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    delicious cake, wonderful service

    Kathy made us the most delicious wedding cake and decorated it beautifully. She has tons of amazing flavors and styles to choose from and is incredibly reasonable. Would 10/10 recommend!
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    Rachel R. Sent on 11/07/2022
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    Best Cake Ever

    We tried cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes at probably 20 different places and Simply Desserts was the winner hands down. It really wasn’t hard because Kathy’s cakes were so moist and not overly sweet! It was the perfect balance and she worked with us on altering flavors! She is very knowledgeable about cake sizes and serving counts which is important. Will definitely be using Simply Desserts for all cake purposes!
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    Megan W. Sent on 07/21/2021
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    Simply the Best!

    My husband and I had a wonderful experience with Kathy and loved our delicious cake! She took the time to get to know us and our tastes and really understand exactly what we were looking for. The cake was probably the one thing in wedding planning my husband and I didn't agree on since I love chocolate and he does not. Kathy made it so easy by offering so many cake options for us to try and surprisingly I liked a non-chocolate more than chocolate! My Dad arranged the flowers we had put on the cake and she was so kind in working with him for the flower delivery and adding them to the cake We couldn't say enough positive comments about Kathy and our cake and can't wait for our top tier on our first anniversary!
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    Elena Sent on 12/05/2021
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    Yesssss…Fabulous!

    The entire process with Kathy was fabulous. Initial Contact, questions and virtual meets, tastings, and the final product. The wedding cake was wonderfully decorated. We gave her our idea and let her have some creative control.
    It was delicious! My (now) husband and I received so many compliments. We had 2 individual flavors on a multi tiered cake. We are vegan and Kathy’s vegan flavors are simply to die for. I cannot recommend Kathy enough to anyone looking for a wedding cake. Call her and do a tasting!! I’m even happy to be a reference for anyone with questions. Cake was delivered on time and in perfect condition. Payment was super easy and affordable.I simply could not have asked for better! We will recommended her and will be using Kathy’s services again if we have the need for another cake.(My Wedding was 11.20.21 in Harford County, Md.)
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    Natalie S. Sent on 11/11/2021
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    Perfect experience!

    My husband and I had Kathy make our cake for our wedding, and the planning process from start to finish was flawless. Not to mention, our cake was delicious! Cannot wait to work with her again.
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    Jim B. Sent on 10/31/2021
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    Amazing Flavor, Great for Dietary Restrictions

    Kathy was amazing to work with. She has a huge breadth of flavors that all taste wonderful, and nothing is overly sweet. She did a great job making a full dairy free wedding cake for us with the best vegan buttercream I've ever tasted. She will make a set of mini tasting cakes for you in any requested flavors for a small fee to help with decisions, and walk you through everything as far as sizing to your party goes and design details.
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    Erin Sent on 08/06/2021
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    Delicious (and Dairy Free Options!)

    Kathy did an awesome job making a small cutting cake and cupcakes for our wedding reception. The bride needed a dairy free cake, and it was amazingly delicious--maybe even better than the dairy-full ones in the groom's opinion (raspberry amaretto if you're curious). With various complications on our end, we had to do separate tastings for the regular and dairy free, and Kathy was very accommodating. She also custom decorated the cupcakes to fit a blue flower theme at a very reasonable price and we used them as part of our centerpieces for the tables. We were hoping that one or two might be left over to come home with us, but somehow our guests made sure they all very quickly disappeared at the end of the reception!
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    Leah D. Sent on 02/13/2021
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    Yummy and beautiful!

    Kathy was fantastic helping us figure out what we wanted our cake to look like, and was flexible with changing flavors and size when we needed to. She produced a cake that was exactly what I was hoping for with my wedding theme of butterflies.
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    Iman B. Sent on 08/16/2020
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    Simply Desserts is Simply Perfect

    Our wedding cake was SO delicious! And...it was beautiful! Their customer service was also on point. What else can you ask for?! Thank you simply desserts!
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    Eloise G. Sent on 08/06/2019
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    Great personalized experience!

    We had a wonderful experience with Simply Desserts! After trying two other cake vendors who literally just dropped cake samples on a tray and left us there, Simply Desserts provided the personalized experience we wanted. We left our cake tasting, not only having tasted some delicious samples, but feeling like we made a new friend. As I (The bride) am not a fan of cake, we chose to go with a smaller top cake, Strawberry Lemonade, and then a bunch of uniquely flavored cupcakes. They were all a huge hit! My mother, at the last minute, also requested Gluten-Free Cupcakes. This request was met with no issues and I am told they were delicious!

    Simply Desserts's reply:

    Thanks for the great review Eloise. It was a pleasure meeting and working with you and David. Looking forward to working with you guys in the future.

    Take care,

    Kathy
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    Debra Sent on 12/19/2018
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    Amazing and delicious

    Hiring Simply Desserts as our baker for the wedding was the best and easiest decision! We met with Kathy in her home office where we had a tasting. She came to the meeting very prepared and she even brainstormed some decoration ideas for us, including drawings and photo inspiration! She was also able to work with my dietary restriction with ease (non-dairy). Everything was delicious and it was very hard to narrow down our decision on cake flavor! Our guests were so impressed with the cake and cupcakes! We got one 6-inch cutting cake (yellow cake with strawberry white chocolate cream cheese), and 30 cupcakes of each flavor: pumpkin with cinnamon buttercream, dulce de leche with vanilla buttercream, red velvet with white chocolate buttercream, and lemon cake with raspberry preserves. Kathy worked with our Harry Potter theme to tint the buttercream inside the cupcakes to match the Hogwarts house colors! Payment and delivery were flawless... she did everything exactly as we wanted and everything turned out amazing. Seriously, I do not know why anyone in the Baltimore area would go anywhere else for their cake needs. I can't wait to get another cake from her!!

    Simply Desserts's reply:

    Thanks for the wonderful review Debra. It was a pleasure working with you Joshua. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness and cannot wait to make another cake for you again.
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    Elysia Sent on 11/25/2018
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    Simply wonderful!

    Kathy was wonderful to work with. Her cakes are delicious and beautiful, and our guests loved the beautiful cake she made for us!
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    Tiffany Sent on 07/23/2018
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    O!M!G!!! Our wedding cakes were absolutely AMAZING! I am very picky about cake because I used to make them professionally myself, so understand the gravity of this statement: These were THE best cakes I have ever tasted in my LIFE!!

    We had them do individual cakes for each table with lemon/blackberry curd for the guests and truffle cake for us. I'm telling you, these cakes crossed our eyes and dotted our Ts! Kathy was WONDERFUL to work with, and the cakes were just beautiful. (I'll post pictures when I get them.)

    Trust us... you want these cakes in your life.
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    Donald Sent on 05/31/2018
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    Kathy was great! A wonderful experience working with her for our big day. The cake was delicious. Thank you for making our day magical!
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    Shamira Sent on 05/29/2018
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    My fiancé now husband and I attended several cakes tasting, but we were not completely pleased. When I contacted Kathy, she provided me with a list of cake flavors. We were impressed with the list, because She has a good selection. The day of our tasting, Kathy was very professional, and we felt comfortable, because she has a beautiful personality. When we tasted the cakes, they were moist & delicious, and the buttercream icing was perfect. Kathy helped us in choosing our wedding cake style and she did an AMAZING JOB!! Everyone in our wedding like the cake design and flavor. We chose almond cake raspberry tiramisu. We will certainly be using Kathy again. Thank you, Kathy!
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    Jaime Sent on 05/23/2018
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    Kathy bakes the best cakes, they are phenomenal! We thought we wanted fondant because of the smoothness and appearance. However, Kathy uses Italian buttercream which is not as sugary and the texture is so smooth it looks like fondant and tastes so much better! Kathy was so easy to work with, very sweet and kind, and her communication was top notch! Payment was very easy and she delivered our cake right on time to our outdoor tent. Our guests raved about our wedding cake. We choose Tiramisu and Chocolate Chocolate, delicious! I would very highly recommend Simply Desserts, you will not be disappointed and it will definitely be our “go to” for any future cakes we will need!
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    Heather Sent on 05/30/2018
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    WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL!!!! Kathy's cupcakes were the BEST! Thank you for making our day special.

    I recently got married and Kathy's professionalism through the whole process made ordering our cupcake(cake) probably the easiest thing we had to do through this entire experience. When you meet with Kathy it is just you and her, so all the attention is on you and your BIG day. We ordered 4 different flavored cupcakes. The Chocolate Caramel Rum, Chocolate Salted Caramel, Simply Lemon and Tres Leche. They were ALL DELICIOUS, especially with the Jamaican Buttercream..yum! We ordered 150 cupcakes and received our cake top for FREE, and with a different flavor then the cupcakes,(chocolate covered strawberry). The options are endless with Kathy's baking expertise. We will definitely order from her again, maybe for our 1 year anniversary? I am referring everyone I talk to about cakes to Kathy. I also work at a hotel, so anyone asking, she is the first to be mentioned. If you are looking for inventive, delicious sweets... Kathy is your girl. Our guests are still talking about how delicious the cupcakes were and how they were light and not too sweet.

    Thank you for making our day SPECIAL!!!
    Love Heather & Justin McGill
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    Brandi Sent on 11/12/2017
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    Kathy was simply simply amazing and she nailed our Travel themed wedding cake!!!! My husband and I did not see the finished product of the cake until we walked over to cut it and we were floored at how beautifully she nailed our vision. We went to Kathy with a Travel themed vision and asked if she could put a gold outline of the continents on our cake and she said she’s never done that before but she would try! Not only did she show us sketches of our vision during the process, but she also demonstrated which cake sizing would best display the continents. Our guest simply loved not only the look but the yummy soft taste the cake had to offer. The cake was georgeous and yummy!!! Kathy is awesome and a pleasure to work with. We can’t wait for our 1 year anniversary cake but I’m sure we’ll be using her again for other celebrations in the future!!! We love you kathy!- The Martins
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    Amanda Sent on 06/20/2018
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    Kathy is THE BEST. Hands down. She's friendly, sweet, and so easy to work with. The cake was gorgeous. The layers were AMAZING. She was willing to help us tweak the flavor to get exactly what we wanted, and the pricing was so reasonable. We will be getting our first anniversary cake from her as well. Try the Bailey's Irishcream. That was our middle tier, and I could have eaten that for days!!!
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    Erin Sent on 02/02/2018
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    Kathy was amazing! We got along with her so well, and loved all of the wonderful cake flavors. Our guest raved about the cake—both it’s beauty and taste! In fact, we loved kathy and her cakes so much that we’ve continued ordering cakes for birthday and other special occasions. I would highly recommend working with Kathy for your wedding cake!
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    Peta Sent on 10/01/2017
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    Pricey but the cakes are AMAZING!! All my Jamaican family members loved our wedding cake which was the traditional black cake with fondant and marzipan. Because we bought cake for over 75 people, a 7" cake or 5" black cake was included in our pricing which we used for our rehearsal dinner. We went with the 7" Amaretto Raspberry cake with her 'grown up' buttercream. Everyone loved it!! She is now my personal baker for any future events :)

    Simply Desserts's reply:

    Thanks so much for the awesome review Peta. It was a pleasure making your cake (loved the challenge). I wish you both a lifetime of happiness and I look forward to being your cake lady for life :).
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    Greta Sent on 02/02/2018
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    I had a great experience with Simply Desserts. Karen was a pleasure to work with and ver y professional. The weeding cake she made was beautiful and delicious.
    I would recommend Simply Desserts for any special occasion. Kathy was wonderful.
    Thank you Kathy!
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    Diana Sent on 11/10/2017
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    So easy to work with and everything turned out so beautful and tasty! Thanks a bunch : )
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    Ande Sent on 01/06/2017
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    We had a fantastic experience with this vendor! We'd had another tasting that same day at a formal cake shop in Annapolis who were very tasty and professional, but a bit expensive. We went to Simply Desserts, and were a bit concerned when we realized the business was in Kathy's basement... as well, she served us our tasting on a Styrofoam plate when we'd just come from a formal cake shop with real china. I will NEVER be so pretentious again! My husband and I took one bite of the tasting cake, looked at each other, and in unison said "This is better!!"

    Kathy listened very well to everything I asked for on the cake, and her prices were very reasonable. She delivered a beautiful cake on time to our venue, and EVERYONE raved about how delicious it was! It was incredible! We'll probably order an anniversary cake from her, as well (she gave us freezing instructions, but I'm not a fan of the idea of year-old cake, haha).

    Highly recommend to friends and family alike!

    Simply Desserts's reply:

    Thank you for the awesome review Ande. I look forward to providing you and Bill with desserts in the years to come.
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    Kathy was great to work with. We enjoyed meeting with her and getting to sample some of her cake! We opted for cupcakes and a small cake for my now-husband and I to cut together on the day of our wedding. The guests must have enjoyed them, because we ordered WAY more than we thought necessary for the size of our wedding, and were left with only about 10-15 cupcakes at the end of the day! Very professional, flexible, and friendly service.
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