SEEKING GOOD BAKERY for CAKES [Archive] - Talk of The Villages Florida

lthompson

04-19-2013, 07:12 AM

jblum315

04-19-2013, 07:19 AM

No bakeries that I know of. They can't compete with Publix. I have never been disappointed in a Publix cake.

mountaineergirl

04-19-2013, 07:40 AM

The Southern Cotillion in Wildwood has outstanding cakes. They sell slices so you can try them yourself.

asianthree

04-19-2013, 08:37 AM

:agree: the best in the area...its where i would use if i didn't bake my own

gocubsgo

04-19-2013, 08:57 AM

Publix cakes are not fresh. They come in frozen in large cartons and are thawed out as needed. Bloom's Bakery in Leesburg is a good place for cakes.

pappy1

04-19-2013, 10:55 AM

Catillion cakes are amazing!

Also, if you want to take a 15 min drive...there is agreat German bakery in Yalaha - Yalaha Bakery. Google it to get directions.

Enjoy

graciegirl

04-19-2013, 12:10 PM

We love Publix cakes. Some of our favorites are the carrot cake, the red velvet cake and the Italian creme cake but the chocolate with chocolate icing is excellent too. I am pretty sure they don't freeze them and defrost them at our Publlx on 466. I don't do anything else well but I am a fair judge of a good cake.

Sams Club has good cakes too and wonderful prices for BIG ones.

Their cookies are dee-lish-a-mus too!

johnfarr

04-19-2013, 12:12 PM

Donna's Dream Cakes on us 301 in Summerfield. The BEST!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donnas-Dream-Cakes/160063967373879

DAWN MARIE

04-19-2013, 12:22 PM

I've had good luck with a large crowd ordering from Sam's Club. The price is way cheaper than Publix and I've had nothing but rave reviews when I show up with one.

VillagesFlorida

04-19-2013, 12:26 PM

I have a good friend who lives in Highland Lakes in Leesburg and she makes cakes for a hobby.....she has albums showing cakes she has made. If interested you can call Joy at 352-365-0487

Sage327

04-19-2013, 01:02 PM

Fresh Market has good pies and cakes

gocubsgo

04-19-2013, 01:54 PM

Donna's Dream Cakes on us 301 in Summerfield. The BEST!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donnas-Dream-Cakes/160063967373879

I can't believe the health department let's that place sell cakes. It looks like a run down trailer from the road!

Patty55

04-19-2013, 02:05 PM

I've bought cakes at Toojays. I think they customize.

DENNIS G

04-19-2013, 02:10 PM

Does anyone know of a good Bakery or Baker in The Villages, FL or nearby - to purchase nice CAKES, like the Bakeries you find in the big cities. Looking for good quality CAKE, not the type from Publix etc. To have decorated for Birthday??

My wife is an avid baker. Makes cakes, cheese cakes, pies in regular with sugar and either fat free, reduced fat and sugar and sugar free. give her a call at 259-7173.

gocubsgo

04-19-2013, 02:18 PM

My neighbor is a professional baker. She actually made cakes for President Reagan and Nancy Reagan back in the 80's. Her name is Mary and her number is 430-4454.

l2ridehd

04-19-2013, 02:22 PM

Cotillion Cafe in Wildwood. I got a key Lime cake from there for a gathering of friends and everyone there said it was the best cake they ever had.

Cantwaittoarrive

04-19-2013, 02:28 PM

LOL Mountaineergirl is thinking like me. They do have mouthwatering cakes. One of their cakes would be a birthday gift by itself.

Sounds good

oxfordnative

04-19-2013, 02:40 PM

If you are ever looking for a very detailed and beautiful, but also extremely tast cake, Kim Alonso in Wildwood is amazing. We have used her many times now from pies to cakes and even those new cake pops. Prices are reasonable too. 330-7435 I believe.

Also has a facebook called Crumbs

CFrance

04-19-2013, 03:10 PM

Donna's Dream Cakes on us 301 in Summerfield. The BEST!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donnas-Dream-Cakes/160063967373879

I second that. I've had her cakes, and they are excellent. Her bakery is in her house. You can go to her house and see the pictures and descriptions and get a price list. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donnas-Dream-Cakes/160063967373879?group_id=0

I've never had Cotillion cakes, but now my mouth is watering and I may have to check them out.

jojo

04-19-2013, 08:47 PM

I got the lemon fusion cake from Publix for my Mother's 100th birthday party. Everyone raved about it.

lthompson

04-20-2013, 05:46 AM

Thank you lots..

lthompson

04-20-2013, 05:51 AM

Thank you for the infor., surely helps..

PaPaLarry

04-20-2013, 07:15 AM

My vote is Fresh Market!!!!!!! Still looking for a good Crumb Cake though?

CFrance

04-20-2013, 07:18 AM

My vote is Fresh Market!!!!!!! Still looking for a good Crumb Cake though?

What exactly is crumb cake?

What characteristics does a good one have?

bkcunningham1

04-20-2013, 08:34 AM

graciegirl

04-20-2013, 08:38 AM

What exactly is crumb cake?

What characteristics does a good one have?

This is what I THINK crumb cake is.

Dense moist yellow coffee cake with a brown crumbly, buttery, cinamony struedely type topping.

They have kinda good ones at Publix but never as good as Resch's bakery in Columbus, Ohio when I was a kid. I am pretty sure Martha Washington got hers from there too. We were in the same class in grade school.;)

asianthree

04-20-2013, 08:46 AM

Ok this looks like a project...wouldn't be nice if everyone baked two cakes that they are very good at, or your grandmas or moms or aunt (i have a southern jam cake to die for)...get a room at one of the rec centers...sell by the piece...and one sell whole... everyone goes home happy

Bonny

04-20-2013, 09:11 AM

I want to very respectively and very politely ask about Donna's Dream Cakes. I had read excellent reviews about her cakes here on TOTV. One day we were driving and I saw a sign that I believe was for her business. I told my husband to go back so I could have a look. We went down a little dirt road and there was a lady standing in the doorway of a clapboard house with filthy windows and she was smoking just inside the house. There was a dog at her feet inside the house. Is that the place? Surely not.
Yes, that's the place. It's pretty bad inside her house.

bkcunningham1

04-20-2013, 09:14 AM

Yes, that's the place. It's pretty bad inside her house.

Thank you, Bonny.

gocubsgo

04-20-2013, 10:04 AM

Yes, that's the place. It's pretty bad inside her house.

That's why I wondered how she passes health inspections...or do they even inspect her? I can't imagine eating anything out of that kitchen!

skyc6

04-20-2013, 10:14 AM

I've bought cakes at Toojays. I think they customize.

I love toojay's cakes, as well! They have a banana dream cake that is wonderful and a new one called mandarin something that is delish!

casita37

04-20-2013, 10:15 AM

Not much of a cake eater, so I can't attest to the taste, but if you want pretty....Fresh Market cakes are beautiful. I have tasted their cookies, and whenever they have a cake cut up for samples, at the check-out, I try them. Always delicious.

JoeC1947

04-20-2013, 10:16 AM

I want to very respectively and very politely ask about Donna's Dream Cakes. I had read excellent reviews about her cakes here on TOTV. One day we were driving and I saw a sign that I believe was for her business. I told my husband to go back so I could have a look. We went down a little dirt road and there was a lady standing in the doorway of a clapboard house with filthy windows and she was smoking just inside the house. There was a dog at her feet inside the house. Is that the place? Surely not.

Don't worry, that wasn't a cigarette she was smoking (hence the name Donna's Dream Cakes) and her dog is a service dog so it's OK. Oh, and the dirty windows keep her competitors from stealing her recipes.:icon_hungry:

Bonny

04-20-2013, 10:21 AM

That's why I wondered how she passes health inspections...or do they even inspect her? I can't imagine eating anything out of that kitchen!

I can't imagine anyone has been there to inspect !!:yuck:

Patty55

04-20-2013, 10:30 AM

I love toojay's cakes, as well! They have a banana dream cake that is wonderful and a new one called mandarin something that is delish!

They discontinued my favorite, chocolate with strawberry.

CFrance

04-20-2013, 10:55 AM

This is what I THINK crumb cake is.

Dense moist yellow coffee cake with a brown crumbly, buttery, cinamony struedely type topping.

They have kinda good ones at Publix but never as good as Resch's bakery in Columbus, Ohio when I was a kid. I am pretty sure Martha Washington got hers from there too. We were in the same class in grade school.;)

Did her hair look like George's? Mine was compared to his in the sixth grade. (Oops... oirry for the hijack.)

When I was at Donna's Dream cakes, her kitchen is separate from the house, even though it is in the same building.

If that was an older woman you saw smoking, it was her mother. She lives with her parents. I don't remember it being dirty in there. Just old.

But I was only there twice, and that was a year ago.

She has the best cannole I've ever tasted, and will do a platter of assorted small desserts that are bite-sized pieces. That's what I took to a driveway party, that and her cake pops. They went over big.

bkcunningham1

04-20-2013, 11:02 AM

Did her hair look like George's? Mine was compared to his in the sixth grade. (Oops... oirry for the hijack.)

When I was at Donna's Dream cakes, her kitchen is separate from the house, even though it is in the same building.

If that was an older woman you saw smoking, it was her mother. She lives with her parents. I don't remember it being dirty in there. Just old.

But I was only there twice, and that was a year ago.

She has the best cannole I've ever tasted, and will do a platter of assorted small desserts that are bite-sized pieces. That's what I took to a driveway party, that and her cake pops. They went over big.

It was an older woman, @CFrance. I didn't want to start a diss-fest on her business. I didn't know how to ask without it seeming that way either. I'd read others' reviews of her business and it sounded amazingly good. I was just shocked when I went by the house. You can't judge a book by its cover and everybody is different.

rayschic

04-20-2013, 12:00 PM

I can't imagine anyone has been there to inspect !!:yuck:

Just checked the restaurant inspection website....no listing for Donna's Dream Cakes.
No license, therefore no inspections.
Here's the website if anyone wants to check out other restaurant inspection reports. After you get the list, you can click on the date and see a detailed report.

https://www.myfloridalicense.com/inspectionDates.asp?SID=&id=3721844

rayschic

04-20-2013, 12:17 PM

Catillion cakes are amazing!

Also, if you want to take a 15 min drive...there is agreat German bakery in Yalaha - Yalaha Bakery. Google it to get directions.

Enjoy

Then you'll be happy to hear Yalaha Bakery is coming to The Villages this summer.

Yalaha Bakery - A Bakery Like no Other! - Coming soon! Yalaha in The Villages (http://www.yalahabakery.com/our-stores/coming-soon-yalaha-at-the-villages/)

Mack184

04-20-2013, 12:18 PM

Publix cakes are not fresh. They come in frozen in large cartons and are thawed out as needed. Bloom's Bakery in Leesburg is a good place for cakes.
Most grocery store "bakery" items are indeed not made at the store. My youngest son is a quality control manager for a company called Gonnella Baking which has several facilities around the country and they supply a large number of grocery chains with bread, rolls & cake that are either partially or fully baked and that the store either thaws out and finishes the baking process or just finishes up the decoration and final touches. They are not necessarily bad products, but they are not scratch made in the stores, as the grocery companies would like you to believe.

CFrance

04-20-2013, 01:50 PM

Just checked the restaurant inspection website....no listing for Donna's Dream Cakes.
No license, therefore no inspections.
Here's the website if anyone wants to check out other restaurant inspection reports. After you get the list, you can click on the date and see a detailed report.

https://www.myfloridalicense.com/inspectionDates.asp?SID=&id=3721844

It's not a restaurant. I believe it comes under the Cottage Food law, and probably does not require inspections .I cannot vouch for the cleanliness of the place. Caveat emptor!!

PaPaLarry

04-20-2013, 03:19 PM

What exactly is crumb cake?

What characteristics does a good one have?
If you Google NY Crumb Cake, you will see images of crumb cake. If I knew how to forward it or copy it I would, BUT not too computer savvy!! Sorry

duffysmom

04-20-2013, 03:28 PM

Barnes & Noble cafe has the most delicious cakes and cookies. Their cakes are from Cheesecake Factory and are yummy.

CFrance

04-20-2013, 04:31 PM

If you Google NY Crumb Cake, you will see images of crumb cake. If I knew how to forward it or copy it I would, BUT not too computer savvy!! Sorry

Thanks, PapaLarry. That's what we called (genericly) coffee cake when we were kids. But no German in my family.

skyguy79

04-20-2013, 04:32 PM

If you Google NY Crumb Cake, you will see images of crumb cake. If I knew how to forward it or copy it I would, BUT not too computer savvy!! SorryIs this what you were trying to do or provide?

https://www.google.com/search?q=NY+Crumb+Cake&client=firefox-a&hs=97L&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AglzUYabCIKw8AS7joGICw&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1245&bih=623

graciegirl

04-20-2013, 04:39 PM

Is this what you were trying to do or provide?

https://www.google.com/search?q=NY+Crumb+Cake&client=firefox-a&hs=97L&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AglzUYabCIKw8AS7joGICw&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1245&bih=623

Now you've done it. On this coldish wettish day, I either write a nasty letter to Gary Morse that he allowed a cold, wet day to happen here, or I go down 466 to Publix and buy us a crumb cake.

Off to Publix.

tracy1j

04-20-2013, 05:19 PM

That is great news about the Yalaha Bakery! I wonder if it will be at Brownwood.

CFrance

04-20-2013, 05:40 PM

Now you've done it. On this coldish wettish day, I either write a nasty letter to Gary Morse that he allowed a cold, wet day to happen here, or I go down 466 to Publix and buy us a crumb cake.

Off to Publix.

preceded by Cincinnati chili.

PaPaLarry

04-20-2013, 06:01 PM

gocubsgo

04-20-2013, 07:22 PM

Most grocery store "bakery" items are indeed not made at the store. My youngest son is a quality control manager for a company called Gonnella Baking which has several facilities around the country and they supply a large number of grocery chains with bread, rolls & cake that are either partially or fully baked and that the store either thaws out and finishes the baking process or just finishes up the decoration and final touches. They are not necessarily bad products, but they are not scratch made in the stores, as the grocery companies would like you to believe.

Thanks for confirming what I suspected. I remember watching a decorator at Publix one day take cakes out of a cardboard box and start to frost them. They were covered with cellophane.That's when I realized they were not fresh.

cquick

04-20-2013, 10:36 PM

Is this what you were trying to do or provide?

https://www.google.com/search?q=NY+Crumb+Cake&client=firefox-a&hs=97L&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AglzUYabCIKw8AS7joGICw&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1245&bih=623

that's what we call coffee cake in my family.

no matter what it's called, it's good!

graciegirl

04-20-2013, 11:36 PM

Thanks for confirming what I suspected. I remember watching a decorator at Publix one day take cakes out of a cardboard box and start to frost them. They were covered with cellophane.That's when I realized they were not fresh.

But they are still wonderful...and dense and full of flavor and freshly iced and not stale.

I think not fresh is inaccurate.

But I am not an expert like a lot of others. But I do love to cook.

AND I think Publix baked goods are yummy. Try their carrot cake and get back to me.

PaPaLarry

04-21-2013, 07:55 AM

that's what we call coffee cake in my family.

no matter what it's called, it's good!
Yes!!!!!!! Thats Coffee Cake or Crumb Cake. Yummy Years ago, used to go to bakeries on sunday after church, and order a dozen crumb buns, wrapped in paper with string around package.

D&Lsunfun

04-21-2013, 11:08 PM

most bakery cakes are bought frozen and iced at the store. just too costly to bake cakes at the store level. notice how many cakes that are on display and guess how many are thrown out after the sell by date. frozen is the new fresh!

senior citizen

04-21-2013, 11:24 PM

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04-21-2013, 11:46 PM

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Patty55

04-22-2013, 12:24 AM

A bakery employee at Publix told me the cannolis are from Ferrara.

senior citizen

04-22-2013, 03:34 AM

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gocubsgo

04-22-2013, 06:27 AM

graciegirl

04-22-2013, 06:42 AM

The only thing Publix bakes on premises is their rolls. A friend of mine works at one of their stores as a bakery clerk and she said all the cakes are brought in frozen and thawed out. The frosting is made there but it too comes in in a huge cube that they add water and corn syrup to.

I don't care how they fix them. They are danged good.

I consider myself an expert in this field because I have baked a good many cakes in my life and love to bake and cook.

But more importantly, I have eaten a fair share too.

So whether they use heneggs as they say in Ohio, or giraffe eggs, whether they use the dreaded preservatives, whether they are bent stapled or mutilated, they are danged good cakes.

Hope you have one for your next Happy Birthday, Gocubsgo..whenever it is.

(Ask for the chocolate iced chocolate and put some nice Publix French Vanilla ice cream next to it)

I remember how loyal I used to be to Krogers.

I think it is the chip in my neck.:D:22yikes:

PaPaLarry

04-22-2013, 06:43 AM

graciegirl

04-22-2013, 06:49 AM

I heard that too!!! Sweetbay does the same thing. (Manager told us that)

PapaLarry. You know I always like your posts, so please know this is a respectful question.

Does it really matter?

They are yummy and not too expensive.

They always taste fresh to us.

senior citizen

04-22-2013, 07:09 AM

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graciegirl

04-22-2013, 07:12 AM

Uncle.

tucson

04-22-2013, 07:19 AM

I'd rather bake them from scratch:mmmm:

senior citizen

04-22-2013, 09:10 AM

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tucson

04-22-2013, 09:35 AM

I used to watch my Italian grandmother bake, make macaroni, etc, on Sat. mornings when I was a child. That's where I got my inspiration to "go homemade" :-) My sister was a pastry chef on Nantucket and Boston area, and she also bakes still from scratch. Now that I no longer work and I have alot of time for myself, I really enjoy having fun baking, cooking AND best of all eating (in moderation of course) the fruit of my labor. Plus, my husband likes it alot better. I miss (big time) the Italian bakeries and Italian deli's that I to frequent in and around the Boston area, especially in the North End!!

PaPaLarry

04-22-2013, 09:45 AM

PapaLarry. You know I always like your posts, so please know this is a respectful question.

Does it really matter?

They are yummy and not too expensive.

They always taste fresh to us.
Yes so true, but one time we bought carrot cake @ Sweetbay, that was 3/4 icing and 1/4 cake. So we told the manager, and he took us to the bakery, where the lady said to manager, we don't bake carrot cakes here. We just put the icing on them. One rectangler cake, we slice down, and make two cakes out of it, with icing between slices. We felt there was too much icing (which manager agreed) and not much cake. Thats the only time it would matter. I guess you go to the old saying, "Can't have your cake and eat it too" So now can order carrot cake with just icing on top. So that would make it more yummy!!! Another favorite cake besides crumb cake and carrot cake that is our favorite but hard to find, is an "Upside Down Pineapple cake" Love them!!! But yes, always seems fresh to us also

SoccerCoach

04-22-2013, 10:06 AM

Catillion cakes are amazing!

Also, if you want to take a 15 min drive...there is agreat German bakery in Yalaha - Yalaha Bakery. Google it to get directions.

Enjoy

Take 27 South to 40, turn left on 40, about 3+ miles on the right. Organic fruit and veggie stand next door.

senior citizen

04-22-2013, 11:29 AM

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04-22-2013, 11:31 AM

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04-22-2013, 11:50 AM

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04-22-2013, 12:00 PM

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gocubsgo

04-22-2013, 01:56 PM

Cooks.com - Recipe - Bacardi Rum Cake (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,183,149180-229200,00.html)

BACARDI RUM CAKE RECIPE

This is the cake , partially from scratch, but still delicious....that was all the rave back in the �80s and �90s.

I�d make it for our Christmas parties and New Year�s Eve parties all the time.................very easy to make.

I used the large tube pan.....

You can decorate it with whipped cream and grapes/berries......or just leave it plain. Nothing like a rum cake.

Make cake...drink the rum...who cares what the cake tastes like?!:thumbup: