WEDDINGS
From classic tiers to painterly buttercream florals, I specialize in wedding cakes that are as beautiful as they are delicious. Dessert bar packages are also available to complete your celebration.
Wedding cakes, dessert bars, and celebration bakes — proudly serving the Roanoke Valley + beyond
SEMI CUSTOM CELEBRATION CAKES
If you’re drawn to buttercream texture, painterly details, florals, and modern or vintage-inspired finishes, you’re in the right place. Semi-custom celebration cakes are fully custom cakes designed in my signature style, created from scratch with an artistic, buttercream-forward approach.
This option is perfect for clients who love thoughtful design and want a cake that feels elevated, cohesive, and personal. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, shower, anniversary, milestone, or planning a smaller pickup wedding or cutting cake, semi-custom allows room for creativity while keeping the design beautifully aligned.
How it works:
You’ll choose your cake size, flavor, color palette, and overall vibe
You’re welcome to share inspiration images - including my past work or designs you’re drawn to - to help communicate what you love
I’ll design an original cake inspired by those cues and interpreted through my aesthetic and techniques
If you don’t have a design direction yet or are looking for something very specific or themed, the online bakeshop may be the best place to start.
If you love my style, you’ll love what I create for you.
If you’re splurging on a fancy cake, it should taste as good as it looks.
I bake with only the best: rich European butters, Nielsen-Massey vanilla, and Callebaut chocolate. You can expect organic fruit when possible, farm-fresh eggs from happy hens, and absolutely zero seed oils.
Because quality matters — not just looks. And trust me, every bite is worth it.
xoxo, Chassidy
Trusted by couples three years in a row
Bridebook Magazine Reader’s Poll Winner- 2023, 2024 & 2025
Hi! I’m Chassidy — the one mixing, baking, and buttercream-slinging behind every cake. Takes the Cake is a licensed home bakery in Salem, VA, and everything that leaves my kitchen is made start to finish by me.
I’m not the big-box bakery down the road — I’m the baker who cares if your cake survives a gravel driveway, who’ll sweat the details so you don’t have to, and who believes desserts should taste just as incredible as they look.
What People Are Saying
The cake was so beautiful and turned out exactly how I imagined it would be. PERFECTION. You did fabulous and it was so delicious. We received a lot of compliments throughout the night on the cake. Thank you so much!!!!
— Alicia
Chassidy’s cakes are not only delicious but works of art too. They are so beautiful. She’s very accommodating and so sweet. I highly recommend her.
— Christina
