Welcome to Christopher Garren's!

Our cakes are a labor of love and passion from inspiration to completion. We start our process by baking the highest quality cake possible. Everything that leaves our kitchen has been made by hand. No mixes are ever used. Eggs are delivered each week from a local egg farm. Only local dairy sources are used and all our cakes are filled with the freshest organic fruits available. We proudly use all European chocolate in our products; Valrhona, Michel Cluizel, and a Belgium dark blend. When you order a custom cake from Christopher Garrens we guarantee that it will come to you in the freshest manner possible. No shelf stabilizers, preservatives or additives are present in your cake. Lard and artificial whipped toppings are never used when we execute your order. Our custom cakes are baked fresh when you order and never frozen. The buttercream mousses and cream fillings offered in our cakes are made by hand. Our philosophy is... "If it comes pre-made in a bucket, tube or can it's not worth using"

This same philosophy transitions into all the design and artwork we do for our cakes. Each flower that goes onto our wedding cakes is made by hand. Styrofoam is never used unless we need separation or additional height under an existing cake tier. If it can't be made with edible components then we won't sell or create the cake. Each step, from the first watercolor sketch to the finished cake, is given the utmost care and attention to assure you, the customer, a memorable experience and a lasting impression of the quality of our cakes.

Choose Christopher Garrens to design and execute the cake for your next special event and create a memory that will have the guests talking about your party or wedding for months to come.

Christopher Garrens is owned and operated by the Costa Mesa, California team of Chris Russom and Marjorie Chua create original works of art that you can eat. Each cake and confectionary detail is reproduced by hand with only the finest ingredients available. From a simple birthday cake to a spectacular one of a kind hand crafted wedding cake, the entire staff is dedicated to bringing you the best the culinary field has to offer in both taste and service.

Starting in a rather inauspicious manner with a single order and a week to week lease in the back of a donut store, Christopher Garrens has grown and expanded into a corporation that executes thousands of celebration cakes yearly for corporations, design houses, movie and television personalities, from Will Smith to Lee Iacocca.

In 2001 we moved to our current location which houses our cake studio and a retail line of pastries and dessert items. Our mission and goal with this business is to provide a product line that could proudly be sold and served in any 4 star restaurant using quality ingredients and avoiding any association with pre -packaged components, fillings or mixes. This coupled with an exacting attention to detail and a commitment to excellence in service will make a visit to Christopher Garrens a memorable event.

Biographies:

		Chris Russom- owner Started his baking career at the tender age of 9 when he attempted to make a cake for his mother and realized, after 2 hours of baking, that he had forgotten the flour. Since then his culinary skills have improved somewhat. Chris spent his high school and college years working and managing various restaurants. Throughout the last twenty years he has remained attached in some manner to the culinary field either in part-time work, pastry school, or full time chef work. In 1999, while catering a wedding, Chris was, rather reluctantly persuaded to create the cake for the event. Since that day he has designed thousands of wedding and celebratory cakes. He remains a creative force in the Industry and works to continue improving his art.
		Marjorie Chua - Store Manager In 1997, after being cajoled into taking a cake decorating class with her sister Marjorie embarked on a stellar culinary career that has landed her on 5 Food Network Cake Challenges. She has a list of culinary accomplishments too numerous to list. Marjorie continues her education, teaches classes in sugar paste flowers and working with chocolate clay. Since coming to Christopher Garrens she has taken on the management of all the baking and preparatory work that goes on in the store. Marjorie, along with her support staff, executes most of the party and celebratory work that leaves the store each week.