U Knead Sweets Bakery

This cozy bakery has friendly service and an eclectic menu of traditional cupcakes and cakes, boba, shaved ice, and noodle soups. We stopped by for dessert and had peanut butter, salted caramel and cookie dough mini cupcakes, a coconut macaroon, an Oreo bonbon, and a sea salt brown sugar cookie. All our selections were solid and the sea salt cookie crumbled beautifully. Would recommend a visit and I plan to return to try some of the other items on the menu!

Nice small dessert shop with two types of noodles. The beef noodles soup is very flour full. Asian lady is making those wonderful desserts. I bought various cakes but did not take the photo. A few people came in for to go. It is about noon and Christmas Eve so, one cabinet is empty. You can order cakes as well. Nice small family business.

This bakery does a wonderful job with their gluten free options. Delicious. And the staff are always very friendly and helpful.

Great little bakery! Needed a "spur of the moment" cake and they came they with a freshly made Strawberry Black Forest cake. I arrived 10 minutes before they opened and I was 2nd in line! They were more than accommodating and I loved they were open before their scheduled hours and were eager to serve! A testament to why they are successful. If I'm ever back in the area will definitely return.

Stars for sweets (boba, macarons & matcha cake) only from Nov 2019. This is a small shop in downtown with desserts up front and some Taiwanese entrees, we could see them making the cake in the back. The macarons and matcha cake slice were ok, a bit too sweet & sugary. We ordered a coffee milk tea with boba, which was good but the coffee jelly did push it over on sweetness. The cashier did not smile at all while we were there and didn't really offer much info. The shop offers a lot of cake options, but it'd be great if they also sell some asian bakeries (soft sweet/savory bread). Overall.. clean shop, clean toilet, ok boba drinks & dessert and cashier could smile more.

Tried two desserts; one was meh, one was bad.The Red Velvet Cheesecake Swirl Brownie (sounds awesome, right?) looked great on top, but underneath it had the consistency of completely uncooked brownie batter. Not underdone, but entirely unbaked.The classic cheesecake likewise looked great, but tasted like they completely forgot to put sugar in it. Literally the worst cheesecake I've ever had.They serve Folgers instant coffee.The service is painfully slow.I will not darken their doorway again.

It's a cute little shop off on the side of Downtown Columbia that can be easy to miss, but is 100 percent worth stopping by. Their desserts are absolutely amazing and will definitely satisfy your sugar cravings! I particularly love their cheesecakes and both their traditional and green tea variations of tiramisu (or, as they call it, Tira-Mizzou), and, strangely enough, they have a fantastic beef noodle soup. Their customer service can be a bit inconsistent, especially because the owners occasionally have difficulty understanding the orders (but if you bring along a Mandarin speaker you'll be completely fine), but their desserts are delightful. I highly recommend giving U Knead Sweets a shot.

Ordered a large chocolate ganache cake for my wife's 50th Birthday. Owner was responsive to my emails and the cake was ready when promised. It was out-of-this-world for chocolate lovers and I cannot wait to try the other offerings going forward. Highly recommend!

My mom ordered probably one of the BEST cakes I have ever tasted! My family has a few allergies and the bakery was able to prepare the tastiest dairy AND gluten free cake I have ever had. My mom called the bakery a week before the desired date and she was kindly helped by the staff. I had left overs that I shared with my friends who also raved about it:)

Best Birthday cake EVER! My family surprised me with a German Chocolate cake from U Knead Sweets, and it is exceptional! It was super fresh, moist and the perfect semi sweet chocolate that had chocolate ganache around the outside edge. Scrumptious!