WeddingWire Couple's Choice 2014!

 

Hooray! We've won the prestigious 2014 WeddingWire Couples' Choice Award™ for Wedding Cakes in Greater Boston! We couldn't have done it without you, so thank you, thank you, thank you. Your kind words and positive reviews are greatly appreciated. See the press release below for more information:
           
            The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014 recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. The esteemed awards are given to the top local wedding vendors in more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their professional achievements from the previous year.
           
            While many industry award winners are selected by the host organization, the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ winners are determined solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with Dessert Works. Award-winning vendors are distinguished for the quality, quantity, consistency and timeliness of the reviews they have received from their past clients.
           
            "There's no better way to start the year than by honoring the hard work, commitment and success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Network," said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. "It is exciting to celebrate a sixth year recognizing businesses whose clients believe they are committed to quality, professionalism and all around top-notch service. We are honored to recognize Dessert Works for their impressive achievements within the wedding industry."
           
            As a Couples' Choice Awards™ winner, Dessert Works is highlighted within the WeddingWire Network, which is comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout North America and abroad.
           
            We are proud to be one of the top Wedding Cake vendors in the Boston area in the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding sites such as WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. We value all of our clients and truly appreciate the positive feedback that helped us earn the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014.
           
            For more information about us, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront here.
           
            To learn more about the Couple's Choice Awards™, please visit www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards.
           
            About WeddingWire, Inc.
            WeddingWire™, the nation's leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.
       

Valentine's Day 2014 Menu

Valentine's Day Menu 2014

Love is in the air at Dessert Works. We're already gearing up for Valentine's Day with the release of our special holiday menu.


Valentine's Cake for Two $13.50
A generous single layer of our rich chocolate cake covered with chocolate ganache & topped with a heart-shaped layer of your choice, either: chocolate mousse covered in dark chocolate OR raspberry mousse covered in white chocolate. Each heart-shaped dessert is decorated with a buttercream flower, and inscribed with a "sweetheart"or custom message of your choice.

Tiny Temptations
Heart shaped shortbread cookies-colorfully hand-decorated 
                                                                                                                    $2.50 each or $27 dz

Mini Red Velvet Lollipops-the classic cake flavor is scarlet in color & filled with our rich cream cheese frosting, dipped in chocolate ganache to make it irresistible!      
                                                                                                                  $1.85 each or $20.50 dz

Mini cheesecake pops-our creamy vanilla cheesecake dipped in chocolate ganache       
                                                                                                                  $2.25 each or $24.30 dz

Mini Pastries-popular varieties available like fresh cannolis made to order, milky way tarts, opera tortes, eclairs & fruit tarts                                              $1.60 each or $18 dz

Full-size cupcakes-available in your choice of vanilla or chocolate cake topped with mini heart shaped confetti and your choice of vanilla or chocolate buttercream     
                                                                                                                $2.25 each or $24.30 dz

Red Velvet cupcakes-our classic Red Velvet cake is scarlet in color, accented with chocolate ganache, and topped with our melt-in-your-mouth vanilla buttercream frosting
$2.50 each or $27 dz

Red Velvet Individual-this heart shaped, scarlet tinted, moist cake is layered with cream cheese frosting. It sits atop a thin chocolate cookie and is glazed in chocolate ganache.    $4.25
Champagne & Raspberry Individual Dessert-(see description below)                     $4.00
Apple Heart Tart Individual-(see description below)                                                      $3.85 each
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries-Please order in advance Fresh and juicy strawberries dipped in Callebault chocolate & drizzled with white chocolate. (Strawberries are not long stemmed.)                                                                                                    $1.75 each or $21 dz

Cakes                          6" serves 4-8    $25      8" serves 8-12    $34    10" serves 15-20    $48
Champagne Raspberry Torte-light vanilla chiffon cake layered with fresh raspberries and champagne mousse, finished in vanilla meringue buttercream with a raspberry mirror glaze & festive white chocolate adornments
Red Velvet cake-our classic Red Velvet cake flavor filled with our rich cream cheese & chocolate ganache

Also Available
Apple Heart Tart-a flaky-buttery pie filled with hand-peeled, sweet apples and finished with a heart motif top crust    8" only $17  serves 8
Mango Roulard-"small" serves 6-8 $15; "large" serves 10-14 $22; also available by the slice. Our tender vanilla cake baked thin, rolled with mango mousse & fresh mango pieces, finished in powdered sugar & fresh whipped cream

Meet the Treats: Mango Roulade

Meet the Treats!
Mango Roulade

We're mad about mango! Just in time for New Years Eve, we've come up with a new mango roulade. This tropical treat, which features our tender vanilla sponge cake layered with a delicious fresh mango mousse and real mango pieces, is then rolled up into a roulade and finished with fresh whipped cream and a dusting of powdered sugar! Available through the month of January, every bite tastes like a little slice of the tropics. (Just don't look outside!)
Large: $22
Small: $15

Champagne Raspberry Cake

We made it through the Christmas craziness, now it's time to ring in the New Year! What better way to celebrate than with our Champagne Raspberry Torte, which is back for a limited time! This New Year's themed cake flavor features our moist vanilla chiffon cake layered with delicious champagne mousse and fresh red raspberries. It is frosted in vanilla buttercream and finished with a raspberry mirror glaze, chocolate adornments, rolled chocolate stars, and more fresh raspberries. With advance notice, we can customize the decor for this flavor to satisfy any special occasion!

Stay tuned for an upcoming post about another new Dessert Works creation that will be coming to the cases this weekend! Here's a hint to get you guessing: we're trying to beat the cold weather by thinking TROPICAL!

We've extended our order deadline for the holidays!

It's a Christmas miracle! We've extended our deadline to place orders for Christmas eve. Come in today to place any last minute holiday orders. We also have additional holiday items in the case, such as these snowmen cupcakes available in vanilla and chocolate with a vanilla buttercream snowman on them. Hurry in before they melt away!

Reminder: Special holiday hours start tomorrow!

Sunday  12/22 OPEN 9-4

Monday 12/23 OPEN 9-6

Tuesday     12/24 OPEN 8-4

CLOSED 12/25 & 12/26

Friday 12/27 & Saturday 12/28   OPEN 9-6

Sunday 12/29 OPEN 9-2

Monday 12/30 CLOSED

Tuesday     12/31 OPEN 9-6

CLOSED Wednesday 1/1/14

Thursday 1/2  OPEN 12-6

Friday 1/3 & Saturday 1/4   OPEN 9-6

Sunday 1/5 OPEN 9-2

Christmas Order Reminder

Santa Claus is coming to town
...which means it's time to get your orders in for Christmas!

The Dessert Works elves are hard at work cranking out Holiday orders, but it's not too late to place your orders for Christmas! We request that all orders be placed by tomorrow (12-20-13) to guarantee full selection, however, we will continue to make several of our Christmas menu items up until Christmas eve for all the last minute shoppers! We ask for as much advanced notice as possible so that we can do our best to accommodate everyone!

Holiday Store Hours

Sunday  12/22 OPEN 9-4

Monday 12/23 OPEN 9-6

Tuesday     12/24 OPEN 8-4

CLOSED 12/25 & 12/26

Friday 12/27 & Saturday 12/28   OPEN 9-6

Sunday 12/29 OPEN 9-2

Monday 12/30 CLOSED

Tuesday     12/31 OPEN 9-6

CLOSED Wednesday 1/1/14

Thursday 1/2  OPEN 12-6

Friday 1/3 & Saturday 1/4   OPEN 9-6

Sunday 1/5 OPEN 9-2

Why we ask for payment in advance...

Dessert Works prides itself on being a from scratch, to order bakery. All of our items are made on site using only fresh, natural, premium ingredients. This means we keep a very limited inventory, so when you order a cake it is made custom start to finish, specifically for your order. 
Despite that every cake is made to order, in the past we've been quite flexible with payment and haven't required deposits to be made at the time of orders. We ask for a credit card number to hold the order, and allow for payment in full at the time of pick up or prior to delivery. 

Unfortunately, we recently received an order for a beautiful custom birthday cake, totaling $145 that was never picked up. The cake, shown below, was covered entirely in rolled chocolate, with a hand decorated quilting design, a pearl border, and a hand crafted white chocolate bow propped on the edge of the cake. 

We were told that someone would be coming by to pick up the cake before 6pm, but no one showed up.  After attempting to reach out to the customer for several days, we made a final call to let the customer know that we would be processing their given credit card number. It turned out to be a false card number. We never received payment for the cake and never heard back from anyone.

Going forward, we will be requiring a partial deposit at the time of the order for any custom specialty cakes. 

We understand that there are situations and circumstances that may arise which would result in a need to cancel an already placed order, so we do offer a 48 hour change or cancellation policy. If you call and speak directly with a retail associate at least 48 hours from the scheduled date and time of pick up, we will be able to work to make changes to your cake or to cancel your order. After the 48 hour window, we assume that an order will be picked up and paid in full at the scheduled time.