Cake Bake Shop at the BoardWalk is now open

[NYCgrrl]

Oh dear, you’re trying to twist my poor lil head around!
Nope, I’m going to stick to the lemon bar-which is on the menu. Or the lime tart…eeny meeny….

I’m bringing a cookie tray with us so we can celebrate Christmas “properly” and was just about to pull the plug on my King Arthur Flour order when I read your review. Which in a convulted manner allowed me to remove the curd (should make it anyway) and stick to making a berry crumble bar.

Thanks for your review and enjoy the forthcoming holidays.

 

[enzy65]

Do you understand how large 31k sq.ft is? The avg commercial bakery that supplies restaurants/grocery stores is over 10,000-20,000 sq ft what she built is 31k. Unless she's the worst business ower or is laundering money I don't believe a word she says.
Now if the plan was to start selling her baked goods throughout Disneyworld(similiar to Jofferys) then I would believe she needs that size faciility but for 1 restaurant that's a joke.

My DD heard that at the commercial bakery it is where employees start, like training, uniforms, etc. So there might be a section for all that. She does hear a lot of strange things, some are true though.

 

[Minnie1222]

Now if the plan was to start selling her baked goods throughout Disneyworld(similiar to Jofferys) then I would believe she needs that size faciility but for 1 restaurant that's a joke.

She has an online shop and also sells through Williams-Sonoma (and maybe other places that I'm not aware of). I still occasionally order her cakes to be sent to friends and family members, and I'm only one customer. She may have multiple customers with large orders, like what Tom Cruise does every year for a bakery in California (?).

 

[enzy65]

I've been to Europe many many times and dozens of nations. It's not the European butter imo, which I suspect is a marketing ploy. It's just a different taste. Her raspberry cake was good but the frosting was near tasteless to both my wife and I. Maybe a bit more vanilla if I were changing it. I cannot speak to anything other than the raspberry champagne cake.

We usually go in groups to CBS in IN so I’ve had many bites of the different cakes, most in my opinion have hardly any flavor. The pb pie is full of flavor and the lemon bar I just had was kind of weird tasting but the lemon was not tart. Next time I’m going to try something I’ve not had before to see if it is good or not.
My annual trip to the Carmel store is going to change because my son and dil are moving to broad ripple from TN and the CBS is within walking distance of where they will be living and they both love it.

 

[gottalovepluto]

This question was asked many pages back and I didn’t know the answer, but I have the answer now.
What does the CBS do with unsold product? Employees can buy at a discount or it just gets thrown away. I was told that they really don’t throw that much away. So they don’t donate the goods.
I was in the BR shop today with my daughter about 3pm we were the only ones there for about an hour then another small group came in. This CBS is very tiny, only familiar with the Carmel location. The bakery counter was full, I just can’t image they would sell all the baked goods before close, especially at those prices. Who knows.
I got the pb pie and it was the first slice out of the whole pie, it is always good. My daughter got the birthday cake, it was about half gone from the whole cake, she said it was very, very dry.
I know there are no preservatives in the products and they claim to bake fresh every day, but I just can’t image they toss it all every night, maybe some things are kept for the next day. Just my opinion.

Some places will hook up with a local foodbank for donating their end of day baked goods so one would hope they don't just trash it all, if you end up there again I would just ask. If they don't have anything to hide (like they just sell it the next day) they shouldn't have an issue answering. A little googling says Disney does this with their unsold perishables, so it's not reaching to expect CBS to do similar.

Well yeehaw! Haven't been to Gideons yet, so will definitely try both in January!

Now ^THIS^ is the right attitude!

If people try the cake and it’s not great eg dry, it would be useful to know if you bought it in the morning or late afternoon when it had been sitting out all day, and/or if you ate it straight away or if it was stored for sometime...

It would be useful to know if they informed the store after their first couple bites and requested a new piece. Not everyone is willing to return bad food- but at $23 there is no wiggle room for bad quality.

 

[Minnie1222]

Question for people more experienced with baking; I see a bunch of mentions of "European-style" and the reference to European-style butter.

I know that US and European palettes can be very different, especially when it comes to sweets. I would be interested to know if reviews that say things are more bland/not strong in flavor is a result of US foods being more sugary in general. And, thus, for people from European countries if they enjoy it more because they find it closer to what they would receive back home.

I go to England twice a year and it takes me about two days to adjust to the "blandness" of their dishes, both savory and sweet. I think we're just so used to the excess salt/sugar here in our country (I’m typing this while holding a bag of Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos, lol).

 

[bdrex28]

I go to England twice a year and it takes me about two days to adjust to the "blandness" of their dishes, both savory and sweet. I think we're just so used to the excess salt/sugar here in our country (I’m typing this while holding a bag of Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos, lol).

I'm weird, I love English food, however now English food is a ton of indian food which I also love

 

[reddog21]

My DD heard that at the commercial bakery it is where employees start, like training, uniforms, etc. So there might be a section for all that. She does hear a lot of strange things, some are true though.

She has an online shop and also sells through Williams-Sonoma (and maybe other places that I'm not aware of). I still occasionally order her cakes to be sent to friends and family members, and I'm only one customer. She may have multiple customers with large orders, like what Tom Cruise does every year for a bakery in California (?).

Both could very well be true. That's a large lease price tag for a location(boardwalk) that may or may not work out. She has to be thinking about other uses for that space other than to supply baked goods to boardwalk. Whatever that is has to have an income stream outside the restaurant.

I don't even care if the cakes are shipped frozen or made fresh daily(total marketing ploy). I have probably eating a lot of cakes in my time that were previously frozen that I had no idea were.

 

[bdrex28]

Both could very well be true. That's a large lease price tag for a location(boardwalk) that may or may not work out. She has to be thinking about other uses for that space other than to supply baked goods to boardwalk. Whatever that is has to have an income stream outside the restaurant.

I don't even care if the cakes are shipped frozen or made fresh daily(total marketing ploy). I have probably eating a lot of cakes in my time that were previously frozen that I had no idea were.

I find it hard to believe that everything is made fresh from scratch daily. Perhaps "baked" daily. But that's two VERY different things.

It's a lot like saying "grass fed"... If you look at the requirements to label as "grass fed" it's hilarious and definitely not how it's marketed.

It just seems the logistics would be crazy hard

 

[StarCruzer]

My thought would be that she plans to expand and open a second storefront in Orlando in the future. If that's the long term business plan then a larger bakery makes sense.

And also remember Disney as a wedding venue...she may be planning on fulfilling catering or wedding orders at some point.

 

[SkyGuy]

She has an online shop and also sells through Williams-Sonoma (and maybe other places that I'm not aware of). I still occasionally order her cakes to be sent to friends and family members, and I'm only one customer. She may have multiple customers with large orders, like what Tom Cruise does every year for a bakery in California (?).

I’ve had terrible luck ordering her cakes online from WS. I’ve done it three times (so double shame on me, I guess). They’ve been borderline stale each time, and once the rosettes were so dry they cracked and fell off the cake as it was sliced. I feel like I’ve just been unlucky, but I can’t bring myself to spend that much to be disappointed again.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I’ve had terrible luck ordering her cakes online from WS. I’ve done it three times (so double shame on me, I guess). They’ve been borderline stale each time, and once the rosettes were so dry they cracked and fell off the cake as it was sliced. I feel like I’ve just been unlucky, but I can’t bring myself to spend that much to be disappointed again.

Hope you informed WS, they are pretty good at refunding their customers.

 

[zavandor]

The CBS looks like a wonderful place to eat at, if someone else is paying. No matter what, I'm not paying $23 for a slice of cake.

 

[matt and beth]

Had breakfast and it’s legit. Food was solid and the service was excellent. In and out within an hour. Honestly, one of our least expensive Disney meals this trip. Bakery was packed with 20-30’s year old women. This is the “IT” spot of the future for them. Like a selfie look at me all boujee thang.

 

[Ms.Minnie]

I suspect I’ll enjoy the pick-up experience at CBS over Gideon’s but then I’m not a Cookie Monster

DH and I waited in line this past Jan to get into Gideon's. I had to see what all the hype was about, I'm thinking to myself "it has to be good if all these people are willing to stand in line so long". WRONG, we were both very disappointed in the taste of the cookies. The store itself was very interesting with a Harry Potter vibe but (IMHO) the product was just mediocre. Also pretty pricey for a just OK cookie.

 

[Lewisc]

She has an online shop and also sells through Williams-Sonoma (and maybe other places that I'm not aware of). I still occasionally order her cakes to be sent to friends and family members, and I'm only one customer. She may have multiple customers with large orders, like what Tom Cruise does every year for a bakery in California (?).

COSTCO.COM sells some of her cakes. $160 for a 8" cake.

 

[Grace&Carolinesmom]

I am happy someone posted the informational quote explaining that all of the CBS buttercream frosting is the egg white European version. I dislike this type frosting. A combination of low flavor and a "fluffy then odd tongue coating" as it melts in your mouth is just not my cup of tea. I am a simple Southern-born gal who prefers a traditional American buttercream. Different strokes for different folks. An old co-worker of mine was the opposite so she would be all-in for CBS!

 

[Minnie1222]

COSTCO.COM sells some of her cakes. $160 for a 8" cake.

I just looked. The same cake is $20 less at Costco. You need a membership to shop at Costco, right?

 

[gottalovepluto]

I just looked. The same cake is $20 less at Costco. You need a membership to shop at Costco, right?

Yes. Or find a friend/family member with one and ask them to order for you

 

[Lewisc]

I just looked. The same cake is $20 less at Costco. You need a membership to shop at Costco, right?

Non members can buy most items online, paying a non-member surcharge. I think the surcharge is 3%. Put the cake in your cart and go to check-out. The surcharge will show