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Holmesburg Bakery

4.0 (122 reviews)
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Closed • 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Butter cake
Jenaya P.

Holmesburg Bakery is a small family owned bakery located in Northeast Philly. The bakery offers an assortment of cakes, donuts, cinnamon rolls and pies. I decided to get what they were known for and that was the butter cake and the cream donut. Both were good, the cream donut was powdered on the outside and filled with a somewhat sweet cream. The butter cake tasted like cake mix with crispy edges. I never had anything like that before and it was not bad at all. Overall service was good. I paid about 10.00 for both. Oh and be careful if you park your car. They have a kiosk to pay but if you going for a quick purchase, have someone waiting in the car if you can cause the ticket people are coming in hot over there sheesh lol!!

Small Butter Cake

I previously reviewed the bakery. I hadn't opened the butter cake. I want to show you how bad this cake looks. I don't know if their under new owners or new baker. This is not the same butter cake that I've bought from them in the past and at $12.50 way overpriced IMO.

Timothy C.

Small shop but very nice. The staff is amazingly friendly and I got a strawberry shortcake for my mom's birthday and everyone loved I'll be back for sure for the friendly staff and to try many of their other products.

Cream Donut
Flo U.

I love the way that Holmesburg Bakery makes their Cream Donuts!! They are Delicious and full of Cream!! They don't hold back on the Cream!! Very Tasty !!!

M and m butter cake.
Ebony H.

So I saw a holmesburg bakery m and m butter cake at a local sandwich shop. Picture my big back and greedy excitement. When I opened the cake, I had to question even if it was done baking. I even called the bakery to see if this was batter and I needed to complete the process... but no... it's done already. Thumbs all the way down.

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5 months ago

Get the cream filled donut. It's outstanding. Light not too doughy or heavy. Friendly and helpful staff. Good prices. Lovely shop

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3 months ago

Neighborhood bake shop. Great cinnamon rolls. Amazing sticky buns. Drinks available too

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The baked goods here are fantastic! Their babka, cream filled donuts, black forest cake, pies, etc are all equally delicious.

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Love their cream donuts ! They are large and full of delicious cream ! They are the best

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Delicious cakes and donuts plus specials on occasion for the most discerning taste buds.

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1 year ago

BEST CREAM DOUGHNUTS EVER!! You won't be disappointed, treat yourself and indulge in a delicious sweet treat!

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11 months ago

Excellent people to work with. Been going here for years. Put your orders in at least a week before a major celebration

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1 year ago

Cream donuts and butter cake sooo good! Never had better!Love this place! You have to try it!

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1 year ago

They have the best lightest, fluffier cream donuts on earth and have been in existence forever. They yellow birthday cake is also great.

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They have the best cream donuts, plus alot of other baked goods. But love their cream donuts so fill of cream.

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4.8(419 reviews)
9.6 mi•Washington Square West, Society Hill
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I thought I'd written a review about this place before but to my shock I had not…read more I have been coming here since the day they opened, infrequently beacuse I am diabetic but when I want to spoil my body with delicious sugar, honey, this is *IT*. Now I could tell you all about how perfectly tasty everything is. From the classic banana puddings (I prefer the caramel version myself,) to the cookies, to the pineapple upside-down mini cakes. Yes, I could tell you that. But I want to speak to something deeper. I want to speak to belonging and community; and to fairness. As a biracial person with a brown sister, I feel the pull to support black and brown businesses. It's not a secret. And sometimes you do it, and sometimes you privately think "Damn. I wanna be supportive but this place is a mess." Then there's Sweet Life. NOT that. FILLED with good product at a great price, delivered by owners and staff who actually give a damn about being loving and supportive to all different types of people. And did I mention the sweets are POPPIN'? And to that statement of fairness. Today I came in to place an order, and when the price came up, for a moment I thought "Damn. That is a lot higher than I remembered, but I am not about to question them. They set the price and that price is what they deserve." So I paid. But then I noticed there was more in my bag that I'd asked for, and that there had been a miscommunication. When I tell you that this miscommunication was corrected with swiftness *AND* a smile. No shade. No drama. Just an "Ooops, oh well, here's your refund on the balance." I know this seems very basic but we all know it isn't. We have all been in that awkward situation where as a customer we have to point out an error, and the vendor turns it into a Shakespearan tragedy. Not Sweet Life. "Oops. Sorry! Fixed. Love you." So, to recap: Stunningly delicious sweets. Prices fair as hell. Communicative, inclusive staff doing the right thing. You need to take those money dollers and haul your ass over here TODAY. Now...where did I put my insulin pen?

As yall can probably see I am a loyal fan to this place and the fact that they were closed for so…read morelong really broke my heart. BUT I AM SO HAPPY TO REPORT THEY ARE BACK OPEN AND TASTE JUST AS GOOD! Go support this business so they don't have to worry about the doors closing again.

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J'aime French Bakery

4.6(473 reviews)
9.5 mi•Washington Square West
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I'm glad I stopped by here. Came here for a weekend trip. I decided to take a pause on my strict…read moreketo diet for this trip so I wanted to make sure I had some fine pastries in my tummy. Place was nice and bright. Plenty of seating. So many things looked tasty but I got two pain aux raisins, an eclair, a merveilleux, and 4 mini choux pastries (2 for $1). The total came to $24. Pain aux raisin was good but not the best I've ever had. Would have liked them to be slightly thicker and crispier. Plenty of raisins though. Crème pâtissière was fantastic. Eclair was thin and dainty. I got this for my son as a safe bet. I tried a piece and I was so delighted to find it was filled with a chocolate pudding type of filling. The mini choux pastries were an impulse buy. I got enough for everyone in the car ride home to try. Delicious and delicate one bite treat. The merveilleux was a blind buy. Read a review that raved about it so I gave it a try. I didn't even know what to expect. It's crispy meringue covered in cream and crushed speculoos cookies. It's so heavenly! 2/3 of us liked the merveilleux the best and one of us liked the pain aux raisin the best. Come here if you're looking for something really special

I was craving, deeply craving, a Jambon Beurre. And I needed a really good French baguette to pull…read moreit off. This bakery is way too close to a convenient PATCO stop en route to work. I stopped in around 8 AM and their pastries were FRESH. The baguette was still warm to the touch. Swoon. That night, we sliced the baguette open, slathered it generously with European salted butter and slabs of imported ham as well as good quality cheese. It hit the spot. I do take my carbs seriously.

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J'aime French Bakery - Apple tart in the foreground, but the highlight is the merveilleux!

Apple tart in the foreground, but the highlight is the merveilleux!

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