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
Ashley D.
The worst challah I have ever had. ZERO taste and somehow too sweet. Bland. Will never ever buy from here again.
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.
Laura K.
Such a shame, this was once one of the best bakeries in Philly, but they are now HORRIBLE. Spent over $75 on a variety of baked goods, and every single item was dry and flavorless. Butter cookies so dry that they must have forgot butter is an ingredient, rugelach that was so hard that you could use it as a hammer, twists that could chip your teeth, and a bobka so dry that it took two cups of coffee just to force down a slice. I used to go to best cake all the time and was never disappointed, but their offerings are now disgusting, dry, and below the level of even the worst supermarket bakery.
Cara Morris
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.
Jacqueline T.
This bakery recently changed hands and its better than ever. With the new owner they are offering quite a few flavors of knishes. If you buy six you get one for free. We tried the potato and kasha and they were both great. They are a flavor of old world charm. Their seasonal honey cake was the best commercial cake we've ever had. All in all a wonderful experience. We'll be back soon to try their challah.
f “fparker165” parker
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.
Marlene F.
I really was in search of a great cupcake.. found this spot by chance and figured, let me try it says Best & Kosher... Wellll I had to. I love supporting local spots why not?! I loved the smell of the fresh bread and rolls and for sure will be back for those, but my little red velvet cupcake lots to be desired and so did my chocolate rugelach. Sigh, on towards the quest of a great cupcake.......
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 worst challah I have ever had. ZERO taste and somehow too sweet. Bland. Will never ever buy from here again.
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.
Such a shame, this was once one of the best bakeries in Philly, but they are now HORRIBLE. Spent over $75 on a variety of baked goods, and every single item was dry and flavorless. Butter cookies so dry that they must have forgot butter is an ingredient, rugelach that was so hard that you could use it as a hammer, twists that could chip your teeth, and a bobka so dry that it took two cups of coffee just to force down a slice. I used to go to best cake all the time and was never disappointed, but their offerings are now disgusting, dry, and below the level of even the worst supermarket bakery.
Terrible black and whites and flavorless hamantaschen.
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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.
This bakery recently changed hands and its better than ever. With the new owner they are offering quite a few flavors of knishes. If you buy six you get one for free. We tried the potato and kasha and they were both great. They are a flavor of old world charm. Their seasonal honey cake was the best commercial cake we've ever had. All in all a wonderful experience. We'll be back soon to try their challah.
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 really was in search of a great cupcake.. found this spot by chance and figured, let me try it says Best & Kosher... Wellll I had to. I love supporting local spots why not?! I loved the smell of the fresh bread and rolls and for sure will be back for those, but my little red velvet cupcake lots to be desired and so did my chocolate rugelach. Sigh, on towards the quest of a great cupcake.......