Stopped in to get some cookies for a party I was heading to. They have a large selection. 1 lb of cookies was $28 which is a little overpriced but I was in a time crunch. Staff were helpful and friendly. They have a lot of seating inside if you would like to enjoy your pastries there before heading out. read more

Decent cupcakes with a lot of different selections. I liked the cupcakes and cake from Here. It's a decent bakery that will make for great gifts read more

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We couldn't come to New York City and not get a Black and White cookie. It just can't be done. We'd heard that Empire Cake had an especially good version, so we popped in during one of our travel days. They had Black and White cookies of varying sizes, so I went with the medium and dug in. It's really good. Like, shockingly good. I was surprised by the soft, cake-like texture (i.e. a traditional cookie this is not), but it's so tasty that you don't even think about that. It's certainly a very sweet concoction but not oppressively so. And yeah, Seinfeld was right, you do have to get a bit of the black and the white in each bite. I'm frankly a little stunned these things aren't available everywhere, they're just that good. read more

Empire Cake - Black and White Cookie. - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

Great cupcakes. Super moist and the frosting isn't too sweet. The mocha latte cupcake had a subtle coffee flavor, the chocolate cake was rich and delicious. I wish they had some more creative flavors. Employees are super nice and service was quick. Cute bar seating and decor with crazy intricate cakes. read more

Empire Cake - Mocha Latte cupcakes, Vanilla on Chocolate cupcakes, Super Bowl Football mini cake - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

What absolutely wonderful artistry. Cupcakes and cookies ! The window displays can't be beat ! I'm a big fan of your annual Oscar nominated cupcakes . ( and Oscar award cookies) Your black and white cookie was delicious today ! read more

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What a fantastic experience with Empire Cake! I ordered a Liliko'i cake from them and it was ready on-time, with no hassle. The service staff were AMAZING when I came to pick it up, and the cake itself was out of this world. The cake was, and I mean this sincerely, the best cake that I've ever eaten. The inscription was perfectly executed, the taste and texture were perfect, the frosting was just right. The filling was perfectly executed. It was packaged securely and came with clear instructions for preparation and serving. Even their cute little shop was well-appointed with accessories like cards, candles, and a seating area. Brightly lit, airy, and clean, it's perfect. read more

Empire Cake - Happy Birthday, Zach!! - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

This Pistachio praline cake was the bomb! Melt in your mouth smooth and buttery pistachio crème. Whipped in between layers with bits and leaves of praline and pistachio. Just yumm. Happy I found this place. Service was great, careful and attentive in your need. Store from was clean and welcoming. Last minute cake toppers/ candles also available. Possible to order onshore or online. Would recommend. read more

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Tried cupcakes from here and they were absolutely amazing. Beautifully decorated, not too sweet and they had some great flavors. read more

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Great experience here and my second time ordering custom cakes. These were to celebrate my friend becoming a US citizen, so we ordered cupcakes with American flags. Easy ordering and pick up experience and the cakes turned out just as we hoped. read more

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Delicious treats but pricey. Love that they have a variety of options and desserts to choose from. read more

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Stopped for some B&W cookies as they were on the list of top 10 cookies in NYC. They have ALOT of good stuff in here. Ordered to-go cookies for the boys and ordered a blackout snack cake for now. Was moist, fresh, and really rich. What makes this a 5 is the guy working custom made me a chocolate milk with the ganache chocolate and took the extra step to try for a customer. Other places wouldn't have tried. Cheers- the B&W was a different take on it - but damn, if that's not #1 on the list I can't wait to see why not. My favorite black and white cookie to date. read more

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I'm extremely disappointed with the service I received from Empire. I placed an order for a special cake for my milestone birthday, but when I arrived to pick it up, the order was completely messed up with the incorrect design. I was told I had two options: wait for a new cake, but my birthday was less than an hour away, or take the incorrect cake and receive a full refund. Given the time constraint, I reluctantly accepted the second option, but was only partially refunded. The error was entirely on their part, and a $50 partial refund for a ruined cake, especially on such a special day, felt inadequate. I have reached out multiple times to resolve this, but have received no response. I am extremely disappointed as I had ordered my cake from them last year and have been a patron for years. If management is reading this post, I would appreciate a follow up to address. read more

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Really cool children's cake designs. I tried the Swiss roll it was fine I liked the chocolate but the cake inside didn't wow me as I thought it would. Service was great. Ambiance was fine. read more

Average alert! The place looks the part but almost everything I had was average. The lemon bar wasnt a bar... it was mushy although it did have a lemony flavor. The "twix bar" was more of a mousse. The cookies were ok. The best thing I had was the chocolate covered cake bites. Wouldn't come back unless in a bind. read more

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A friend suggested this bakery for us to order birthday cakes for a gathering in the city. The cakes did not disappoint. Not overly sweet but full of flavor. Also packaged really well to transport to the hotel for the celebration! Also the wedding cake on display was stunning. A great option if you are looking for something special! read more

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These cakes were incredibly delicious!! Not too sweet and very smooth. Some friends ordered a strawberry layered cake and a strawberry with lemon layer cake, both so so good. I would so come here again. read more

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Great communication, from point of choosing to delivery. It was a custom cake not offered on the menu yet. Extremely flavorful and moist , great decoration with the icing. I was not disappointed, but extremely pleased. I would definitely use them again and highly recommend. Try the funfettie read more

We came by yesterday to their other location and had a great experience. Just came to the eighth Avenue location to get another Cake. There's extremely long line and I watched as an employee sat on the computer the entire time while a young man hurried to take care of customers. I watched families leave the line because the line was so long. When I got up to the front, I asked the gentleman if I tipped him would he receive 100% of the tips and he said yes. So I left him a tip for the appreciation of how hard he was working with a smile on his face. When I left, the lady was still sitting working at the computer All that to say the customer Service could use some improvement. And the gentleman that helped me today at 3 o'clock was fantastic and hope he gets a raise for the excellent customer service. I haven't tried the cake yet. I'm sure it's going to be great, but the three star evaluation is because of the woman not being in a team player. read more

I love it here!!! They make the best butter cream cakes and desserts I've ever tasted. I came for Halloween and picked up the cutest Jack Skellington mini box cake and it was out of this world delicious. Ig:soooomuchfun read more

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Cupcake base is good! Fluffy moist cake. The rating below is based on the frosting and it's compatibility with the rest of the cake Oreo - 3/5 Pistachio - 1/5 Red velvet - 5/5 read more

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Oh Empire Cake, How do I love thee?? I haven't been here in years, it was so nice to stop in last week and enjoy their amazing creations. My favorite Empire Cake item is their version of Swiss Rolls. Think of a Yodel or Ho-Hos, it's freshly baked chocolate cake rolled with vanilla creme filling and dipped in Belgian chocolate. This is the adult version of what you had in your childhood lunch box. While my wife was getting her haircut, it was a pleasure to sit and relax with a cuppa coffee and a sweet treat. One of the best bakeries in New York City! read more

Empire Cake - I can't resist a pignoli cookie - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

I visited Empire Cake at the recommendation of my brother, and I am so glad I did! My son and I shared a mini black and white cake (their take on the black and white cookie), a chocolate dipped almond macaroon, a mini sprinkle cookie, a mini chocolate chip cookie, and a toffee cookie. They were all delicious, and I will definitely come back when I'm in town again!! Friendly and quick service in a quaint shop. In my opinion, this place deserves five plus stars!! read more

This establishment is right across the street fro Google!! I stopped by and visited Empire Cake and was greeted by friendly staff in a warmly lit setting. Their delightful selection includes cookies, cupcakes, cakes, and more. Each bite was heavenly; I couldn't resist! read more

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Delicious cupcakes, decadent, interesting other types of single serving cakes, fancy cookies. Everything is delicious, made of good quality ingredients. Staff is very friendly. Location is convenient, hours are convenient, it's open late. This is my first ever positive review on yelp. read more

amazing cookie sandwhiches - do not skip the snicker doodle cookie one (my absolute favorite!!) all their little treats are so good - I've literally never had a bad dessert at empire. I recently got the black currant and lemon curd cake for a party, and every guest loved it. empire becoming my go-to bakery! read more

Empire Cake - black currant and lemon curd cake - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

I have a love/hate relationship with Empire Cake. It would be hard to miss this bakery as you walk along 8th avenue. In one window you can see inside to see beautiful cookies and cakes. In a different window you can see samples of their incredible cakes. They rotate the designs often, but they usually have at least one that is seasonal (think a cake with a cute turkey on it for Thanksgiving) while others are more kid oriented like a Minion or Pokemon cake. Everything they produce at this bakery is an absolute work of art and I am constantly amazed at their skill. I also give this bakery high marks for service. They are very good at answering questions about their baked goods and they are always super nice. So...if I'm talking this place up so much, why the "love/hate"? Simply because Empire Cakes once produced one of the most delicious baked goods I've ever had in my life on the regular, and then they stopped making it regularly. Specifically I'm talking about one of their incredible snack cakes. The snack cakes are their specialty (besides amazing multi-layer character cakes) resembling large Twinkies with amazing frosting on top. In my opinion, the BEST of these is their Chocolate Peanut Ganache snack cake. There was a time you could get this cake fairly regularly, but nowadays it is only seasonal (seemingly only for a few weeks starting in late March/early April). Unless you show up *just* at the right time, you miss this confection for a whole year. I've missed it two years in a row and then this year I was ecstatic to find them! I bought tons of them but before I knew it they were gone by mid-May. Oh well...hopefully I'll catch them again next year. read more

Do yourself a favor and pop into Empire Cake for a treat. My personal favorite is the Swiss roll... thin, dense chocolate cake rolled with cream and then dipped in dark chocolate. But, I can guarantee that you'll be happy with whatever treat you choose. Plus, the staff is super friendly! read more

I have no idea how I am going to compete with the most recent review written about a month ago because he literally said everything I would have said, but much more articulately and artistically than I ever could! However, I will try my best as Empire Cake has absolutely won over my heart and my stomach from their impeccable service to their design and obviously some of the best tasting baked goods ever! We were first introduced at a friend's daughter's birthday party over a year ago, and the flavor of that cake has never left my palate. This year I decided to reach out to them for our own daughter's birthday cupcakes with a very specific design (and budget) and they delivered on both! Jason was a dream to work with, even though it was all via email, he knew exactly what i was looking for and made it happen. A couple of weeks later, I ordered cupcakes for our son's birthday and they were equally perfect. We went to the store as a family this past weekend and sampled more of their baked goods, and literally everything they make is perfection. I love the team that works their and their energy and am looking forward to getting something for my own birthday soon! Definitely stop in at their adorable shop for something sweet, or for a custom order - you will leave super happy! read more

One of my favorite bakeries in NYC. I've never had a bad sweet treat from Empire. Highly recommend the Brooklyn blackout cupcake. Felt vindicated when I went to the new location on 6th Ave and saw that they finally took my several year old suggestion to stop calling the rainbow cookie a "tri-color" cookie which pissed me off every time I went in. Their rainbow cookies are delicious as well. Both locations are extremely clean and employees have always been pleasant. read more

My colleagues and I were looking to get some dessert for one of our other colleagues who is expecting their first child. We had taken them out to lunch, but wanted to get something sweet to put an exclamation point on the occasion. One of us suggested we check out Empire Cake for some cupcakes, which sounded perfect so we placed the order and made plans to pick them up. I did a little research on Empire Cake beforehand and noticed they did a lot of specialty cakes and pastries, which is every on trend with all the over the top cakes seen on reality TV and such. We decided on cupcakes since it was the most practical dessert to share. We also thought it would be cute to personalize each cupcake; since my colleague loves dogs, we had a picture of a puppy paw and baby holding hands superimposed on fondant placed on each cupcake. We also decided to get a variety of cake and frosting combos to keep it spicy. So how were the cupcakes? They were fine - I'm not a big cupcake person but objectively speaking there was a good frosting to cake ratio and the fondant didn't overpower the whole thing. I had their carrot variety which didn't have big carrot flavor and was a smidge dry, but wasn't offensive. Overall, I wasn't too impressed with Empire Cake, but there are a lot of positive reviews here so I'm tempted to try them again and have more of their offerings. I loved baked goods, so it shouldn't be too hard to convince me ;-) read more

Empire Cake was incredibly easy to coordinate with and offered a wide selection of cakes with fast turnaround time. I ordered a birthday cake late Wednesday night for Saturday evening, and I needed to pick up the cake late, because the party was late. Luckily, Empire Cake is open until 9 pm. The 8 inch cake for $58 doesn't come with a complimentary disposable cake slicing knife or candles, but they do have small knives, and they sell a variety of candles. This is a price that's hard to beat in Manhattan! The Strawberry Fields cake (Vanilla crème fraîche cake filled and frosted with strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream) was delicious! I could taste the strawberry, and because the cake is creme fraiche, the cake wasn't overly sweet while staying moist. read more

My friend got a passion fruit cake here for her birthday and it tasted delicious! It was a vanilla cream cake layered with passion fruit curd and had a light coconut frosting that was made with buttercream. It was a very unique taste that made the cake memorable. I would definitely recommend this cake to others. read more

We had the Brooklyn Blackout Sheet cake 12" square for our big birthday party. Empire Cake was easy to deal with and delivered an extraordinarily delicious cake to the venue. Perfect! read more

They have some appetizing items, but overall I was a bit disappointed. Maybe I just didn't get there more famous treat, which I would be open to trying. I would definitely give this place another try. read more

Empire Cake - Peanut Butter Snack Cake - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

Empire Cake never disappoints! Super-clean space, stellar display case, and some of the best pastries in NYC. Also a big shoutout to Patrick for the hospitality, thanks EC, see y'all soon! read more

The trusty Yelp app pointed me to Empire Cake after I ate dinner in the vicinity and needed some dessert. Unfortunately I was here later in the day so some selections had dwindled, but there were still plenty of options that intrigued me. The Twix for grown-ups ended up the winner. It was $3.95 and just what I needed, though not exactly like a Twix (shortbread isn't as crunchy for example). Here's how it's described on the Empire Cake website: "our homemade shortbread topped with caramel and bittersweet chocolate ganache, dipped in Belgian chocolate." Very quality. I'd definitely swing by again for dessert purposes when in the neighborhood. Like I did, you should visit their website and view all their impressive cake creations. FYI: No extra charge for using credit cards. read more

Empire cake 100% makes my very favorite black and white cookie. The cookie is so soft and delicious and full of flavor and the icing is perfection! They have homemade treats like deviled dogs and Twinkies and things like that. I haven't tried everything but I have tried quite a few things And they're all delicious the girls inside that help you are very friendly and always available to give you advice on which things to give a try. It's not very big but they do have a cute little table inside but it's more of a grab and go sort of spot, I'm really glad I don't live too close by because it's definitely addicting read more

Beautiful and delicious cake! I ordered the party drip sprinkles cake for my bestie's birthday while we were visiting NY. I got the strawberry fields filling with vanilla cake. Everyone loved the flavors of the cake and the icing. And it was so cute! The cake is not too sweet, which I liked. read more

Empire Cake - Party Drip Sprinkles Cake - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

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My friend an I have this tradition of trying out a museum and then having a sweet treat or slice of cake after. This last weekend after checking out the Rubin Museum we stopped into Empire Cake. The store is unassuming, simple, and clean. There isn't much seating room, but I like the way that they display all the food options in cases. I think it's really neat how they remake classic childhood pastries into more gourmet versions. We were immediately interested in the "Twix" bar and the Chocolate Snowball. We also decided to get one of the snacking cakes, we settled on red velvet. We also got one of their sandwich cookies, they were sold out of snickerdoodle so we ended up with the strawberry cheesecake flavor. The "twix" bar and strawberry cheesecake sandwich cookies, were the star of the show. The "twix" bar was very sweet, but had a fantastic salty and caramel flavor. I don't think I could finish it alone in one sitting. The strawberry cheesecake sandwich cookie, tasted exactly like it's namesake. The strawberry flavor was clear and fresh, the filling was a smooth and pillowy cream. It is the perfect well rounded bite. The red velvet snack cake was also pretty tasty. I enjoyed the crispy layer of icing/glaze on the cake, and it was a very traditional and familiar red velvet. I also thought the mini load cake was cute and much easier for sharing than a cupcake. What was really disappointing was the chocolate snowball. It was bland, and underwhelming. It hardly tasted like chocolate or coconut, it was definitely a let down. I wouldn't order this again. The service here is really friendly, and they also serve coffee and espresso which perfectly complements the sweet treats. I'd love to try some of their cakes for an event or a party in the future. Overall, I think you should stop in here and pick out an assortment of things to sample! There's something for everyone to love! read more

Empire Cake - Red Velvet Snacking Cake "Twix" Bars Chocolate Snowball Strawberry Cheesecake Sandwich Cookie - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

After dinner, we wanted some cake, so we came here as it was so closeby. There was a great amount of variety from flourless cookies, to cookie sandwiches, cakes, and dipped cookies/cakes. I couldn't choose just one and went for a red velvet shortcake, the tri-colored cookie, the strawberry shortcake, strawberry cheesecake sandwich cookie, the dulce de leche cupcake and a small black and white cookie. I haven't had most of the items yet, but I ate the black and white cookie and part of the sandwich cookie. The cookie wasn't too sweet and it's a good size if you wanted something small. The sandwich cookie was slightly too sweet for me and something felt lacking. If you have a sweet tooth, this might be the place for you. Also, the price is pretty awesome, all my items came out to around $22. read more

Empire Cake - black and white cookie - small - Bakeries Near Me - New York, New York

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