Bovas Bakery Review

A review of the experience of Bovas Bakery written by Fredi Adams.

Updated October 10, 2021

Basic Information

What do they offer?

Wedding Cakes

Location

address1: 134 Salem St
city: Boston
state: MA
postalCode: 02113
latitude: 42.365171
longitude: -71.055482

Email(s)

[email protected]

Phone number(s)

(617) 523-5601

The Reviews

Written By: Melamie McLeod

My wife and I found Bovas through the Knot. We had tried a few different bakers and were very disappointed, so I was surprised when he said we could do a tasting. We loved all of the flavors we tried and ended up choosing three different cakes. The actual wedding cake turned out beautiful and was exactly the way we wanted it. All of our guests said it was delicious.

The only downside was that we had ordered a custom cake stand and had it made in the shape of the White Mountains. The cake stand was placed at the front of the cake and looked great. However, for the price we were supposed to get a cake stand that would hold up the weight of the cake and its layers of cake, filling, and frosting. The one we did got progressively weaker as more and more people got to it, until it finally collapsed. The company did refund us the cake stand cost, but it was a shame it fell apart.

Overall, it was a great experience and I would absolutely use Bovas again. The cake was delicious, it was beautifully made, and it was delivered on time. But I would suggest they make their cake stands a little sturdier than they did.

Written By: Manya Langston

We ordered our wedding cake from BoVas. From the beginning, working with them was an easy and enjoyable experience. They were able to take our ideas and turn them into a beautiful cake (even if I forgot to eat my piece early enough! ;-).

They have a bunch of unique and delicious flavors, but we chose two that aren’t in their “normal” line up. We ordered a lemon cake with raspberry filling for the bottom and a chocolate chip pound cake with chocolate fudge filling for the top. Both were absolutely delicious and our cake turned out a lot bigger than we were expecting (probably because it was made for 2 people instead of 2.5).

We also ordered a couple sheet cakes to be cut from the same cake. One was your standard chocolate, chocolate chip, with chocolate fudge filling. The other was chestnut cake with apple cinnamon filling. Neither were on their “normal” menu, but they were both delicious and we got to sample them at our cake tasting (which we were able to schedule a few months before the wedding).

They were able to provide us with a 6" cake for the wedding (cut from the top of the main cake), so that we could have a “wedding cake” and a “birthday cake” (as my wife and I have the same birthday). They also made a chestnut cake with chocolate fudge filling in the shape of a small globe, to use as the cake topper (it’s made in house, by the way).

They were very accomodating to us, as we wanted our cake tasting to be catered (so that we could invite family and have everyone eat together). We had an awesome meal, where they first brought out the two “line-up” cakes they would be serving to us (they’re just pound cakes, with a special icing on top). Then they brought out a variety of “normal” cakes, pastries, cheesecakes, etc. They even made us a small “globe” of chestnut cake, with chocolate fudge filling, so that we could try a couple different options (we chose not to serve it to the guests).

Overall, a great experience with some awesome cakes (and a great dinner). We’re looking forward to our 1 year anniversary cake!