Bittersweet did our cake as well as sweets for our vow renewal this July. I was thoroughly impressed with the tasting process (our friends subbed in for us) and experience with booking.
Our cake turned out just like our inspiration photo!
Not only was it gorgeous, but the cake itself and all the sweets were delicious - we still have guests raving about how they far exceeded expectations for wedding cake!! :)
I highly recommend Bittersweet Pastry Shop for all of your event needs!
Camille Sanches
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November 07, 2022
Bittersweet provided the cake for our wedding and they were fantastic. It was really easy to order a cake kit and taste the different combinations. The communication for ordering was a little slow (but not detrimentally so) because we had to use their online chat system. The cake was beautiful! They were able to design it how I wanted and hand make gorgeous details that I didn't know was possible. Most importantly, the cake was absolutely delicious. We were really picky because we love desserts and bake a lot. The cake wasn't dry or too sweet, it was a great balance and was the best we tried in the city. We also did a groom's that was easy to order and a fun addition to our dessert spread.
Ed Deutsch
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March 18, 2023
My son who lives here in Chicago took me here today for me to try the cinnamon roll. The only complaint was little dry and could use little more cinnamon but over all great flavor cinnamon roll. I would go back and try other desserts
The peanut butter torte was the best I have ever eaten. I never had a torte the has peanut butter flavor that stands out. They knock this out of the park. I give this a 5 star one of my go to places for this desert
Madison Wall
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February 27, 2023
We worked with Kerrie to design our wedding cake and it turned out amazing! They executed our design perfectly, it turned out so gorgeous! We opted for two different flavor combos - banana cake with milk chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache, and then the pinkberry cake with lemon sabayon and strawberry preserves. They were both INCREDIBLE! I can’t wait to order mini cakes for our first anniversary (and maybe every anniversary).
ari s
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May 25, 2022
Let me preface by saying I DID NOT ORDER THE CAKE OR DEAL WITH THE BAKERY AT ALL. However, my mom was told by another bakery that they wouldn’t be able to accommodate my cake for my birthday anymore this year due to being busy. My mom scrambled around panicked calling bakery after bakery until she stumbled across this gem of a shop. They let her order with less than a week of my party and the pricing was not so astronomical like the others. While this is all great I haven’t even told you about this AMAZING CAKE!!!! Yes it’s beautiful (we see the picture come on now)! BUT every person at my party said this was the best cake they have ever had. We usually end up throwing cake away that’s extra from parties….but this time we finished the entire cake! I mean I just found myself scraping my Tupperware to get the last bits of that delicious one-of-a-kind cake! I had originally requested white chocolate raspberry but my mom somehow ended up oedering a raspberry lemonade cake…I’ll admit at first I was like ughhh but wow this hands down is my favorite of all time and I will NEVER go back to the old bakery! I’m also a puzzle fanatic and my sister bought me an awesome puzzle right from the bakery! Come on we are 3/3 now….!!! I will say the one thing that wasn’t my favorite were the macarons but it may have been that they were a separate charge but I’m telling you people the buttercream is so silky soft and luxurious I thought it was whipped cream! Idk how they do it but my entire family was so impressed they all want that cake flavor now. This is our new bakery spot for that delicious cake! Call them and order the raspberry lemon cake - I didn’t even know that I liked that combo but it’s compelled me to spend at least 10 minutes writing this review. *wishing I had more of that cake and sad it’s gone* thank you bittersweet for making my birthday the best! Keep that pastry chef if you know what’s good for tou!😉
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Bittersweet did our cake as well as sweets for our vow renewal this July. I was thoroughly impressed with the tasting process (our friends subbed in for us) and experience with booking. Our cake turned out just like our inspiration photo! Not only was it gorgeous, but the cake itself and all the sweets were delicious - we still have guests raving about how they far exceeded expectations for wedding cake!! :) I highly recommend Bittersweet Pastry Shop for all of your event needs!
Bittersweet provided the cake for our wedding and they were fantastic. It was really easy to order a cake kit and taste the different combinations. The communication for ordering was a little slow (but not detrimentally so) because we had to use their online chat system. The cake was beautiful! They were able to design it how I wanted and hand make gorgeous details that I didn't know was possible. Most importantly, the cake was absolutely delicious. We were really picky because we love desserts and bake a lot. The cake wasn't dry or too sweet, it was a great balance and was the best we tried in the city. We also did a groom's that was easy to order and a fun addition to our dessert spread.
My son who lives here in Chicago took me here today for me to try the cinnamon roll. The only complaint was little dry and could use little more cinnamon but over all great flavor cinnamon roll. I would go back and try other desserts The peanut butter torte was the best I have ever eaten. I never had a torte the has peanut butter flavor that stands out. They knock this out of the park. I give this a 5 star one of my go to places for this desert
We worked with Kerrie to design our wedding cake and it turned out amazing! They executed our design perfectly, it turned out so gorgeous! We opted for two different flavor combos - banana cake with milk chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache, and then the pinkberry cake with lemon sabayon and strawberry preserves. They were both INCREDIBLE! I can’t wait to order mini cakes for our first anniversary (and maybe every anniversary).
Let me preface by saying I DID NOT ORDER THE CAKE OR DEAL WITH THE BAKERY AT ALL. However, my mom was told by another bakery that they wouldn’t be able to accommodate my cake for my birthday anymore this year due to being busy. My mom scrambled around panicked calling bakery after bakery until she stumbled across this gem of a shop. They let her order with less than a week of my party and the pricing was not so astronomical like the others. While this is all great I haven’t even told you about this AMAZING CAKE!!!! Yes it’s beautiful (we see the picture come on now)! BUT every person at my party said this was the best cake they have ever had. We usually end up throwing cake away that’s extra from parties….but this time we finished the entire cake! I mean I just found myself scraping my Tupperware to get the last bits of that delicious one-of-a-kind cake! I had originally requested white chocolate raspberry but my mom somehow ended up oedering a raspberry lemonade cake…I’ll admit at first I was like ughhh but wow this hands down is my favorite of all time and I will NEVER go back to the old bakery! I’m also a puzzle fanatic and my sister bought me an awesome puzzle right from the bakery! Come on we are 3/3 now….!!! I will say the one thing that wasn’t my favorite were the macarons but it may have been that they were a separate charge but I’m telling you people the buttercream is so silky soft and luxurious I thought it was whipped cream! Idk how they do it but my entire family was so impressed they all want that cake flavor now. This is our new bakery spot for that delicious cake! Call them and order the raspberry lemon cake - I didn’t even know that I liked that combo but it’s compelled me to spend at least 10 minutes writing this review. *wishing I had more of that cake and sad it’s gone* thank you bittersweet for making my birthday the best! Keep that pastry chef if you know what’s good for tou!😉