Ever since my friend told me about this bakery, I haven't gone to another bakery for cakes. They are simply the best. Moist, delicious, not too sweet, perfect. The last cake I ordered was for my mother in law and only told them to decorate with pastel colored flowers. The cake was perfect, not only delicious but also pretty. Thanks for helping to make our special occasions even more unforgettable! read more

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Beware, It smells so good in there you'll end up walking away with more than you came in for, but you'll be happy you did. I came in for a Chocolate Creme pie, it was pre ordered and ready to go at the exact time I asked for it, and I walked out with some cupcakes and tres leche cake as well. It was all very yummy. A little out of my way, but well worth the drive. read more

Went to a friend's engagement and she ordered the hummingbird cake. Absolutely delicious!!! Not too sweet and the cream cheese frosting was on the dot. Very very very yummy!!!! Would recommend it. Following Sunday went to a baptism and my boyfriend's sister in law ordered the vanilla cake & raspberry. The cake was good & moist. The icing was slighty sweet. But just add a small bit of icing with the cake and it's perfect.... read more

I ordered a cake here for a colleague's birthday party. The Chocolate Truffle cake. My coworkers absolutely adored the cake, including the birthday girl! so I consider that a win :) I also picked up a few treats while I was there, eclairs and a chocolate peanut butter cupcake. All the baked goods in my car smelled intoxicating as I drove back home with them. Only reason I didn't go 5 star? location is a bit inconvenient for me. I swear, if they were closer to me I'd be having far more of those chocolate peanut butter cupcakes than I really need. read more

The service was great, the in case selection was dangerous, we purchased a few things to snack on and try for future references, don't do it , it all was yummy. The owner came out because the staff and I were having such fun out front, just like family. Great atmosphere and food. read more

Vanilla pound cake cupcake with strawberry icing for Mother's Day I wish I may I wish I might have Them in the bakery case on Saturday's

I ordered the hummingbird cake, coconut cream pie, and the Italian cream. All 3 were delicious, moist, and freshly made. My friends enjoyed them all as well. A bit of the drive for me, coming from the medical center. But it was worth it! Cute little place in a shopping center. read more

I needed an unusual cake for my autistic sons birthday. I called on a Thursday to see if they could make it for his party on Saturday. They were totally open to try something different in the short amount of time. I asked for a pizza themed cake. Basically a cake that looks like a pizza. It came out AMAZING! We were so happy with the outcome and my son LOVED it! It definitely was the hit of the party! Also the cake itself was very delicious. Sometimes when the cakes look great they taste so so but that was not the case with this cake. I would highly recommend this bakery for anyone else's cakes! Thanks a bunch. My son had a great day and loved his cake! read more

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My family & I have been buying all of our special occasion cakes here for several years now. The new store is a big improvement on the old storefront, very modern, clean, & tidy. No matter what cake, pastry, or pie you get here, rest assured that it will be superb, soul-satisfyingly rich, & carb-free (okay, I lied about carb-free). We've tried almost all of the chocolate cakes & really can't choose a favorite (although I prefer the Chocolate Blackout). Also enough to make you swoon--the white chocolate raspberry, the lemon creme, & the tres leches cakes. See, we HAVE tried most of them. After writing this review, might have to pick up a cake tomorrow. Yummmmm. read more

The place , the staff , the cake , the desserts are amazing , ordered a carrot cake after their recommendation (let me just say that I don't eat cake and carrot cake ... Never ) but I was blown away with how tasty , how fresh how very delicious it was ... Def one of the best if not in Texas then def in Houston ... Ask for Silvia she's the best read more

This place has great cakes!! Their tres leeches are sooooo good and the hummingbird are the best! It's a hidden jewel for cakes! The best part is when I have a random craving for some cake I can swing by and they sell them by the slice! read more

My husband ordered a lemon cake for my Birthday and it was delicious! The cake was fluffy and the lemon curd filling was so good. I'm picky about my cakes, but I give this one a thumbs up! read more

I got the humming bird cake (amazing ) , the red velvet cake cupcake was top notch and their cookies are also top notch no negatives. I'm so glad it's so close lol. read more

I love this place! I have ordered cakes from here a couple times! It is not your average cake place! Not only is the presentation always beautiful but the cake it always fabulous! I love that you can go in and get a couple cupcakes and baked goodies to go with out ordering a cake! read more

Great cake for my kiddos birthday! Chocolate truffle with ganache. Heavy cake but sooooo good!

Seriously, grateful they are located on ourside of town. Discovering it like finding treasure! You want to share it but its so amazing you want to keep for yourself. Their cakes are amazing...okay everything is literally amazing even their staff. No regrets here. read more

I called to order a strawberry cake for Friday. I asked for Cream cheese frosting instead of butter cream. They refused, no reason just refused read more

My mom is hands down the best cook/baker in Texas, but let me tell you that this place is second to her! I bought vanilla cupcakes, chocolate italian cream cake, german chocolate cake, and oreo cheesecake. All were to die for. Just awesome. I bought individual slices for a party. Service was great. Will be back! read more

I'm not a huge fan of sweets or cakes but I had a try of take the cakes sweets and it was delicious!! We ordered a cake for a baby shower and they were so helpful and patient with us . They went over all the details and sizes etc . The staff were very pleasant and helpful. We didn't feel rushed and they offered a variety of flavors and options . I was really expecting to pay an arm and a leg for this specific cake but I was blown away at how reasonable the cost was ! I'm definitely going to conduct all of my cake business here and I was actually referred by a friend ! I strongly suggest this bakery to any wanting great quality cakes at a reasonable price ! read more

My second red velvet cake within a month! I love this bakery, in my opinion it's the best bakery in Houston. The staff is so sweet...very professional, and knowledgeable. Take the cake makes beautiful custom cakes I received two! I promise their cakes are so delicious, I just want to make an excuse to order another, moist triple layer red velvet cake with cream cheese icing...its to die for! Hands down to best pastries in Houston!!!!! read more

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German chocolate cake was very very dry and seemed to be old. Paid 5.14 for a small thin slice. I absolutely adore this flavor of cake and will just stick to driving long distances to the places that i know can get it right. Most likely wont return and take the chance of trying other items. read more

I ordered my son's smash cake from here. They took my order in a very short notice and did an excellent job. The cake was perfect and delicious. read more

They went above & beyond! I needed a cake at the last minute and they helped me out so much by having it ready the same day. Thank you so much guys. You saved the Dr.'s birthday and the White Chocolate Raspberry cake was a piece of heaven! The whole clinic fell in love with the cake. Will be going back. read more

This is a GREAT bakery! It is a little hard to find, but once inside you can tell it is a quality bakery. They have a great variety of cakes - large and small and also single slices. There is no need to pre-order; however, to make sure they have your favorite available, I would highly recommend it. The staff is friendly even though they are very busy. They try hard to make sure your purchase is safe for traveling. The freshness and taste on every product I have tried have been amazing. The impressive cupcakes are ideal to take to friends on their birthdays. I'm so happy we have this bakery in the neighborhood. You can't go wrong. read more

Had a wonderful experience with this bakery. Called on Tuesday for a baby shower on Saturday and they could accommodate me. Scanned and emailed the invitation requesting argyle design on invitation be duplicated on the sides of the cake. Very pleased when I picked it up. It was darling. (Photo downloaded.) Everyone loved it--both the look and the taste. Delicious, moist white cake with raspberry between layers. Some people ate 3 pieces! Also bought a red velvet cupcake to taste. Ate it the next day and it was also delicious. Will definitely use them again. read more

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I have been a Take the Cake customer for over 15 years now. They are simply amazing. Their new storefront is much larger with a small seating area so you can sit and enjoy a sweet with some coffee if you wish. I have not had a dessert from here that I did not love! Some more, some less, but none that I just took a bite of and pushed away. With the new storefront they are now offering tons more options, like little individual cheesecakes, custard tartlets, etc. Anabel and staff are very accommodating and will also be honest if a combination you are thing of won't work. They want only the best going out the door. Italian cream, carrot, hummingbird, chocolate truffle, chocolate cheesecake, cowboy vegan cookies...those are some of my faves. Stop in and give them a try. You taste buds will love you, your hips will not, but I don't care about my hips anyway! :-) read more

I have been picking up cakes from Take The Cake for quite some time now. The prices are reasonable for the exceptional quality and variety from this fine bakery. The shop is always immaculately clean and the staff is always friendly and accommodating. I like the idea that I can stop by at anytime of the day and pick up a ready-made cake. They also carry a wide array of cookies, cupcakes, bars and brownies. read more

I've been visiting Take the Cake or about a year or two now and yet I'm still always excited to go there because after all, their cakes are so good!! I still remember my first cake in here. It was the German Chocolate! Mmm.. it was so good! Not too sweet! Unlike other cakes that you'll get tired after a few bites, this one isn't! The taste is just right! I also tried Italian Cream as well and their cheesecakes! All of them are delicious! The turtle cheesecake though I wasn't much of a fan cause to me it's really sweet, but everything else was delicious. The next cake I had I think was my 18th birthday cake my sis surprised me with! I'm not completely sure what kind of cake it is made of, but I assure you it's also really delicious! Not to mention, the way they created my two layer cake was so beautiful and really girly! Just really perfect for the birthday theme color! Also the prices in this bakery aren't so expensive. You really get what you paid for unlike other bakeries whose prices are expensive, but the quality is poor. Overall, this bakery is amazing! Not too expensive, near to my house (cause most bakeries are like at the center of the Houston Area), and most of all very very delicious cakes! I just hope though that they add more flavors and maybe they can do delivery or at least open at a later time so they will be able to cater more customers. :) read more

Take the Cake - This is the cake my sister surprised me with for my 18th birthday! It was wonderfully made! Oh so delicious! Thank you Take the Cake! :) - Bakeries Near Me - Houston, Texas

Amazing! My favorite is the humming bird cake! Order a cake for my dad it came out amazing!

1st time going to Take the Cake. It is such a cute place, you can even sit down and eat your treat. Everyone at the bakery was polite and friendly. It was very busy when I was there, but I didnt mind the wait. The cakes are delicious and I would highly rec to everyone. Def. going back soon! read more

They make the best cakes. My favorites are carrot cake and chocolate, they're yummy. But, I wish they make some vegan cakes as well, for my vegan friends and families. read more

Best cake in the world! I love the Italian cream cake it's so delicious and I will honestly never go anywhere else because of take the cake!

I'm not a real sweets person, but-er-um.... This place is freakin AWESOME! Every birthday and special occasion cake we purchase from here. Come get you some! read more

We made the trek here from SE side. Overall, it was a great trip since we love SWEETS! Okay...we might blame the 20 pound weight gain on our ADDICTION to sweets...cupcakes mostly... So seeing the perfect reviews, my sister and I came here to get a cake for my nephew's 10th birthday. Ultimately, we left with a carrot cake, pecan bar bite and a couple of cupcakes (red velvet & vanilla). The cupcakes were pretty huge in size for only $3.00 a piece if I remember. That carrot cake was AMAZING! I mean that frosting & cake is seriously TO-DIE-FOR...make ya wanna slap ya momma, grandmama, grandpapa...all of them....OMG!!! The frosting was a light cream cheese frosting. Not too thick or dense....but light, fluffy and perfect! I can see why this is one of their most popular cake choices along with the hummingbird. The red velvet cake was good but I wasn't too fond of the frosting. I know all cream cheese frostings should taste the same in the same bakery but it didn't. I felt like that cake cream cheese frosting was definitely different in the cupcake. It also has to do with the fact that the red velvet sits out on the cupcake shelves where as the cakes sit inside a fridge. The frosting just tasted a little too heavy for my liking. Heavy and thick. The vanilla cupcake was really good! I mean you think how good can a vanilla cupcake get? I know, I know. I don't really like vanilla as a first choice either but when a 10 year old nephew wants vanilla for his birthday cake...you better start samplin' and getting your hips to lie. It had a buttercream frosting on it...not too heavy, not too light...just perfect I thought. Although I thought maybe a tad too much sugar crystals on the rims? Just personal preference... Pecan bar- was actually really good. A good ol convenient sized pecan pie in your hand. YUM! Husband is obsessed with pecan pie so got this for him. He approved but said it wasn't the best he's ever had. Now the only reason why I docked the star is because you're in business to satisfy your clientele right? Well what if they wanted to wear a fidora to go with the semi-formal attire and you were their stylist? Well...it wouldn't go...but that's what they want right? This was the case here...after our cake sampling my sister and I were really disappointed they wouldn't make the cake how we wanted to. We liked the vanilla cake but wanted that delicious cream cheese frosting from the carrot cake. We asked the girls and they said no...they wouldn't be able to do it because it hasn't worked out before...we also wanted just a design of Lebron James on the front. But even if we had no design that would be fine...at least just wanted that amazing frosting to go on that cake...we understood and asked her well what if we want it this way and understand that the texture of the cake would be more dense since that frosting would have to be stuck in the fridge until serving....still a no-go... So in the end, we didn't end up custom ordering the cake there. I don't care how ridiculous a special request may be, if you're in an industry to cater to your customers...do it...that's what we really wanted but left with no birthday cake. read more

I was so excited to discover that Take the Cake made the Berry White cake which I love from Empire Café. With that being said, I wanted that cake to be my baby's first birthday cake. The decorations were done beautifully. I kept telling everyone how great this cake was, and when I got the chance to dive into it...it was nothing like the berry cake I had so much enjoyed. The cream was just pure buttercream, not the heavy whipped cream that I had expected. It tasted just like pure sugar. I couldn't even take another bite. I was so sad and disappointed because I had anticipated this was going to the the "IT" cake and I was going to have plenty leftover to eat for days. Instead half of the cake just went in the trash. I'm not sure if it was because of the decorations that it needed to be done in buttercream, but there was no indication of changes in advance. So overall, very sad to have spent $110 on a cake that was barely eaten. read more

Made my first visit to Take The Cake today and it won't be my last! I typically prefer a less sweet Asian-style cake and was wary of trying out one of their American-style cakes in fear that it would be diabetically sweet, but I've come bearing good news: I like their cakes! Dense, sweet but not overbearingly, and perfect flavor. I had the Italian Cream cake, which has coconut and pecans in it and a divine cream cheese frosting. Having tried that, now what I really want is to get my hands on their Chocolate Truffle cake because I'm a chocolate fiend, definitely will be getting it next time. They also have display cases with some intense looking parfaits, dessert bars, cookies, cake balls, mini pies, cupcakes, cake slices and cheesecakes, particularly the Chocolate Covered New York Cheesecake with raspberries, that thing looked monstrously good. I also so so soooo adore the look of the bakery, pristine but also very homely. Prices are moderate and for the size much cheaper than Asian cakes coming in at around $20-27. And everything in the display case was under $5. The individual cake slices are freaking gigantor and only $4.75. And the biggest and most important thing I love about this place? It's in my part of town and only a couple minutes away! Take The Cake, my hips will definitely be thanking you later :P read more

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The carrot cake and white chocolate vanilla cake are the best. Moist and perfect. One reviewer wrote that the cake crumbles when you cut it, and that is an absolute lie!! You could cut this with a butter knife and it would not crumble (cakes are large so may need larger knife). I have eaten many desserts from all over the world and these cakes are by far the most delicious, moist desserts. Also love them because you don't ever get that sugar taste. read more

My husband and I got married on Valentine's Day. It was a last minute decision and we needed a wedding cake for the celebration. We only had two days before the wedding day to order the cake. We found a picture of the wedding cake we wanted and took it to Take The Cake. The owner was very helpful and went out of her way to make sure we had our cake on time. The cake turned out beautifully and perfectly (even better than the picture). It was so perfect looking that some of our guests thought the cake was fake. To top it off, it was the best tasting cake I've ever tasted ( I ordered italian cream with cheese cake icing). I highly recommend anyone wanting a great tasting, good looking cake to come and experience Take The Cake. You will be glad you did. I will definitely return for future orders. Great Job Take the Cake!!!!! read more

The cake fell apart when slicing. When I picked up the cake the worker was also rude. When you spend $125 for a cake they can atleast not be rude when you're there to pick it up. For this reason, I would not order another cake. The cake itself was nothing to rave about. read more

Truly the best freshest cakes ever at very reasonable prices. the staff is friendly and you get your cake on time. Once you try their cakes, no other cake is good enough. You should try their cakes, they are absolutely awesome. read more