The Most Flavorful Bakeries in Colorado Springs

Marigold Cafe & Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.3 (883) • $$

"This place is a gem! Excellent food and service! The service from the owner to the waitresses is always first rate. We ordered the swordfish and it was great followed by the raspberry cheesecake which is always the best. Place was hopping for a Thursday night which a testament to the quality of food and service!"

Simple Eatery

★★★★★ 4.6 (594) • $$

"This place was awesome! We had the steak stroganoff, the Rainbow trout and split the green salad with the homemade Italian dressing. The trout was cooked perfectly! Th steak stroganoff was the best we'd ever had, the steak was cooked so perfectly and you could cut it with a fork. Each entree came with fresh pretzel bread too. The staff was incredibly friendly and the service was fantastic. We decided to pick up a monkey bread and a blueberry loaf for breakfast the next day. The baked goods are phenomenal. It's pretty cool to find this place attached to an outdoor sports retail place. What a cool use of the space."

Cuba Bakery & Cafe

★★★★☆ 4.4 (624) • $$

"Love it here, their cafe con leche and spinach empanadas are my go to. Ive tried other items like the sandwiches, they are huge and you can definitely feed two with one and they give plenty of fries. Sometimes i have a hard time communicating without my husband but they always make a effort and call someone to help. They are super friendly, organized, and their food is good what more can you ask for."

Quince Coffee House

★★★★★ 4.7 (387) • $

"Best coffee house and I have been to so many. Best espresso hands down. Thanks for still offering a dark roast!! Delicious menu items. Thanks for offering vegan options!!Phenomenal ambiance. Super well done. Top notch service. Best part, the entire purpose seems community focused. Check out their website for purpose statements, land acknowledgment, and upcoming events. Inclusive and safe. Just love this place!!"

Gallo Italian Supper Club and Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (367) • $$

"Great Italian pastries. Very fresh and incredibly flavorful Awesome serviceI dream of their cannolis"

Hungry Bear

★★★★☆ 4 (364) • $$

"I had the breakfast burrito smothered and gravy and it was fantastic. Literally a nap wrapped in a tortilla. The staff was so friendly and welcoming"

La Baguette de Normandy

★★★★☆ 4.3 (276) • $$

Azucar Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (276) • $$

"James and his team did a great job on our wedding cake! From the tasting session, to deliver and execution everything was amazing.We picked the Bavarian cream marble tiered cake with a semi naked frosting, as well as chocolate chip cookies, lemon bars, and brownie bites for our guests. James was super flexible with the additional treats - just ask he can probably make it for you! He's a great baker and we loved supporting this small business for our wedding. We highly recommend whether you are having a wedding, birthday, or just looking for a small treat this is your one stop shop!"

Detour Bakery

★★★★★ 4.7 (209) • $

Milk & Cake

★★★★☆ 3.9 (303) • $

"Had a hankering for a chocolate shake and found milk and cake right off of I 25 and Hampden. All I ordered was a simple chocolate shake and boy is it delicious! They have a huge variety to choose from from your standard milkshake to what they call cake and shake. I believe shakes with bits of homemade cake in them. I was looking down the list and there are certainly some options I would like to try and I will be back. The young lady behind the counter that made my shake was very delightful and friendly. Give this place a shot as the summer heats up."

La Baguette - Old Colorado City

★★★★☆ 4 (284) • $

"Lovely and cute little French cafe. It has patio seating and indoor seating. $12 for this cross isn't sandwich that was delicious."

Crumbl - Greenwood Village

★★★★☆ 4.1 (264) • $$$

"The cheesecake "cookie" that they had on this week's menu was so divine, I could eat 14 of um (ifykyk lol). This place is amazing and I love the cookies!!!"

Ivywild School

★★★★☆ 4.1 (255) • $$

"It's an old school that now has a few restaurants inside. I went with the pizza and a flight from Bristol Brewing. Detroit style was great. The place is so cool. Clean and the staff is very nice. There's plenty of seating inside and outside. I definitely recommend coming here after Garden of the Gods."

Tacos Tequila Bar & Grill

★★★★☆ 4.1 (211) • $$

"Unassuming, unpretentious, solid Mexican food with great service. Decent margaritas (large) and we enjoyed the crispy chips and salsa. The burrito is a large flour tortilla filled with rice, beans and meat choice. The Al pastor pork wast very tasty. It's topped with cheese and I asked for green chili on top. Yum!! Lots of juicy pork chunks. The steak fajitas were sizzling and came with rice beans and a choice of tortillas. Really nice people (servers and guests)."

Under The Umbrella

★★★★☆ 4 (207) • $

"Slowly has become one of my favorite breakfast spots. Ideal place to pick up breakfast on a sunny day since it's basically a pick up window so you will be standing outside.. and sometimes there is a line and a wait to grab the food but it does move quickly. They run out of burritos pretty often (I have actually never been able to snag one!) but my go to is a bacon, egg and cheese on a croissant. It's big enough for two in my opinion if you don't have a big appetite. Their coffee is also solid. They have summer specialty flavors and such if you're feeling adventurous!"

Katherine's French Bakery and Cafe

★★★★☆ 3.6 (212) • $$

"What a great day to sit in the patio at Katherine's. If there wasn't so much noise that's coming from University, this would be a perfect spot to feel like dining in a cafe in Paris. The background music at the right volume soothed me.I met up with a friend of mine at this place for a brunch at 10:30am on a Saturday. From the past experience, I knew it might be hard to grab a table during the peak time in the morning especially on a Saturday. I needn't worry; there were a good number of tables available inside and outside.This place has everything: from benedicts to crepes to quiches to French toasts to fruit cups to salads, I mean you name it. Out of so many items on the menu, my friend and I went with crepes.I went with Boulder (crepe). It's got sauteed mushrooms, caramelized onions, spinach, haystack goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes. I asked for an addition of one-egg scrambled. My friend went with Breakfast (crepe) (bacon, egg and cheese) with avocado addition. Just so you know, they have both savory and sweet crepes.My crepe was amazingly good; A little tanginess that comes from the sun-dried tomatoes did the magic by adding a great flavor to the entire dish. And both hers and mine crepes were a good size (we couldn't finish it so we asked for boxes.)Now, this place got busy after 11:30am. It took such a long time before our waitress got us the boxes and the bill (because she was busting her bottom.) We were very understanding of it; it appeared a little short-staffed and fortunately, we had time.We, of course, stopped by at the display of cakes and pastries to look at before walking away from the restaurant. Everything looked amazing but I went with the lemon tart. My friend got her a chocolate croissant. There was a huge display of Eiffel Tower built with Lego pieces (which had a sign that said "Do not touch"); I took a picture of it. Cookies that are shaped like Eiffel Tower were very cute."

The French Kitchen

★★★★☆ 4.3 (136) • $$

"We really enjoyed this little restaurant. I had a breakfast croissant. It was really tasty. Flakey croissant with eggs and bacon. The Babe had the green chili quiche. She really liked it and the bite she shared with me was excellent! Really good chili flavor.We both had iced mocha with caramel; also very good.They were slammed while we were there but the service was good, friendly and knew the menu wepl. It's very casual with some sidewalk seating.We recommend!"

Wave the Grain

★★★★☆ 4.2 (133)

"Food is great. Lots of dairy free, vegan, and gluten free options. It is a little expensive, especially the bread loaves. The desserts aren't too expensive though"

Honey B's Macarons

★★★★★ 4.7 (103) • $

"I adore this place and have been several times because my best friend is gluten free, as are her children. The whole bakery is gluten free, making this the best place to get them treats.I have also fallen in love with these decadent desserts. They are small and not too heavy of a treat, but they pack a punch. The owner is so nice and I've always had a good check out experience. The place is super cute and the flavors are always unique and interesting. They do large and small orders, I would love to have them do an event sometime!Go visit!"

The Duffeyroll Cafe

★★★★☆ 4.1 (127)

"Happy Memorial Day bun. My go to spot when I'm in Denver. Some of the best cinnamon rolls I've ever had. We come for the pecan swirl cinnamon roll and the peach cinnamon roll. Definitely is a must try spot. You can't go wrong with any flavor cinnamon roll you try."

Cakeheads Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (110) • $$

"Love the birthday cake we ordered here. I highly recommend cakehead! The cakes are delicious. My favorite is chocolate cake with strawberry frosting. This is a recent cake for my mother's 70th birthday. So perfect!"

Daniel's of Paris

★★★★☆ 4.1 (115) • $$

"Well hot dang! Walked into the bakery and that first whiff of sweet heaven touched my soul like the first sip of my morning coffee. We gorged ourselves with Korean BBQ and decided we needed a sweet. Heheh, and then we found Daniel's of Paris.It is a quaint spot, but so many goodies inside! I forgot to take a picture of the displays because I was too busy drooling and deciding what i would get. My friends got the carrot cake tarte and chocolate mousse tarte. I got an Almondine, Paris Brest, and chocolate mousse tarte. Ohhh, they were DI.VINE. I loved that the filling was not too sweet - it was that perfect taste of sweet but just a little to sate your palate. I am so happy we found this place - we will definitely return!"

La Petite Crêperie

★★★★☆ 4.1 (110) • $$

The Bundt Shoppe

★★★★★ 4.6 (87) • $$

"Win friends and influence guests. Buy a full cake to take to a party. I like the chocolate chip cookie Bundt cake the best."

The Makery Cake Company

★★★★☆ 4 (96) • $$

"I ordered a custom cake for my son's first birthday. It came with a complimentary smash cake. He liked it very much. (We liked our cake too)"

Crumbl - Parker

★★★★☆ 4 (95)

"Good cookies, good service, convenient location and crazy good hours! Go to the Crumbl in Parker!"

Crumbl - Highlands Ranch

★★★★☆ 3.6 (115)

"Best cookies ever! Esp Warm. Easy and cuteBoxes to Gift or bring to a party. I appreciate the enthusiasm with the staff, too."

La Belle French Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.1 (88)

"I stopped by this afternoon and bought a chocolate eclair to go. I was shocked when the salesperson rang it up to be over $9. It's not that big either. As I was driving home I was mildly outraged and felt that it better be the best eclair I've ever tasted for that price. Once I got home I tasted it and was surprised at how good it was. It has an almost crisp texture on the top of the eclair and then they sprinkled it with a few chocolate nibs that added a little more crispness to it. It was very good. Though I'm not quite convinced it's worth the high price. I would give it 5 stars if it was even a couple dollars cheaper."

Bird Bakery

★★★★☆ 3.9 (95)

"The food here is really good! I had an avocado breakfast sandwich that was excellent, with a cappuccino that was also very good! The restraint is very cozy, but the chairs are super uncomfortable and need to be replaced ASAP! It's a new restaurant, so I've ran into some issues where an employee tells me these things already come in my breakfast sandwich, but they don't, so I have to send it back so they can add it... I'm just going to ask them to humor me and put it on there for the kitchen anyway hahaThis place is also great when Pancake House is packed or is "missing" your reservation haha..."

The Cupcake Doctor

★★★★☆ 4.1 (81) • $

"My daughter gives the macarons 1000/5 stars! I had a wonderful carrot cake cupcake with creme cheese icing. I called the shop and they said the cupcake truck is out in Wolf Ranch so we headed there! Def RECCOMEND!"

The Cookie Company

★★★★☆ 4.4 (70) • $

"Just simply amazing cookies!!!! Banana walnut one of my favorites!!!! Quick friendly service."

Wake & Take Cafe and Event Center

★★★★☆ 4.1 (80)

"Cool little coffee shop in Aurora! It's quite minimalistic inside. There are tables on the ground level as well as in the upstairs loft area. There's a stage ready for live entertainment.They have free Wi-Fi, so it's a convenient place to do some work or surf the internet while you enjoy your drink & bakery item. They offer so many different food options: croissants, cookies, Danishes, muffins, scones, sandwiches, etc.I think I had a dessert coffee! I ordered the Snickers Coffee. As the pieces of Snickers melted, it made the drink seem like a Mocha! I actually enjoyed chewing the peanut bits at the bottom of the cup! Such a decadent cup of coffee!I like their logo... an owl with a coffee cup! It's so artistically rendered!I would definitely return to get the Snickers Coffee and maybe try a baked good. I love little independently owned coffee shops!"

Panaderia Y Taqueria Chihuas

★★★★☆ 4 (84) • $

"Very good, the dinners were very well done deep in flavor, great hidden secret spot.The bakery goods were over the top, even being full from dinner i couldnt resist had to buy 6 fruit empanadas.The super flaky strawberry was fantastic, they earned their stars"

The Pasty Republic

★★★★★ 4.7 (55)

"Cute little spot for breakfast or lunch, with yummy British pastries. They offer a nice selection of sweet and savory pasties, with some vegetarian options. My husband and I visited for breakfast, and I devoured a South of the Border pasty filled with eggs, chorizo, jalapeños, onions, cheddar, potatoes, and green chiles. It was very flavorful and each portion is quite generous. My husband picked the Miner, with steak, rutabaga, potatoes, onions, and house seasoning. He also liked it a lot.There are a couple tables both inside and outside, and you can also buy the pasties frozen. Coffee and ice-cream is available."

Icing On The Cake

★★★★★ 4.7 (55) • $$

"Icing on the Cake made spectacular cupcakes for my work promotion ceremony. I was nervous about my color/design choices but the bakers were super accommodating, patient, and knowledgeable. I definitely recommend going in-person to speak with their bakers and get an idea for what they can do. Bring pictures to show what you're looking for. They don't offer cake tastings but I bought a few cupcakes and tried them there to pick my cake flavor, frosting, and designs. Although not required I paid for everything ahead of time and the cupcakes were boxed and ready to go the day of my event for a seamless pick up. The cupcakes turned out better than I expected and all my friends and family loved them! The cake was not even close to being dried out like I worried. It was perfect. The butter creme is the best I've had from local bakeries in COS. If you like the design be sure to ask for a rosette pattern on the icing. The almond cake is fantastic. It has just the right amount of flavor without being too sweet or overwhelming. I added raspberry filling which was a wonderful compliment at no extra charge! Thank you for making my event so special. Looking forward to my next order!"