Confession...

daves_sweetpea

I've always secretly thought Maribelle tasted like overpriced cake mix cake.  While I feel bad she has this stress right now I'm sort of glad she'll have another bakery-plus she invited me to go to the tastings!!

All of this is a flashback to finding a new reception location 3 months before my wedding-it was a PITA but in the end I'm so glad we switched.

stillwaiting12

I agree with you, I always thought Maribelle was really overpriced!! And it's a definate PLUS that you get to go to the tastings!!

I wanted to add too that I saw she was going to meet with Tracy Bellman from Tres Belle and if she is at all interested I have to RAVE about Tracy's carrot cake. I consider myself a connoisseur for carrot cake and hers is the BEST. It's a must try if she's at all considering carrot for a layer or so.

mrs.dilligaf

Never had it.  Guess now I never will. 

Sweetpea, YGPM.

daves_sweetpea

stillwaiting12:

I have to RAVE about Tracy's carrot cake. I consider myself a connoisseur for carrot cake and hers is the BEST. It's a must try if she's at all considering carrot for a layer or so.

FBIL LOVES carrot cake!  I will tell my sister.

And MrsD, got your pm-good to know!

Moesten

I gotta say a cake has to be pretty foul for me not to like it, KWIM? I've never had this Maribelle's cake but I would be willing to try it just so I could have an opinion on it

 

WA1215

I love cake tasting.  Although our cake vendor was fabulous, I kick myself for not going on more cake tastings.  I only went to one...I will never know how Maribelle's was.  Did you ever find out why they up and closed?!

Meg41208

Moesten:

I gotta say a cake has to be pretty foul for me not to like it, KWIM? I've never had this Maribelle's cake but I would be willing to try it just so I could have an opinion on it

 

LOL, I agree.  I can't said that I've ever had it.  I don't know where 95% of the wedding cake I've ever eaten was from.  

daves_sweetpea

As far as closing, they told my sister they had deaths in the family-so I assume more than one person?  No idea who or if those people were involved in running the bakery nor do I understand why they couldn't give more notice-say finish out the year & give their brides several months to find new bakeries.  That said, maybe it was something so life changing they needed to move on-who knows.

As for the taste of the cake-it wasn't bad and the flavors were more gourmet than other bakeries (they had pistachio cake, for example) and they did just about any design w/o charging extra.  On the other hand, my bakery only charged $3 per person and you could taste the real butter, fresh ingredients, etc, in every bite.  I remember sitting in my tasting with M thinking I could make a better cake at home.  Mine would have been pretty lopsided & ugly though!

jerseygirl81

We ended up using them solely for the dark chocolate truffle/ganache cake. I didn't try anything else. I thought our cake was pretty good, but I can't speak to the other flavors.

cops_wife

Moe Thie did our wedding cake when they still had Virginia Bakery. We were actually one of her last cakes with the bakery because two weeks before our wedding, her husband fell out of a tree working in their yard and was badly injured. She still made our wedding cake (with the help of a former employee who was then at Take the Cake). It was really delicious and Moe was wonderful. I hope you and your sister like her!