Cakes by Long

This place is phenomenal! Wouldn’t go anywhere else for a cake. Also there cream puffs are OUT OF THIS WORLD! Please give it a try if you are in need of a cake. You wont be sorry!

Cakes by Long is very unique. They offered two types of cakes, buttercream cakes and jello cakes. Unlike other bakery, this is a home base business. I believe Mr Long have been in business for over 30 years (according to my parent and their friends). His cakes is unique because it is not focus in sugar, the taste is just right, it is not fondant so it is not loaded with sugar, it won’t make you feeling guilty with every bites. The mocha cream is amazing, not to mentions that the decoration is pleasing the eyes. Overall it is a must try, great price and quality. Good for all occasions.

Cakes by Long is really great! I ordered a cake from them for my wedding literally a week before my wedding. Mr. Long was really nice and helpful. Due to my time constraint, I could only taste the frosting that would be used. I simply chose one of his signature cakes that he makes. One that I actually saw in one of these Unilocal photos and it came out perfect! The cake was really affordable, and the two tier cake was really more than enough for our 100 guests.
My only issue is the location of the bakery. Since it is at his house, its difficult to determine which is the business. I was looking for an actual retail building, not a house. Also, I went to the front door of the house and rang the door bell and no one answered. There are no signs at his house telling you this is Cakes By Long or that you should go to the side door with the French Doors. The only way I knew was because another customer showed up and went to the other door, while I was waiting at the front door.

My family and I have been long-​time clients of Long for YEARS. If we need a cake for larger family gatherings (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) then BOOM = Cakes by Long is the answer!
The cake itself is unbelievably light (almost like a spongecake) and the buttercream is 100% pure butter; we ALWAYS get the mocha-​flavored buttercream because it is THAT heavenly and delicious. I think the cake tastes best when it has a little time to sit out but it’s not completely room temperature yet and the buttercream still has a slight bite.
We even ended up using Cakes by Long for our wedding cake which was a simple 2-​tier cake + a few extra sheet cakes. The wedding took place in Richmond and we had friends pick up the cakes from his home (which is Long’s fully operating bakery) the morning of the wedding. Since the cake was carefully packaged, everything arrived in Richmond all in one piece!
Keep in mind that since Long is pretty much a one-​man operation working out of his home and a large portion of his clientele is Vietnamese, the professional etiquette might be a little different/​unusual for some customers. His English is pretty good though and be sure to meet him in person if you plan to order a specialty cake.
Delicious cakes, fabulous price, and great service — what more could you want? Keep making your cakes, Long — they are PERFECTION! Cam on nhieu lam :)

Worst experience ever! I called this place trying to place an order. A lady picked up the phone and just simply said «hello». After I told her what I wanted to order, I asked her when it will be ready so I could come and pick it up. A Very extremely simple question that any business should be able to have the answer to. NO, not this one. This lady kept on telling me that I have to know how many cakes they have to do a day and that she has a lot of customers,… Then she asked me to call her customer and ask. What kind of business is this? She knows how many orders ahead of mine, I don’t, so I assume that she should know how much time she needs to finish my order. I asked her again when my order will be ready. I even told her I could come pick up my order whenever she is ready. She told me the same story again and still did not answer my question. I just had enough so I told her «thank you!» How is it a business when customer can’t even place an order. Thanks to this lady, I know how difficult it could be to place one item order. I don’t know how good their cakes taste and absolutely not interested in to know anymore, but I do know that Cakes by Long has the worst customer service I have ever seen. Extremely unprofessional.

After endlessly searching wedding cake vendors we came across Cakes by Long. All the guests raved about the wedding cake. We had chocolate mousse with a strawberry filling. The cake delivered on time and you can’t beat the price. It is not as sweet as traditional American cakes, so if you like Vietnamese cakes or Korean cakes you will love this. The cake was flawless, moist, and very delicious.

Changed from 2 stars to 1 star! Called to make an order and it went through. Called back in less than 10mins to make a small modification and No answer. Called 5 days later to confirm if It’s ready for pick up. And still can’t get a hold of a person! Busy tone All morning, afternoon. No exaggeration.

My wedding cake was everything I imagined it to be at half the price all other vendors quoted me for!!! It takes a little patience working with Cakes by Long because of language barrier but once you get in touch with him, he will go above and beyond for you!

Is this an actual business?
If you call the number listed, you are greeted by a simple «Hello.» No formal greeting or mentioning the name of the business making me question myself if I called the right number. Then when I ask the lady if they make custom cakes, she gave me a different number to call but no one appears to answer.
Because of the Unilocal reviews, I wanted to give this place one more try. I went to the address listed and of course, no bakery, it’s just a regular house. The lady that answers the door tells me to call the number again but why call when no one appears to answer?
How on earth is someone able to place an order through this? Again is this an actual business? it even says on the website to call the number listed but the lady that answers is completely clueless. What a complete waste of time by my part!

Cakes by Long’s pricing was the most reasonable that we found for our wedding, but the cake looked very professional and was absolutely delicious. We both really like buttercream frosting (not fondant), so Cakes by Long was an obvious choice. We couldn’t be happier with our decision and would recommend them to others.

Mr. Long’s beautiful cake really made the day even more special… The cake was moist/​light, the frosting not too sweet, and the overall quality amazing. $ 55 is a bargain for a cake like this… Serves more than 10.

I love cakes especially the ones with fruits in it. But now-​a-​day a lot of them are just too sweet. The new trend is instead of the traditional cakes with frosting we use jelly and add fruits in between the layers. I’ve had several places that made these kind of jelly cakes, but the flavor is still questionable! However, a friend recommended this place and I got a cake for my baby’s shower. And it was Perfect! the flavor was great, the fruits were fresh and delicious, and the decoration was perfect. If you haven’t had a good jelly fruits cake then you Must try it from this place! Only thing is they only accept cash!

I don’t normally write reviews but I feel like I have to do it for this establishment because Long simply has THE BEST cakes in the area (trust me, my experience at other «best of Unilocal» bakeries reinforce my previous statement.) His delicious super light cakes that are not too sweet taste amazing!
I honestly don’t know how some people can even complain about the price… Recently, just because I want to try something new, I paid $ 45 for a 6 inch customized Frozen birthday cake for my baby cousin, not expecting to receive an ugly blue cake with a few snowflakes and a totally empty top at another bakery (the biggest regret in my life.) For $ 45 at Cakes by Long, I ALWAYS get the perfect 10 inch cakes for various occasions (parents’ anniversary, friends and family birthdays, Mothers’ day, Fathers’ day… you name it), each time a different design!!! Consistently the best since I was in high school! I can’t even emphasize enough how detailed his designs are, as well as how light and fluffy his buttercream cakes taste… Again, they are not overly sweet and sugary like how most bakeries make their cakes. I will just stick to his cakes from now on.

I went to Long for a 1^st birthday cake for my daughter. I had a very specific image in mind, a two-​tier pink ombré cake. I honestly didn’t know how it was going to turn out, I was a little nervous, but the morning of her party I arrived at Long’s and saw the cake for the first time and it was AMAZING!!! So beautiful and way prettier than I expected. I almost didn’t want to cut into it, it was so pretty. I got the mocha buttercream for the top tier and strawberry for the bottom and everyone loved it! It looked great, tasted great and Long was super sweet to work with and just so talented! I highly recommend him! You won’t be disappointed! I will definitely go to him for my next special event.

The biggest and only regret from our wedding day was getting a cake from Long. I honestly feel like these other reviews must be fake because we had the absolute worst experience!
We requested a navy wedding cake and on the day of our wedding, a NEON (and I mean literally NEON) blue cake was delivered. It was the ugliest wedding cake I had ever seen, everyone was distraught! Had it not been our wedding day, we absolutely would have gone back and gotten a refund immediately.
The taste of the cake was average at best, but the cost and look of the cake were beyond unacceptable. Everyone couldn’t believe that this was a supposed «professionally» made cake. I wouldn’t recommend Long’s cakes for your wedding, even if it was Free.
The display of the cake when delivered was terrible and the overall job done by them was embarassing. I had to tell some guests that the cake was made by a relative because no one would’ve believed we had ordered it from any bakery.
Just do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY!

10′ inch mocha butter cream cake for only $ 45? Yes please! The lady i spoke to on the phone was so sweet, she was very accommodating as I called 2 days before the bf’s bday. This is a home bakery so don’t be wary if your gps leads you to a private residence. The decorations were gorgeous and so intricate! Everyone raved about how fluffy the cake was and I loved how the cake was not very sweet.
We ordered a two– layer cake from this bakery a few years ago for my grandparents 60^th anniversary party and although it was a long time ago, I do remember my family and friends enjoying the cake as well.
CASH ONLY!

I ordered my wedding cake a few years ago with Anh Long and was not disappointed. We loved the taste (fondant free!) and so did all of our guests. He is the best kept secret ever! We’ve been going to him on every anniversary of our wedding since to order cakes. Definitely recommend for those in search of lighter tasting cakes and those who don’t like fondant. His cakes are moist and most of them are buttercream (but not heavy) with the exception of his fabulous jello «cakes.»

He made the cake for our wedding (I’m desi). Picture is attached. He was easy to work with, delivered on time at the venue, DELICIOUS mocha cake. I loved the cake so much, I got my baby shower cake from him last year too (less than $ 100 for 60 people).
If he was any closer to where I live, I would get all my cakes from him!

LONG’S CAKES ARE AMAZING. (Italicize amazing)
And the interesting thing is you kind of just have to know or find out about this place somehow rather than seeing a huge sign on a bakery reading, «Cakes by Long» or something. It is a family owned business and all the business happens inside an actual family home in a neighborhood. So you’ll find yourself walking into a house rather than an actual bakery.
Long has different kinds of cakes you can choose from. The selection is quite limited though but the classic is the cake with buttercream. I do kind of remember some of the other selections but the only other selection I’m sure of is the Vietnamese gelatin cake.
I’ve been getting cakes from him for any birthday occasion and Christmas (your typical log cake) ever since I can remember my first time walking as a small child. His cakes are expensive, but definitely worth it if you want legitimate, amazing cakes that are beautifully crafted as well. And by expensive, I mean a cake can be over $ 50 (even nearing $ 100). What makes the cakes here, is definitely the butter cream Long uses on his cakes. If you get the typical buttercream cake, it will be surrounded on the sides (and the center filling) with a kind of coffee/​mocha buttercream and the top surface where the designs and wordings will be is some kind of plain white butter cream (sorry for my lack of knowledge on a cake I’ve been eating for more than 10 years). My favorite thing about his cakes is probably the coffee/​mocha butter cream. I could eat a block of that stuff. But that probably wouldn’t be too good for me huh.
Anyways, if you’re used to very sweet «American» cakes, then you might not like Long’s cakes because they might seem bland to you. At least they have to several of my mother’s coworkers she took the cake in to. Otherwise, it’s the perfect cake in terms of not being overly sweet and great cake texture.

Cakes by Long is one of the Vietnamese Community’s best kept secrets!
When I started the search for a wedding cake, I was shocked to hear that many of the bakeries charged $ 7 to $ 9 per person for their cakes. A-​CA WHAT?
Enter Long. Former IT technician and now genuis cake whiz. Every day he whips up light and fluffy cakes with REAL European buttercream. They are absolutely delicious (in fact, I have already dug into my top cake round before it even made it into the freezer… oops!) And the best part, the cost of the cake (depending on how intricate it is) is about $ 3.50 per slice. SOLD.
I went to him about three weeks before the wedding, gave him a few pictures of the design I had in mind and he drew up a cake diagram on the spot. He gave us a choice of three fillings: pineapple, raspberry jam and mocha. There’s no crazy jamoca-​almond-​fudge-​unicorn sprinkles here. He does the basics but he does them very well. Since we were so close to the wedding we had to pay our entire payment in one installment but we did not mind at all. We were just glad that he was able to take us in since we were so last minute.
Long was super friendly and very excited for our cake. Apparently most of the cakes he does are for very traditional couples so he was very excited to add some flair to his confectioneries. I delivered flowers to him about three days before the wedding and he was able to artfully arrange them. He delivered on time and on budget and with a big smile to boot.
I could not be happier with my interactions with his company.
To those who choose to proceed with Long:
*Please call ahead to make an appointment, since he works from home he has a flexible schedule and is not always there. He also does not take appointments on Fridays and Saturdays since he is busy baking away. He is a one man operation.
*If you are not comfortable working with someone whose English is a second language do not pass go. I do not speak a lick of Vietnamese but I found him easy to understand but I could see some of my friends getting a little bit frustrated with communication.