The Tastiest Custom Cakes in Newark

Haleh pastry and cafe

★★★★☆ 4.4 (32)

"Such a cute Persian place. This was our first time having brunch in this cafe and we loved it. The outdoor seating is so cute and cozy. They designed it like a traditional Persian restaurant. They have a mixed of American and persian brunch menu (no alcohol). We had Haleem, kake pache and avocado toast. Everyone was happy with their order.I do believe the prices for some of the menu items like avocado toast or their home made jam is high. Which unfortunately is a pattern I have noticed in Persian eateries/supermarkets in Bay Area."

La Patisserie

★★★★☆ 4.1 • $$

"Wow quite the display of bakeryPurchased a guava cake for my Bestie Grabbed some iced cookies as well Everything was absolutely deliciousGreat customer service Lots of parking in the parking lot Definitely worth the stop if you are in this area"

Doodlecakes

★★★★★ 4.7 (117)

"Outstanding for custom cakes. I sent an inspiration photo from a rather high maintenance client and got timely and helpful communication back from Rebekah. The final product looked perfect and also tasted delicious!"

Oh Sho Sweet

★★★★☆ 3.7 (3)

"The only person I will ever go to for amazing cakes!! Shomaisa made us a Mickey themed, two tiered cake for my sons 3rd birthday and all my guest were blown away at her attention to detail, as well as the taste of her cake. It was not only flawless, but it matched the decor, and her macarons were just as good! I was so happy we had leftovers and we ate them for 2 days after. Til today I still crave that cake! You will not regret ordering from her! She's super sweet and easy to work with. I can't wait to order with her again for my sons next birthday."

Passion Pastry

★★★★★ 4.8 (61) • $$

"I came here for the burritos but they don't have them anymore, so i pivoted and ordered some of the pastries. I had a few of the croissants and they were all pretty good. The lady at the counter was nice, but it was on the busier side so it was purely transactional experience but the service was good and it was quick. The place was nicely decorated inside, but like the other reviews it's more of a grab and go place. I bought one pack of the cookies, and as the reviews say.... WOW. I was actually surprised that this was the same owner as the stand at the farmers markets. So now i dont have to wait for a farmers market to get some goodies. I do hope the burritos come back though."

Bit of Ireland Bakery

★★★★☆ 3.6 (64) • $

"The carrot cake from here and the frosted sugar cookies are to die for. I've been coming here since I was a kid and the sweets don't disappoint!"

Panaderia El Angel

★★★★★ 4.9 (9)

"This place is delicious and super clean. Even a couple of hours before closing there was still loads of fresh bread to choose from. These are the best conchas I have had outside of Mexico. The service is also excellent! This is now my favorite Panaderia in San Jose. Highly recommend!"

Diane Bakery

★★★★★ 5 (5)

"Diane's Bakery is a made-to-order food service specializing in baked goods, jellies, sandwiches, and more. A local business with quality customer support, Diane's Bakery has consistently delivered fresh food on time. Her Vietnamese sandwiches use prime cuts of meat and her bread rolls are always sweet and fluffy. I highly recommend Diane's Bakery!"

Artbakeflora

★★★★★ 4.6 (30)

"I ordered my daughter's birthday cake from here. The Baker Nisha was very proactive and patient with me in planning. I ordered one cake and two dozens of cake pop ice creams. The cake was a Feroro rocher cake and it was delicious AF and so were the cake pops. Just look at the packaging. I mean it's so cute and pretty. I'm so glad I found this business. I'm hoping that I'll get to order more for more occasions. The service was clean and right on time. She is so available amidst her schedule. One thing I wish she had were cookies. Hopefully in the future."

Maria's Dream Cakes

★★★★★ 4.8 (126) • $$

"Maria was great to work with! Super communicative and helpful! I would definitely recommend her and use her again. I've had some wedding cakes in my time and this was by far the best cake I've ever had. We had vanilla, red velvet and chocolate tiers and each one was delicious and moist! Too many times I've noticed tier cakes are dry and tasteless, but not Maria's cakes! So delicious! She also did an amazing job decorating the cake with the flowers the decorator provided, it was beautifully put together! Looked beautiful! Thanks again Maria!"

Zibatreats Cakes

★★★★★ 5 (15)

"I've ordered a beautiful cake for my daughter's baby shower! It was absolutely beautiful and delicious! I chose to have it delivered in Mill Valley and the delivery was right on time! The cake was a beautiful centerpiece on the desert table. Everyone loved it! Thank you!"

Izumi Cakes

★★★★☆ 4.3 (51)

"Possibly one of the best cakes I have EVER had - and thus now one of my two go-tos when it comes to all of my cake catering needs.Randomly nestled in a boba place in a shopping plaza, most people honestly wouldn't know they even sell cakes unless you find them online, which is also the easiest way to make orders. It's pretty simple - you make an online order and come in to pick up the cake.Asking about stuff like ambience is pretty much irrelevant since almost nobody orders large cakes and eats them on the spot (honestly very based move to do so), but I would say that the service is fantastic. They do try to be very speedy and the one time I ordered my cake for a party two days later, they actually gave remarkably detailed instructions/hints on how to keep the cake fresher for longer (because they make each day to order fresh!).Finally, the cake itself is very good. Pretty much every flavor I've tried (winter bunny, oreo cake, and hojicha) has been super creamy and not overpoweringly sweet (like most commercial cakes are). This is pretty much one of the best cakes you can ever get for someone who goes "oh, nice, not too sweet." It also allows the flavor of whatever flavor you select to be pretty prominent. For example, the hojicha flavor had one of the most potent hojichas I've ever tasted.Also, the boxing is pretty nice.Fantastic place and would recommend for anyone looking for a cake to wow someone with."

Play Full Moon

★★★★★ 5 (8)

"After hours of searching and contacting bakeries from the peninsula to santa cruz, Yelp led me to find this awesome cake artist. Play full moon was much closer to my recipient, and very responsive in a time crunch! I was so appreciative of Stephanie's patience to incorporate everything I wanted in my order especially with the time frame..(i believe my transaction was four days from delivery date, mother's day weekend) I was unsure if she would take my order, but she did and I lucked out forsure!!Forward communication: Email or phone..either way the response time was quick. Website has easy fill in order request. Delivery: play Full Moon was able to accomodate my order as well as on time delivery. Cake was neatly delivered. Stephanie worked with me on how to wire my payment online.The cake: Play full moon gracefully executed my requested design, and provided a flavor that wasn't on their menu. Stephanie got back to me with other detail specific questions.The recipient LoOved the cake!! As soon as she got home to the delivery she contacted us with nonstop compliments on how beautifully detailed the cake was!! We were so impressed with the final product, such clean piping. Even after refrigeration this cake kept its flavor. Recipient enjoyed the passionfruit icing and decadence of the vanilla cake. You can tell that the cake artist enjoys what she does, the site is efficient, and prices are the most affordable! Stephanie is easy to talk to and will work with you. Will purchase again..due to the smooth sailing through and through, and excellent customer service over all! ^_^"

Goddess Noir Cakes

★★★★☆ 4.4 (7)

"Best tasting cakes I've had.in years. The cakes are not only delicious but beautiful as well What I can appreciate is that they are all.made to order with top notch ingredients and are undeniable in the taste. If you're looking for Beautiful, Delicious Desserts , check out Goddess Noir Cake, owner Brittany is so personable and professional that you will have an amazing experience from consulting to finished product...."

Sugar Faced Bay Area

★★★★★ 4.5 (23) • $$

"Cherilyn was such a great find via yelp. She was easy to work with, affordable, and did an amazing job on creating my daughter's 3 tiered Little mermaid themed birthday cake.What really sold me initially was the free local delivery! She offers many unique flavors. Sadly, I only got to try the rocky road since the other flavors got eaten up so quickly! The cake was super moist and it was fun to have marshmallows in the cake :)I highly recommend Cherilyn. Thank you for making Zoe's birthday extra special."

Leaux & Bloom Patisserie

★★★★★ 5 (6)

"I had ordered cakes and patisserie from Lilian a couple times and I was always surprised by her amazing work and really enjoyed it! Lilian created a beautiful and tasty cake for my birthday, she cared about what I wanted and put effort into making it perfect. Her signature Lemon Glazed Cake was also delicious and looked amazing! Highly recommend her cake for every special occasion :)And don't miss out the madeleines! This small delightful dessert from Lilian is perfect for an afternoon break or a Netflix night when you need some good treats. I ordered boxes and shared them with my friends and everybody just fell in love with it!"

Entremets et Délices

★★★★★ 5 (10)

"Working with Dhinal was easy and quick. She's responsive and offers a variety of flavors, hopefully she adds the list her and on the IG page for easy reference. I ordered eggless strawberry cake- it was fluffy and tasty. All the guests enjoyed and raved about it while helping themselves for second servings."

Yasmins bakery

★★★★★ 5 (5)

"Yasmin's bakery is my new go to place for cakes! I ordered a cake from her for my sons first cookies and milk themed birthday party. I was FLOORED and so were all the guests. The cake was beautiful and tasted amazing! She made me a 10" chocolate chip cake with cookie dough filling complete with naked frosting and a chocolate drizzle. Pictures don't do this justice!!! Just trust me when I say you have to try this to believe it. It's my new favorite cake flavor haha. Thank you so much for a wonderful, epic bday cake for my boy!"

Marley's Treats

★★★★☆ 4.3 (476) • $$

"I'm so sad that Marley's Treats is closing their storefront! They'll stay open throughout February (March onwards, TBC) before transitioning to catering only. As a huge Pandan/Ube fan (but also someone who does not have a sweet tooth), this hits hard. These flavors are my absolute favorites! I ordered my wedding cake from Marley's--an 8" UBE CAKE ($135) along with dozens of UBE CUPCAKES ($32/dozen)--and they were a hit! So many guests raved about how moist and yummy they were. Delivery to Walnut Creek ($40) was smooth too.When I visited their store, I also tried the UBE FLANDESAL and UBE OREO CUPCAKE. They were decent, but I definitely preferred the ube cupcakes. The flandesal's leche flan filling was a bit too sweet for me. It was coconutty, and slightly salty which helped balance the sweetness a bit. I also found the Ube Orea cupcake to lack ube flavor in comparison as the oreo cream kind of diluted it.However, the PANDAN ICE CREAM $11 for a pint, took me by surprise. It's super green (probably an extract), but the texture is creamy--not icy at all. The pandan flavor is actually strong, which is rare! Most spots dial down the pandan/ube flavors, so it ends up too subtle, but not Marley's Treats! I personally like this more than other pandan ice creams I've had (like Garden Creamery and Miharu). My husband also tried their UBE PANDAN CRUNCH ICE CREAM and he said it was really good too, but they didn't have it when I was there.That said, the UBE MILKSHAKE was painfully sweet. I had it on an empty stomach and felt sick after a few sips--couldn't even finish it. Also felt that the milk kind of watered the ube flavor down (compared to cupcakes/ice cream). Their milkshakes are only for those with a serious sweet tooth.Btw, I'm on a mission to try all the pandan cakes/ice creams/coffees in the Bay Area. Haven't tried too many yet, but I'll report back. At least I have had Singapore's Bengawan Solo Pandan cake to compare as a gold standard!***Tip: Catering only after February :( think it's street parking only, but there are meters in the downtown.Likes: Ube cake, ube cupcake, pandan ice cream, ube pandan crunch ice creamMeh: Ube Flandesal, Ube MilkshakeLast words: Strong ube and pandan flavors (extracts)"

Behind The Sweets

★★★★★ 4.7 (85) • $$

"Nikki has been my go to since my daughters first birthday cake almost 4 years ago. Her cakes taste just as good as they look. She has a quick turnaround time and doing business with her has always been so effortless. Thank you!"

Desserts First

★★★★★ 4.6 (25) • $

"A wonderful experience from front to back. Delicious cake, dreamy whipped icing, well decorated and just lovely. Highly recommend - Thank you Amanda!"

Crispian Bakery

★★★★★ 4.5 (366) • $$

"What an amazing spur of the moment find! Although we arrived a bit late in the day for a little bakery...10:00am...Crispian Bakery did not disappoint. We tried their specialty twice baked croissant of the day which I think had a chocolate hazelnut praline filling. It was so flakey and buttery and not overly sweet. We also bought two chocolate cupcakes and a chocolate eclair which my husband devoured before I could snap a photo. The cupcakes were outstanding, and the eclair was top notch inside and out. The next time we're in Alameda again, we're definitely returning for more of their offerings. In case you're wondering, the shared lot parking for this building is located in the back. There's a side walkway that leads from the lot to the front door of the bakery which is located on Park St."

Jenn's Cupcakes and Parties

★★★★★ 4.9 (263) • $$

"Jenn's Cupcakes in Castro Valley is truly a gem. Jenn's passion for baking shines through in every cupcake & cake she creates, and it's evident that she pours her heart and soul into her work.What makes Jenn stand out even more is her warm and welcoming personality. She takes the time to connect with her customers, always ready with a smile and a recommendation. You can tell that she genuinely cares about her craft and her community.What we personally love about Jenn is her unselfish and humble attitude towards other women owned small businesses! We wouldn't be where we are today without Jenn!! She's freely offered advice, connected us with people to help our business in one way or another and all of this without expecting anything in return. Overall, Jenn is not just a talented baker; she's a true artist who has created a wonderful space for cupcake lovers in Castro Valley. If you haven't had the chance to try her cupcakes yet, you're truly missing out on a sweet experience!"

Marvel Cake

★★★★☆ 3.9 (117) • $$$

"Super cute little bakery in DT Palo Alto. A great place to bring a friend and catch up. They have a good variety of pastries and drinks to choose from. I got an almond croissant heated up. The croissant was nice and buttery. I do think that for the price it could've been larger like some other almond croissants I've had for a similar price. However I can tell that there was a lot of effort into making the pastry as they are all super beautiful."

Sweet Layers

★★★★★ 5 (7)

"If you are looking to support a small business in the bay area, best bet is to support sweet layers. Cake presentation is outstanding and the taste is luxurious. Whether it is a tiered cake or simple macaroons, you can't go wrong."

Pastry Atelier PQ

★★★★★ 4.9 (45)

"Last year, I told my friend that cakes can't be instagram-pretty AND delicious at the same time. She disagreed with me and told me to reach out to Pastry Atelier PQ. I've never been happier to be proven wrong!Pastry Atelier PQ's cakes are gorgeous, jaw-dropping, elegant, beautiful, all the great adjectives you want to use. They are also delicious. I threw a last-minute birthday party together and was relieved to find options for week-of cakes. I ordered two 6" cakes (guava passion and strawberry shortcake). Both cakes were moist, flavorful without being cloyingly sweet, and very clearly (in a good way!) Asian-inspired. These are the perfect desserts to order if you want to impress your friends/family.Ordering is very easy and done on her website. She is extremely responsive to requests. Pick up is contactless and ready within a strict 15 minute window (which I so appreciate!). Can't rave enough about the cakes I had! Thank you, PQ!!"

Delicieuse Princesse Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (228) • $$

"I'm so glad to have stumbled back to this bakery after it was closed/sold. I heard it was open and wanted to pick up a cake for an occasion. I peek in the refrigerator and saw a really cute custom cake! My eyes lit up and I asked how do I order something like this. Evonne stepped up and greeted me, said to just text her and send inspos! I'm so glad there happened to be a custom cake in the refrigerator at the time or else I'll never know! I've already ordered a few custom cakes from her and I know I'll be back for more! Everyone loves her cakes and compliments how it's not too sweet and tastes just right! I cannot wait to place another order!!"

Sweet Treats SJ

★★★★★ 4.6 (137) • $$

"This review is long overdue and I finally got around to writing it.I ordered my baby shower cake from Maha and it was a great experience working with her. We opted for the Nutella chocolate cake and everyone loved it at the party.The best part was that it wasn't a fondant cake and hence we could enjoy it completely without having to waste any of it.The cake was moist and super tasty. We also got mini cupcakes which were yummy as well.It was a pleasure working with Maha and I look forward to getting more yummy treats from here."

Sugar Butter Flour

★★★★☆ 4 • $$

"When people say they got their cakes from Sugar Butter Flour, I know I'll be eating a damn good cake; so far their cake hasn't failed me.Recently I got their Burnt Almond Cake (BAC) and it was absolutely amazing. I usually go to Peter's Bakery for BAC that's located in East SJ, but decided to change it up. The difference is night and day; Peter's Bakery is half the price at about $25, but I feel like you get half the ingredients because the cake is very light in taste. Compare that to Sugar Butter Flour, smallest round cake that serves about 8 people will run about $55, but it's dense and moist. The winner between the two of them for BAC is Sugar Butter Flour."

Alice Street Bakery Café

★★★★☆ 4.4 (252) • $

"I ordered a cake online and this was honestly the most amazing cake I have ever seen. I asked for an edible print cake and the picture quality was so good it looked real. I placed the order online and they were very responsive and sent me a text the next day to confirm details. The cake was absolutely gorgeous, ready to be picked up on time, and they even gave me a free plastic cake cutter."

Mad Butter Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (5)

"Great service. Easy to order custom birthday cake online via website. Text also responsive. Punctual pickup when I texted at the door. Beautiful cake and tastes great!! It's definitely Asian style and not too sweet. Cake is fluffy and soft. The bow tie and butterflies are edible and not too sweet! Tastes like marshmallow. The cream on the cake is delicious too. Definitely recommend, and realize it's not going to be sweet like American cake!"

Kandoo Patisserie & Cafe

★★★★☆ 4 (213) • $$

"We stayed overnight in Saratoga on our way down the coast and we were pleasantly surprised to find this gem!The pasties were so beautiful and delicious that we had to return here for breakfast the next day as well as take some to go."

Natasha's Treats

★★★★★ 5 (55)

"Our wedding venue recommended Natasha's Treats, and we were so glad they did! Working with her was seamless, from our first communication with her to the beautiful finished product on our wedding day. She was so kind, communicative, and professional. Our reception was outdoors and there was some concern about our cake being in the sun for several hours, which required some coordinating with the venue about when the cake should be delivered. Natasha took it upon herself to talk directly with the venue in the week leading up to the wedding, insisting that it was not something she wanted us to have to worry about, and for that I was so grateful!Our cake was delicious, and we got many compliments on it. Prior to the wedding, we'd ordered a tasting box from her, and all six of the classic flavors we sampled were excellent. We went with just one flavor for our three-tiered cake since my husband and I both agreed on which was our favorite.If you look through Natasha's photos on Instagram, you will see that she does absolutely beautiful work. We chose a simple design with textured lines, since we were going for a simple, clean look for our cake. She also has her prices listed on her website, which was appreciated, and her prices are very competitive and worth the investment.I highly recommend Natasha's Treats!"

My Mini Treats

★★★★★ 4.5 (38) • $$

"I wish I knew about this small business sooner! I tried their famous Fiji Style Cream Buns & they were such a treat! I highly recommend microwaving them for about 10 seconds if you receive them cold. It makes the bread softer and even more delicious. The size of these are also huge! & so I think $15 for 9 of em is an absolute steal. They are pretty sweet for someone who isn't a big sweet tooth, but decadent nonetheless. Highly recommend giving em a try if you haven't already! I opted to do pickup for these buns but they also offer delivery. I hear that they make their stuff in Hayward but do pickup and delivery from Fremont. The overall interaction went quickly and smoothly, and the lady who handed us the buns had a big smile on her face."

Horizon Bakery

★★★★☆ 4.1 (68)

"Cakes here are adorable! What caught my eye was the jellycat cake but they have different animals as well. Ordering was easy and on their website. Originally they did not have any spots open for my date but I sent them an email and they were so accommodating! The cake was strawberry and cream flavor - not too sweet like American cakes. The fruit was fresh and the frosting was light. They provide free candles as well. Pickup for me was around 12pm and they will text you when it's ready. They also had some cakes ready for purchase when I came in. The shop is small and used to be the egghead store in Cupertino."