Best birthday cakes in Washington D.C. area

[Anonymous]

Do any moms out there have recommendations for delicious and attractive cakes for birthday parties? I don't need an elaborate fondant creation but a delicious, somewhat healthy, cake (meaning not Safeway/Giant).

[Anonymous]

COSTCO.

You can even do custom decoration hack on the cake. Just ask the bakery dept to do a plain icing with no decoration on it (if you do not care for their decoration) and then do your own simple decoration. Lots of youtube videos.

[Anonymous]

Wegmans all the way

[Anonymous]

Definitely *not* Milk Bar. I made that mistake once and it was gross!

[Anonymous]

I dont think many people are answering because you said it was supposed to be "healthy".

If you can let that go, I suggest Heidelberg or Bake Shop in Alrington.

[Anonymous]

Costco

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely *not* Milk Bar. I made that mistake once and it was gross!

Oh no! What was gross about it? They look pretty...

[Anonymous]

Cake Room

[Anonymous]

Victoria's Cakery in Fairfax City. Out of the Bubble Bakery in Springfield. CaKe Diva (in-home) in Fairfax. Wegmans in a pinch.

[Anonymous]

Where are you? The strawberry cake at Stella's is good. They used to also have a really good almond cake, but I don't see it on their menu now. Les Delices in Rockville also has some good ones. I think I've had their hazelnut crunch and their white chocolate mousse cake.

Other Bethesda area ones that are good are Praline, Tout de Sweet. There was a bakery in I think Mt. Ranier that was just nominated for a James Beard award, so I've been meaning to try that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cake Room

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:COSTCO.

You can even do custom decoration hack on the cake. Just ask the bakery dept to do a plain icing with no decoration on it (if you do not care for their decoration) and then do your own simple decoration. Lots of youtube videos.

Definitely not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dont think many people are answering because you said it was supposed to be "healthy".

If you can let that go, I suggest Heidelberg or Bake Shop in Alrington.

I don't know about their cakes but Heidelberg has a croissant donut that may be the tastiest donut I have ever eaten. Sorry to derail but thought worth sharing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Victoria's Cakery in Fairfax City. Out of the Bubble Bakery in Springfield. CaKe Diva (in-home) in Fairfax. Wegmans in a pinch.

Cake Diva is great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely *not* Milk Bar. I made that mistake once and it was gross!

Oh no! What was gross about it? They look pretty...

Not PP but my personal experience with Milk Bar is everything is so sweet it'd inedible. If you look up her recipes she uses a lot of corn syrups and I think that's why. It's like eating Caro with a spoon.