| What additional services do you provide? : | On-site Delivery, On-site Setup, Tastings |
| Besides cakes, what other types of desserts do you provide? : | Cookies, Cupcakes, Dessert Buffet, Pastries |
| Are you licensed by the State Health Department? : | Yes |
| Do you provide customary cakes, such as Croquembouche? : | Yes |
| What additional types of events do you service? : | Anniversaries, Baby Showers, Bar / Bat Mitzvahs, Birthdays, Bridal Showers, Christenings, Corporate Events, Debutante Balls, Eco-Friendly / Green Weddings, Engagement Parties, Graduations, Holiday Parties, LGBT Weddings / Ceremonies, Memorials, Quinceaneras, Sweet 16s |
| Do you offer private tastings or open house tastings? : | We offer private tastings. |
| What are your tasting hours? : | There are no set times for tastings, we are flexible and can work with your schedule. |
| Describe how you price, such as by slice or by tier, for your cakes? : | Cakes are priced by serving. |
| Do you offer custom cakes, or do you work with pre-designed styles? : | Custom. Our favorite cakes to make are designed based on conversations with the couple, and inspiration from other wedding elements: dress, location, flowers, decor, invitations, etc. |
| On average, how far in advance of the event do you prepare the cake? : | The cake is baked the day before the wedding. |
| Will you work with the client's florist to garnish the cake? : | Yes. |
| What (if any) cake accessories, such as a cake stand or cake cutter, do you rent out? : | We have cake pedestals and a cupcake tower for rent. We also create custom displays for your cake, cupcakes, and desserts. |
nyctrichick, Nov 27, 2010 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Not only did Betsy of Nine Cakes make the best wedding cake I've ever tasted for our wedding, she was the consummate professional, easy to work with, incredibly pleasant and sweet, and hands down the best of all of our vendors. Every single person at our wedding commented on how fresh and delicious our cake was, and we could not agree more, it was truly not your typical wedding cake. Beyond how unbelievably delicious the cake was, Betsy's creativity also resulted in a beautiful looking cake. She matched the style of our invitation perfectly, bringing to life a difficult pattern that she transposed beautifully onto the cake. We can not say enough good to express how thrilled we were with our cake and with Betsy of Nine Cakes. Highly recommend for anyone interested in a fantastic (not to mention affordable) wedding cake!
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Lindsayd2011, Apr 08, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
I contacted Betsy at Nine Cakes about 4 weeks before our wedding, which was no problem for her at all. We live in England so great communication was essential for us when planning our wedding in New York. Betsy's communication was excellent! All of her emails were very reassuring and I had every faith that she would create a wonderful cake for us. I wasn't wrong!
The cake was beautiful! I had peonies in my bouquet and Betsy had created sugar peonies for the cake – they were amazing! We had a small wedding but Betsy still gave us the elements of a BIG wedding with her amazingly cute 3 tier cake. We had 2 different flavours; Vanilla bean cake with layers of raspberry butter cream and fresh raspberries / Golden almond cake with a pinch of cardamom, layered with heavenly rosewater butter cream. They were heavenly! All of our guests commented on how wonderful the cake tasted and looked.
The cake had been beautifully setup at our venue in plenty of time for our arrival at our reception. Everything about the planning was completely easy with Betsy.
I would definitely recommend Nine Cakes to any couples who are looking to get married in New York. I just wish we lived there so we could use Betsy for all our future celebrations!
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jennieerin, Apr 09, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Betsy made the most extravagantly delicious five layer cake — lemon, almond, red velvet, chocolate orange and chocolate caramel, delivered to the Eventi Hotel in New York, which displayed it very well. The cake was in turquoise fondant with gorgeous painstakingly crafted orange flowers and looked wonderful but the really important thing was how fresh and delicious it tasted… people loved it. The cake was something like $11 a slice, not bad for NY!
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Ugoob, May 07, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
I contacted Betsy a few weeks before my Wedding.
I was making my own cake topper and I was able to email her what I wanted my cake to look like.
It was a breeze, she was so patient and lovely to work with.
She was a great vendor. Future Brides use Nine Cakes!!
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D, May 22, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
BETSY RULES!
my cake was exactly what i wanted, yummy and so super cute!!! Betsy is the nicest person ever and very talented. I highly suggest going with Nine Cakes- you wont be disappointed!
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BrooklynLove, Jun 11, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Working with Betsy at Nine Cakes was such an amazing, effortless experience! She is amazing at what she does and we were already in love with her signature aesthetic so planning our cake was so easy. We surprised her at the tasting by bringing a few more people than expected and it wasn't a problem for her at all. We chose 2 flavors, chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream and almond cake with salted caramel buttercream (my favorite, and her suggestion) and both were so delicious and well-received. She even made a special mini-cake for our relatives with nut allergies. My mother-in-law is into baking and she and Betsy got along so well. She even hired Betsy to make cupcakes for my bridal shower, too. I would recommend Nine Cakes to everyone I know!
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Joy, Jun 24, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
We are still dreaming about our wedding cake!! That was how good it was…haha
Betsy was amazing and sweet to work with. The minute we arrived at the tasting we knew this was the right vendor for us. Her professionalism and love for baking really comes across. She is also very flexible to new ideas. We ordered a three tier vanilla buttercream covered cake consisting of a red velvet bottom tier with white chocolate filling, an orange blossom cake with earl grey ganache & poire williams buttercream filled second tier, and a top tier of lemon cake with passion fruit curd & passion fruit buttercream. Needless to say it was truly AMAZING!!
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Julie, Jul 29, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Betsy of Nine Cakes provided my wedding cake for my July 29, 2011 wedding in Manhattan. WOW. The cake was phenomenal both in appearance (handmade flowers of all different shapes, sizes, and color combinations that matched my flowers perfectly…she consulted with my florist… with a smooth and heavenly-looking buttercream frosting) and taste (chocolate cake with mint frosting). So many people told me they really enjoyed the cake (many didn't know that it was wedding cake as it was THAT good) and it was a challenge for for my husband and me to not eat the top layer and instead freeze it for my 1-year anniversary. Thank you Betsy and Nine Cakes!!!!!!!
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melanie and Craig, Oct 15, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Betsy at Nine Cakes is fantastic- she was so easy to work with, professional, very sweet, and makes delicious cakes! The tasting was so much fun for my now-husband and I, as the store is so cute. She has such incredible icing and cake options, and really worked with us to find the perfect combinations. We settled on an almond cake with passion-fruit and raspberry icings; and a red velvet cake with cream cheese, to compliment the chocolate-souffle desert at Cipriani. The fondant cake looked beautiful- I had a specific vision and photo, and Betsy was able to achieve it. She was also very detail oriented making sure to get the exact colors and flowers I wanted on the cake.
Delivery was seamless and professional. Overall Nine Cakes was fantastic to work with and a great choice for for a wedding cake vendor!
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Samantha, Oct 21, 2011 - Nine Cakes
5/5
OMG amazing! Betsy was so fabulous. So sweet and creative. We did a cupcake tower with one tier on top to cut. Wide range of flavors and they all tasted sooo good it was so hard to choose. We worked together to design the top tier and I can't get over how perfect it came out. She isn't crazy $$ either, and is such a great value!! You must go to her for a tasting at least. I promise you will love her and her cakes.
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MCB, Mar 17, 2012 - Nine Cakes
5/5
My cakes were a HUGE hit!
When we met with Emily for our tasting we had been thinking about cupcakes. We were so impressed by their style and the amazing flavors that we ended up getting a cake for each of our 14 guest tables! We went over our very small budget, but it was absolutely worth it!
Whether you choose cupcakes or full cakes, you will not be disappointed!
Thank you, Emily, Betsy, and all the staff at Nine Cakes, for making our big day extra special!
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Jaiden, Apr 14, 2012 - Nine Cakes
5/5
DELICIOUS and beautiful cake!!!! I wish I was getting married again so I can do it all over again. Betsy is awesome and she really did a beautiful job on our cake and making excactly what we wanted.
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ChouxFly, Apr 22, 2012 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Betsy of Nine Cakes is AMAZING! I contacted her 2 months before my wedding asking her to do 5 different 10-inch cakes for my wedding. She said yes, thank goodness! I chose 5 different cakes from her Spring Menu of Signature cakes, and had her decorate them in her signature way, she just added spring green and silver decorations to tie them all together. (I also rented 2 cake stands. My wedding planner picked up the cakes and stands, and returned them the next week.)
So I should probably admit that professionally, I'm a restaurant pastry chef, with no time and no space to make my own cakes. (I also couldn't bare to choose one or two flavors of cake, so I chose 5.) Betsy's cakes were simply beautiful and elegant. And they tasted DELICIOUS! Our guests raved about the cakes! In fact, friends of ours who are getting married this month, called their original cake baker and cancelled just so they could have Betsy do their cakes!
After the whole beautiful day, my husband and I sat down with 5 to-go containers and tasted all of the cakes at the hotel. They were all just lovely!
I am so glad that Betsy was so responsive and flexible that she was willing to work with me at such late notice. Her cakes were pretty and yummy, and they were a HUGE HIT at our wedding!
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Alison, May 06, 2012 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Ummm… scrumptious… wonderful…. light, airy… dare I say it — magical?
Those were just some of the adjectives that come to mind when I think about eating my delicious wedding cake that Betsy and Emily created for us. I attended a NY Magazine wedding event in March 2011 where I first met Betsy and tried a ridiculous coconut cupcake she made… that had to be the 12th piece of cake I had at that event, and the only one that stuck in my mind nearly a year later when I contacted her for a tasting for our wedding that was around the corner. There was something much different about it than all the others, and there was some good stuff there, believe me! But while a lot of others focused mostly on presentation and the flavors and taste were average-good… Nine Cakes had it all for me… simplistic, yet beautiful designs… with a huge focus on creative flavors and combos. If you're going to spend all that money on a cake or cupcakes for a special day… especially your Wedding Day — it better be damn good. And ours was.
Our cake tasting was so much fun. We chose the butter cream flavors and the cake flavors beforehand, Emily put them all together for us and we tried it all together. She also very sweetly made us some tea to wash it down with. My new husband wouldn't stop eating it… to be honest we wanted all 4 or 5 of the flavors we tasted… but whittled it down to 2: Mayan chocolate butter cream with dark chocolate cake & caramel butter cream with Fleur de sell and vanilla cake… we both had both flavors at our wedding. Everyone raved about them especially the chocolate. You would think chocolate on chocolate would be heavy — think again as you try this piece.
The decoration of the cake was P E R F E C T. It was exactly what we talked about and then some. Betsy is very responsive via email and is a joy to work with.
We took the cake top home to "freeze for the 1yr anniversary"… which I heard is a pretty gross tradition, but did it anyway… too bad it never made it to the freezer. We polished it off by the next day… I like that tradition better
It was a super pleasant and easy choice from start to finish with Nine Cakes. It's a no-brainer… they are the best.
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Kristie, Aug 16, 2012 - Nine Cakes
5/5
My husband and I were planning a very unconventional wedding at The Foundry in Long Island City. We knew we wanted an entire dessert table that coordinated with our unique Harry Potter theme. Betsy not only embraced our theme, she brought it to life. She created a lavish dessert spread with 10 different items including a butterbeer-flavored wedding cake (topped with two owls), treacle fudge, chocolate cauldron cakes and earl gray shortbread cookies. It was perfectly whimiscal and was the centerpiece of our entire reception.
Betsy was absolutely a pleasure to work with and our wedding could not have been a success without her. She was always prompt with her email responses, adjusted to last minute requests/changes and had reasonableproces (dessert tables range from $8-$11 per person).
I highly recommend Betsy for your own wedding! We plan on placing an order with her again soon!
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Anonymous, Jan 23, 2013 - Nine Cakes
5/5
Our wedding cake was delicious and elegant. It was a pleasure to work with Nine Cakes.
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