Cassandra's Wedding Cakes & Beyond — Restaurant in Richmond

was stuck at home with Covid and feeling sorry for myself. i decided to treat myself to grocery delivery from Berkeley Bowl. Really wanted some good cake. They had all kinds of fancy cakes and then they had all these different flavors from Cassandra's. . . i got a couple fancy cakes and 2 different pieces of Cassandra's. . strawberries & cream and german chocolate. Let me tell you. . .Cassandra's makes REALLY good cake. moist. delicious. at first glance i was a little disappointed because i like a lot of frosting but both cakes were absolutely perfect and delicious! still testing positive after 10 days i decided to treat myself again but this time ordered every flavor Berkeley Bowl carries. . .welp they called me back and told me they only had one flavor available - sweet potato. i was so disappointed but i said just send me the one piece. . . and it was a grudge order tbh because i was not sure i would even like it. .. BAYBEE . . that cake is FIRE. lightly spiced, sweet, moist.

if anyone from Cassandra's sees this. . THANK YOU - your cakes fill my heart with joy! also, what days do you deliver to Berkeley Bowl??? I will be there to get me some of that...

Cassandra's Wedding Cakes & Beyond is a mom-and-pop bakery 23rd Street in Richmond, California. When I reference mom-and-pop, this is exactly what it is.

I had the pleasure of meeting Cassandra and her husband, Harold Simmons, who are incredibly kind, polite, personable, and friendly human beings. When I asked Cassandra about her German chocolate cake, she said it was available. Now, I told her, I grew up in the Black church, and I am a pastor's son. Therefore, I know my German chocolate cake. However, I tried the cake, and it was authentic. I commanded them on this, and they were extremely grateful for my assurance.

The bakery is hard to notice. However, it is directly across the street from the McDonald's on the corner of (ironically) McDonald and 23rd, and, if you get a chance, stop by, say hello, and treat yourself to the bakery's...

I love her cakes! My favorite is the "Mello Yellow" a good ol' fashion yellow cake with chocolate frosting. This one has that nostalgic original flavor like I remember it as a kid when our aunts or neighbors would bake a cake. I've tried red velvet and sweet potato which both come with a cream cheese frosting and are delicious. I wasn't much of a fan of the chocolate on chocolate (has a sticky fudge frosting rather than the og chocolate frosting). Can't wait to try the German Chocolate one, which I'm guessing is good because it's always out. I can't say much about the experience at her bakery because I've been buying her cakes at the 7-Eleven in San Leandro. It's the only place I've been able to find it out here in the East Bay. I think I've been buying about three per week, that's embarrassed as I am to say that but they're just that...