Bookshelf Bakery Review

A review of the experience of Bookshelf Bakery written by Cecile Dale.

Updated October 10, 2021

Basic Information

What do they offer?

Wedding Cakes

Features

Dietary Options:
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free

Location

city: Woodbridge
state: VA
postalCode: 22192
latitude: 38.66346
longitude: -77.24565

Email(s)

[email protected]

Phone number(s)

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The Reviews

Written By: Cecile Dale

I was first introduced to Bookshelf Bakery at the Norwalk Farmer’s Market. I fell in love with the cupcakes and began following them on social media. When it came time to choose a baker for my wedding, there was no competition. I had never had buttercream frosting before, but after sampling their flavors, I was sold. We chose coconut cake with raspberry jam filling and chocolate cake with peanut butter and raspberry filling. Their recipes are so tasty that even the frosting, which is normally my favorite part, was almost an afterthought. We had 300 guests and chose to do cupcakes with a small cake to cut. I didn’t want to spend a fortune on a cake and neither did my husband. Bookshelf Bakery was the perfect solution. We were able to choose 6 flavors in total and mix and match the decor. We went with a victorian rose design on a white cake for the small cake and six flavors of cupcakes. We chose coconut, red velvet, chocolate, vanilla, lemon with lemon curd, and apple spice with peanut brittle frosting. The small cake had a different decor. I sent them a picture of the victorian design that I wanted on my cake and they were able to replicate it exactly. The day of the wedding, the cake and cupcakes arrived exactly when they said they would be delivered. They were absolutely beautiful. I was so impressed with their service, their creations are beautiful and tasty, and their prices are very reasonable. They were a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend them.

Written By: Daffy Walsh

We had a great experience with our wedding cake from Bookshelves and Bakery. We had a meeting with their team to design our dream cake. While we were having fun designing, we didn’t realize that they were designing a cake that would feed 200+. We were pleasantly surprised when we found out that the cake would only feed 130 (we had about 90 guests). We were beyond excited for the design and flavor. We decided on a three tier cake with the top and bottom being lemon cake with lemon curd and raspberry filling (delicious!) and the center layer was classic vanilla with classic caramel buttercream.

About a month before the wedding, we had a call with their team to finalize all the details. We had two more tiers added to the cake (and the size of the layers) so that we would have enough cake to feed all our guests. We also decided to add a fourth tier so that we would have even more cake for our big day! To make the cake even more delicious, we decided to have an entire layer of cookies and cream filling (yum!) The whole team was so helpful and flexible, we couldn’t have asked for more!

The cake and frosting are to die for. The cake was soft, moist, and the frosting was not too sweet. I highly recommend this bakery for any event.

Written By: Shirleen Kelly

We used Bookshelf Bakery for our wedding cake, and they were wonderful. We had a book themed wedding, and they made a beautiful cake and cupcakes to reflect this. We had three different flavors of cupcakes, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, chocolate cake with peanut butter cream, and lemon cake with lemon frosting. They were all delicious, and our guests loved them. We had a book shaped cutting cake with two captains on it, and they made these details on the cake as well. It was so cool, and it tasted delicious. We had a lot of guests come up to us after the wedding to tell us how great all of it was. I highly recommend this place for any wedding or special occasion. They were great to work with, very detailed oriented bakers, and very reasonably priced.