Made. by Lia — Restaurant in Florissant

There aren't enough good things to say about Lia. She is seriously a wonderful human being and immensely talented to boot. Lia made our cake for our wedding on 5/22/2021. Not only was our cake absolutely delicious, but it was STUNNING- the design we chose was quite intricate with delicately piped art deco designs covering the entire cake. It was EXACTLY what I wanted. Lia was incredibly understanding when we experienced a bit sticker shock when we got the initial quote, and then was sooo accommodating/flexible in working with us to ensure we were still able to get the exact design we wanted at more of our budget price. The design must have been A LOT of work for her, and I just want to say how much I appreciate her hard work.

In addition to being such a kind and generous person, her baking talent is unparalleled. I call myself a "Foodie," but my obsession with bakeries is next level. So needless to say, I was determined to have the best-tasting cake in all of St. Louis at my wedding. I taste-tested A LOT of cake from different bakeries- including some very fancy, "renowned," pricy artisan bakeries. Lia's was BY FAR the best we tried. We tried quite a few flavors (even when getting together our tasting box, Lia was super accommodating- typically a tasting box includes 3 flavors/cakes - we got 5!- and that's another awesome thing- rather than just giving you a tiny bit of each flavor with a little icing, from Lia you get an entire mini cake of each flavor!- this replicates the actual cake so much more efficiently from the other tasting boxes you get from other bakeries.) Anyway, we ended up choosing 4 different flavors- lemon cake with lemon cream and raspberry jam, and vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream made up the actual cake that we cut. Then for the kitchen cakes (which we wanted to remain cold/refrigerated), we did chocolate cake with dark chocolate ganache and salted buttercream; and chocolate cake with dark chocolate ganache, peanut butter fluff, and chocolate buttercream. Are you drooling yet?!

I also want to give a shout out to her adorable bakery in Florissant- it's also filled with the most delectable treats- you will want one of everything! Special mention as well to her gooey butter cake- it's obviously delicious- even my mom who does not like gooey butter cake loved it, and said it was by far and away the best she ever had. We will most definitely be using Lia to make specialty cakes for us in the future. We cannot thank her...

My mom and I went into the bakery in early-mid February inquiring about a baby shower cake for mid-March. Initially the employee we talked to was very friendly and helpful. She gave me her card and said to just email some photo ideas of the kind of cake I’m looking for. She also reassured me that I would have plenty of time to get the order in before my baby shower as long as we placed the order within a certain time frame. I did as she suggested and sent the bakery an email, a message through their website, and then a follow-up email because I had not heard anything a few days later. My mom and I then returned to the bakery closer to the end of February (still well within the time frame she gave us) with cash in hand and ready to place an order if they could provide us a few more details on the price, process, decor etc. Instead, we were simply told they would not be able to take anymore orders to be ready by 3/16 (as we were previously told would certainly not be a problem). My mom and I ended up going over to Helfer’s Bakery and ordering the baby shower cake. I was disappointed in the lack of professionalism from this bakery as I had high expectations for them. Helfer’s is mine and my family’s go-to...

I literally found Made. by Lia - by a simple Google search and so glad I did! I was on the hunt for a vegan cupcake - giving it as a bday surprise - and sure enough I found a location!

Here in St. Louis it can be quite difficult to find vegan options so I feel like this location was heaven sent.

I called right before they closed and luckily, I could score a vegan cupcake - strawberry on top of that!

The woman who answered was very friendly and helpful - the same exact energy once I walked in the door. The transaction was super fast and another employee heard it was a gift and she gave me a candle. How sweet and thoughtful!

I will definitely come back to this bakery because after spending all of two minutes there - matched with the awesome employees AND vegan options - why wouldn't I?

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Visit Two: I wanted to try them again for a vegan donut and latte - super yummy! I didn’t expect anything less, honestly. I order a cinnamon sugar donut with a lavender cold latte. Can we say the donut was gone before I left the...