Le Royale Icing & Specialty Cakes

On this day of the Supreme Court ruling for same-​sex marriage, I am reminded of the single negative aspect of our otherwise wonderful commitment ceremony in 2005 — our cake from Margaret Lastick of Le Royale Icing.
We requested two cakes: one small one to cut at the reception in the Unity Temple and a larger one for the luncheon at a home in Oak Park that followed.
1. In spite of her Oak Park workspace being less than a mile away from both of the locations, the delivery was over two hours late, arriving while we were in the receiving line following the ceremony.
2. The small cake, for the cutting event, was delivered completely undecorated. Fortunately, our caterers were able to improvise with flowers & fruit (see 1^st picture).
3. The larger cake, for the luncheon, was simply horrible. She took what was very specifically only a sample sketch I gave her and executed it literally at what was obviously the last minute.
She charged us a large fee ($ 900), but contributed literally nothing in design. Uncolored buttercream was slapped on and machine printed white chocolate panels were affixed with icing that looked like toothpaste (see 2^nd picture).
The cakes tasted fine, though no better than many other fine bakeries in Oak Park could have done for much less cost.
Since payment in full was required two weeks before the ceremony and the event was in progress, we were left with no recourse. Margaret did not return or acknowledge any of our calls to complain afterwards. We decided not to pursue further action, since the damage had been done.
Either she was incompetent or was making a passive aggressive statement against same-​sex weddings. As I doubt that the samples and photographs of prior work were faked, I have to assume the latter. Either way, it was dishonest and insulting. I can only hope that she did better by other couples.

I have used Le Royale Icing for many occassions since 1995, they have always produccd cakes that were awesome. Would use and recommend to others for special occasions.

After nearly three years, I am still furious about the cake situation that was caused by Le Royale Icing… Nothing will fix the disaster that was my cake that day, and looking back on my perfect day — this cake, and Le Royale’s incompetence was the ONLY thing that went wrong.
First of all, I paid $ 1800… NEARLY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS for this cake. My wedding was LESS that 150 people. I have absolutely NO IDEA how there was any possible way that there would be any excuse that there were people at my wedding who DID NOT GET CAKE. Margot and I discussed how many people would be attending way in advance.
The slices were NOT large. I had my wedding at the Union League Club of Chicago and they did a perfect job with the service. But there was simply NOT ENOUGH CAKE for everyone. People were coming up to my mother and asking her why they didn’t get any cake?!?
This was UNACCEPTABLE. Next, despite having met with Margot and discussed the cake design on numerous occasions, the cake I received on my wedding day was NOT the cake we designed and discussed together. She had shown me a picture of a cake she had made previously (or said she had made) and my cake was supposed to look very similar (five SQUARE tiers). The tiers were NOT square. They were rounded, uneven, and cracked. Next we discussed colors to be used in the design. I gave her paint cards with the colors, and told her the main colors were to be coral pink and olive green. The main color used in the cake design was teal. It looked like it was done by someone with Parkinson’s too… all uneven, lopsided and sloppy.
And to top it all off, the ENTIRE CAKE was a dummy cake! AND I got no cake topper to eat on my wedding anniversary.
I would never recommend Le Royale Icing to anyone. It nearly ruined my day.
And the response I got from Margot was ridiculous. She told me she was sorry I didn’t like the cake because «she worked so hard on it.»
I should have sued her.

Amazing! Beautiful, unique and a taste to die for. I highly recommend.