Been quite a while since I had tried to first stop in at Leah's, spanning over two years with early closures, changes in their hours, and emergency events. At long last I got it in my mind to try again, and this time the attempt bore fruit! Or cookies to be more precise.
Inside ascetic was very nice, like a small joint coffee shop, homely, warm, and it smelled nice too. The staff were friendly and conversational, I felt like all my hopes were being met.
Sadly there were only a couple things among their individual selections I could actually partake in as chocolate makes my heart explode (don't ask), so I also opted to pick up some of their bagged and wrapped items too. Sugar cookies, frosted, sprinkled, and otherwise. Linzer Tarts, a Rice Crispy Treat, a Carrot Cake cupcake, a Lemon Custard Mini-Cheesecake, and a Vanilla Cupcake. As well as 3 slices of dessert bread. (Lemon, Pumpkin, and Apple) It all looked pretty nice. And I hoped so, since everything in total cost me over $50. Woof.
Well looks can be deceiving, as I found all the cookies, the red hearts, the sprinkle covered, the drizzle frosted (both flavors), to be dry, bland, and lacking. Especially the sprinkled ones, which had that distinct chemical flavor from the sprinkles. The lemon bread with frosted top looked moist, but bitting into it I found it lacked any moisture. I was so confused, until I realized it was an oily shine, not a wet one. The lemon curd cheesecake was good at the very least with an inviting sweet and sour smashup, and so was the rice crispy, which was softer and toastier than most I have tried. But the large swath of my haul were the cookies, so I was pretty disappointed.
I hope the remaining breads and cupcakes don't fail me like the cookies did, but yeah, darn shame that after several years of trying to stop in, the first time I do I'm met with this result.
Food: 3
Service: 5
Amelia Jones
My family and I have been loyal customers since moving to the village in 2017. Leah has made countless birthday cakes, graduation cakes, even a wedding cake, and given us yummy treats of delicious blueberry scones and cookies. You can taste that Leah and her bakers use quality ingredients and put love, care, and soul into everything. I just had a birthday and used a Valentine’s themed cake and mini cupcakes for the party. I got nonstop compliments on how beautiful it was and how delicious it is. They put instructions on the boxes for you on how to best serve your cake (let sit out for 1 hour before, etc).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brittany lansburg
I ordered a strawberry cheesecake for a coworkers birthday and it was so good! I work in a restaurant and everybody in the kitchen that ate a slice all approved of it and said how good it was. I even gave a piece to our Linen guy who said I need to give you guys an awesome review, so here I am. ❤️
Thank you for making such a great cheesecake. I will definitely return . 😀
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Online Ordering
Ayumi Kasai
The best bakery to order the birthday cake
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Terri Arnold
We love everything Leah makes. Try her pre-made frozen pot pies. They're my favorite!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katharine Horn
I often stop in after my walk with a friend today we stopped for a muffin. I purchased the pumpkin coffee cake muffin which looked delicious and a nice change from my usual morning glory. The muffin was dry and not much of a "pumpkin" flavor? bland. The crumb topping added nothing to the muffin. This is very surprising to me, since I've always had great tasting breakfast treats.? maybe recipe needs checking or tweeking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Busy Girl Balance
I wanted a fun and extravagant cake to celebrate my birthday and chose Leah’s Cakery from some of the impressive cake art I saw online. Not only was the website easy to use and order from, but Leah and the staff were incredibly helpful, responsive, professional, kind, and delivered exactly what I had asked for. The cake was absolutely delicious and so beautiful and I was instructed how to properly keep and serve the cake after picking it up. I got a lemon cake with lemon curd filling and my party guests and I absolutely loved it! I am so happy with my overall experience and would recommend Leah’s for a delicious and reasonably priced cake for any occasion. Thank you Leah and staff- you made my birthday one for the books!
Created a dream of a wedding cake for my small backyard wedding - the taste of the raspberry lemon was superb and the artistry of the cake … unbelievable!
ROOF TOP CAT
I went to the park, and it's smack dab next to leahs, so no cake .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
R. Mican
After reading all the Google reviews, I had high expectations from this place. This morning, I walked in to order a cake, 10 days in advance. First of all, this is probably the only bakery in the US where you CAN'T order a cake in person, ONLY online. So, if you want a custom cake, online ordering will definitely make your experience unforgettable. Secondly, they need 3 weeks in advance for a simple white cake, one layer, for 15 people, no decoration. The most careless employee explained to me it doesn't matter how simple it is, it's still considered a celebration cake, because it's for a baby shower. My bad! Sorry I bothered you with such an outrageous request and I'll take my business elsewhere.
Leah‘s Cakery is a perfect addition to the round Lake area. My wife and I love stopping in for breakfast after our bike rides on the Zim Smith path right next to it. Nicole, Amanda and the rest of the staff are warm, friendly, and the icing on the cake for this quaint little shop.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark Marchand
Stopped here for a snack after we bicycled on the Zim Smith Trail. A nice experience and a tasty ice cream/cookie sandwich. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Jennifer Daly
Leah created the most beautiful cake for my son's graduation from high school. Such attention to detail, creative design, impeccable texture and flavor. It was a masterpiece!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alison Falkenburgh
We love Leah’s Cakery! My Dad is a frequent visitor for breakfast sandwiches but when we decided we wanted a custom cake for my Mom’s 60th birthday, we knew it had to come from Leah’s.
Leah heard our inspiration and made a beautiful cake. It felt sad to have to cut into it and eat it! The details were AMAZING! Not only did it look stunning but it also tasted delicious!
Highly recommend Leah’s!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alison
We love Leah’s Cakery! My Dad is a frequent visitor for breakfast sandwiches but when we decided we wanted a custom cake for my Mom’s 60th birthday, we knew it had to come from Leah’s.
Leah heard our inspiration and made a beautiful cake. It felt sad to have to cut into it and eat it! The details were AMAZING! Not only did it look stunning but it also tasted delicious!
Great service, good people, bland cookies.
Been quite a while since I had tried to first stop in at Leah's, spanning over two years with early closures, changes in their hours, and emergency events. At long last I got it in my mind to try again, and this time the attempt bore fruit! Or cookies to be more precise.
Inside ascetic was very nice, like a small joint coffee shop, homely, warm, and it smelled nice too. The staff were friendly and conversational, I felt like all my hopes were being met.
Sadly there were only a couple things among their individual selections I could actually partake in as chocolate makes my heart explode (don't ask), so I also opted to pick up some of their bagged and wrapped items too. Sugar cookies, frosted, sprinkled, and otherwise. Linzer Tarts, a Rice Crispy Treat, a Carrot Cake cupcake, a Lemon Custard Mini-Cheesecake, and a Vanilla Cupcake. As well as 3 slices of dessert bread. (Lemon, Pumpkin, and Apple) It all looked pretty nice. And I hoped so, since everything in total cost me over $50. Woof.
Well looks can be deceiving, as I found all the cookies, the red hearts, the sprinkle covered, the drizzle frosted (both flavors), to be dry, bland, and lacking. Especially the sprinkled ones, which had that distinct chemical flavor from the sprinkles. The lemon bread with frosted top looked moist, but bitting into it I found it lacked any moisture. I was so confused, until I realized it was an oily shine, not a wet one. The lemon curd cheesecake was good at the very least with an inviting sweet and sour smashup, and so was the rice crispy, which was softer and toastier than most I have tried. But the large swath of my haul were the cookies, so I was pretty disappointed.
I hope the remaining breads and cupcakes don't fail me like the cookies did, but yeah, darn shame that after several years of trying to stop in, the first time I do I'm met with this result.
Food: 3
Service: 5
My family and I have been loyal customers since moving to the village in 2017. Leah has made countless birthday cakes, graduation cakes, even a wedding cake, and given us yummy treats of delicious blueberry scones and cookies. You can taste that Leah and her bakers use quality ingredients and put love, care, and soul into everything. I just had a birthday and used a Valentine’s themed cake and mini cupcakes for the party. I got nonstop compliments on how beautiful it was and how delicious it is. They put instructions on the boxes for you on how to best serve your cake (let sit out for 1 hour before, etc).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered a strawberry cheesecake for a coworkers birthday and it was so good! I work in a restaurant and everybody in the kitchen that ate a slice all approved of it and said how good it was. I even gave a piece to our Linen guy who said I need to give you guys an awesome review, so here I am. ❤️
Thank you for making such a great cheesecake. I will definitely return . 😀
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Online Ordering
The best bakery to order the birthday cake
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love everything Leah makes. Try her pre-made frozen pot pies. They're my favorite!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I often stop in after my walk with a friend today we stopped for a muffin. I purchased the pumpkin coffee cake muffin which looked delicious and a nice change from my usual morning glory. The muffin was dry and not much of a "pumpkin" flavor? bland. The crumb topping added nothing to the muffin. This is very surprising to me, since I've always had great tasting breakfast treats.? maybe recipe needs checking or tweeking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
I wanted a fun and extravagant cake to celebrate my birthday and chose Leah’s Cakery from some of the impressive cake art I saw online. Not only was the website easy to use and order from, but Leah and the staff were incredibly helpful, responsive, professional, kind, and delivered exactly what I had asked for. The cake was absolutely delicious and so beautiful and I was instructed how to properly keep and serve the cake after picking it up. I got a lemon cake with lemon curd filling and my party guests and I absolutely loved it! I am so happy with my overall experience and would recommend Leah’s for a delicious and reasonably priced cake for any occasion. Thank you Leah and staff- you made my birthday one for the books!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Cake, Online Ordering, Bakery
Created a dream of a wedding cake for my small backyard wedding - the taste of the raspberry lemon was superb and the artistry of the cake … unbelievable!
I went to the park, and it's smack dab next to leahs, so no cake .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
After reading all the Google reviews, I had high expectations from this place. This morning, I walked in to order a cake, 10 days in advance.
First of all, this is probably the only bakery in the US where you CAN'T order a cake in person, ONLY online. So, if you want a custom cake, online ordering will definitely make your experience unforgettable.
Secondly, they need 3 weeks in advance for a simple white cake, one layer, for 15 people, no decoration.
The most careless employee explained to me it doesn't matter how simple it is, it's still considered a celebration cake, because it's for a baby shower.
My bad! Sorry I bothered you with such an outrageous request and I'll take my business elsewhere.
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Leah‘s Cakery is a perfect addition to the round Lake area. My wife and I love stopping in for breakfast after our bike rides on the Zim Smith path right next to it. Nicole, Amanda and the rest of the staff are warm, friendly, and the icing on the cake for this quaint little shop.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stopped here for a snack after we bicycled on the Zim Smith Trail. A nice experience and a tasty ice cream/cookie sandwich. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Leah created the most beautiful cake for my son's graduation from high school. Such attention to detail, creative design, impeccable texture and flavor. It was a masterpiece!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love Leah’s Cakery! My Dad is a frequent visitor for breakfast sandwiches but when we decided we wanted a custom cake for my
Mom’s 60th birthday, we knew it had to come from Leah’s.
Leah heard our inspiration and made a beautiful cake. It felt sad to have to cut into it and eat it! The details were AMAZING! Not only did it look stunning but it also tasted delicious!
Highly recommend Leah’s!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love Leah’s Cakery! My Dad is a frequent visitor for breakfast sandwiches but when we decided we wanted a custom cake for my
Mom’s 60th birthday, we knew it had to come from Leah’s.
Leah heard our inspiration and made a beautiful cake. It felt sad to have to cut into it and eat it! The details were AMAZING! Not only did it look stunning but it also tasted delicious!
Highly recommend Leah’s!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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