Caprice F.
Yelp
I had never had anything from Sugar Ray's before ordering my birthday cake from them. I found them through IG and yelp and saw a couple of their cake designs that I really liked. I called to place the order and sent them the screenshot of the cake I wanted. I asked for it with a black background and was told that I couldn't get that because of how the icing would turn everyone's tongues black. I didn't mind that but agreed since they were adamant. I changed my color preferences saying "light pink with FUCHSIA, black, and gold leaf in the design." When I picked up my cake, what I got was definitely not fuchsia in the mix, but rather a kind of mauvey-reddish hue. I was quite displeased, but my party was in a few hours so I didn't have a choice.
The staff tried to be accommodating by adding more gold leaf and apologized for my dissatisfaction. I still paid the full amount and took my cake to the party. They also put my faux flowers on the cake, which helped with the presentation but I was still disappointed as the color of pink (fuchsia) in the picture I showed them from their IG page was the actual color I wanted and I didn't think I needed to explain that to them. Fuchsia is fuchsia. Google it.
Fast forward to my party when we had the cake... I got a lot of compliments on the cake and I tried to hide my dissatisfaction with its appearance not being exactly how I wanted. However, once we cut the cake and tasted it, I was EXTREMELY PLEASED with the flavor of the cake! I ordered the chocolate fudge brownie, even though I was a bit unsure of how it would taste. It tasted exactly like I hoped and exceeded my expectations! Everyone at the party loved the cake, even those who swear they hate chocolate cake!
Moral of this story: my note to self is that when ordering a cake, even though you have a picture, it's probably best to go in person to place the order and show directly what you mean. Similarly, it may be best not to deviate from the colors of the picture. The original cake image from their IG page was really cute and I would've been pleased with it as depicted, but the colors just weren't exactly in alignment from my party theme.
Considering all of this, I actually would go back and do business with Sugar Ray's again, but will take heed of the notes above.