[skyc6]

Originally Posted by Patty55

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]

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]

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

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.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

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 !!

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by skyc6

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]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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]

Originally Posted by CFrance

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]

Originally Posted by Bonny

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

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/ins...ID=&id=3721844

[rayschic]

Originally Posted by pappy1

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

[Mack184]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

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]

Originally Posted by rayschic

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/ins...ID=&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]

Originally Posted by CFrance

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]

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

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by PaPaLarry

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]

Originally Posted by PaPaLarry

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

Is this what you were trying to do or provide?

https://www.google.com/search?q=NY+C...w=1245&bih=623