I was in the Neighborhood and saw the Bakery. Soo I decided to buy a Birthday Cake for my Sister. My Granddaughter and I went into the, Best Cake Bakery and bought a small Vanilla cake with Chocolate Icing. 2 lemon Pound Cakes. And a dozen assorted cookies. This was Friday Afternoon 2/2/2024. We dropped the Birthday cake off to my Sister and went home. Got home and bit into one of the cookies it was hard, dry,old. As were the the other 2 that I tried. The next day my Sister called me and said that there was something wrong with her cake.The Cake is Hard, Old, and full of Mold. The 2 Lemon Pound Cakes are hard also. So this Morning I'm taking the Cakes back!! I'm just going to place them on the counter and take the lost. Because I should have checked the, Website Comments, before spending $50 at this place. Ms.G.G. ( Traditional Caregivers Village). 2/5/2024.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Yachiyah Yisrael
I ordered a vegan cake and family and friends did not enjoy. The icing did not taste like buttercream,the cake was very dense, hard and dry.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
Pamela Holt
I hate to write this. It was bad. Bar Mitzvah cookie and pastry trays. I spent over 400 dollars.When ordering i had lots of questions, the owner told me he had been doing this for 30 years. With no website available, and not being from the area, i had no clue who he was.The cannolis had a strange saw dust taste, as did the pastries. The refrigerator items were all wet and hard. Its like a butter substitute is used. No flavor. It was just bad.Not a very welcome environment, dirty glass cases. I should have went with bjs. Kosher and more then half the price. So sad. I hope o5hers have a better experience. All the trays were full at the end of the event.I wouldn't chance it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Andrea
Happened upon the bakery where I went as a student at Sacred Heart. They still had the lg black and white shortbread cookies. Though not politically correct today they were called Chinese cookies. They were 25 cents then now they are close to 3 dollars I bought a dozen. They were heavenly shame famous deli is gone best corned beef specials in the city. Thank you Best Cake for the memories I’ll be back very soon
Roberta Hoffman-Frenette
The Knishes were delish! Will be back.
Jeffrey Zheng
Unfortunately the other reviews are accurate. The bread we got was rock hard. The cookies too are unbiteable and flavor was pretty terrible. The cinnamon twist was edible and had good flavor. We found that if you soak the bread in soup, it becomes edible, and the flavors fine, but shouldn't have to do that. They really should experiment with some new recipes.
Darnell Mangum
I bought a birthday cake. When cutting it, it was brick hard and disgusting. It seems like a display cake that shouldn’t have been sold. This is the worst cake I have ever had. No exaggeration. I also bought two cookies that were brick hard. I will NEVER be back to this place and recommend you don’t either. TERRIBLE.
Cara Morris
Terrible black and whites and flavorless hamantaschen.
Diane Shapiro
Bought knishes because I thought they would be like the ones from the original Lipkin's on Caster Avenue. Bot NOPE! Had to throw them in the garbage. That bad. Just thick dough with a smear of filling.
Ordered a cake, they had me pay for it up front and made the wrong cake that i cannot eat, worst bakery i ever went to. all their food has a strange taste , i rate it lower than one star but thats not avaialbe
Esther Gillett
I live out of town and when I visit the area I usually get these round cookies that are a mixture of black and white with a dollop of fudge in the middle. On my most recent visit today there was only one cookie left in the case. I pointed to it and asked if there were more. The man told me he could make some. I asked for a dozen. He went into the back and brought out what looked like large round cookies. I saw he was working with the fudge to put on top of the cookies. I did not have a clear view to make sure it was the right cookie and didn’t check when I left as he put them into a box. When I got home I saw I had the wrong cookies- thinner, fudge and white icing. I was so disappointed. They do not have the same flavor. Very expensive cookies and I don’t like them. They are true black and white cookies and I’m not sure what the ones I got are called, although they are a mixture of black and white. The picture on the top were the ones I got today. The ones on the bottom are the ones I got in the past and what I wanted.
Edgar Merino
I am highly disappointed in the changes that have occurred to the bakery since they bought it from its original owner. I have been going there for about 6 years. I went to buy some challahs for Sabbath a few months ago right as they had just bought it. It tasted and felt strange but I figured it was just a bad batch. I went there again a few months later and the quality was really bad and this time there were notes saying that they had bought the bakery. After giving them time to get use to running a bakery I went again to buy our challah for Sabbath this weekend since we were having guest. The bread was flat and rock hard, it showed no braids or anything resembling a challah. It really look like the new owners don't really know how to bake or ask for help; first time I really wanted to return to the store to return these horrible challahs. I will try again in 6 months to give them a year of ownership.
Linda
Challah was flat because employee had put warm challah in plastic bag.I asked for large, but this seemed like a regular. Sesame rolls were mixed with onion rolls. Very disappointed in the new ownership. My guests Friday night will know where I bought them. I loved the previous owner. Never a problem with Ziza.Actually, the challah tasted good, just weird looking.They must have changed the recipe because it was much better than what I bought there at Rosh HaShanah.
Madeline Wewer
I would give this bakery 10 stars if I could. We recently asked for a Blippi cake for my son’s 3rd birthday and not only did it taste great but it looked super cute!! We all really enjoyed it.
Birthday Cake was very dry. So disappointed ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
I was in the Neighborhood and saw the Bakery. Soo I decided to buy a Birthday Cake for my Sister. My Granddaughter and I went into the, Best Cake Bakery and bought a small Vanilla cake with Chocolate Icing. 2 lemon Pound Cakes. And a dozen assorted cookies. This was Friday Afternoon 2/2/2024. We dropped the Birthday cake off to my Sister and went home. Got home and bit into one of the cookies it was hard, dry,old. As were the the other 2 that I tried. The next day my Sister called me and said that there was something wrong with her cake.The Cake is Hard, Old, and full of Mold. The 2 Lemon Pound Cakes are hard also. So this Morning I'm taking the Cakes back!! I'm just going to place them on the counter and take the lost. Because I should have checked the, Website Comments, before spending $50 at this place. Ms.G.G. ( Traditional Caregivers Village). 2/5/2024.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
I ordered a vegan cake and family and friends did not enjoy. The icing did not taste like buttercream,the cake was very dense, hard and dry.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
I hate to write this. It was bad. Bar Mitzvah cookie and pastry trays. I spent over 400 dollars.When ordering i had lots of questions, the owner told me he had been doing this for 30 years. With no website available, and not being from the area, i had no clue who he was.The cannolis had a strange saw dust taste, as did the pastries. The refrigerator items were all wet and hard. Its like a butter substitute is used. No flavor. It was just bad.Not a very welcome environment, dirty glass cases. I should have went with bjs. Kosher and more then half the price. So sad. I hope o5hers have a better experience. All the trays were full at the end of the event.I wouldn't chance it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Happened upon the bakery where I went as a student at Sacred Heart. They still had the lg black and white shortbread cookies. Though not politically correct today they were called Chinese cookies. They were 25 cents then now they are close to 3 dollars I bought a dozen. They were heavenly shame famous deli is gone best corned beef specials in the city. Thank you Best Cake for the memories I’ll be back very soon
The Knishes were delish! Will be back.
Unfortunately the other reviews are accurate. The bread we got was rock hard. The cookies too are unbiteable and flavor was pretty terrible. The cinnamon twist was edible and had good flavor. We found that if you soak the bread in soup, it becomes edible, and the flavors fine, but shouldn't have to do that. They really should experiment with some new recipes.
I bought a birthday cake. When cutting it, it was brick hard and disgusting. It seems like a display cake that shouldn’t have been sold. This is the worst cake I have ever had. No exaggeration. I also bought two cookies that were brick hard. I will NEVER be back to this place and recommend you don’t either. TERRIBLE.
Terrible black and whites and flavorless hamantaschen.
Bought knishes because I thought they would be like the ones from the original Lipkin's on Caster Avenue. Bot NOPE! Had to throw them in the garbage. That bad. Just thick dough with a smear of filling.
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Ordered a cake, they had me pay for it up front and made the wrong cake that i cannot eat, worst bakery i ever went to. all their food has a strange taste , i rate it lower than one star but thats not avaialbe
I live out of town and when I visit the area I usually get these round cookies that are a mixture of black and white with a dollop of fudge in the middle. On my most recent visit today there was only one cookie left in the case. I pointed to it and asked if there were more. The man told me he could make some. I asked for a dozen. He went into the back and brought out what looked like large round cookies. I saw he was working with the fudge to put on top of the cookies. I did not have a clear view to make sure it was the right cookie and didn’t check when I left as he put them into a box. When I got home I saw I had the wrong cookies- thinner, fudge and white icing. I was so disappointed. They do not have the same flavor. Very expensive cookies and I don’t like them. They are true black and white cookies and I’m not sure what the ones I got are called, although they are a mixture of black and white. The picture on the top were the ones I got today. The ones on the bottom are the ones I got in the past and what I wanted.
I am highly disappointed in the changes that have occurred to the bakery since they bought it from its original owner. I have been going there for about 6 years. I went to buy some challahs for Sabbath a few months ago right as they had just bought it. It tasted and felt strange but I figured it was just a bad batch. I went there again a few months later and the quality was really bad and this time there were notes saying that they had bought the bakery. After giving them time to get use to running a bakery I went again to buy our challah for Sabbath this weekend since we were having guest. The bread was flat and rock hard, it showed no braids or anything resembling a challah. It really look like the new owners don't really know how to bake or ask for help; first time I really wanted to return to the store to return these horrible challahs. I will try again in 6 months to give them a year of ownership.
Challah was flat because employee had put warm challah in plastic bag.I asked for large, but this seemed like a regular. Sesame rolls were mixed with onion rolls. Very disappointed in the new ownership. My guests Friday night will know where I bought them. I loved the previous owner. Never a problem with Ziza.Actually, the challah tasted good, just weird looking.They must have changed the recipe because it was much better than what I bought there at Rosh HaShanah.
I would give this bakery 10 stars if I could. We recently asked for a Blippi cake for my son’s 3rd birthday and not only did it taste great but it looked super cute!! We all really enjoyed it.
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