Lancaster native, Renee Hunter, has been thrilling brides with her stunning wedding cakes since 1995. She gained unique design perspective as she resided in myriad cities across the country. Returning to her home-town in 2005, she set up her licensed and inspected home cakery in a beautiful 150 year-old Victorian manor aptly named Bella Manse or "beautiful manor".
Renee recognizes that the wedding cake is the centerpiece of the wedding reception and should reflect the personality and style of the bride.
Renee recognizes that the wedding cake is the centerpiece of the wedding reception and should reflect the personality and style of the bride.
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An in-person tasting and consultation is $40. A phone consultation and to-go tasting is complimentary. You will receive an assortment of the most popular flavors and fillings for two persons. If a specific pairing is desired, tasting cakes (one flavor/filling) are available for $25 each. During the busy wedding cake months, May-October, I may be able to deliver only to the closest facilities. I am able to deliver further away in the slower months. Delivery charges are based on total mileage, and also accessibility.
Reviews (11)
Taryn Morgan
Apr 22, 2022
Kyle Althouse
Jan 03, 2021
My wife and I had our wedding yesterday, October 31st, 2020 and our wedding cake was absolutely beautiful! Three tier, black fondant with red roses cascading down the length of the cake. As soon as we saw previous photographs of Renee's work, we knew we needed her as our cake baker! What a wonderful experience it was from cake tasting to the day of the wedding.
We are very fortunate to have found Bella Manse online! Renee is friendly, experienced, insightful, responsive and a pure delight to work with. We will absolutely be returning for future cake needs! -Shawna and Kyle Althouse
We are very fortunate to have found Bella Manse online! Renee is friendly, experienced, insightful, responsive and a pure delight to work with. We will absolutely be returning for future cake needs! -Shawna and Kyle Althouse
Lauren Thompson
Dec 22, 2020
Renee is an incredible baker! We met her at Drumore's food tasting, her cake was incredible and the extra bonus? All her recipes were her grandmother's! We LOVED that and the cake, so we booked our cake tasting that week! Every single cake we tasted was amazing, it made it hard to pick just a few! Then we had to re-plan our wedding-thanks to Covid, and Renee was more than understanding!
We planned to push our bigger celebration to next year and have a smaller ceremony this year. Renee made an incredible cake for this year, and we cannot wait to have her repeat it for next year!
We planned to push our bigger celebration to next year and have a smaller ceremony this year. Renee made an incredible cake for this year, and we cannot wait to have her repeat it for next year!
Austin Smucker
May 20, 2020
Ariel L.
Nov 02, 2019
Mgolden
Oct 29, 2019
No one could stop talking about how amazing our cake looked and tasted. Renee really listened to exactly what we wanted and then made our dream came come to reality. She was helpful throughout the whole process with any questions we had. Her flavor combinations are amazing, I can't recommend her enough!
Casey Char
Jan 21, 2017
Renee is amazing. Her cakes are delicious and she will really work with the bride and groom to customize their cake to even the strangest of client specifications. She is a true professional and her cakes, both in taste and design were the best out of every baker were tried while looking for our wedding cake. She is also very affordable and if you are indecisive like us, you can buy sample cakes to test different flavors and fillings
Elizabeth Derr
Jan 02, 2017
B. H.
Oct 02, 2016
Zoe R.
Aug 01, 2016
Renee was referred to me by another specialty cake/bakery establishment as the original person that I contacted could not do what I was hoping could be done in 3weeks (Final result: below). For June, it is the middle of wedding season and Renee was willing and able to not only help design the cake but also make suggestions that worked even better than my own ideas.
She made this cake that the picture does not do it justice and certainly does not capture its grandeur or how exquisite it tasted. It was about 3feet high and definitely the hit of the party. Everyone had seconds and thirds. Except for the arrow, everything else was edible and even the decorations tasted good. I could not have asked for a better experience in working with a someone to design a cake that not only looks good but tastes even better.
And while I know that taste is subjective, this tasted better than several bakeries that won in Cupcake Wars (I have no complaints about their cupcakes either!). BUT this was that good! PS I had less leftovers than I expected which is always a plus!
She made this cake that the picture does not do it justice and certainly does not capture its grandeur or how exquisite it tasted. It was about 3feet high and definitely the hit of the party. Everyone had seconds and thirds. Except for the arrow, everything else was edible and even the decorations tasted good. I could not have asked for a better experience in working with a someone to design a cake that not only looks good but tastes even better.
And while I know that taste is subjective, this tasted better than several bakeries that won in Cupcake Wars (I have no complaints about their cupcakes either!). BUT this was that good! PS I had less leftovers than I expected which is always a plus!
Jen P.
Aug 31, 2011
We had Renee create our wedding cake. She was referred to us by our wedding planner. I cannot say enough good things about her. On our first meeting we were presented with maybe 4 cakes to taste. They were preselected and every single one of them was delicious. We loved them, but wanted to try some other flavors. At that first meeting we brought some pictures of cakes we liked. Renee asked us our colors and flowers.
She asked what styles we liked the best. After looking at the pictures we brought Renee drew our cake. She sat there and sketched out the most beautiful cake. She knew exactly what we wanted. We tried a few more cakes from Renee and agreed on the Pink Champagne. It was delicious- a moist pink cake with filling that tastes like pudding but way better. Our guests loved it. Renee was incredibly easy to work with. She bakes the most delicious cakes and they're affordable too!
She asked what styles we liked the best. After looking at the pictures we brought Renee drew our cake. She sat there and sketched out the most beautiful cake. She knew exactly what we wanted. We tried a few more cakes from Renee and agreed on the Pink Champagne. It was delicious- a moist pink cake with filling that tastes like pudding but way better. Our guests loved it. Renee was incredibly easy to work with. She bakes the most delicious cakes and they're affordable too!