Is this a cake hotspot in sauga? Saturday morning running errands, arrived at Ian Cakery a few minutes early. I was not the only one waiting. As soon as the doors opened at noon there was a rush.
People picking up cake orders. People wanting the first batch of cream puffs willing to wait 15 min. And people like me, purchasing in-stock cake, made that morning. The menu is small but the demand was high.
There are 16 cakes on the menu, but they only stocked 4 flavours of 6" cakes for walk-ins that day. 8" cakes or other flavours must be ordered in advance.
Premium prices, yet reasonable for a handmade cake, at 6" 45$ or 8" 70$, give or take. A 6" cake gives you 4 big portions or 8 small slices. Or I could get a dozen fresh cream puffs... Hohum, my kind of Saturday morning dilemma.
Don't know what else they carry in store because they didn't have any goods in the display window. That glass case was like the toilet paper aisle during covid: empty shelves and labels. Any displayed cake got picked up within minutes.
The chinese/english fluent staff was very efficient at taking everyone's order and kept the wait time as short as possible. Apparently they sell out and may close early, so consider ordering in advance.
I decided on the naked chocolate cake. Naked because the sides aren't frosted, showing the 4 layers of sponge. The decorations of store-bought cookies, candy, and dried fruit didn't look appealing, compared to some of the other cakes, but we wanted chocolate. I think for that price they could make their own butter cookies or edible designs. Was it good? Soft fluffy moist and just-baked-delicious. I might have preferred it not "naked" just for more of that light-as-a-cloud butter cream. Will I be back for more? Definitely.
Happy chinese new years everyone! And take advantage of the tax break.
Ian Cakery is on the west facing side of the east building in a large commercial complex, nudged between Savage7 fitness (closed) and a Hawaiian bakery. read more