas liked. The only downside was the venue didn't seem to cut the sheet cake properly. Leigh makes extra layers so the marble sheet cake had 3 layers of filling, 2 raspberry and 1 blackberry. When I was walking around during the reception mingling with guests, I noticed the cake pieces didn't look like they contained all the layers as I was seeing plates that just had one layer of filling and pieces of all different sizes. Leigh and I had discussed prescoring the sheet cake to make the exact number of servings needed after deducting the amount of servings obtained from the tiered cake. There were some guests who ended up not being able to attend but not so many to account for the large box of leftover cake plus 2 servings of each cake for me and my husband. We had a family dinner in the evening with my entire side of relatives and served the leftover cake and still had a large tupperware dish stuffed with extra cake. Not that I'm complaining about getting to enjoy more cake, I'm just disappointed the guests didn't get the full flavor profile. Both the carrot and the marble cake tasted as delicious on our wedding day as they did at our tasting (I think it tasted better than the venue's entrees) and the leftover marble cake was still moist the 2nd and 3rd days. We are looking forward to eating our hummingbird bridal tier on our first anniversary (if we can even manage to wait that long as we were talking about just eating right on the wedding night).

Details: Traditional stack cake • Floral cake • 5 tiers • Carrot • Cream cheese • 91 - 120 servings • I travel to the wedding cake designer

A Sweet Life's reply
Anisha First. You looked stunning and I can’t tell you how happy we are to see you cutting your cake. We are disappointed to hear that your venue did not properly cut the cake to give your guests the full flavor profile because you chose some of our most delicious combinations. We are happy to hear that you did enjoy the cake and it was just as good as we promised it would be. Sounds like you had cake for days!! Never a bad thing. Thank you again for the honor to be a part of your wedding. I know it was stressful to do it from such a distance and we are happy that we could make that process easier for you. We wish you all the blessings in the world. Leigh
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Amber T.
Jan 3, 2016
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We met with Leigh today for a tasting and hired her on the spot. Not only were the cakes delicious, but Leigh is a delight as well! I'm personally so excited to show off her handiwork at our wedding. Thanks so much, Leigh!
A Sweet Life's reply
We are looking forward to your special day Amber and the intimate family wedding you have envisioned....but most of all for being the bride that loves a surprise for her bride's tier and we are really excited to give you something special to cut into for your ceremonial slice.
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Sohy W.
Sep 1, 2015
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Leigh has been a delight and pleasure to work with. Completely professional and has made our dreamcake a possibility for our wedding. Based on the cake tasting consultation, I'm confident our cakes will be amazing for our big day. Thank heaven for A Sweet Life!
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Karla D.
Oct 2, 2016
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Great personalize costumer experience. Excellent guidance with design and flavors. Wedding cake even more delicious than tasting day!! Every guest complimented the cake.
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Carol C.
Sep 15, 2015
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Leigh was a pro and really knew how to make us feel at ease with the entire process. We plan on using her services every year to celebrate our anniversary!
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