Dawn Makes Cakes(Custom Bakery)

I recently ordered a gender reveal cake and had a special request: I wanted a clue to be hidden inside. Dawn went above and beyond, instead of just hiding a message, she created the most creative and adorable scroll-style pull-out inside the cake
She was incredibly easy to work with, listened to every little detail, and made the process stress-free and fun.

Adding a picture here to show off the clever scroll idea 💗💙 — if you're looking for someone who brings your vision to life (and adds a magical twist), look no further. Truly grateful for how special she made our day!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dawn was amazing! She helped me with a last minute surprise birthday cake. Even though the order was very last minute, she took the time to listen to my design wants and made a very cute and unique cake with a lot of love in it. And then she was so flexible with helping us get the cake while keeping it a surprise to the birthday girl! She dropped the cake off at a local restaurant and helped us to work with the wonderful staff there (Crossroads in Fredericksburg) to keep it secret until it was time for dessert. What a wonderful person to work with! Thank you so much, Dawn!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The most incredible cake!! It was beautiful and delicious!!! Dawn was so easy to work with, I arranged for a party in Texas while I live in New York. Everyone wanted to know where I got the cake. Made the party so special!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, Cupcake, Reveling Cake, Chocolate and Vanilla Halloween Baby Shower Cake

Where do I start? I found this lady on Google. Saw her reviews and gave her a shot. I gave her a digital mock up of the cake and agreed on a price, $100. I thought it was high but I thought it was worth it. I asked her to send me an invoice. I got distracted and didn’t pay the invoice within 24 hours so I tried to reach out to pay. When I text her, she blocked my number and my Facebook where we were communicating. No reason. No conflict. Just blocked. I had my mom and boyfriend call and she immediately answered. Against my better judgment, I ordered with her. She actually tried to charge my mom $150 until I showed her the previous invoice. So she said she’d “honor it”. When we finally got the cake, it looked so bad and I was so embarrassed that I went through all this and the cake looked like an amateur made it. I was even move disappointed in how it tasted. It was so dry and flavorless. Never again. I’ll go to Walmart next time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Dawn did a fabulous job on my birthday cake she has been doing my cakes the past several years! Give her a call and notice she will take GOOD care of you and what you request and you will not be disappointed!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We got a great surprise from the creative cake and cookie makers, Dawn and Dave Neilon at Dawn Makes Cakes in Fredericksburg, Texas. Great people and delicious cookies! Cant wait to try the cake! Thank you so much!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dawn makes one of a kind birthday cakes that look and taste delicious! She made my wife a custom cake for her birthday.
She doesn’t charge crazy prices and is super easy to deal with. I’d definitely recommend using her.

Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, Cupcake, Reveling Cake, Chocolate and Vanilla Halloween Baby Shower Cake

Dawn did the perfect cake. I just let her know a general idea and she was so creative with it. It tastes delicious as well. Definitely will order again.

I waited two months to write this review to try and keep my emotions from overtaking and making sure this is very honest.

I picked Dawn to surprise my now husband with a grooms cake of the UT Austin tower, as that’s where we both went to school. I sent her my inspo pic, which you’ll be able to pick out from the below pics and asked if this was something she could execute. I told her if she couldn’t that we could figure something else out but that I wanted it to look exactly like the picture just on a smaller scale. She said she could do it and I trusted her based on the grooms cake pic on her website.

We were in the middle of taking pictures when she delivered the cake so we did not get to interact with her but my mom told me they practically ran out and sped off when delivering. The cake arrived damaged which she did give a 25% refund because of this. However, it did not make up for the fact that even if undamaged, the cake looked awful. It looked nothing like the inspo pic and wasn’t even burnt orange. I was genuinely embarrassed even having it displayed and noticed it started to lean so we moved it to a cooler area in the house to preserve it. As you can see from the photos, this didn’t help.

Within 1 hour of getting delivered, the cake fully collapsed. My husband and I were both very upset and didn’t even get to eat the cake. I sent her an email explaining what happened and showing the attached pictures and her response was “Again, can't apologize enough. Thank you for your grace.” That was it. My brother is a lawyer and insisted we make her give a full refund, as it’s our right. While we wanted a full refund, I felt too bad and also felt too bad to leave a negative review. Now that some time has passed, I just want my review to warn couples looking for someone to make their wedding cake.

Dawn isn’t capable of doing complex designs and as my brother said, this business should be called “Dawn Attempts to Make Cakes” instead of Dawn Makes Cakes. Giving a full refund would have been the right thing to do in this situation and I think it speaks a lot to her character that she didn’t and didn’t even feel bad about it. Please learn from us!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I waited two months to write this review to try and keep my emotions from overtaking and making sure this is very honest. I picked Dawn to surprise my now husband with a grooms cake of the UT Austin tower, as that’s where we both went to school. I sent her my inspo pic, which you’ll be able to pick out from the below pics and asked if this was something she could execute. I told her if she couldn’t that we could figure something else out but that I wanted it to look exactly like the picture just on a smaller scale. She said she could do it and I trusted her based on the grooms cake pic on her website. We were in the middle of taking pictures when she delivered the cake so we did not get to interact with her but my mom told me they practically ran out and sped off when delivering. The cake arrived damaged which she did give a 25% refund because of this. However, it did not make up for the fact that even if undamaged, the cake looked awful. It looked nothing like the inspo pic and wasn’t even burnt orange. I was genuinely embarrassed even having it displayed and noticed it started to lean so we moved it to a cooler area in the house to preserve it. As you can see from the photos, this didn’t help. Within 1 hour of getting delivered, the cake fully collapsed. My husband and I were both very upset and didn’t even get to eat the cake. I sent her an email explaining what happened and showing the attached pictures and her response was “Again, can't apologize enough. Thank you for your grace.” That was it. My brother is a lawyer and insisted we make her give a full refund, as it’s our right. While we wanted a full refund, I felt too bad and also felt too bad to leave a negative review. Now that some time has passed, I just want my review to warn couples looking for someone to make their wedding cake. Dawn isn’t capable of doing complex designs and as my brother said, this business should be called “Dawn Attempts to Make Cakes” instead of Dawn Makes Cakes. Giving a full refund would have been the right thing to do in this situation and I think it speaks a lot to her character that she didn’t and didn’t even feel bad about it. Please learn from us! Note: please reference my Google review to see the pictures since it won’t let me add them here on Facebook but they’re awful.

The cake was amazing!! Dawn asked me what vision I had and she made it happen!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Can you say delicious.....? Dawn made a Halloween baby shower cake and cookies for us. Not only did they turn out super cute, they were DELICIOUS! Dawn was a total life saver. We decided at the last minute to have the cake and cookies professionally made and thank goodness she managed to squeeze us in! I mentioned to Dawn that we'd be traveling for two hours with the goodies in the vehicle. She boxed the cake up perfectly. It arrived to the baby shower in perfect condition. The cake and cookies were enjoyed and devoured by everyone! Thank you Dawn!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Reveling Cake, Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, Cupcake

Loved our cake!! Look forward to our next trip get another cake ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake

Dawn makes all my cakes for every special occasion. Very polite, so sweet, delicious cakes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dawn is amazing and her cakes are so GOOD!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake