Birthday Cakes- Any south slope suggestions?

brooklynani · July 2007

I need to get a birthday cake for my daughters first birthday. We just moved to south slope and I have no idea where to go. Can anyone suggest a good bakery that does birthday cakes for a reasonable price?

southslopesuit · July 2007

There's a place called Two Little Red Hens on 8th Avenue between 11th and 12th. Had their cakes a few times and been very pleased with them.

They are a bit pricey, though....

There's also a bakery on 7th by 9th street, right next to Smiler's Pizza - had their min-cakes once and was underwhelmed, but would be willing to try them again too.

jennitrixie · July 2007

Little Red Hens is called Ladybird now. Split in the partnership I believe, but I think the Slope location--as opposed to the UES location--didn't get shorted quality-wise. Their stuff is damn good, but on the moderate to expensive side, so I dunno if you want to "waste" that quality on the babies/toddlers to mash up at the party or save it as a "good" cake for the grownups.

linusvanpelt · July 2007

Yes, Red Hens will make a very good cake, but for an unreasonable price. Very, very rich, tho--maybe too much so for little kids, or at least for them to appreciate. But adults will probably like it.

If you want to go much cheaper--and again, as far as a 1-year-old cares, a couch cushion is fine if it's covered in frosting--you might try one of the Mexican bakeries on the south end of 5th Ave near the expressway. Or Costco if you drive -- good sheet cakes at low low prices.

daver · July 2007

Costco sheet cakes definitely rule in the price/size/quality category. Meaning price for size and quality.

stacey · July 2007

All the local Pathmarks and Target carry Carvel Ice Cream cake and you can stop at Party City (on Atlantic for some cute cake decorations) A parent from the Prospect Heights Web group put together a pretty cool list when she went searching for a special type of cake -

Betty's Bakery on Atlantic did the cake for us and it was absolutely darling! Think of a Power Puff Mermaid and it withstood the heat in the park! She took my budget (and lack of advance notice) and worked around it for me.

See below a list of bakeries with notes if you would like to save for your records.

[email protected] -- Keelin Murphy 212-777-0905 -- expensive but cool cakes

Costco -- must have membership / couldn't get through to call ahead

Baked in Red Hook -- very nice on phone but a little pricey

Party City, up on Atlantic and Flatbush - can buy cool cake toppers

bjs wholesale -- no number but a good suggestion

Fairway - 718 694 6868 - call the caterer to order / I didn't have the number and couldn't get through

Cakes & Cookies by Fran 718.596.1827

Margaret Palca Bakes 193 Columbia Street 718.643.3524

cupcake cafÃ© - won't be mermaid shape but mermaid design with the frosting - great cakes - but not cheap.
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Also Ruthy's
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They can take any kid of digital picture to "paint" on the cake - one year my son's cake was Darth Maul's face and it was pretty awesome I have to say - but again not cheap.

Betty's on Atlantic - btw Bond & Nevins- 718-246-2402

- Cold Stone Creamery (located in the Atlantic Center Mall)

- Ben & Jerry's (191 Atlantic Ave)

- Baskin & Robbins (Atlantic & 4th Ave - inside the Dunkin Donuts)

Map for: Mrs Maxwell's Bakery Incorporated, Brooklyn NY (718) 345-7400 -- very good price - wanted actual credit card beforehand
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=kHCw7K160Sxxu6XNe13gIuHTTs5c2jaqrx1I6IWfGfexvy5t8blREHwbfMjy.QtUdjX_4BPc9Dg-&name=Mrs+Maxwell's+Bakery+Incorporated&desc=(718)+345-7400&csz=Brooklyn+NY&country=us&cs=10&qty=9&ds=n&gid1=11318260

daver · July 2007

Gee stacey, I would _almost_ think that you have done this before...

armchair_warrior · July 2007

damn stacey who's bday you were doing home work for in the past

. thats a nice list hehe.

stacey · July 2007

LOL thanks but it was from another parent on the PH Parents Group

. My son is very partial to what he has for his bday cake - it must be Haagen Dazs chocolate chip cookie dough cake (which you can get at larger Hallmark stores).

bklynbks · July 2007

Just picked up a birthday cake today from Two Hens/Lady Bird for....$42.00!!!

filmlover44 · July 2007

And I thought that $20.00 for a carrot cake at Cousin johns was expensive. Sheesh.

veets · July 2007

filmlover44 wrote: And I thought that $20.00 for a carrot cake at Cousin johns was expensive. Sheesh.

I so know where you are coming from. I have lived in PS long enough to have gone past the days when I thought Cousin Johns was expensive!! Make no Mistake about it.. thei cakes were wonderful and had no competition for so long!! But special ocasion cakes are SPECIAL and I don't mind paying a lot for something spectacular. As far as kid's Birthday Parties I vote on carvel .. They still make appealing "theme cakes" and there is just something about how ice cream cake makes that puddle in your plate.. if you don;t eat it fast enough.. That image is so enduring (from my childhood) that as I see it now.. I start to include that in some great painting.. for the future.. Ah I have the title... Carvel Puddle!!

germfree! · July 2007

linusvanpelt wrote: Yes, Red Hens will make a very good cake, but for an unreasonable price. Very, very rich, tho--maybe too much so for little kids, or at least for them to appreciate. But adults will probably like it.

If you want to go much cheaper--and again, as far as a 1-year-old cares, a couch cushion is fine if it's covered in frosting--you might try one of the Mexican bakeries on the south end of 5th Ave near the expressway. Or Costco if you drive -- good sheet cakes at low low prices.

I've spent shite-loads over the years on fab cakes from Cupcake Cafe, Magnolia et al for the little darlins. Guess which ones were , by far, the most popular? Yup, COSTCO! Not a crumb left. So disillusioning.

brooklynpotter · July 2007

i got a little mini-cake, to feed four, at lady bird a couple of weekends ago. $12. damned good, i have to tell you. buttercream up there with cupcake cafe, which i adore and wish were not in manhattan.

and it was gorgeous, too, which made my mother--the birthday girl--very happy.

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