Being a fairly new resident to South Florida, I have been looking around for well known places with good, delicious food. A place that sells good sweets is hard to come by. Not a lot of people specialize in baking and pastry, so its not common to find a local shop that sells them alone. Sure there's Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme to get your sugar tooth on check, but donuts can get boring after a while. My mother and I have heard of a famous local shop that sells "delicious" cakes and happens to be famous here in Miami. A few days ago we happen to drive by one of their locations so we decided to stop in and check it out. Upon entering the store, nothing really stood out. The place was nearly empty. The front display looks barren. There were a lot of small 4" cakes on display, along with some cookies and other little treats just sitting there. One display case was even empty with just a tres leches sitting there. I did not even want to know if it was still good or not. The cake dummies that were on display in the front window weren't anything attractive. There was an average wedding cake, along with a chocolate cake and a Picasso inspired cake that was lacking art. It tried to be artistic, but just came out looking ugly and badly done. My mom went on to discuss prices for cakes and what was included with the prices. For what the cakes cost and what is actually included with the price, it is definitely not worth it. We take a look at the 10" demo cakes and off the bat, we can tell that the "buttercream" that was supposedly on the cake, was not buttercream at all. It was a cream with a shortening base, basically a cream made from Crisco. We bought one to go to try out and see how the cake itself is. When we get home, we open up the box and take out the cake. Out of the box, the cake had a HUGE dent in the back that was not visible through the display. This was a complete disappointment. Being a business that relies on its reputation, we would've thought that the lady who attended us would've told us about the dent and change it, but that was not the case. I wonder if they sell wedding cakes with dents in them as well? Anywho, on to the cake. We each get a quarter of it, and eat it. Right away we can confirm the cream is not buttercream and in fact it's a shortening based cream. It had no flavor what so ever and felt greasy. The cake was not from a box, it was actually home made, which was surprising from all the disappointments so far, but lacked flavor. It was a rum cake supposedly, but there was no hint of rum. It wasn't moist either, mostly dry. Overall it wasn't a good experience at all. Location lacked art, it was rather plain and boring looking, cakes were the same. Customer service was horrible. Who sells a dented cake? Apparently someone who doesn't care about getting returning customers. Cake was horrible. I have no idea why this place is so famous. I hear Edda's Cake Designs is good, but I also hear they used to be partners with Sweet Art by Lucila and from the experience we've had with Lucila, I dont think Edda will be any better. I will review Edda once I try her cake, but I'm not expecting to be blown away.
