Anonymous
Post 08/23/2013 09:06     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Anonymous wrote:Cakelove cakes and cupcakes are seriously overrated.


+1. I've never understood the obsession here.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2013 09:06     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Anonymous wrote:I hate Whole Food cakes! The frosting was tasted like pure butter, it was gross. Maybe we just got a bad cake, but I'd recommend Harris Teeter.


+1 on the Whole Foods frosting. Way too expensive for frosting that tastes like Crisco.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2013 22:27     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
No, I obviously didn't notice. Oops!
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2013 22:26     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
AdequateParent wrote:Wow, didn't know I had bad taste-- I like HT. I come from a long line of pretty good bakers and think that Harris Teeter makes a very good cake for the $$. Their chocolate cake is very moist, unlike Giant. Only point deduction I would give is for the frosting, which is sugar and not real buttercream, which is what I prefer. But all three are just sugar frosting, which the kids love anyway.

We've done giant and Safeway and I'd put HT out front by a fair margin.



I ordered a cake from HT last year and specifically asked for the buttercream frosting. Everyone loved the cake. I did not manage to get a piece myself, so I don't know if it was really buttercream or not. Do you think they lied and it wasn't really buttercream. The year before that I got a buttercream cake at Wegman's, which was also good but too far a trip so we did HT. Not sure what we will do this year. Maybe Costco if we have more than 30 people.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2013 16:50     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
You two new PP's realize that the OP asked for this information just over 4 years ago, right? And that before you, this thread was last commented on over a year and a half ago. I think OP either found a cake for her party or doesn't care anymore.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2013 16:31     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
I think that they are all good. I'd give Giant a distant third though.
Safeway has the best carrot cake I've ever had.
Harris Teeter had the best coconut cake.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2013 15:54     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
I think that the Harris Teeter coconut cake is the best. If you love coconut you will love their cakes. Their cake tastes better than Safeway and Giant.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2012 14:16     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Anonymous wrote:I haven't had cakes from all 3 of them, but I think Safeway cakes are excellent. The last several times I have been really impressed with someone's birthday cake, it was a Safeway cake. I think their whipped frosting is awesome!


Ditto.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2012 12:50     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Which frosting is better from Harris Teeter, the whipped satin or the buttercream?
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2012 14:34     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Wegmans cakes are outstanding. Great selection of cakes, fillings and frostings, and reasonably priced too.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2012 13:45     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
We have gotten safeway cakes for my daughter's last two birthdays and cupcakes for a number of occasions. People always remark that the cake and the frosting both taste really good. This year we went the sheet-cake-with-design route; last year we went with cupcakes. I will continue buying cakes from them.

I can bake a cake from scratch, and did for my daughter's first bday, but i'm time-constrained and I can't frost properly either.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2012 13:23     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Baking the cake is no problem and my frosting is delicious--but I can't frost worth crap. Even just a basic frost job sucks. I really want to make a special cake (bus or something) and I can get the shapes down but not the frosting.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2012 12:19     Subject: cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Costco and Safeway are great.

Giant is so-so.

Harris Teeter and Whole Foods are inedible.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2011 18:48     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
While we're on the subject, what happened to moms baking cakes for parties?


Is it a D.C. thing? I've never even considered buying a cake. I've always made them from scratch. And I'm not bragging. It's pretty easy to make a cake.


We've made cupcakes for both my son's birthdays so far.


Post back when you have three kids, including an elementary aged one with sports etc., and an infant who refuses to sleep. I am a kick ass baker but it is not worth the effort right now. My boss proposed to me several times before kids when I brought in pies and cakes to share with the office.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2011 18:20     Subject: Re:cakes at Safeway vs Giant vs Harris Teeter
Safeway and Giant are comparable.. I bought a wegman's one thinking it would be steps above but it was not (in fact worse).. Costco sheet cakes are all lard and disgusting.. I haven't tried it yet but whole market uses butter (I talked to the baking manager) so there's hope there.. i did not find whole foods to be anything out of this world. If you're near amphora (though pricier) is really good.. had parents say this for dd's 4th bday party..