I appreciate that they are a small business with a nice variety of baked goods. We have made…read morepurchases of their goods at the Lake County Arts & Craft shows and have not been disappointed. My only suggestions would be to have better descriptions of the baked goods they are selling, either on or with their packaging and have listings and descriptions of their products on their website. I have a family member that has allergies to certain ingredients and was not sure about some of the ingredients, for example, listing the type of nuts that were used. Their table was very busy at the time of our recent purchase and they were helpful with any questions, but I did not have the opportunity to verify some of the ingredients. I tried to look items up on their website, but could not find the information I was looking for.

Decent, creative, slightly unique taste. I've had their smores deep dish cookie and turtle. They…read morewere good. But I've been spoiled by Amish cookies in a past life

The cupcakes were very fresh, and you'll pay a pretty penny for them. Two plus a Gatorade was about…read more$12.50. My all time favorite is the peach cobbler with the spiced cake, peach filling, and fresh whipped cream! Can't say no to it whenever I'm by. On this visit, my mini also wanted the Cookie Monster cupcake, which was tasty and had cookie dough filling inside the vanilla cake. Mini cheesecake, chocolate dipped confections and pretzels, and cake pops also available. I'll be back to try some chocolate cake ones next time!

I tried this spot out through Uber eats or DoorDash. The cupcakes were good. I was expecting a…read morebuttercream, but the cupcakes are more of a whipped cream or a mix in between. I like that they have different flavors to choose from. I bought the cupcakes for kids and they enjoyed them.

Never mind the line outside the door around this holiday time once she got inside, it was a very…read moreefficient process. They also had nice signage outside the door so people knew while they were waiting in line to deal with the holiday menu. They have a really cool train zooming above you when you get inside so keep an eye out for that and signs everywhere and delicious pastries everywhere the food looks beautiful. The people working there are happy and helpful. I was able to get two chocolate cake, donuts, and two cinnamon sugar donuts for my holiday breakfast. Everybody else is picking up orders and then adding onto those orders once they got there. But they have plenty of tasty treats. Someone even got a slice of turtle pie and then end up buying the whole darn turtle pie.

Had to stop & pick up lots of yummy cookies & cannolis to bring back to Las Vegas for my family…read moreEverything in this bakery is AMAZING Donuts are Delicious

The cupcakes are great! The frosting isn't heavy or overpowering. The lemon blueberry flavor tasted…read moreperfect. Each cupcake design was flawless and they were the star of the picnic! Cassandra was very nice and flexible with pickup time. Instructions for care until you're ready to serve them is clear too.

My husband got these for Valentine's Day and wow! The cupcakes were amazing! So beautiful and so…read moredelicious! The flavor of the buttercream was indescribable and the cupcakes were so moist and fluffy. Highly recommend!

I am moving into the area soon and looked up bakeries and this place popped up and has great…read morereviews. The curb appeal is adorable and kitschy, right up my alley. I ordered online, never tasted any of the bakery and did not disappoint, I ordered the birthday chocolate cake, moist and delicious with selection of cupcakes which were also very good. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I will definitely be coming back with friends. Thank you

Second chances are not always a good idea.. I should have…read morefollowed my gut. So the first time I came in to give them a try I got a cupcake and croissant warm, my wife got a fancy coffee and some egg thing. She was happy with her order other than the iced coffee came hot.. so not really what she ordered after the long wait we didn't want to wait any longer. My order on the other hand was quite a disappointment, to me a fresh croissant should be light flaky and fluffy hot. This one .. this one was more like it was made at a beef shop it was flatted out and soggy.. I think it was over cooked in the electro zapper.. aka the food killer microwave.. just what I wanted to over pay for some microwaved slab of dough..thanks.. Now.. let's get to the second chance before reviews.. Wife ordered an iced coffee, I ordered a few donut holes.. The vanilla glazed was a wreck, dried out, stale, hard.. this should have been tossed out.. Let's try the chocolate.. meh, almost dried as bad but the after taste was meh.. like cooking oil. My wife's coffee showed up hot.. after like 15 minutes wait.. overall this place is meh.. should have stuck with Starbucks or Dunkin even.. Cleanliness was also a question.. enjoy the pictures of the semi busy place with a long wait and dirty floors/tables/chairs.. wonder what the back of the house looks like..

I've been following this business on Instagram for a few months so I decided to stop by and try…read moretheir cupcakes. It's a very cute and cozy spot. The display case is very inviting. I had a hard time deciding on what to get because everything looked amazing. Ultimately I decided on 4 cupcakes- buttery pecan, s'mores, red velvet cheesecake and strawberry cheesecake. All of them were delicious! Very moist and flavorful. The red velvet cheesecake and strawberry cheesecake gave you cupcake with a hint of cheesecake flavor. My favorite was the buttery pecan. It reminded me of buttery pancakes with a little syrup. Great environment with very friendly staff. I will definitely return to try more items.

So glad we found this desert shop. Welcoming with beautiful decorations. As soon as we walked in…read morethe owner greeted us with a smile and showed us all their selections. We chose the chocolate cupcake and a chocolate donut. They were so good and fresh. We will definitely be back again in the near future. Thanks again!

My maid of honor and I went for a cake tasting not too long ago. They are located very close to…read morewhere we live and we knew just where it was. Except when we got there we were confused - the only thing on that block was the old, closed Gladstone Bakery and nothing else that even resembled a business, much less a bakery. Figuring I got the address wrong, I started to head back to the car when a guy comes out of an old, beat-up, unmarked door. He sees us standing there and says "oh, you looking for Baking for the Taking? In here". Well, once inside it was a very clean, modern kitchen, but what the heck? Could we have a sign on the door - any sign - considering this was a rather sketchy looking building exterior? It was like being granted access to some kind of speakeasy...say the password and all that spy shit. Doesnt make sense! The cakes we tried were fantastic, and the girls working there were very nice. Unfortunately they turned out to be a high quote due to a lot of "upcharges"; for everything from changing the height of a tier to adding fruit. Plus the cake decorator had a very heavy hand - meaning, if you are looking for tiny, delicate decorations, dont come here, her style is better suited to big, chunky designs.

I have ordered cakes from here on several occasions…read more About 18 months ago I ordered 2 cakes from here. First of all the cakes looked amazing! The birthday boy was big into cards s The owner of the bakery drove my cakes all the way out to Arlington Heights where my party was. One of the cakes was a lemon (yes, this birthday party had some seniors in attendance) and the other was a magnificent chocolate cake. That party was almost 2 years ago and I still get people asking me for baking for the takings number. If you want your guests to be raving how great the cake was, Baking for the Taking is the way to go!

You might ask yourself, So what's the shelf life of a cupcake?? I mean, we have all been there. You…read moreorder some tasty treat and you don't finish it for some reason. Will it be good tomorrow? Will it be crusty? Should you even bother? Well, I'm here to tell you. Courage totally gets it. It passes the freshness test. We stopped in and ordered the classic Survivor cupcake to go. Wow, it's a cute little cupcake! How do they do that rainbow swirly thingy with the frosting? Anyways. Well for some odd reason life got in the way and I couldn't eat my cupcake until the next day. But that's okay! Because instead of landing in the moratorium, this cupcake had me on cloud nine. So thick and dense and cakey. And the frosting was yummy and flavorful. Wow..if it's this good a day old, I bet it's a twelve star same-day cupcake.

I had giving up trying cup cakes because of the high prices on each of them and to be disappointed…read morehow dry and horrible they taste. Fear no more Courage cupcakes are so delicious moist and reasonably priced. Plus some profits go to the cure for cancer. I was so happy I found the place open. They changed the hours so we barely made it today so it was well worth my trip, I tried four different flavors and I truly was happy with all of them. This is the very first time I had a red velvet that was so moist and the cream so soft and smooth is just melted in my mouth Yum. I had the maple bacon I removed the bacon but the maple flavor was so delicious. I also tried the chocolate banana cup cake it had a very delicious banana filling and the light chocolate cram top with dark drizzle of dark chocolate was like I was in heaven. They also honor the yelp special which is sweet because the proceeds go to the cure for cancer. I will definitely go back again. Oh yeah I forgot to mention they have food trucks in case you are in down town

My wife and I went in for a large order of 10 pies (everything they had available) this Sunday,…read morewhich is the week of Christmas. As we walked in this place had a young boy and you girl working working the counter. Needless to say both were extremely inexperienced. Especially during the Christmas season and if they weren't they sure acted as if they were. I proceeded to order the remaining pies and when I asked if they could simply box 3 of the 10 pies up in a white box, the boy needed to seek "permission". When he came out he offered to charge extra. I replied "no problem, let's get them going". While he was in the middle of boxing them up another woman came in and ordered one of the pies. Rather than explain this to the young girl he stood there almost scared to say anything. We decided to watch this happen rather the interject since it was Christmas week. We honestly expected the staff member or boy to speak up and let the young girl know we had already ordered them. Well, he did not. And he then proceeded to tell us we were 2 pies short after waiting for 20 min with 4 customers within that time. We decided to just refuse the pies and thank him for the hospitality and left. Very disappointing and very disorganized. I absolutely recommend you avoid this bakery at all cost unless you want a single donut. Or until they decide to hire competent adult staff.

A super genuine excitement for going into the bakery today after calling in and finding out they…read moredid have the coffee cake I was looking for! A great option of a pumpkin soufflé Bundt cake sample on the front counter! I got my coffee cake and saw their holiday hours too. It's a cozy clean shop and the female workers are seasoned veterans of this shop and we're on point with their service.

Locally owned bakery and grocery store. Great selection of prepared food and deli. Super helpful…read morestaff, providing great service! I

Small Owned business. I Find all my import foods here…read more I love you so much. Thank you.