Wedding Cakes

At Blackbird Bakery we have had the honor and joy of being a part of hundreds of weddings and yet the beauty never fades. Whether we are using a a custom design of ours or helping you realize your own vision, our purpose is to create a cake whose distinctive look is surpassed only by its exquisite flavors. As with all of our goods our cakes are made fresh, from scratch using the highest quality ingredients. We use 84% Belgian chocolate, butter and sustainably grown/locally sourced Shepherd’s Grains flour. We use island grown and organic ingredients whenever possible. Absolutely no premade products, GMO or transfats.

We also offer cupcakes, groom’s cakes and dessert buffets for weddings.

Consultations & tastings are available by appointment only. To get in touch about your wedding needs, please fill out the form below.

Pricing & Policies

Pricing

Deposit – a non-refundable $100 deposit is required to secure your wedding date.
Final Payment – full payment and final cake decisions need to be made 2 weeks prior to your event.

Monthly Cake Tastings

For 2024 Blackbird is offering monthly cake tastings: in-person along with a consultation or tasting boxes that can be picked up to go.

For the Tasting Boxes, you will receive 6 pre-selected cake samples from our cake menu for $60.
The cake boxes can be followed up with email and/or phone consultations.
There is an additional $25.00 cost for an in-person consultation.
Please email us at weddings@blackbirdbakery.com if you are interested in scheduling a tasting box or consultation/tasting.

Our wedding cakes are priced per serving and start at $12./serving. Final price will be determined by flavors and finish. Flavors may be different from tier to tier if you so desire.

Wedding cake prices include:

Ongoing communication in regards to planning
Coordination with event planners, florists, caterers and reception sites as needed
Finish decoration and flower placement

Additional charges for:

Delivery & set-up (based on distance and possible ferry costs)
Fresh fruit and/or flowers
Buttercream detailing
Poured tiers
Taller tiers (4″+)
Crystal sugar or coconut finishes
Elevated tiers

Wedding sheet cakes

Available and recommended for larger receptions.

They are built just like our wedding tiers and cost $6/serving.

We offer a 1/4 sheet cake that serves 48 guests and a 1/2 sheet cake that serves 96 guests.

These sheet cakes are delivered directly to the venue’s kitchen to be sliced and plated by the caterer for guests during the reception.

Additional Offerings

We also offer cupcakes, groom’s cakes and dessert buffets for weddings.

Please contact us if you have any further questions or would like to make an appointment for a consultation.

Flavors

All of our wedding cakes are custom made exclusively to fit the style and flavor of your wedding. We enjoy collaborating with each couple and the creative process of designing every wedding cake. Below is a list of some of our most popular cake flavors to choose from or to use as an inspiration for your own ideas. Please note that some of these choices are seasonal. Gluten free choices available.*

Triple Shot

Rich dark chocolate cake infused with coffee liqueur and filled with espresso ganache, mocha buttercream and espresso buttercream. A coffee lover’s dream.

Chocolate Mousse

Our dark chocolate cake is filled with rich chocolate mousse. This cake can be enhanced with a thin layer of raspberry puree for those who like a little tart with their sweet.

Three Berry

Honoring regional berry flavors these cake layers can be white butter cake or chocolate and are filled with fresh berry buttercreams and purees: strawberry, raspberry, marionberry. A beautiful cake sliced.

Nutty Devil

Dark chocolate layers filled with white chocolate mousse, infused with mint and studded with pistachios.

Caramelized Hazelnut

Our dark chocolate cake with frangelico, praline buttercream and caramelized hazelnuts.

Lemon Lavender

White butter cake perfumed with organic lavender blossoms and filled with our handmade lemon curd.

Lemon Blueberry

White butter cake layered with our handmade lemon curd and blueberry compote.

Beesting

Named for its rich sweetness this is a fragrant almond butter cake filled with Amaretto pastry cream and sliced sugared almonds.

Carrot

The queen of carrot cakes made with pineapple, coconut and pecans. Filled with a cream cheese frosting, perfumed with orange zest.

Coconut Cream

Coconut cake infused with rum liqueur and filled with our delicious coconut cream.

Italian Cream

A rustic cake of almond or hazelnut torte layers, filled with Amaretto mascarpone cream, fresh fruit purees and seasonal fresh berries. This cake is finished with toasted almonds and beautiful swirls and mascarpone cream. Available only with a rustic finish. Gluten-free.
*Seasonal

Tiramisu

Our version of the popular Italian dessert. Tender sponge layers soaked in coffee liqueur and filled with amaretto mascarpone cream. Available only with a rustic finish.

Salted Caramel

Dark chocolate cake infused with vanilla, layered with rich dark chocolate ganache, caramel buttercream and sprinkled with grey sea salt.

We traditionally finish our wedding cakes with white chocolate buttercream. Other popular choices include ganache, ganache buttercream, dark chocolate buttercream, cream cheese buttercream, fondant and marzipan.

* Gluten Free Folks: Although we make every effort to keep our gluten free products just that (using rice, tapioca, soy and potato flours mostly) because we do have gluten flours in our baking environment we cannot guarantee no trace gluten presence in our goods. Thank you.