Whether home-made or designer-crafted, cakes have a special place in all celebrations. Cake Expressions Unlimited in Marina is known for providing spectacular cakes for Monterey, Carmel and Santa Cruz weddings, as well as cakes, tarts and other sweets for special occasions like holidays and birthdays. This Monterey cake bakery specializes in both traditional and unusual cakes, bringing true creativity to any occasion.

Cake designer Sonja Jacobson, who graduated from the Professional Culinary Institute and completed her internship at the renowned Pebble Beach Resorts, taps extensive experience in the artistic field to fashion each incredible cake. Past work as an artist, a muralist, a graphic designer, a commercial illustrator, a photographer and a ceramic artist has given her an eye for captivating designs and the skills to deliver the most uniquely artistic cakes. For everything from Santa Cruz wedding planning to romantic Carmel celebrations to Monterey birthday parties, Cake Expressions Unlimited is the place to go when striving for a truly memorable occasion.

Masterpiece Wedding Cakes and Desert Creations

Cake Expressions Unlimited's Sonja Jacobsen has mastered the art of artistically crafted wedding cakes. Elegant cakes, unusual wedding cakes, traditional cakes, wedding cupcakes, petit fours and more are available, with each one differing greatly in design and craftsmanship to make sure it is a truly unique addition to every wedding. She will work closely with the bride and groom to make sure that the cake she creates is the cake of their dreams. Meticulously crafted, cakes for memorable wedding receptions can resemble everything from bundles of hydrangeas to folded tiers of white lace, and depict everything from glamorous icons to seaside settings.

Cake Expressions Unlimited's Signature Cakes

This Monterey Bay wedding cake bakery offers a selection of signature cake flavors crafted from the highest quality ingredients. Only the freshest eggs, real sweet butter, cream and other quality ingredients are used to make all of Cake Expressions Unlimited's cakes and other products.

White Cake

• Cake: French Vanilla cake washed with orange infused syrup or Grand Marnier
• Filling: French vanilla mousse
• Topping: Vanilla buttercream

Heavenly

• Cake: Dense sweet and fruity cake made with pineapple, bananas and pecans, spices and washed with orange-infused syrup or Grand Marnier
• Filling: French vanilla mousse & cream cheese buttercream
• Topping: Cream cheese buttercream

Lemon

• Cake: Fluffy Lemon cake (fresh lemon juice and zest) washed with Lemoncello or lemon-infused syrup
• Filling: Lemon and vanilla mouse
• Topping: Cream cheese buttercream

Red Velvet

• Cake: Smooth and fluffy red milk chocolate cake
• Filling: Cream cheese buttercream & French vanilla mouse
• Topping: Cream cheese buttercream

Dark Chocolate

• Cake: Dark chocolate (Guittard 65%) washed with Kahlua
• Filling: Dark chocolate ganache with chocolate & French vanilla mousse
• Topping: Dark chocolate (Guittard 65%) ganache with chocolate buttercream

The Finest Sweets for Every Occasion

French vanilla cupcakes with carefully sculpted flowers on top, peach tarts with pastry cream, liquor washed chocolate petit fours, rustic apple tarts made with fresh apples and sweet butter, individually and exquisitely decorated vanilla almond cookies… Cake Expressions Unlimited knows how to create the perfect sweet additions to any party. From renderings of glittering lettuce to black and white towers ala M.C. Escher, this Monterey Peninsula bakery crafts elegant, artistic and imaginative culinary creations that will surely express the uniqueness of every event, whether it’s a birthday party, a holiday party or a “just because” celebration.