Cowboy David's Special Order Bakery

We loved working with Cowboy David’s Bakery for our wedding! Joe is an absolute delight to work with-he took our vision and executed it perfectly. He drove a long way to deliver and set up our cake and event cups. Everything was delicious, and our guests raved about how delicious our desserts were. Joe’s attention to detail and timeliness are both truly unmatched. Thank you for making our day so special!! 🤍

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ordered a cake for my wedding. Everyone loved it! We were very impressed. My now husband and I were a little hesitant in the wedding planning stage because it was difficult to have steady contact with Joe at Cowboy David. He doesn't reach out to you for updates, payment dues, etc. We had to reach out to him. By phone. Not always responsive to our emails. All in all though, it was worth it!

Joe made our party a hit with his wonderful desserts! Thank you for taking the time to get to know our family and all your kindness.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

David and his team crafted a beautiful, delicious cake for our wedding. I cannot have dairy, which didn't faze David for an instant. He provided delightful tasting options and we ended up opting for Madagascar vanilla and lemon poppyseed. I sent him a few inspiration photos and he turned them into the wedding cake of my dreams. Our guests loved the cake and I look forward to ordering more special occasion cakes from David in the future!

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These folks make the best baked goods in the state, perhaps even the entire Midwest. They were so kind and thoughful during the tasting process, and they helped us a lot in deciding what cupcakes to get for our wedding. 12 out of 10! Best around!

I found Cowboy David’s at the Wed Plan event in Madison in January. They brought samples of the ginger carrot cake cupcakes which were delicious! I had another baker lined up but needed a backup quote in case a few things fell through. My wedding is in May and they were quick to return my call and gave me a couple of “what-if” rough estimates. Fortunately my original plans came through but unfortunately that meant I wouldn’t be getting cupcakes through Cowboy David’s. But I would highly recommend them just based on both my in person interaction at the expo and talking with them over the phone. Now I just need to find a reason to order a dozen cupcakes and grab a friend for a weekend road trip!

Please consider Cowboy David’s when looking for a delicious way to celebrate

I found Cowboy David’s at the Wed Plan event in Madison in January. They brought samples of the ginger carrot cake cupcakes which were delicious! I had another baker lined up but needed a backup quote in case a few things fell through. My wedding is in May and they were quick to return my call and gave me a couple of “what-if” rough estimates. Fortunately my original plans came through but unfortunately that meant I wouldn’t be getting cupcakes through Cowboy David’s. But I would highly recommend them just based on both my in person interaction at the expo and talking with them over the phone. Now I just need to find a reason to order a dozen cupcakes and grab a friend for a weekend road trip! Please consider Cowboy David’s when looking for a delicious way to celebrate

From our first interaction to the last Joe has been an absolute treasure. We are so very grateful he did our wedding desserts!

The gluten free choices were delicious and we were so glad we could accommodate our guests with food allergies ❤️

Joe is so much fun to work with, he did an absolutely fantastic job with the display and we hope to get cake again soon!

Absolutely amazing to work with! Able to accommodate dairy and gluten free, plus they taste absolutely amazing!!!! Some of our guests said they would never have known without the tags showing DF/GF on everything. The hardest part is narrowing down your flavors, everything is so great!

Absolutely amazing!! We got SO many compliments on our wedding cake!! Cowboy David was so easy to work with, their communication was outstanding, and the cake was phenomenal!

I was originally in love with the flavors here, but we decided to cancel for many reasons. Once we found a new baker and were genuinely and extraordinary happy with every flavor choice we canceled our order with this baker. We made our order on November 12th. My mother, the one who is paying for everything, called to cancel. I received a voice-mail after her call with him stating he was confused at why we would cancel and that I needed to call him back. My dad then called him and was furious because he lied to my dad. He told him that he had a different conversation with the wedding couple in terms to canceling. I didn't answer my phone because I was talking to my fiance so I'm not sure who he discussed anything with. He also tried to say my mother never told him who she was calling about, but how did he know to call me if that's the case. He then threatened to sue me for the cost of the cupcakes. I sent him a text stating who I was and to please cancel my contract. This is tge response I received to that message. I would say Cowboy David is nothing but unprofessional. This is definitely not how you handle a dispute with a client. He also stated in a response to my mother's review that he never told anyone to go to walmart. There are four people that can attest to the fact that he did indeed tell her this in response to asking about more subtle flavors. This should give you more than enough information to tell you what kind of businessman and person Cowboy David truly is.

*update*
To call someone homophobic because they used the name of your COMPANY in their review is disgusting. I've added another photo to show that I infact did text JOE from Cowboy David's Bakery since he would like to lie about that as well.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

We met Joe at a bridal show and they had a decent tasting gluten free option so we decided to do a tasting. Once we got there, the family was pretty split - bride and dad liked the flavors while groom and mom did not. To me (mom) they were too overpowering - unable to eat more than a bite of anything. When asked if it was just these flavors - do they by chance have something more subtle, we were told to go to Walmart. We then felt pressured into booking him - he has a very over power personality that talks fast and talks down to you at the same time. We eventually decided that the deposit was worth losing to not have to deal with that and get something that everyone would like. We found a couple of bakers to try (one of which knew instantly who we had originally booked with when we explained our situation so he must have a reputation for this behavior). We decided to book another so I, mom of the bride and owner of the credit card on file, called to cancel. I started nice and short - not going into details, but he kept asking questions so I was honest. He got offended - said something about not changing who he is and then called my daughter (bride) who didn't want to deal with him pressuring her. She called me and let me know she had gotten a voicemail and my husband then called. He LIED twice to my husband - once stating I had never identified myself (how would he have known to call my daughter) and a second time stating "I called the wedding couple and it was an entirely different conversation". We called him out on both lies and he got really defensive, wouldn't agree to cancel and hung up on my husband. Yes, my husband was angry, but he is very overprotective of our daughter and doesn't like being lied to. This guy is on an ego trip that he hasn't earned.
Lies that I would like to point out - this guy was (mostly) great until we decided to take our business elsewhere. This is how he reacts:
1. It was less than 4 months - not 5 months when we cancelled. We took the time to attend another bridal show in mid-January where we decided that there were bakers out that that everyone liked. We did tastings with 2 in late February, and the same day I put down a deposit on another, I canceled this place - there was no intentional, evil plot with the cancellation. We did not wait without actions happening on our end, but we also didn't want to cancel without a back-up plan. Our reason was the groom and the mom of the bride didn't like the flavors or the way we were treated. Odds are some of our guests would feel the same.
2. Joe came out to us in the tasting where he talked about his husband and others that he refused to do business with because they were bigots. This isn't a new fact and in no way affected our decision making. In fact he'd probably be surprised just how much of this our families have in common. I'm shaking I'm so angry by this accusation he has made. But it says more about him than it does about me.
3. We did not have a bad connection - or if he did he was great at hiding it. He never asked me to repeat myself. He responded to every comment I made with follow-up questions. He confirmed back to me that I would lose my deposit so he knew we were cancelling. Yet, he left my daughter a voice mail stating that he was confused about what was going on. And has proceeded with this lie in these responses.
4. He absolutely told me to go to Walmart. He knew at the tasting that not all of us loved the flavors. I asked about something more subtle and without a pause, he told me to go to Walmart followed up by stating even their Madagascar Vanilla was a very full flavor even explained why.
5. He may not realize it, but he runs people over with his communication/personality right from the get-go. We had met at a bridal show and signed up for a tasting there. Almost 2 months had gone by and we never heard anything. After the third attempt to reach out to him, he answered and didn't let me finish even one sent

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

We love Cowboy David's cookies!!! They are the best!!! I love seeing their cake creations too. They make the most beautiful cakes that I have ever seen!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I was able to enjoy bakery products twice this week at two different locations. First - we had the chocolate nut cookies while we were staying at the cabins near the bakery. They were fantastic- a perfect balance of sweet, salty, and nutty. Then, we were excited to see the carrot cashew cake at a Nearby restaurant called The Driftless Cafe. It was a GREAT complex cake and I will forever want more!

Food: 5

I was able to enjoy bakery products twice this week at two different locations. First - we had the chocolate nut cookies while we were staying at the cabins near the bakery. They were fantastic- a perfect balance of sweet, salty, and nutty. Then, we were excited to see the carrot cashew cake at a Nearby restaurant called The Driftless Cafe. It was a GREAT complex cake and I will forever want more!