Lighthouse Cake Co — Restaurant in Langford

Disappointing. It’s always exciting to find places that will accommodate common food allergies, so being able to order a df gf egg-free cake is so great… in theory. It’s understandable that sometimes substitutions will give these products a different flavour or texture. But why make & sell them if you’re not going to make them look or taste good?

I ordered a vegan/gf chocolate raspberry 1/4 slab on a Wednesday for Saturday pickup. I said it was a galaxy themed cake, so I’d love purple/blue/black with gold and stars/constellations. Was told the cake couldn’t be custom and the frosting couldn’t be coloured (??), but they could add some stars and gold sparkle/sprinkles. I was hesitant because this was for an adult, not a child, so I was hoping for something attractive & contemporary. I was reassured it would look appropriate.

The cake I picked up was a brown lumpy brick with uneven edges, no trim or finish, with a handful of misshapen purple and blue fondant stars made from a star punch and some dull gold fondant dots. The happy birthday message was written in thin white icing and looked out of place and gross. At first I thought they’d omitted the raspberry as the corner piece had no obvious jam in the layers… but no, it was just applied so unevenly that some pieces had hardly any raspberry. This was a shame, as the raspberry jam went a long way in helping out the flavour & texture of the otherwise dry, overbaked, cardboard-flavoured cake with sections that were weirdly dense and gummy. Worst of all was the fondant, when one of the small stars made it into a bite I took, I spat it out because I thought there was something wrong. I don’t normally eat fondant, but this tiny piece was unbelievably gross, with a strong taste of “play-doh” (one of my guests made that comment).

It was clear that no care or creative design went into any aspect of this cake. It looked homemade and tasted worse, and I’ve seen much prettier cakes come out of a grocery store bakery. It was embarrassing to serve, and the majority of guests found it inedible. I’m sad to have wasted my money. 2 stars for adequate customer service, having the cake ready on time, and the chocolate frosting tasting good but unable to redeem the...

I recently placed a custom order for a heart-shaped birthday cake with vintage piping and decorative fondant flowers. The flavour I chose was Hedgehog. When I sent the initial request via email, I was promptly responded to in a kind and efficient manner.

Upon pickup, I was greeted by friendly staff, who happily and neatly packed my cake into a takeaway box, carefully ensuring the structure of the cake was unaffected by the surrounding box.

The 6” cake offered around 8-10 generous slices, to my surprise. The texture of the cake was light, while the buttercream was smooth and complimented the flavour of the cake. The flavour itself, hedgehog, was a delightful blend of alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake, layered with hazelnut and espresso buttercream. Truly delectable.

The presentation of the cake was evidently crafted with care and precision. In comparison to other bakeries that offer similar custom orders, Lighthouse Cake Co offers competitive prices at very reasonable rates, considering the quality of their goods.

All considered, Lighthouse Cake Co crafts beautiful cakes that not only look impressive, but taste it, too. All the guests at my birthday party were also very pleased with the cake. I will absolutely continue to purchase cakes, especially custom orders, from this local,...

The first cake I ever bought from lighthouse was one of their strawberry cakes, it was soo good! This was about a year ago

Since then I have bought a handful of different cakes and have been steadily more and more disappointed with the quality..

Honestly, other then the first cake (strawberry) the taste/quality of the cakes are no different then the ones you can buy at the grocery store, except for the price! Yikes

Also most of the cakes have had cosmetic issues, such as missing patches of icing, making them looking like a rush job..

Today I bought another strawberry cake and they misspelled my grandma's name despite me spelling it out twice and rewriting it. Did not realise till I got home.

The cake itself was very disappointing, and nothing like the cake I had received a year ago.. it was poorly iced , had very little actual strawberry and as poorly balanced in taste. Hardly worthy of the tittle of "strawberry decadence"

Your only job is to make cakes, is it too much to ask that you take a bit of pride in your work?...