Cakes By Rubina

Rubina made the cake for our wedding reception in May, and we had a very pleasant experience! We had originally planned for a 2021 reception but unfortunately needed to postpone to 2022, and Rubina was very flexible and easy to work with to reschedule. She was able to put together a takeout cake testing, and the portions were extremely generous and delicious for a reasonable price. On the day of our reception, she delivered to downtown Detroit, and she even provided a cake stand that fit with our theme. We were not too picky with the decorations on our cake and asked her to create what she thought would be best, and the final result was amazing! Rubina wasn't as quick to reply in email as some of our other wedding vendors, but we were overall very pleased with our experience with her!

The cake I bought, coffee and chocolate was average at best. Here’s the thing if it had a redeeming factor such as flavorful, smooth icing or the cake being moist and delicious I would have easily given it a 4 or 5 stars in this case neither were particularly good. I’ve had better cakes elsewhere that were less expensive. Charging $30 for a dry cake with thick, flavorless icing is disappointing.

Pre-pandemic, we attempted to buy macrons and were turned away because the cash we had would pay for 3 when they would only sell 12. They would not work with us to even sell one for the price of 3. Wrote that off as an anomaly. Later ordered a birthday cake that was quite good. Today, tried to make a large cupcake purchase and were dismissed as though we were insignificant customers. No willingness to help us get what we needed. Cake we bought was good, but pricey. Wouldn't Exotic Bakeries or Zingerman's be more willing to cater to all customers rather than snobbily only attend to those who have a lot of money to spend for every purchase? We'll update review with that answer. Will recommend niece and fellow graduates choose Zingerman's or Exotic or some different option for their celebrations for sure. Update: Zingerman's cake pales in quality. Rubina's is far better.

I asked Rubina to make a guitar cake for my C.F. Martin guitar-loving husband to celebrate his birthday and his concert of his original music. The cake was a work of art. One man had to be stopped from trying to pick it up and another person asked me why I was giving my husband a guitar for his birthday! People were astounded that the cake was as delicious as it was beautiful. Even the gluten-free extra cake shaped like a record was delicious. Rubina was exacting in her attention to detail and flexible with her services. I highly recommend Rubina.