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4.4 (45 reviews)
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Tres leches
Mito I.

Brief Summary - Close to Trader Joe's - Seats available inside, along the windows - Various selection of cakes in different sizes - Cakes that make you and your wallet happy - Not so sweet, perfect sweetness This cake shop opened up a couple of years ago in a cute brick building near Trader Joe's. Inside the bakery is spacious with the cakes stored in display cases in three different locations. Some of the cakes were baked in different sizes, so I could take home a small one, get a whole cake version, or grab a slice and sit at a chair provided inside the cafe. I ordered two cakes: a tres leches and a slice of the coffee crunch cake, and when we mentioned that we were taking these home, the staff put the cakes in a small little box. Upon returning home, we opened these up and ate them. The first one we ate was the tres leches. Living in the Bay Area, I was introduced to tres leches, and since then when I see a bakery selling tres leches, I ask for one. This one is also very delicious. The cake has absorbed the milk and cream so the sponge is squishy and moist. The sweetness was light and just right, and even though I shared this with the family I might have been able to eat this all on my own. The second was the coffee crunch cake, and maybe this is because I love cake but this one was my more favorite. The first bite was fantastic. The robust aroma of the coffeeI felt that in my tastebuds too. The cake's surface is sprinkled with chunky bits of toffee crunch; this gives a great texture. The cake is split into 3 layers and each one had a thick mouse like cream that was so milky and smooth. I enjoyed each bite and was truly disappointed when I ate the late piece. I also wished I ordered a whole cake of this one because this was also lightly sweetness, which also felt like I can eat more of it. Another happy treat was the prices. Cakes in the Bay Area are pricey, but these cakes were at affordable prices. Delicious and affordable? I would have more cake eating days. I cannot believe I never set afoot into this bakery until now, and I'm going to need to redeem this. Next time when I go to Trader Joe's, on the way back I should treat myself with a slice of cake here.

Dubai Chocolate Strawberry Cup
Reeven S.

This dessert shop doesn't seem that much from the exterior, but it has pretty solid desserts. They seem to be freshly made. As much as I would like to try their desserts, I've only been fixated on their Dubai Chocolate Strawberry Cup. This dessert is too good to pass over whenever I order something here. I love how fresh the strawberries are. Also, this isn't pricey at all! There are so many other dessert shops selling these, but are so overpriced. They do not hold back on any of the ingredients - balanced amount of strawberry, pistachio cream, and chocolate.

Corner view of bakery
Victor G.

Dessert & Spice opened where The Butcher's Son once was. Sparse decor. Seating limited to 2 tables, chairs next to windows. Service quick & cordial as friendly associate gave a quick tour of what was available: french type pastries, pie/cake slices, cookie, cupcake, croffles, samosas, turkish cake slices, drinks. No prices posted. Took it to go. Traveled reasonable well. Pie shifted slightly. Bites: key lime pie (7.99?) -looked the usual. Flavors the same just in different locations. Graham crust buttery & flaky, filling tart with custardness. -whipped cream firm not soft-had lime flavor Honey cake (7) bigger than Yemen version. Turkish -alternating layers of buttercream & subtle honey flavors embedded in chiffon like layer cake. Yum! *Russian version is more well known. Baklava (comped) turkish version -top has many thin layers of baked crunchy phyllo Layers of pistachio embedded phyllo in middle. Bottom is same as top. Entirety is drenched with honey. Deliz but messy re: excess honey 4.5 stars preference for Turkish cakes. Unknown if milk cake travels well. Others didn't re milk content.

Pistachio Tiramisu Cake Slice & Viral Dubai Chocolate Strawberry Cup
Odalys M.

Food- the desserts were so good! Everything was just amazing and very fresh! I really loved the chocolate on the strawberry as it was very rich and creamy. The crunch was everything when I took my first bite. They have so many options to pick from when it comes to slices of cake. Service- everything was quick and easy and well explained. Love how this is such a cute shop on a nice corner. Parking is a little challenging since it's on a busy street and it's always full so just keep that in mind.

Chocolate chip cookie and Snickerdoodle Cookie
Christopher R.

I had a sweet tooth after an event and found this dessert place on yelp. I drove over to this place and when I entered I was greeted by staff. The staff were very friendly and polite. I selected 2 chocolate chip cookies, 1 red velvet cookie and snickerdoodle cookie. The chocolate chip cookie was the start of the show. The cookie was moist, gooey in the middle and very flavorful. The red velvet cookie was also moist and flavorful. The snickerdoodle cookie had too much sugar on the cookie for me. The ambiance was very customer friendly and a nice place to go grab a good tasty dessert.

Oreo Tres Leche Cake Slice
Mike S.

Desserts are so delicious! I highly recommend trying them. I had the Oreo tres leches cake, and it was amazing. I can't wait to come back and try them all

Minh N.

First time trying the Dubai Chocolate Strawberry and it was fine . The lady took my order waa nice . Will be back to try other items.

Reference to its size. Pretty small for the price

First time here. I was craving Dubai chocolate and decided to give it a try. The chocolate itself is a pretty small size for the price, $10. It looks good but unfortunately it does not have the same taste as a Dubai chocolate bar. The pistachio butter flavor is nonexistent and the kadayif isn't as crunchy as I believed it should be. The chocolate itself is pretty average taste but the presentation is good. Satisfies the craving of chocolate but not of Dubai chocolate.

Viral Dubai Chocolate Strawberry Cup

I've been ordering the Dubai chocolate strawberries for the past two weeks. I'm literally obsessed! I've ordered on Uber eats and I've also picked up in person and the lady behind the counter is always so sweet. And she is generous when it comes to special instructions. For example, I don't like too much pistachio cream, I'll add extra strawberries and Katafi and she makes it just right to my liking. 10/10!

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Love their desserts especially the honey cake! They also have savory pastries which are rare in most bakeries around here.

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Best cheesecake I've ever had! I bought the Biscoff cheesecake and it was delicious, probably the best cheesecake I've had in a long time.

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This place is amazing, so many yummy and unique twists to desserts it's hard to pick!! And you can get a scrumptious samosa!!

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Had to stop in the middle of eating my desserts to write this. This place is amazing. Can't wait to go back and try other desserts!

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Delicious butter bar today! A lot of the other parties looked lovely. Need to come back to try the honey cake.

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2 years ago

Really loved their pineapple upside down cake I hope this business stays since it's close to my school and in my budget

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I tried the tiramisu and it was amazing! Was extremely moist and probably the best I've ever had. Will definitely be back!

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Very tasty! Sweet baker (see what I did there? lol). Only tried the caramel cake. It was soft, and the caramel had depth.

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Cute ice cream shop with really unique flavors!! We tried a couple flavors and decided on the mango…read moresorbet and peanut butter (so goooood!!!) Love that you can get two flavors even with a small, and the portion size was very generous too! Def recommend to check out :) in such a cute part of town too!

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Rainy day, one of those days that makes you crave something sweet…read more.. We didn't want to drive far, so we looked for something nearby and found this café... and wow, what a delicious surprise. The donuts are amazing and they have so many flavors. We tried a little bit of everything: churro, caramel churro, crème brûlée, cookies & cream, fruity pebbles, mango, chocolate... and the crazy mango snowflake! That last one... let me tell you, it's incredible. It comes with vanilla ice cream and mango on top... just perfect. The service was excellent, super friendly, and it also arrived really fast (about 30-40 minutes). Everything was delicious. We loved it Definitely coming back. Highly recommend!

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I was just reminded on a Facebook post that Humphry Slocombe is celebrating their 17th anniversary…read more Time definitely flies because I remember when I treated myself to a scoop of their Secret Breakfast more than a handful of times in their early days. Over the intervening years, I've visited on an irregular basis branching out to other tempting flavors. I've never had a bad flavor among the dozens they offer at any one time. Honestly it's all great. I have to admit I had an unintentional moratorium since their original location on Harrison in the Mission sadly closed more than a year ago, so I was pleased to patronize their tiny Elmwood location. The $6.25 single cup of Pumpkin Galette was a nice, creamy treat on a brisk winter evening (Photo 6). On a subsequent visit, I went for one of my favorite guilty pleasures, Vietnamese Coffee (Photo 5). Seventeen years and still going strong. ICE CREAM - 5 stars...always the right consistency and sweetness AMBIANCE - 4 stars...pretty compact space SERVICE - 4.5 stars...the right attitude TOTAL - 5 stars...they'll be around for years, I hope RELATED - Exploring Berkeley? Here's my collection of places l've patronized and reviewed: https://yelp.to/EZ3mpHckP3

Every month we drive to the Elmwood section of Berkeley and get a haircut, then go for maguro and…read moreunagi donburi bowls then drive home. This time we passed by an ice cream shop called Humphreys Slocombe. These were names of our favorite characters (Mr Humphreys and Mrs Slocombe) from one of our British comedies,"Are You Being Served". ) How could we not stop by. The shop was opened so we decided to try their ice cream. We sampled several of their flavors and wanted the Strawberry Matcha with White Chocolate pieces, Vietnamese Coffee and the Chocolate Toffee Kahlua ice creams . Each scoop was expensive, but the ice cream was delicious!! We are going back next month to try their new flavors.

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