Hy-Vee

All of our cakes turned out beautiful, we had a lot of compliments. We were untraditional as we had several decorated sheet cakes all in different designs and flavors instead of a normal tiered cake.

Sharon did our wedding cake. She is the head baker at Hy-Vee at 27th and Superior in Lincoln, and she used to own her own shop. We chose her after a recommendation from a friend.

I absolutely love the cake flavors we had. The brochure we got did not list everything she could offer so that was a little frustrating, but we still got a chance to try everything we wanted to try. There was a lot of variety…we ended up with white cake with a raspberry Bavarian cream filling, chocolate cake with Bavarian cream filling, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, and a brownie grooms cake. Our frosting was a whipped frosting since I do not like regular frosting. I had been told by others that this frosting wouldn’t hold up as well, but she assured me it would and it was perfect. We had lots of great comments on our cake flavors. We only wish there could have been a little more filling in each layer.

We were given 2 or 3 containers of little pieces of cake to taste test.

I gave Sharon a picture of a cake I loved, and then she drew a sketch of it and some extra touches we discussed. The look of the cake turned out great. We gave her our cake topper and fake flower petals to use on it about 2 weeks before the wedding. There were pearls on our cake that she added at no extra charge.

The price was a little more than we would have preferred, but we wanted the fillings and different flavors that another Hy-Vee wouldn’t be able to provide. It was also cheaper than other specialty bakeries around Lincoln. So it was right in the middle. We were able to choose the sizes of our layers after looking at model at the Bridal Gown Outlet on North 27th Street. That is where a lot of Sharon’s cakes are displayed. Looking at these is what we needed to decide a size. We went with 3 round layers, 16’’, 12’’, and 8’’. I definitely didn’t want a cake that looked to small, and the sizes we chose were perfect.

I worked with Jennifer at the 27th and Superior store, she was awesome and quick she had great ideas and my flowers were better than I expected.

The almond flavored cake they recommended was amazing! We also had mini cupcakes & sugar cookies that went quickly!

Our cake was delicious and they let us find accents that we wanted to add to the cake (it helped save us alot of money).

Hy-vee on 27th and Superior ROCKED the flowers were perfect!!!!