Cary baker's cake creation disappoints Triangle bride
At most weddings, something small goes wrong – something for the bride and groom to laugh about later. For Kristen Halpern and Matthew Morgan, the thing that went wrong was bigger. Their wedding cake was a disappointment that was hard to swallow.
Posted — Updated“I cried,” Halpern-Morgan said about the cake delivered by George Amaral. He operates Sorte Desserts out of his home in Cary.
After contacting several bakers and checking references, Halpern-Morgan paid him $345 for a wedding cake and groom's cake.
“He really seemed like it would be no issue, so I didn't think that it would be anything but this or something close to this,” she said.
The cake Amaral delivered was very basic, Halpern-Morgan said. “It's black and white and it's three tiers, which is fantastic and accurate. That's about all he got right was the colors and the shape.”
“We had a few people ask us if this was an ace, or if we were card players,” she said.
After the wedding, Halpern-Morgan repeatedly sent e-mail and called Amaral. He did not respond.
Amaral said he did not receive any of Halpern-Morgan’s calls or e-mails because he closed Sorte Desserts after realizing it was "not his thing."
She's just happy it's over.
“This was just something that really bothered me, and I just really wanted to have closure and hopefully avoid other people from making the same mistake and trusting someone based on photos and a Web site,” she said.
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