I called ahead last minute to see if they had a ready made German chocolate cake. They said yes. I came in about an hour later to pick it up. The girl at the counter asked what kind of cake and filling I wanted which was odd. She came out about 10 minutes later. I paid about $20 for the Cake. We ate it within the hour. The chocolate layers were beyond stale, the frosting looked like German chocolate frosting but it sure didn't taste like it. No coconut or Carmel-y flavor could be found, just sugary sweet. No one ate it after a bite or two and I had to toss the entire thing. Quickly whipped up brownies and stuck a birthday candle to serve guests. I won't return for more stale products. read more

Mark's Bake Shoppe - My Birthday German Cake - Bakeries Near Me - Staten Island, New York

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Best bakery on the island! I've ordered from Mark's Bake Shoppe a half a dozen times in the last two months and will continue to do so as their doughnuts, pastries, muffins, and croissants are always delicious and superior in quality to anything else I've have on Staten Island. Their Shoppe coffee is also fantastic and has quickly replaced the Starbuck's blends I had been previously buying by the pound. Additionally, the staff there are always kind and courteous, even calling me when they're out of something and letting me know about similar items I could substitute. They are now the only bakery on my Saturday morning breakfast meeting list replacing the previous three places I bounced between. No more bouncing for me, now it's Mark's every time now! read more

Let me stress, i love this bakery, I shop there all the time. I usually buy a cake for the Holidays/Birthdays Etc. I was just a little let down my last visit, the Strawberry Shortcake was a little stale. read more

Stop what you are doing & go here now. The smell in this place alone will make you not want to leave. The cookies are delicious, especially the 7-layer. The German Chocolate Cake Bite was awesome. Homemade chocolate raspberry jelly bars are one of my favorites. I also enjoyed a nice cappuccino. The owner is super friendly & personally does the baking. I will be back soon to try some Donuts. read more

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I have not had the pleasure of tasting the goodies. I live out of state, which was the reason I found Mark's. I had delivered items to my nieces in the past (with other companies), & had not been happy with the items or delivery. I found Mark's on google & called to verify the details. This was the weekend before Valentine's Day, so I wanted to ensure delivery was still available. The receptionist/order taker was overly helpful. They even delivered on Saturday! When we FaceTimed & my nieces took a bite of the chocolate chip cookies, their smiles told me they would be in love with the cake too. read more

I ordered the brookie (cookie brownie). It was perfect. Not sickeningly sweet. The bottom had a little char but I like that. It was moist and had a balanced ratio of cookie and brownie. I most definitely will return! read more

I got a pecan pie for thanksgiving and it's absolutely the best pie that I have ever had!

I have been following this bake shop on Instagram and finally had a chance to go in! such a beautiful, modern and clean bakery! the display case was filled with yummy desserts. The girl working the counter was very nice and charismatic! she informed me that they started making vegan treats, I had to try it. I got 2 vegan chocolate chip cookies and they were so yummy. I also got an ice coffee, I wish they had flavors for the coffee, BUT they had almond milk and coconut milk . unfortunately, they did not make lattes. Over all, I will be returning to try everything haha read more

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Everything in here looks really nice and pretty but the flavor and freshness is lacking. Donuts were very good but cake bites looked better than they tasted. Wanted to love this place but I'll pass next time. read more

Long review, but please bear with me. I can no longer be silent about this place. I am a self admitted food snob, and i won't apologize for it....EVER! Quality is everything to me, and I always appreciate it when i taste it. Without it, you're basically an open space with some useless cooking gear behind a counter in my eyes. Enter my predicament. At my office, my staff mean the absolute world to me. They work hard, and ask for nothing in return. As my usual extra bonus, I randomly try to start their days off on a happy note with great breakfast foods. My usual stop for pastries moved to a different location far out of my way to work in NJ. I desperately needed a new place convenient to my route that delivered top tier quality. You know nothing of hell until you bring substandard pastries to a large group of female office staff. Mine tend to pounce and bite people. Enter Mark's place. I did my research and read his reviews here, and decided to give it a try. The fact that his shop is directly in my path to work blocking my travels like a disgruntled road construction worker off his meds was an unintentional bonus. At first, I just bought a couple of donuts (you can tell tons about a bake shop by its donuts) and at first bite I was floored. Like the first time as a kid when you do something completely stupid, but totally cool and you lived through it kind of floored. I knew at that moment my taste for donuts would be forever ruined. I came back the next day and ordered about $120 worth of donuts, muffins, cookies, and even sprung for cake bites for the hell of it. I literally just told the nice lady "I'll take that whole tray" type of orders. I can't explain it, but I was so excited to share my new gem with my staff. It felt like having a blank check in a Ferrari dealership, and my wife was ok with it. End of the long review- I have now installed a custom sign hanging over the area reserved for staff treat because of Mark. "If you are old enough to vote the Company will not be held responsible for your diet, level of discipline, or your expanding waist line. -Management". read more

I'm sorry. I don't understand the hype about this place. I purchased several items for Thanksgiving. The coconut custard pie was terrible, the custard tasted like scrambled egg and the crust was thick and actually was stuck within the custard layer. The donuts were in a tray with a sign that identified the donut as a jell ring donut and it was not and was very dry. In this day and age, I really hate to waste money but that's exactly what I did. read more

Don't have much to say about this place but that I came from the bronx to visit a friend in staten island and decided I wanted to bring her family some cute decorative and tasty cupcakes. I'm a big fan of cupcakes, I love having a variety of selections from carrot cupcakes to German chocolate ect... I love the cupcakes to have primarily great sweet taste but also a unique fancy decorative style on it. Looking on Yelp to find the best place. Mark's shoppe comes up with 5 stars, so since we were like 8 mins away we quickly drove there to find out that they had really NOTHING in stock. I asked for thier Maple bacon donuts that I read about and I was told they make that on the weekends (omg! wow and why?) and it was only Monday! So now I asked for cupcakes and she pointed to 6 little cupcakes in a package they had sitting on a bottom shelf and it looked like regular Costco cupcakes or somthing I would make at home in 15mins, they had regular wrapped cookies you buy in rite aid on the holidays and just plain donuts that I buy at Dunkin donuts. (Big sigh) I wonder who gave this place a great recommendation because I didn't see it. Hopefully someone else has a better experience read more

Mark's is one of the newer bakeries on Staten Island compared to the old guard in bakeries here it's convenient there's a parking lot and best of all everything is delicious from the beautifully decorated speciality cakes to the muffins to anything covered in chocolate there's also great coffee to go with the fabulous desserts Mark is always there to offer suggestions your sure to find something that'll bring u back for more read more

Mark and his team made the best birthday cake I've ever had!! Everyone was so impressed and was asked to refer to all present. The staff and Mark were so kind and helpful as I was very indecisive and not sure of what I wanted. They made this beautiful and delicious cake on such short notice and were so accommodating. The cupcakes and other bakery goods are also amazing. I highly recommend and will be returning. read more

Mark's Bake Shoppe - Birthday cake - Bakeries Near Me - Staten Island, New York

Marks Bake Shoppe goes above and beyond with their pastries, especially cakes! I ordered the tea themed cake for my moms birthday which brought her to tears! I showed them a very blurry image as inspiration and basically left everything up to their judgement and I'm so happy I did. The cake came out absolutely amazing! As for the Rutgers/Prom cake - that was a gift and both the cake pops and the cake were to die for! I'm so happy I found this bakery in such close proximity to where I live! Definitely coming back for every occasion! read more

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Fresh and tasty baked goods and reliable delivery. I highly recommend it.

This bakery is a hidden gem. All the baked goods are simply delicious. I've tried the fresh rolls, croissants, cookies, chocolates. My favorite are the ham and cheese croissants and the vegan chocolate chip cookies. This place smells amazing and the owners and workers are really nice. Prices are great and they have a reward program too. Love it here. read more

I loved reading his background and a YouTube video on him following his dream. For someone with a wife who is an excellent cookie baker it gave us inspiration and love to support an in town business and family guy. We tried many items and have to say love decor in bakery, love the cake bites and icebox cake and glazed doughnut. However and don't know if biased to wife's bakery but most of his cookies left a lot to be desired as they were dry, overall blah. We will definitely be back for the doughnuts and cakes thou. read more

Delicious delicious delicious!!! I bought carrot cake for my daughters birthday and some other dessert every was so good.

The best treats ever!!! We are doing our wedding cake with them and all the cakes we tasted exceeded our expectations! Not your typical bland wedding cake! So much flavor! so many options! Cant wait till the big day read more

Mark is a man of his word. Refunded money as promised for displeasure with Custom Birthday cake. C'est la vie read more

Sweet owners and sweet treats! They have quite a selection of baked goods, and the prices are very affordable. The cakes are beautiful, and everything was fresh. I'll definitely be coming back soon. read more

There is truly something special about this little pastry shop. My fiancée father once came to me with this Boston cream donut and explained how not only is this one Delicious Donut but the way they fill each donut from each end to the other. Please go find me a Boston Cream that might put do this one. I'm not food critic but holy donut heaven. Please go take one bite of their donuts. Why stop at the donuts get everything and anything. Great Job Marks Bakery!!! I live in Queens and I brag about you donuts to my friends and now I have to bring them dozens next time I go out there! Thank you for your amazing Pastries!!! read more

This is my new go-to bakery. I went in today to get a cake for my mother's birthday. The inside is super cozy and inviting with pretty Christmas decorations. I ended up getting a cannoli cake for a good price, and even though the cake was from the showcase, it was delicious. Not overly sweet, nice and moist. My whole family loved it. They sell cakes, pies, cookies - you name it. I can't wait to go back again. Highly recommend! read more

I wish I could give more then 5 stars to this amazing bakery! Myself and family were blown away by the delicious birthday cake we ordered. The cake was vanilla, one layer nuttella, one layer peanut butter covered in whip cream and topped with chocolate covered strawberries. We also got the delicious donuts! The donuts were peanut butter and jelly, red velvet, nuttella and 3 different jelly's. You have a forever customer! Thank you for making the birthday party sweeter! read more

This place is by far my favorite bakery to go to. The donuts are amazing, the cookies are even better and the cakes that they have are out of this world. I'm usually not a big fan of the typical bakery cakes since they always taste the same to me no matter where I go, but this place has finally changed my opinion. What's even better is that everything is so affordable and not over priced. P.s - Their strawberry short cake is the best! read more

I stopped in this bakery to pickup something last minute to bring to a friend's get together. I wasn't disappointed by any of my choices. Everything I bought was good but surprisingly the best were the donuts. Mark's donuts are what you want when you go to Dunkin' Donuts but never get. Where Dunkin' Donuts are dry, bland and have hardly any filling, Mark's bake shoppe donuts are flavorful sweet pillows of goodness and the ones with filling are jam packed with it. There are plenty of options aside from donuts. Everything we tried was made well. Nothing was dried out or bland like I have experienced in other bakeries. Aside from selling a good product the actual shoppe is very nice. When I go into any store I look for two very important things. Is it clean? And how do they treat customers? Well this place is immaculately clean and the staff is super nice and friendly. I would definitely recommend trying this bakery. They put out great all time favorites with a few original options here and there like their Nutella pretzel cookie. read more

Mark's Bake Shoppe is awesome! I ordered a few things from there for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: a carrot cake, an icebox cake, a cheesecake, and a dozen donuts. Everything was fresh and delicious, but the donuts were the BEST! They were a huge hit with everyone (especially the jelly, the peanut butter and jelly, and the maple bacon!). Mark was there each time I went in, very hands-on, and my orders were ready to be picked up right on time (I asked if I could get half the order the 24th and half the 25th, and it wasn't a problem at all). Someone even called me a week in advance to confirm again. This will definitely be my go-to bakery from now on. read more

I was so excited to try this place! The store was very clean & everything looked delicious! I wanted to try everything! I tried the cake, cookies & brownies. While the brownies were ok, the cookies were extremely hard, they tasted stale. Maybe it was an off day. read more

Once again an amazing experience getting a fudge cake. Happy helpful staff great baked goods run don't walk. They still have a few donuts left. read more

Highly recommend this bakery. Got a dozen donuts delivered right to my door and it was delicious . I got their pumpkin, apple cider, chocolate glazed, Boston cream, and jelly donuts. SO GOOD! read more

I attended a recent event where they had cupcakes from this bakery. I am weary of cupcakes because sometimes they are good sometimes they are bad. I tasted their red velvet, carrot cake and strawberry cupcakes. These cupcakes were so moist, not overly sweet and the frosting was delicious! I was sad that I couldn't take one home with me to share with my hubby. If I am ever in Staten Island I will definitely pick some up! read more

Mark's Bakery is now my go to bakery for all mine & my family's occasions! Two weeks ago after calling 5 well known bakeries for a birthday cake for my sister made with lemon cake, raspberry mousse & whipped cream & they all told me no, they couldn't make. I called Mark's. They said yes! Well, THEY NAILED IT! It was the best birthday cake ever! My sister & everyone loved it! Thank you Mark's for the awesome cake. Your baker is amazing! read more

Love this place. Everything I have tried from donuts, muffins, cookies, croissants to breads have been excellent and fresh. Mark is a nice guy and his staff is always cheerful and polite. Looking forward to trying more! read more

I ordered a birthday cake from here and it was incredible! They made it very pretty. I highly recommend the ice cream cake it was delicious

We live around the corner and i walk with my kids to this bakery once or twice a month. We have always experienced a very friendly staff and an assortment of delicious cookies, cupcakes and pastries. I always get a warm cappuccino there as a mid afternoon pick me up- and it's always a great experience! It's a cute place to visit for a sweet treat! read more

What an adorable city like place! Everyone is super friendly and everything I tried is delicious! Hope to see more places like this jn SI

his jelly ring chocolate cake was delish. they had dairy-free cookies for my little one. prices are good. definitely a go-to for bringing desserts home or to friends. read more

Ordered a custom cake from Mark's Bake Shoppe for a colleague's leaving lunch. Was fantastic, beautifully decorated, delicious (vanilla cake with fudge filling!), and was delivered earlier than expected. Perfect. Everyone loved the cake - it disappeared very quickly! Would not hesitate to recommend and order another cake from Mark's Bake Shoppe read more

Went to marks bake shoppe wondering if they had wraps or sand whiches and when I walked in I could not see any. I asked the young girl behind the counter who was very nice and she told me about the ham and cheese croissant and the spinach feta tomato turnover, which is closest to a wrap or like a lunch. Ham and cheese was delicious and fresh will definitely be returning to the bakery! read more