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    Z's Shakes & Cakes

    4.1 (16 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    I have not tied this but I will be back for my gourmet shake just like I want it. Amazing!
    Kellie G.

    I was stopping in the beauty supply store when I noticed this little gem. The cashier allowed us to try the bread pudding. Let me say that I'm not a lover of bread pudding, but this bread puddings to die for. It's so good. I bought a peanut butter cookie and a pineapple coconut cupcake. I haven't had the cupcake the cookie was very good as well.

    Amazing cake
    Joanne S.

    I just happened to be in the neighborhood and came across this jem of a bakery. The owners are really friendly and a joy to talk to. The cakes look good. I was temped to get the cake that had the syringe in it but ended up going for a three layer cake that was carrot cake with cheese cake in the middle. The carrot cake layer was really good and so was the cheese cake. The mix of the two was great. But the item that I didn't get to try was the cake shakes. They are what they are know for. I got a photo of the oreo deluxe cake shake and it looked amazing. I will have to go back to try one. Love the local dives.

    Look at these cakes!
    Nicholas L.

    This has to be one of if not the best dessert shop in northwest Indiana. The donuts are amazing they always melt in your mouth and have just the right amount of sugar. They sell large cakes and pies if you have a big event. Healthier parfaits and fruit if want to scale on the sweets.

    If you like shakes, ice cream, cakes, cupcakes, pies, cheesecake, brownies and other desserts and HUGE portions, this is your new favorite place. They offer all sorts of great traditional desserts, but they made a name for themselves in a previous location for their over the top creative specialty shakes (you've never seen anything like it) and massive, tasty cakes - examples below. We had the Snickers cake and a Double Chocolate cake, wonderful but we couldn't finish them in one sitting. If you want the most creative shakes or cakes you've ever seen, that taste as good as they look, you gotta check this place out. Cakes: Banana Pudding, Banana Pudding with Cheesecake, Blue Velvet with Cheesecake, Birthday Cake, Butter Pecan with Cheesecake, Chocolate Nutella with Cheesecake, Cookie & Cream with Cheesecake, Double Chocolate, German Chocolate, German Chocolate with Cheesecake, Lemon Crunch with Cheesecake, Pineapple Coconut with Cheesecake, Pound Cake, Red Velvet with Cheesecake, Snickers, Strawberry Crunch. Specialty Shakes: Banana Pudding, Chocolate Hurricane, Chocolate Rainbow, Cookie & Oreo Cram, Cookie Dough, Lil Luke, Ms. Red Velvet, NiNi Delite, Peanut Butter Cup, Peanut Butter Crunch, Strawberry Diamond, Strawberry Z-Boy, Tornado Tart, Turtle Cheese Cake, Zuri.

    Delicious and decedent!!

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    One of the best hidden places in Gary,everything was delicious. Also they accept ebt.

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    I've been a huge fan of Z's Shakes and cakes for sometime now and I can truly say this place is amazing!!!!

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    Great Place if you're looking delicious sweets! Service is excellent and very great menu variety!

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    Ask the Community - Z's Shakes & Cakes

    Is this seasonal? We drove here and it's not open. Very disappointing

    They’re closed on Monday’s, but they’re still open Tue thru Sun in Merrillville.

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    Absolutely love the strawberry crunch cupcakes.

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    Seriously. My most favorite local dessert shop. Like. Ever. So good…read more They have a limitless menu of all kinds of sweet yumminess. All cobblers come with ice cream. On. The. Side. It's just done so very well. The customer service. Impeccable. So friendly. So kind. Each one of them. The spot is CLEAN. And there is a lot for parking. I love this place.

    What a fun date night pop-in!…read more We finally made a trip to this establishment that opened (this location) in 2024. Cobbler! Yay! Cornelius (the owner of a marriage team) was a wonderful pleasure to meet. It felt like family walking through the doors. Inclusive, kind, knowledgeable, patient, and he endured my colorful rambling. Lol Options, Options, Options! I have never been to an establishment that had so many dessert options! Whatever you are craving in the realm of cobbler/cheesecake/banana pudding combos, you can experience it here! Wait! There's more! Cookies Brownies Cinnamon rolls... *screaming* YOU HAVE OPTIONS MY FRIENDS! So much so, you HAVE to come back. And sorry to spoil it so early (we will!). What we ordered: Cheesecake with sweet potato pie topping, and a regular peach cobbler. Banana Pudding with cherries, and Peach Cobbler with caramel pralines. My review on what we selected: I REALLY enjoyed the peach cobbler with caramel pralines. I was so happy in my mouth! Note: none of the banana pudding has bananas, just the pudding flavor. The banana pudding with cherries did catch me by surprise. Im a bananas gal! I wanted, I needed the bananas! But I will be honest and say the cherries made it fun, as they were plentiful. Only con, definitely needed more cookies. Please, cookie me. Outside of that-yummers. I found the peach cobbler to be a very safe option. Nothing bad to speak of it. I would get it again. The Cheesecake with Sweet Potato Pie, was not bad. It just didn't make my mouth sing like the others. I believe I was looking for a firm baked Cheesecake experience, and it was more of a "Cheesecake fluff". It wasn't bad. It was just a different experience. The texture of the pie pieces were under cooked(potatoes werent hard, but were not very soft either) and the fluff with whipped cream, though it was not bad at all.. it was just not for me. I/we, ate every morsel of our purchase. Cobbler (options of toppings) Cheesecake(options of toppings) Banana Pudding (options of toppings) Milk shakes (options of toppings) Churros....there may be toppings for these too! Lol And there is sooooo much more. I can't type it all! So, that means you have to go and check them out! You can get your cobbler warmed up or not. And all cobbler selections come with ice cream. Yay for ice cream! They have catering options available. I am now trying to think of a gathering to host just to have cobbler for dessert. Ha! This place is like a museum of cobbler/banana pudding/milk shake/dessert splendor! You have to give them a try! Cornelius sir, we will return, and with friends/family in tow. Too many flavor combos,too many options, too many mouthwatering adventures to be had for just one trip! Thank you for your patience, your hospitality and fun banter. We will see you soon. And as always, you don't have to take my word for it, go get you some!

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    Delicious and the team is very customer driven I like the…read morecake slices and all the options

    Me and my mom decided to go here at 8:45 p.m. on a Friday. We walked to the register to place our…read moreorder and there was only two workers. We were not greeted & taken care of until a few minutes later. Pro tip for next time don't come inside go through the drive thru. Your order will be prioritized. If you come inside your order will be handled last. There were several customers in there waiting for their order. Mom ordered the original rainbow cone and I ordered an ice cream birthday cake slice. We sat down to wait for our order. We waited for about 35 minutes. By this time they are closed. The girl with the brown hair dramatically said sorry to all of us in the lobby and that she would get to our orders now. Mind you it is 9:17 PM they haven't locked the doors yet and more people are walking into the establishment. The workers did not tell the new coming people that they were closed. They were all waiting in line as if they were going to get their order placed. One of the men in lion spoke up because he was ready to place his order and the girl with the brown hair said "oh I didn't know you wanted to place an order. We are closed." those people waited in line for about a good 10 minutes. very unprofessional. Aside from that, there was no way you could forget that the lobby has a whole bunch of us just waiting for our ice cream. We were not sitting in there for fun. All in all the service is terrible. They need more workers in there and they need workers with confidence because there's no way you're gonna ignore people who are coming in the door and prioritizing people who are in the drive-through. There needs to be some sort of balance. Along with making DoorDash orders and stuff they need to make them when the Dasher gets there because there were so many banana splits sitting on the table melting away. The ambience is very trendy. It does not have that old-school feel like the original location in Chicago. I wouldn't want to go back. The ice cream was good but there's no way I'm waiting over half an hour just for them to scoop some ice cream for me.

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