Irene's Celebrity Cakes — Restaurant in Mississauga

It was my good friend Sarah's bday coming up and I told her I would buy the cake for the party. Now I knew she was just expecting some kind of metro cake or something since we usually just bake our own cakes and stuff like that but since she lives 5 hours away I haven't seen her in a long time so I wanted to do something a bit nicer. I googled bake shops in mississauga and Irene's Celebrity Cakes was one of the first results that popped up.

I gotta say, if you're looking for a cake with flash, "celebrity cakes" is a great way to catch your attention so the name is super effective. I got to the place and it was really nice. Very clean, nice seating if you wanted to sit down with a friend or family. There's lots of selection of pastas, other baked goods, flours, etc. I went to the counter and expressed to the staff that I was hoping to get a cake that was fancier than just some generic cake but I wasn't looking for a wedding cake type thing... not the most articulate description lol but they totally understood what I wanted.

Then they opened a book with an entire page of different cake types like tiramisu or chocolate or vanilla and a tonne of other options. I had no clue. So after like 5 minutes of me drooling on myself I managed to utter "cho-co-late... please". and after they helped me through this process we finally decided on a chocolate with rum to make it more moist with a raspberry filling and then the cake would be topped with fondant.

even though I was showing up on a friday afternoon they assured me it would be ready by saturday at noon. Sure enough, saturday I had the cake. I brought it to my friend's bday party and everyone was blown away. The flowers were beautifully made and the design on the cake was beautiful.

unfortunately because I am a celiac I could not eat the cake so I cannot personally speak to the taste of the cake. But what my friends said was the chocolate cake was good, and pretty light. They said the raspberry filling was probably the best part of the cake but they were also really surprised at how light the fondant was. Most fondants are real thick and hard and what not and they said the fondant was really nice and not what they were expecting. That must mean they make their own fondant. and apparently there was a layer of custard at the bottom of the cake they said was pretty good. I dunno. I didn't discuss any custard with the staff so I don't know how I felt about that. but everyone still loved the cake.

But the cake was beautiful, it was prepared in less than 24 hours and the price was very fair. So I was very happy with them. And I'm happy to review a great Mississauga Business. The staff were super friendly and funny and the guy who checked me out gave me some great advice on how to get the cake all the way to guelph. Put it on the floor of the vehicle and blasted some AC and it was perfectly fine. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone whether you're looking for just a desert. or a birthday cake. Or a special occasion cake. Even a wedding cake, their cakes are beautiful...

I’ve been buying cakes for all my family and friends from this bakery for about 10 years but unfortunately it is time to say goodbye due to a fast deteriorating customer service! Let start from the quality... the taste of their pastries and cakes went down while the price went up. Now the cream, sponge and filling taste different. The amount of nuts in the cake dropped down significantly. I understand that the minimum wage went up but the quality of your products should not change since you already raised the cakes/pastries prices up! But this all is minor comparing to the experience and service that you get back. I was really happy with everything until my last order... I’ve ordered 2 birthday cakes for my son. Since i brought MY OWN TOYS, I’ve asked them to put the toys on the top and decorate it accordingly. Originally all the cakes come with decoration, so mine was supposed to be covered in chocolate and have nuts on top along with ferrrro roshen candy. So, I was skipping that decoration and asking something more appealing to a 5 year old kid. I was told that additional decoration will cost me $10. I’ve agreed to it and paid the full amount for both cakes upfront. So, when I came to pick up my first cake, I was a bit disappointed with the cake decor which was very simple. I’ve asked to put couple sugar shells and palm trees to make it more alive... oh my god, the owner of the bakery came out from the back and started to lecture me that for $10, I can not request palm trees or shells, it cost much more. She told me that I’m dictating them how to decorate the cake, she has to pay her staff and $10 wouldn’t cut for such decoration! I showed all the cakes that I’ve got from them over the years and the decor that they’ve used to do for free. She didn’t believe me and said that I should consider myself “lucky” to be able to get such decoration. She made “a favour” this time and put 4 plastic palm trees and some shells on my cake. She couldn’t stop emphasizing that $10 isn’t enough to get such decoration even with my OWN toys. When I’ve mentioned that I also have another prepaid cake for the following week, she said that she would refund me the money back and will not make another cake for me. So, that was basically the end of our long term business. I understand that to make weddings cakes is much more profitable business but it doesn’t mean that you have to step on your long term customers! There are a lot of bakeries in Etobicoke/Mississauga area, so I’m sure someone will appreciate my business and not giving me an attitude... anyway, thank you Irene for 10 great years! Just remember that customer service is the key to success in...

So I've never ever left a review in my life but felt it was necessary this time. I recently came on Google searching for a bakery in Mississauga for my cousin's birthday cake and Irene's consistently came up as one of the highly rated ones so I decided to give it a shot. I initially got in touch with the bakery on Sunday for a quote and so on and told them i would email a picture of what i wanted to get a better idea on cost since I needed the cake for the following Thursday. The lady i spoke to was very polite, courteous and made some good suggestions and told me to expect a reply by Tuesday so i was feeling pretty good...Tuesday comes by and no reply to my email so i panicked a bit and waited till Wednesday morning to make a call and see what was up. I got a voicemail later that day explaining my cake would cost more since the picture of what i sent was in fondant ( I know nothing about cakes other than eating them) so I decided to go with a regular cake with whipping cream icing. The next day I drove to Irene's, picked up the cake. Their display counter looked sooo delectable O'm pretty sure I got a sugar high just from staring. My first issue was the cake i sent was a teal but what i got was an off-shade/ weird blue. I wasn't too concerned about that since I figured it would taste great and color would be a non-issue. The second thing is the lady who assisted us at the counter did NOT have a pleasant demeanour and my sister & I both felt as if we were almost bothering her. Who knows? Maybe she was just having a bad day. We also ordered a red velvet cupcake to try but that was kinda dry and hard. So on to the actual cake... I was quite disappointed to be honest. The actual red velvet was ok but the cream cheese frosting in between the layers was just gross and had this weird fermented/ curdled feel to it. I honestly couldn't believe how off it tasted and that completely ruined everything for me and my cousins birthday. Mind you we drove all the way from Ottawa to Mississauga for the weekend and our first option was to bring a cake with us from Ottawa but decided to go with someone highly rated in Mississauga. So yea, that was my experience with Irene's and idk if I'll be a...