Cakes By Design

Love the checkerboard cake!
Mar 15th, 2024

This was my first time ordering a cake in Laredo and it was beyond disappointing. When ordering the cake, communication seemed fine and no employee ever said that the request was too complicated or not doable. When I picked up the cake, I was definitely disappointed. I provided inspo photos and again, they said they could do it. The cake I picked up looked like the bad diy version of when someone with no experience tries to do it on their own. I showed friends the inspo pic.versus what I got, and they laughed because it was comically bad. The exterior icing tasted like it had a hint of coconut..I messaged asking them if they had used coconut and they claimed they didnt. But I have never had vanilla frosting taste like coconut. They have a very very limited selection of fillings (to be fair, this seems to be common in Laredo). Ultimately, I chose to go with Nutella which is an odd option to offer for a cake filling but whatever. You would have had to use a microscope to see the Nutella, it was visually non existent and you couldnt taste it either. On top of that, the cake tasted dry. Overall, it felt like a waste of money and I will probably opt to get a cake in San Antonio or Austin if I ever need one.
Mar 11th, 2024

Hands down best cake in town. I recommend the chocolate buttercream.
Aug 16th, 2023

This place is great easy to order i had a sweet 16 cake done for my daughter after i tried with other cake places in laredo everyone had crazy prices and nobody was honest but cakes by design made mine for good price it was simple and ready on time thats not it cake tasted amazing sweet soft buttercream was on point and made just how i wanted it great service
Jul 19th, 2023

Thank you for executing my daughters idea!! Not only was the cake beautiful, it was sooooo delicious!!! Bread was so soft and moist with a fluffy delicious filling! So recommended!
Jul 8th, 2023