about us

A PASSION FOR TASTE

Here at Bittersweet Baking, our goal is to make fantastic desserts that taste as good as they look.  Not surprisingly, we believe dessert is the most important part of a meal.  It’s the last thing your guests will enjoy, so it’s important to make it memorable.  Whether you’re planning a wedding reception for 500 or an intimate dinner party for 4, we can provide that perfect ending for your special event.

What sets us apart from other bakers is simple.  We use the best ingredients we can find and make all our desserts from scratch.  We use locally grown products like Oregon hazelnuts, berries, butter and cream.  We support organic farmers by using organically grown apples, carrots, bananas and shade grown coffee.  We use the best European chocolate, real Madagascar vanilla beans and pure extracts.  Every dessert is made to order, never frozen.  Each dessert is prepared by hand, never from a mix.  We squeeze our own lemons, crack our own eggs, toast our own nuts and whip our cream by hand.   It just tastes better this way.  Here's what a few customers have had to say:   

           "Rarely does a cake taste as good as it looks and this was outstanding on both counts.  Thanks a million.

                      Lindsay Abdon & Mitchell Gadsby

                                        February 2006

 

         “The wedding was perfect and the cake was absolutely spectacular!  Not only was it beautiful, it was by far the best wedding cake I have ever had (I’m not kidding!).  We are still having people e-mailing and calling asking who made it…”

          Chenoa Anderson & Tyler Woods

                         December 2004

 

          “Thank you so much for the beautiful cakes.  We loved them.  They were delicious and so beautiful.  Thank you for your creativity and willingness that made it possible to bring Wrigley Field to Salem.  We have never seen people at a wedding go back for seconds of cake but at our wedding there was a line of people wanting more!”

          Claire Laister and Nathan Ahlberg

                                  April 2003

 

If you’re looking for that unforgettable ending to your special event, give us a call and taste for yourself.  Better ingredients and baking from scratch make our desserts taste as good as they look, and to us, taste is everything.