Sally A.
Yelp
Audrey's made the surprise groom's cake for my October 2012 wedding. I had hired a home-based baker back in November 2011 to make the groom's cake, but she ended up moving out of state in summer 2012 and so was unable to do it for me. None of the bakers she recommended to take her place were professional enough for my standards (one wanted me to drive to her bakery in Farmingdale on the afternoon of my wedding to pick up the cake myself, another told me that she guessed she could print out the e-mail I sent her and mail it to me to sign as a "contract type of thing" - um, what?!). I was left to scramble to find a replacement, searching the internet for a new baker, from Los Angeles, having never lived in Long Island or even been to a bakery there.
Our day of coordinator came to my rescue and told me she'd heard good things about Audrey's. I started corresponding with Nancy in their office via e-mail and immediately experienced the quality of service and competency that had been missing from all my other experiences. Initially I was going to go with another bakery due to price (Audrey's was quoting me twice what I had agreed to pay the home-based baker, which does make sense because they are a commercial operation and have higher costs than someone baking a couple of cakes a month alone at her house), but when that bakery flaked on getting back to me with a contract, I went running back to Audrey's. I have to commend them for their professionalism and excellent service standards.
Our groom's cake was a NY Islanders-themed cake for which I specified many design ideas - including a modeled hockey puck and stick, and writing on the cake board. It turned out perfectly (see the photo I added for the cake in all its glory at our reception). It was better than I envisioned. Inside was yellow cake with cannoli cream filling (to differentiate it from our chocolate and chocolate mousse wedding cake), and it was delicious! People were raving over how beautiful and fun it was. We couldn't take the leftovers back to Los Angeles, so all my inlaws' neighbors and co-workers got a great treat.
I would definitely recommend Audrey's to anyone looking for a specialty or novelty cake, like a groom's cake, or anything with fondant work. I was so pleased.