Little Barb’s Bakery

Hands down the best desserts in Durham. Talk about decadent, with perfectly balanced flavors. The gluten-free options are excellent, too.

Mediocre at best. I tried the confetti cookies and a s'mores bar. Both were dry and uninspired. For the price, I thought I'd be getting something delicious, not something that can be done better by a home baker.

The slice of Olive Oil cake I had was delicious. I didn't feel appreciated as a customer by the owner. I will not return

I visited the Little Barb's Bakery for the first time today. When I approached the counter there wasn't anyone available for about 10 minutes. I purchased a small container of the mini soft baked dark chocolate chips cookies. Good but standard. The mini container of cookies were over priced $10.75. I will not be returning to this location.

I could have sworn I've written a Yelp review for Little Barb's before but maybe I haven't. At various times when we've popped into the Durham Food Hall, we've stopped here and gotten zucchini bread, cake slices, poptarts, cinnamon rolls and more. We enjoy supporting local businesses in Durham and have enjoyed the wares here. We've also seen their treats around town at other places like the Daily Beer Bar (monthly cake and beer pairing is wonderful). I saw someone else posted that the cake prices were high. They might be but the cake slices we've had were rich and delicious. We've also seen the owner at other events around town -- great to see that she supports other local businesses. We'll be back.

Very annoyed. About to ruin someone's birthday because it's not what they ordered. Especially for a cake I paid 75 dollars for and no one was able to follow directions. I pretty much sent them a custom order cake form and also got a text message to reiterate what your forms says. The cake is all black and I wanted red lettering so it's easy to read what the cake says. I pick up the cake today and it's black lettering. ‍ I let the gal know and all she wanted to do was text the owner and pretty much said they left the red lettering out because sometimes what they use for red won't be readable but the black makes it worse you can't even read what the cakes says... if that was the case why did no one call me then and tell me the red that was not gunna work... I left pissed... because again I wanted red lettering. I text whoever I've been texting with and now the solution is I can bring the cake back after I got home in this heat with the cake already sweating saying they can put it in red. I'm not gunna drive back. The cake was already melting. Pretty sad because I'm disappointed.

I ordered a 6inch 2 layer butterfly cake for my daughter's birthday. The online ordering process was very easy, the staff was friendly and accommodating and my daughter thought the cake was delicious! I highly recommend Little Barb's Bakery in Durham!

Wow--no idea how this place has five stars. Felt way overpriced, cake was no better than mediocre (stale?), and for 8.50 per slice, expected considerably better. Of three patrons, no one ate more than half and these were not big slices. No idea how the other wares are. Wonderful woman at counter--maybe Barb? Hope this small biz can figure it out.

I ordered a cake for a "twinkle twinkle" themed baby shower, and little Barb's knocked it out of the park! The ordering process was easy. I was able to work with them to iron out details before placing the order. I provided the toppers. The cake was beautiful, and it was absolutely delicious. The flavor was vanilla with strawberry compote. The cake was moist and the icing was the perfect level of sweetness. I was anticipating leftovers as the cake was pretty big and my guests are not big on dessert. However, by the end of the party, there was only 1 piece left because it was such a hit! And to make things sweeter, the cake was very well priced compared to other local inquiries I made. They exceeded my expectations.

This is an adorable little bakery. I highly recommend the cake pops, they're huge and the chocolate one is very moist and decadent.