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Fluffy Thoughts Cakes is a wedding bakery located in McLean, Virginia. Lara Stuckey, the owner, opened her shop in 2000 to combine her passions for art and baking into a business. Lara infuses sculpture, color, and design into each handmade dessert, and she customizes her creations based on couples' requests.

Experience
Lara began her baking career working part-time at Cakelove in Washington, D.C., where she trained under baker Warren Brown and observed the bakery industry firsthand. She has participated in several cake decorating courses, most recently with world-renowned cake designer Colette Peters of Colette's Cakes in New York City, as well as at a Fundamental Pastry Techniques Course at L'Academie de Cuisine, and she continues to perfect her skills as a baker and designer.

Services Offered
Fluffy Thoughts Cakes provides couples with tiered wedding cakes, as well as several other dessert options, including cookies, croquembouche, cupcakes, dessert buffets, grooms' cakes, and pastries. Lara can offers gluten-free and vegan items for clients with dietary restrictions. Consultations are available for couples to discuss their wedding dessert vision, and Lara provides delivery and set up for wedding events.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for cupcakes (per cupcake, without tax)?

$3

What services do your prices include?

Consultation

What types of desserts do you provide?

Cookies
Croquembouche
Cupcakes
Dessert Buffet
Groom's Cake
Pastries

What services do you provide?

Consultations
Delivery
Setup

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Vegan

Are you licensed by the state health department?

Yes
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Any other questions?

Reviews of Fluffy Thoughts Cakes

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4.8 out of 5 rating
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
4.8 out of 5 rating
615 reviews
96% recommend it
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Fluffy Thoughts Cakes is highly praised for their delicious and beautiful wedding cakes, with multiple reviewers highlighting the tasty flavors and stunning designs. The bakery's professionalism, responsiveness, and delivery service are commended, making the planning process smooth and effortless for couples. Reviewers appreciate the variety of flavors available, the reasonable pricing, and the ease of communication during the decision-making process. Additionally, the ability of the bakery to recreate cake designs from inspiration pictures is noted, resulting in cakes that exceed expectations and delight guests.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Fluffy Thoughts Cakes is highly praised for their delicious and beautiful wedding cakes, with multiple reviewers highlighting the tasty flavors and stunning designs. The bakery's professionalism, responsiveness, and delivery service are commended, making the planning process smooth and effortless for couples. Reviewers appreciate the variety of flavors available, the reasonable pricing, and the ease of communication during the decision-making process. Additionally, the ability of the bakery to recreate cake designs from inspiration pictures is noted, resulting in cakes that exceed expectations and delight guests.

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Dani B. Sent on 08/24/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Awesome selection and great value

We used Fluffy Thoughts Cakes for our wedding cake. We had a fun time trying a variety of their cakes and decided to get two types for our wedding - one of their specialty cakes and a simpler one. We did those in sheet cake format for our guests and we got a small display cake for us. They dropped everything off at our venue in a timely fashion and the display cake looked great - just how we designed it with the owner! We enjoyed the cake greatly, as did our guests! The pricing was also very reasonable.
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Linda Sent on 09/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Gorgeous & delicious wedding cake

Choc. cake w/vanilla buttercream. Beautiful & delicious. Everyone loved it!
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Erika Sent on 11/16/2011
5 out of 5 rating
We used Fluffy Thoughts for our wedding cake and were very pleased with the result! I am not someone who likes things that are very sweet, so choosing the cake was probably one of the hardest things for me. At our tasting, my (now) husband and I were initially a bit overwhelmed by all of the options we could choose from, but Lara offered many suggestions on flavor combinations, which was very helpful. Since we had an autumn wedding, we wanted to choose a flavor that was indicative of the season. We wound up choosing two flavors: pumpkin spice cake with coffee buttercream for the display cake and hazelnut cake with alternating layers of dark chocolate ganache, coffee buttercream, and hazelnut buttercream for the supplemental sheet cake. Both were phenomenal! Everyone enjoyed our cakes and thought our flavor combinations were very unique choices for a wedding cake.

The display cake was simply gorgeous! We preferred a simpler design, so we opted for a 3-tiered twisted square ivory cake with a large chocolate branch lying diagonally across the front. To give it a pop of color, we had a small cluster of fresh flowers on the top and one flower on each tier. The flowers were provided by our florist but arranged on the cake by Fluffy Thoughts. It turned out even better than we imagined and truly captured the fall look that we were going for!

My only “complaint” (and I hesitate to use that word) is that we wound up with a ton of leftover cake. We had 165 guests at our wedding, so we chose a display cake sized to feed 100 people and supplemented it with a sheet cake sized to feed 75 people. Everyone was served a large piece of cake at the reception and extra pieces were put out on a table for people to have more. Even so, at the end of the night, we wound up taking home the top layer of the display cake along with the entire sheet cake that was never even cut. In hindsight, we would’ve ordered much less cake. The leftovers were delicious, but I would’ve rather saved the extra expense.

The entire staff was very friendly and easy to work with. I would absolutely recommend Fluffy Thoughts to any bride!

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Fluffy Thoughts created a master piece of a wedding cake for my wedding, Lara sat with me and step by step we came up with a fabulous design for the wedding cake. I must say people are still talking about that cake a year into the marriage!

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