Cake Lady and Petite Pastries

Discovering The Cake Lady was fate. I work downtown and walk to the Public Market often for Anodyne coffee. I noticed a beautiful cake in the window. It looked magical. Four layers-​two vanilla two chocolate. Between the vanilla layers was a red filling and between the chocolate layers seemed to be-​could it be?! More chocolate!
I must have this magical cake.
I did. I got a piece. I waited til I went back to the office as I was already going over on time for my break. Once I was safely in my cube I dug in.
It was amazing. Heavenly.
Fast forward from winter to spring as I’m planning my Besties bridal shower. So many details the games, the food but most importantly: THE CAKE. The most important part. I instantly remembered that heavenly cake from The Cake Lady. I immediately put on my Nancy Drew hat and sleuthed to the internet where I found her email. I described the cake to her and she knew right away what I was talking about. I asked for that cake to feed 45 people with roses with an ombré beginning with a pale pink to an ivory. It was beautiful and delicious.
At the bridal shower there were gasps and many ooo’s. One bridesmaid asked for the contact information and type of cake for her next event which she doesn’t even know when that is.
Hands down excellent cake. I can’t wait for the next special event so I can have more of this magical creation!

cake was just not gorgeous on the outside but it was delicious I had a chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream filling and a chocolate butter cream with fresh strawberries it was a great hit. Yummers! Service was great 5 stars!
Very nice Cake Lady :)
Loved my Esparza cake ;)

The cookies that I have tried from Cake lady were amazing but that is more than I can say for Karens’s attitude! I wanted to order cookies from her for a special occasion and she was less than helpful in giving me some creative ideas … Seeing as she was the «expert» I thought she could help but instead was condescending and quite rude. I decided to overlook it several weeks later because the cookies were good and left a message for her with no return phone call ! Never placed an order and don’t plan on it !

She made the cake for our wedding. It was perfect. We’d give her more stars here if we could.

My husband and I asked Karen to make cupcakes for our wedding reception. We used the cupcakes as a feature in our centerpieces. Each guest had the choice of several different flavors. Our guests enjoyed the fact that they had so many different options. One of the things that impressed me most about the cupcakes, other than their lovely/​varied designs, was the fact that they did not dry out for days after the wedding. Many cupcakes only have a shelf life of a few hours before they become dry, but not these.
In addition to that, her bakery was very clean and tidy, and her staff was friendly.
Finally, Karen was a pleasure to work with on a personal level. She mailed two free tickets to a bridal expo event at the Phister for my mother and I. In addition to that, she was able to work with us from overseas to make sure that everything ran smoothly before we arrived back in the States. I would recommend Karen to anyone organizing their own reception. She was a pleasure to work with.

Thank you Karen for proving your awesome cupcakes at my daughter’s wedding! They were a huge hit and we received many compliments throughout the night. The problem we had was that people wanted to eat them before dinner!

I just didn’t have a great experience at our cake tasting here. Keep in mind, we didn’t end up ordering a cake, but I feel that the tasting appointment didn’t go as well as I would have hoped. While I believe Karen has great talent and vision (the cakes, buttercreams, etc were delicious) she was lacking in the way of communication with us.
She charges $ 25 for the tasting and if you book with her, that doesn’t go towards your cake. We were trying to build ourselves a reasonably priced cake, but she gave us no insight to how we could get a larger cake for our money (even though I asked multiple times). No, adding a faux layer of styrofoam won’t be more economical than making it out of real cake. Really?)
Had she told us she charges hundreds of dollars more for fondant, we would’ve steered away from that. I’m not sure what the ingredients are in fondant, but I think they’re pretty basic. OK I’ll give you one on labor, but over $ 500 extra for fondant is crazy.
So, then she has you create a cake and she emails you the pricing a few days later. Why can’t we get it right there? Other vendors can tell you right up front. So, as anticipated, the emailed quote was way over budget, so we asked what she COULD do for our budget and she basically said «nothing.» So instead of helping us create a reasonably priced cake that would fit our budget, she didn’t listen and didn’t explain things to us nicely (or in a way 2 humps who don’t know a thing about cake would understand). She said «what?» instead of «I’m sorry I don’t understand your question.» While I was trying to get an idea of cost, she said «Well, everything is going to cost money» in a condescending way. Honestly, I get the whole artistry behind the cake making, but a business owner needs to know how to close a deal, and I’m pretty sure it’s not by pricing yourself out of the game.

I haven’t ordered from Cake Lady, but I have had her cake at Anodyne Coffee just down the street. I believe this is the only place you can buy just a slice of the cake. The German chocolate cake is phenomenal! Moist cake with the BEST, rich buttercream frosting. I will definitely be ordering from the Cake Lady in the future!

I picked up husband’s cake earlier today. This is by far the best cake I’ve ever had. I bought the vanilla buttercream with strawberry filling… OMG the buttercream was rich in flavor but still light and yummy! I’ll be sure to order all of my cakes from this bakery! Thanks again Karen!

Not sure why I haven’t written about this place sooner… maybe because I hate giving away my secret weapon /​super favorite places?! I have to say this is some of the best cake ever. Moist, not too sweet cake in a variety of flavors with a light buttercream frosting in many flavors to choose from. Favorite frostings include maple and white chocolate but it’s all good! Cake flavors are unique from lavender to the basics.
Cakes must be pre-​ordered, but it’s worth the wait. Go to her website and get on the email list and she’ll send you specials a few times a year for some of her holiday cakes you can order.

My daughter brought a caramel cake to a dinner party last weekend that was made by Karen. It was the most delicious, moist, tasty cake I have ever eaten. There were four layers and lots of butter cream frosting in-​between. It was also gorgeous. Absolutely wonderful.

Still the best cupcakes MKE has to offer. Since the wedding, I’ve co-​hosted a bridal shower and a graduation dinner party. Both times, we ordered cupcakes for dessert. Both times, people raved about the cupcakes. For the most recent order, I literally called Karen 4 business days before I needed said cupcakes (called Friday, then Memorial Day weekend, needed cupcakes for Thursday. Me, «Hello… it’s wedding season and every weekend is booked beyond belief, but I didn’t plan ahead and need (yes, NEED) Cake Lady cupcakes.» Karen, «Of course you NEED them. Conveniently, I make them. Consider it done. See you on Thursday at 3.»
And, she even made an extra one for my hubby since I roped him into doing the pick up. Awww, shucks! That Karen, she takes good care of me…

Karen has a high standard in baking and decorating. Her artistry and quality show through and through in her work. She’s kind, friendly, and helpful. A must have for special occasions.

I ordered the cake for a birthday my boyfriend and I were sharing. We could not have been more pleased. Having never tried the product, we ordered blind based on other Unilocal reviews and the pictures we saw The Cake Lady’s Facebook page.
We could not have been more pleased with it. The cake was flavorful and moist, each layer was perfectly spaced, and the icing was perfectly balanced. We were sad to see the end of it, but look forward to ordering another cake from The Cake Lady. I’m thinking we’ll do this soon in order to try the other amazing flavor combinations she has to offer.
We ordered the cake via email and it was exactly what we wanted. The hardest part was narrowing down what cake, filling, and icing flavors we wanted. They all sounded so good!

Before our wedding, my wife and I decided that we were going to use as many businesses and locations in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee as possible.
I’m happy to say the best wedding cake I’ve ever had was at my own wedding.
Our cake was a four tier cake, and it was very reasonably priced, but more importantly, delicious. Karen met with us for over an hour with samples of different types of cakes, fillings and frostings and explained them to us. She asked us questions, drew sketches, looked at photos with us to help us get an idea of exactly what we wanted. We returned a month later after designing our invitations so we could show her exactly what we had in mind.
And she fulfilled that goal! The cake was beautiful. She uses high quality ingredients. We couldn’t have asked for anything more.

Working with Karen to design our cake was one of our favorite parts of the wedding planning process. We had visited a few other bakeries before The Cake Lady and were starting to get worried that we wouldn’t find something that fit. Our first meeting was just what we were looking for — a true consultation. Karen had delicious samples prepared, listened to our ideas, and was able to deliver exactly the cake we wanted. Our friends and family still, to this day, remember our wedding cake — how beautiful it was and how delicious it tasted.