5 out of 5 stars and 30 reviews
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(30)Savannah, Georgia | & Surrounding Areas |
About this vendor
Vanilla & The Bean truly strives to provide you with treats that prove you can have both an exceptionally gorgeous aesthetic without having to compromise on the flavors. Only using the finest Organic Gahara Vanilla Beans, Unbleached natural White Flour, zero preservatives and additives- making sure you get the best quality product you possibly can.
A modern mix of the classical approach to pastry design and eye for detail and flawless execution of those itty bitty to intricate designs sets Vanilla & The Bean apart, for sure.
We hope to talk to you soon and hopefully be a part of your big day! XO
Details
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Cutting & Serving
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Groom's Cakes
Dietary Options
- Organic
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2022.2021.
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Where do I even begin, writing a review for the loveliest, most patient, TALENTED, kind, accommodating vendor we could have dreamt of working with? Selena is somehow sweeter than h...
er unbelievable cakes. She and I made a quick and strong connection that grew over months of emails, all for the love of cake!!! We went back and forth on our wedding cake design, where she would offer beautiful renderings that helped my vision really come to life. She never made me feel like the updates or changes I wanted to see were an inconvenience to her, or that she was trying to simplify or streamline the process. It was an extremely personalized experience, from start to finish (which ended with a phone call in which my husband and I poured our hearts out to her 🥹) We felt like the lucky ones, to be able to work with such a talent, who made a special trip all the way from Savannah, GA to hand deliver our beautiful, ethereal masterpiece on our wedding day. Our cake was one of the most important details to us on our big day, and the beauty of the cake blew us away, as well as our guests, as expected! Every time I look at a photo I notice a new detail that made the cake remarkably “ours” (Hello, jasmine petals 😭😭😭) The design melted perfectly into our decor, floral, and color scheme details beyond every dream. We know we will be working with Selena in the coming years, for anniversary tiers, and other sweet celebrations
Selena was the best decision! I knew I wanted to book her before we even got engaged based on her beautiful cakes. Dessert was extremely important to us and she did not disappoint!...
The tasting was beautiful and she was very responsive during the planning process. She was so easy to work with and ensured we ended up with the most beautiful cake, macarons, and cream puffs. I was in awe of the final result! It was the most beautiful cake I've seen and tasted even better! All of our guests complimented us on how amazing the dessert was. Multiple gusts said they had 2-3 pieces of cake even though they were full. Selena is also the one of the nicest people you will ever communicate with. It's a no brainer to book Selena. You will have an unmatched luxury product and experience at an extremely reasonable price.
When looking for the perfect bakery for our wedding - Vanilla & The Bean was at the top of my list. As a wedding planner in Charleston, I have seen lots and lots of wedding cakes -...
so I was hoping to work with someone that could create something unique, yet reflective of our aesthetic. I had seen Selena's work, and always admired it -- so when we chose to get married in Beaufort, SC it was an easy decision to hire Vanilla & The Bean!
Her cakes are not only beautiful - but DELICIOUS. We had the Brown Butter& Butterscotch, Funfetti and Buttermilk Chocolate for our cake. Guests raved about the cake throughout the evening. My elderly grandfather, who was not eating much at the time of our wedding - had MULTIPLE slices (which surprised everyone). Safe to say, we are counting down the days until we can have a bite of our anniversary tier.
Overall, I am so lad we worked with Selena for our big day -- and I look forward to hiring her for many future brides!!
Selena was an absolute pleasure to work with and her work of art was a delicious hit on our big day! From the beginning, communication with Selena wasn’t a business transaction, i...
t was more like an instant friend who was excited to be a part of your special day! From a drop off tasting box dropped off at our hotel while taking engagement photos, to emails and phone calls regarding design and flavor, nothing seemed like an issue to Selena. The hardest part of the whole process was picking which delicious flavor to have. We are so glad we went with Vanilla & The Bean!!
Vanilla & the Bean should be your first and only stop when looking for your wedding cake! From the first interaction to present day, Selena has been so sweet and communicative thro...
ughout the entire process. She is invested in making your vision a reality. Selena is a true artist and her work is both gorgeous and delicious. We still get compliments on our cake, some guests exclaiming, “I do not like cake, but your cake was DELICIOUS!!”. I am so thankful for the work Selena put into making our cake, it was perfect. I will always recommend Vanilla & the bean to couples looking for their dream cake!
I can't say enough how much I loved working with Selena. She made three totally creative, colorful and unique cakes for our wedding, along with mini macarons and millefoglie. Not o...
nly were her designs absolutely spectacular and gorgeous, but the desserts themselves were truly the best we have ever eaten. This is the first wedding I've ever experienced where the ALL of the wedding cake was devoured. She is absolutely amazing and will make your cake such a show-stopper.
Selena was absolutely amazing to work with from start to finish. The whole process felt so personalized, from the cake tasting to the cake design and flavor selection. All of the f...
lavors that we tasted were so delicious, and she even developed a custom flavor for our wedding. The design of the cake absolutely blew me away – she truly creates pieces of art. Selena was not only incredibly professional, but so personable and sweet. I can’t say enough great things about my experience with Vanilla and the Bean!!
Selena is one of the sweetest people ever! She did an absolutely amazing job. I had no idea until the day of the wedding that it was her first time bringing a cake to our venue, sh...
e is just so professional. We gave her a Pinterest board for our vision and we had a telephone session to further discuss the vision and finalize everything. Our cake was not only gorgeous but tasted amazing. You can tell Selena is extremely passionate about what she does. I am so fortunate we had her as our baker. She also placed the flowers beautifully. We received many compliments about the cake, it was truly delicious. The cake was a very important aspect of the wedding for us and she did not disappoint. We highly recommend Vanilla and the Bean.
My husband and I hired Vanilla & The Bean to create a small cake for our micro-wedding last month. From our first interaction, Selena was wonderful and super easy to work with. We ...
loved how personable and enthusiastic she was. She sent us a helpful welcome packet and nailing down what we wanted was a breeze. She had no issues with any of our requests and was happy to accommodate us. She sent us a beautiful and professional proposal and we knew we had made the right choice.
On the big day, we weren’t around for the cake delivery but I assume everything went totally fine! The cake was gorgeous and delicious. The top was chocolate with a layer of blackberry mascarpone cream and the bottom was brown butter butterscotch. We all loved it! We highly recommend Vanilla & The Bean. Thanks for everything Selena!
OH MY GOSH!!!! I am still obsessed with how beautiful our cake turned out. I don’t have the professional photos yet, but the cake was STUNNING!! Not only was it beautiful, but it t...
asted like heaven. We had so many compliments on it! I cannot say thank you enough to Selena and her Husband for making the wedding cake of my dreams.
Selena was absolutely amazing!! She crafted a beautiful cake for our wedding along with a fun surprise groom's cake for my husband - which was shaped like his car! We still chat he...
re and there. She is super involved with her clients and will be an amazing addition to your wedding day memories!
Selena with Vanilla & the Bean is the best! She was super responsive to emails and so helpful with all my questions before our big day. She exactly executed my design thoughts with...
only a few ideas/examples. The cake was absolutely gorgeous and so delicious! Delivery was a breeze! Just everything about it was perfect and I’m so glad we chose Vanilla & the Bean to be a part of our day. Thank you so much!!!
My wedding was exactly 3 weeks ago and I just wish I could eat all of the delicious treats that Selena baked us again! I am struggling with writing this review because of all of th...
e amazing things I want to say about Selena and her craft. Ya'll her cakes are a work of art AND they taste incredible. My husband and I are foodies and it was very important that our cake be delicious. When we had our tasting the hardest decision was picking one flavor so Selena told us not to pick which was of course the right decision! She worked closely with me to ensure our cake design was exactly what I wanted and she also made us donuts that were placed at each guests table setting and she made us adorable monogrammed cookies for our rehearsal which were the first thing to disappear! Everything she made was so beautiful and delicious and our guests could not stop talking about it. Our wedding would not have been complete without Selena!
I wanted a wedding/birthday cake that matched my invitations, and Selena delivered x 100! We went with her “When Life Gives You Lemons” cake, and it was so delicious and absolutely...
beautiful
Selena is incredibly talented, very sweet and personable! We showed her some inspiration images for our wedding cake and were very impressed with her prompt response with several s...
ketches of her interpretation for it. The cake looked gorgeous and the flavors were absolutely mind blowing!! She was a joy to work with and I highly recommend Vanilla & the Bean!!!
Vanilla & The Bean is the absolute BEST! I was blown away by the cake design (obsessed, really) and the flavor was heavenly. I truly couldn't have been any happier with our weddi...
ng cake. I will definitely be a return customer for anniversary cakes, etc in the future. If Selena is available for your event, grab her! You will not be disappointed.
We found Vanilla + The Bean through our wedding planner, Willow and Oak Events, and we are so happy with how everything turned out. The process was super simple, our planner share...
d a photo of our inspiration cake and V+B did an incredible job with creating the cake, I was so happy, it was exactly what I imagined and so creative! Our planner had this neat idea in our proposal for mini cakes with flowers on top. We thought they were super cute and we were able to include that on our wedding day as well. It was a big hit and made our table-scape look inviting and fun! I couldn’t believe the beautiful work V+B did on the iced flowers, they were so real looking and so pretty. We were not able to come in for any tastings because we were so far away, but we knew that it was going to taste sooo good, which it absolutely did. We were big fans of the olive oil cakes and also got her chocolate too. Just thinking about it now makes my mouth water. I highly recommend working with Vanilla +The Bean for your wedding or any event! We are very happy that we did :), thank you Vanilla +The Bean!
I adore Selena!! I have worked many weddings and shoots with her, and her cakes are the best of the best. Not only in how they look (stunning works of art!) but also in how they ta...
ste! She is a delight to work with and I’ve heard so many glowing reviews about her from my couples. Highly, highly recommend her!!
Selena is so incredibly talented and a joy to work with. I sent her my wedding shoot inspiration and she came up with a better cake design than I could have imagined. During the pr...
oject she was so helpful and positive even during the busy moments. I am so happy I had the opportunity to team up with her.
Selena is so personable and amazing!!! The tasting went so amazing my now husband and I did not even taste anywhere else we knew we wanted her to do our cake!!!
Cake design was eve...
rything we could of dreamed of and all our guests raved about how delicious her cake fillings and frostings were!! As a fellow pastry chef I would not recommend anyone else but Selena!
Selena from Vanilla + The Bean is an absolute TREASURE. Bespoke cake artisans come few and far between, so when we found her, we knew we stumbled upon greatness! Working with her o...
n a number of collaborations has only confirmed this, and each time she brings so much creativity and heart to her designs. She’s a phenomenal listener + team player, she offers solutions where needed, and she creates cutting edge designs that inspire rather than mimic. We are so thankful to have her in our circle!
We cannot wait to work with Selena! I could feel her energy in every email correspondence up until our tasting! She is just as delightful as her cake! I cannot wait for our Februar...
y wedding! Thank you in advance for all your hospitality and care for our special day! XO
Selena was a huge part of making our day so very special. From the moment we met her at our tasting, we were BIG fans of her and her cakes! She truly is a wonderful person and an a...
mazing artist. She went above and beyond, even sending my mom samples of the cake since she could not be there for the tasting. The cake she designed for us went above and beyond any expectations we had. I'm so thankful for her, and can't wait for my 30th B-day, because I will be requesting a V+TB cake :)
AMAZING!!!! AMAZING!!!! AMAZING!!!! Thank you so much Vanilla + The Bean for being a part of our wedding. Selena went above and beyond and surpassed all of our expectations. From t...
he initial conversation to the hand drawn sketch, to the execution of our cake... it. was. absolutely. perfect! Can't recommend enough. BEST CAKE EVER. Do yourself a huge favor and book this lady!! Thank you again for everything you did for us Selena!!
Selena is extremely talented and artistic. I'm constantly amazed by the designs she comes up with. It's as if they are images from my dreams that I didn't even know I had yet... if...
that makes sense. She truly understands when you tell her you want to make a statement with your dessert and you could completely trust her to come up with THE perfect design for the occasion. She is so passionate and will get excited WITH you during the creative process and planning. Don't even get me started with flavors y'all. It's so refreshing to offer your guests flavors and concepts that aren't the average. It elevates the entire experience when it's not just beautiful but tastes SO GOOD. Great person.Fantastic product. Total package.
Selena is truly an artist and it shows through every work of art she produces. The attention to intricate details that Selena puts into her cakes is truly unbelievable and will tak...
e your breath away! She has an amazing way of taking everything that you want and turning it into everything that you dreamed of. Selena also has an amazing talent for balancing flavors that are unique and delicious - the perfect combo for any bride!! Trust me - getting your wedding cake made by Vanilla & The Bean will be one of the best decisions you’ve made in your life!!!
Thank you so much Selena for making our wedding day even more perfect. Selena was such was so helpful with all of our questions, very fast communicating and so sweet! Our wedding c...
ake was so beautiful and was definitely a show stopper. We choice the Olive Oil flavor and had so many compliments on it. Can’t thank you enough!
There are too many amazing things to say about Selena and Vanilla + the Bean, I don't even know where to start! The short of it - you NEED her to make your wedding cake. Selena's...
cakes are absolutely delicious, and her service is top notch. I knew I wanted her to make my cake from the moment we first met - I brought along two of my girlfriends to the tasting, and Selena showed up with matching Vanilla + the Bean t-shirts for all of us, macaroons, and of course the most darling presentation of the best cake I have ever tasted. She kept in touch over the months of planning, and when I walked in to my reception, the cake was breathtaking - exactly what I had dreamed! Guests would pick up a slice thinking it would just be standard old wedding cake, take a bite, and say "whoa - that's the best cake I've ever had." We went with the olive oil and red velvet - both were huge hits! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Not only did Selena at Vanilla and the Bean deliver the most beautiful cake that looked like EXACTLY what I asked for, but it was the most delicious and moist cake I’ve ever had. S...
elena is so unbelievably sweet and talented, I will definitely be working with her again!
It has taken me so long to write a review because I couldn't think of the words adequate enough to describe just how amazing Vanilla and Bean is. I met Selena for a tasting and we ...
instantly became life long friends. I knew immediately I couldn't have my big day without her a part of it. We selected cookie dough, vanilla bean, and olive oil for our flavors and worked with Selena to create a cake design. I trusted her 100% with my cake and with her knowing what styles I liked i gave her full reign to surprise me on my wedding day with one of her amazing creations. To say I was surprised was a understatement. Selena surpassed my every expectation in creating a one of a kind masterpiece that even brought my to tears when I first saw it. Vanilla and the bean is so much more than just your average bakery. She is a master at her craft. Her cakes are super moist and super yummy! Guest raved for weeks about how amazing it not only looked but tasted. I just told selena the other day that my mouth now waters thinking about her cake. I cant wait to order another soon!
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Savannah, Georgia | & Surrounding Areas |
Vanilla & The Bean