I was extremely nervous because our wedding was in Katy, TX, and a friend brought the cake to us in her car. Gemma gave her extremely detailed (and printed) instructions, along with all the tools required for assembly. The cakes arrived in four pieces (three tiers and the groom’s!), perfectly safe. I was amazed at how beautiful they were! The craftsmanship and detail was astonishing. Everyone loved both of them, and we got a ridiculous number of compliments on the decisions.

As far as taste, I did not get to have any cake myself (other than one tiny bite, which was delicious). It seemed,though, that nearly every person at the wedding let us know that the groom’s cake, which was red velvet, was just amazing. The cakes must have been wonderful, because my husband and I both missed out on having any red velvet, and very little was left of the wedding cake. I’ve never heard so many compliments to a cake, but both of our cakes were a huge hit!

Then when I cut into the cake and lifted out the perfect wedge (that was so rich and dense it stood upright on the flat of my blade) … all were smiles to see the 4 layers separated by your strawberry preserve/buttercream icing filling! If that weren’t enough, all were ecstatic when they took a bite. Some of the comments floated were:

• OMG!!!
• This is incredible!
• Oh my … this is one of the best cakes I’ve ever eaten.
• Whoa! There are actual chunks of strawberry in the filling between the layers!

My brother, the baker/chef of our family, tried to “deconstruct” the cake to try to figure out how you made it “just so” to see if he can recreate it! But the funniest and most telling comment of all was from my other brother who doesn’t eat a lot of sweets, after he ate his piece, a second piece and the rest from kids who couldn’t finish theirs … he said “this is so good it’s worth getting sick over!”

The Millionaire Shortbread was a huge success as well! I asked my family to first hold the box before I opened them so they could get a feel for how HEAVY they were. All really enjoyed them. A couple of my “well traveled” family members mentioned how European they tasted … not being overly sweet allowing all the flavors to be showcased and complement one another. I told them Gemma was from England and they said, “Ah, that would explain it!”

Thank you and Gemma, again, for making a special day EVEN MORE special with your culinary creations! We used to get our family cakes from another business, but I see Curious Confections becoming our new favorite!

From a happy customer,

- Darron

From my father’s 65th birthday Beatles Drum to every king cake I’ve ordered for the past 3 years; Curious Confections is a cut (pun totally intended) above the rest and they will continue to receive my business for years to come.

Thank you CC!

The tartlets didn’t disappoint. They were over the top and Aubrey had nothing but positive things to say about them. Some of the words of praise she shared with me were “Best. Tartlets. Ever”, “These are so freakin’ good” and “Mmmmhhhmmm.”

The base of the creation was a cake that was half chocolate and half vanilla. The base was inside a flower box with cookies crumbled to create dirt and small hand crafted flowers and some peace symbols coming out of the cake. At the middle of this was a stalk that went up about 2 feet high to create a giant sunflower at the center of the garden. The sunflower itself was a lemon chiffon cake with chocolate, and it spun in a circle as the light shone down on the petals making a cool shadow effect.

The cake was absolutely beautiful and you almost hated to destroy it, because it was a work of art. Of course, the time came when we sang happy birthday and had to cut the cake, and although the cake had been visually amazing, you were able to enjoy it all over again because it was as pleasing to the taste buds as it had been to the eye and thoroughly delicious.

Thank you both for helping to make my Mom’s day so very very special.

On Friday my husband gave me one of your amazing birthday cakes. It was an adorable pink cupcake shaped cake with big, multi-colored fondant sprinkles and inside was yummy, minty, chocolate goodness. It was delicious! It could very well be the best birthday cake I’ve ever had. Better than my wedding cake. Thank you for adding such a special touch to a special day.

Sincerely,
Jamie L.