We are proud to announce that Elegant Cheese Cakes has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2008 Pick.

The Knot Best of Weddings
2008/2009 Pick

We are proud to announce that Elegant Cheese Cakes has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2008/2009 Pick...for the second year in a row!

Our Secret Gardeb wedding cake was featured in InStyle's Weddings -Forces of Nature section. More

Starry Night - A work of art complete with big red bow. The real gift is the yummy vanilla cheesecake center with a peppermint swirl and chocolate crust. More

Our Ever Green wedding cake was featured in Modern Bride's What's Modern section. More

Elegant Cheese Cakes appeared on a special episode of Sugar Rush on the Food Network. More

"We wanted our wedding cake to be fun, as well as good dessert ... Everyone was surprised to find that it was actually edible!" More

"The cake was one of the first decisions we made," says Sarah of the flower-covered Heath Bar cheesecake. More

We were featured in the Food and Wine section of the San Jose Mercury News last summer. More

Chosen as one of America’s finest cake designers, this showpiece is on display at Copia Center for the Arts in Napa through July 4th, 2005 in an exhibit called ‘Icing on the Cake’.  More

Elegant Cheese Cakes was featured in Modern Bride's "25 Trendsetters" special. More

Our Citrus Love Wedding Cake competed with three other cakes on Destination Weddings. More

Our desserts were featured on the Food Network's Top Five show. More

Our Ivory Wedding Cake was featured in the Vogue Index Wedding Special. More

We were featured in the Modern Elegance section of the Spring edition of Weddings. More

"The white-chocolate and lemon-swirl delight from Elegant Cheese Cakes, edibly “wrapped” like a gift, seems way too pretty to eat, but one bite will make you glad you cut into it." More

"Hot for Holiday Dots [by] Elegant Cheese Cakes looks like a present, tastes like a cake. Who could cut it?" More

"For a December birthday, give the gift of chocolate -- cake (or cakes), that is. Personalized chocolate and white chocolate mini cheesecakes ..." More

Elegant Cheese Cakes was featured on the Food Network's Food Finds television show.  More

Our Triple Mocha Cheesecake was featured on Good Morning America. "Some said it couldn't be done, but Susan Morgan was able to figure out how to balance everything out ... " More

"The Botanical Desire cake by Susan Morgan of Elegant Cheese Cakes in Half Moon Bay, Calif., features a trio of flavors...." More

Our placards were featured on Oprah Winfrey's Wedding Day Show over the winter.

"...the white chocolate cake – decorated with burnt-orange color chocolate roses, chocolate eucalptus and edible magenta ribbon – is paired with a matching take-home cake." More

"The four-tier cake, by Susan Morgan of Elegant Cheese Cakes, had chocolate, lemon and cheesecake layers covered with white-chocolate flowers...."

"The wedding cake featured Belgian-chocolate icing, and chocolate flowers and butterflies." More

"Imagine hand-carved Belgian chocolate scallop shells, sea urchins, starfish, and other tide-pool treasures decorating your wedding cake...." More

"Susan Morgan of Elegant Cheese Cakes likes to chat with couples and then start sketching." More

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"Elegant Cheese Cakes owner and pastry chef Morgan has been designing original wedding and celebration cakes since 1988." More

"The idea of white cake and white icing is kind of passé," says Susan Morgan of Elegant Cheese Cakes in Half Moon Bay, Calif. "Your guests are going to a really fabulous party and they're going to expect a really fabulous dessert." More

Bride's Magazine, April 2001

"Echoing the colors of the wedding invitations, the cake is layered with tempting tiers of cheesecake, white chocolate butter cake, and chocolate decadent cake." More

Coastal Living, March-April 2001

"Many who marry near the water share a bond with the sea that overflows into their ceremonies. 'They want to personalize it,' says Susan Morgan.... 'It's only fitting to have a coastal cake to tie in with their theme.'" More

Gentry, February 2001

"Elegant Cheese Cakes in Half Moon Bay is an ideal choice for the unusual, beautifully hand-sculpted, custom-designed works of edible art...." More

"Gone are the limited-choice days of white cake with raspberry cream or banana nut with Crisco-laced frosting. The bride and groom's wish is the baker's command, and if your taste leans toward chocolate cheesecake, well, no problem." More

"...hand-sculpted cheese-cakes by Elegant Cheese Cakes in Half Moon Bay are where it's at." More

"Triple Mocha Cheesecake..." More

"Three flavors of cheesecake in a bow-festooned creation by Elegant Cheese Cakes...." More

"In pastry chef Susan Morgan's talented hands, Belgian chocolate becomes the prettiest of seashells and taupe-colored sugar turns into sand. In fact, like all the decorations on Susan's custom-made cakes, they could well be mistaken for the real thing." More

Color Without Caution..." More

"Some couples consider their wedding cake an edible work of art..." More

"Do you have fantasies of marketing that to-die-for pie or luscious jelly? How 4 women went for the dream-and won!" More

"This exquisite gift from Elegant Cheese Cakes looks good enough to eat..." More

"Susan Morgan, of San-Francisco-based Elegant Cheese Cakes, creates unique cakes to fit nearly every taste..." More

The Bridal Guide

"Personalized chocolate place cards by Elegant Cheese Cakes..." More

"Susan Morgan is smiling these days and it's not simply because a photographer told her to "say cheese." If anything, "say cheesecake" is more like it." More

Elegant Cheese Cakes® products have been featured in some great places!

Neiman Marcus
Holidays 2008/2009

Featuring our holiday cakes and handbags. More

Hearts of Love - A sweet gift with white chocolate cheescake with raspberry swirl on a chocolate macadamia but crust. More

Neiman Marcus
Holidays 2007/2008

Featuring our exclusive Zebra Striped Handbag cake. More

Autumn Harvest Cake - Bourbon vanilla cheesecake with macadamia nut crust, crowned with Cabernet grapes, fall leaves a kumquat and chocolate truffle pears. More

 Artful Gifts
Holiday 2006

Holiday Harlequin - Layers of mocha, coffee and vanilla cheesecake on a shortbread crust. More

Merriest of Mums - Decadent triple-chocolate cheesecake on a macadamia nut crust, adorned with a hand-crafted chrysanthemum in a garden of fauna. More

Neiman Marcus
December 2006/2007 Featuring our Holly Berry and Harvest Pumpkin Cheese Cakes. More

"A simple work of art made from a decadent cheesecake enveloped in white Belgian chocolate buttoned up with a "pearl" placket. Adorned with a true-to-life hand-sculptured gardenia ..." More

Neiman Marcus, Holidays 2005

Our Harlequin Cake was featured in Neiman Marcus. More

"A feast for the eyes, but don't let that stop you." More

 Neiman Marcus, Holidays 2004

"There's no need to finish wrapping our mesmerizing two-level cake from Elegant Cheesecakes, just admire, slice, and enjoy." More

"A feast for the eyes, but don't let that stop you." More

Neiman Marcus, Holiday Book 2001

"Chocolate Decadence Cake.... A dessert that won't easily be forgotten." More

"Don't show up empty-handed. Present your hostess with a sweet treat." More

Neiman Marcus: The Book, May 2001

"White chocolate butter cake filled with double chocolate ganache and raspberry essence, with customized tag." More

"Sweet Dreams. This triple chocolate chimney cheesecake is formed of layers of imported bittersweet chocolate...." More

 Neiman Marcus, Holiday Book 2000

"Delectable edible presents...hand wrapped in Belgian chocolates." The Hatbox Butter Cake is a Neiman Marcus exclusive, and a "stunning presentation." More

"Bittersweet dark chocolate decadent cake is marbled with a white chocolate butter cake and fashioned in the form of a 4th of July party hat...." More

Neiman Marcus, Christmas 1999

"Celebrating it's fifth year as a Neiman Marcus tradition, the "Present Cheesecake" is truly a work of art finished with rich Belgian chocolate..." More

"The holiday cheesecake in the shape of a present...." More

Neiman Marcus: The Book, May 1998

"Belgian chocolate-covered chocolate-chip cheesecake on a shortbread crust, handcrafted in the shape of a Neiman Marcus hatbox...." More

"For Susan Morgan, life is a piece of cheesecake...." More

Horchow, Holiday Collection, 1997

"chocolate decadent Cake. This rich, very moist bittersweet chocolate cake is layered with mocha raspberry ganache and wrapped in rich Belgian dark or white chocolate...." More

"Poinsettia Cheesecake. A chocolate poinsettia sits on top of a white chocolate cheesecake with raspberry swirl and chocolate macadamia nut crust...." More

"Chocolate present filled with chocolate truffles over cheesecake...." More

"A fitting finale to holiday celebrations - a spectacular cheesecake in the shape of a present...." More

"This freshly baked cheesecake is wrapped in an imported white chocolate box and tied with a white chocolate ribbon...." More