The Buffalo Cakery

I am happy that the Buffalo Cakery is at the corner of Allen and Elmwood — it adds a much needed presence after Sweet Tooth closed. They add a brightness and something that makes Allen more than just a street with a bunch of bars on it.
My experiences here have been mostly positive, but not overwhelming for my taste buds. I’ve purchased cupcakes, ice cream, and even a whole cake from this establishment and all have fulfilled the purpose: to be a tasty sweet. The cake was quite decadent (red velvet and cheesecake, in layers) and the staff were so helpful in decorating it «Jackson Pollock» style. It was very awesome of them.
The cupcakes, however, have varied greatly in quality and general tastiness. As many have said in their review, the cupcakes tend to be dry. I’m not sure if it is because they are old or that the recipe actually aims to make a dryer cake, but it’s not my personal taste. I prefer a nice, moist cupcake. The icing and decorations, however, try to make up for the cake’s inadequacies — and when it comes to salted caramel or peanut butter cupcakes, it’s well worth it. I appreciate that they make vegan cupcakes, but the dry recipe works agains them — I’m not sure what they use in their vegan recipes, but I’ve never ended up with cake so dry when I use bananas or applesauce (two common substitutes for eggs). I know they can be more delicious and tempting, but ultimately I’m happy they don’t always scream my name, or I’d be there every day.
For a bakery, the prices are somewhat reasonable — though on the expensive side considering the lack of payoff for the cupcakes. Lake Effect Ice Cream seems to run expensive everywhere, but it is well worth it — don’t even splurge on the sundaes.
The building itself could use a facelift. It’s seems caught between a classic style bakery and the ruins of Sweet Tooth (the previous establishment there). I think they could use a major overhall and shift in appearance, both for marketing purposes and for cleanliness. The place is not dirty, but it doesn’t seem put together — mostly bare walls or simple posters of desserts.
All in all, a decent place to get desserts — especially on a summer walk through Allen. I certainly want to support them, but be wary of their cupcakes if you like moist rather than dry texture.

Stopped the Saturday after Thanksgiving to grab dessert to take to friends house. I bought 10 cannoli, the price was OK for the mini size. When we tasted them after dinner, we were appalled at how OLD they were! I am thinking at least three days old. They were soft and crusty! Gross! Unfortunitely, for the cakery the people at this party-​about 40-​live in Allentown. Not ever going back and I’m thinking neither are the people at this party! Plus, it’s filthy inside! I know ingredients are expensive, but you can not sell bake goods that are more than two days old.

This place is A-​OK! I sometimes come here to pick up two cupcakes for my boyfriend. They’re not that expensive either. About $ 5 for two. (Cupcakes in San Francisco are about $ 4 each). The only thing is I can tell the cupcakes aren’t that fresh. Or if they are fresh, they aren’t that moist, which is unfortunate.
My absolute favorite cupcake is the salted caramel. I see someone else didn’t like that one, but the one we had was so delicious and the salted caramel gave it a perfect sweet/​salty buttery taste. It’s utterly amazing.
I also tried the mint chocolate chip cupcake, and it’s actually really good. How that works is it’s a mint cake, with chocolate frosting and chocolate chips on top. But what’s really good is the mint cake. I never even knew such a thing existed, but it’s sooo delicious. How have I not thought of this before???
We also tried the peanut butter chocolate cupcake, and it was okay. It didn’t make our mouth water, but what was really good was the mojito cupcake. I love mojitos, so I thought I’d give this a shot, and it was amaaaazing! Not as good as the salted caramel, but still top notch! They even had a mini mint leaf and mini slice of lime on top, which is soooo cute!
But I have to give this place 3 stars, and I’m sorry. It’s just the cupcakes can be rather dry, and no one likes a dry cupcake.

I went in here for dessert after dining at nearby Cantina Loco. The ice cream looked less than appealing — most looked like they had freezer burn or had been sitting in there for far too long. That said, the variety of flavors really piqued my interest and I will return to try some of the more unique options.
I ended up ordering the carrot cake which was a little on the pricey side but delicious! Moist, perfect balance of cake and frosting. I am a stickler for proper cream cheese frosting and this satisfied my picky-​palate.
The reason they get only 3 stars is because I feel they need some sort of face lift … at the very least they need to make their ice cream case much more appealing (no freezer burn, don’t have almost all the tubs of ice cream practically empty).
I will certainly return to try the ice cream and hope that my updated review will provide additional stars.

This place just opened a few months ago and I was grateful to have had time to stop in for an ice cream yesterday. The Buffalo Cakery serves Lake Effect ice cream.
Lake Effect ice cream has quite the reputation in Buffalo (locally made in Lockport) and interestingly enough Lake Effect doesn’t actually make their own ice cream (they use a base), but the result is unarguably delicious. Everyone loves it.
The Cakery’s flavors of ice cream continuously rotate, so what you see one day is not what you may see the next. The other day they had Labatt flavored, but I opted for the Banana Pancakes and Dark Chocolate option. Yum! I got a small cone, which had about 3 scoops and cost about $ 4. It was delicious!
The Cakery has a few tables, but it was a beautiful summer day to take my cone and gallop down Allen St. Few other useful notes: they have vegan cupcakes (which I have not tried yet) and some cakes as well. If you buy a coffee, they use a Keurig brewer, so don’t expect freshly ground snobbery if that’s your thing. Thursday nights is ‘date-​night,’ where they offer some specials for two. I’ll definitely be back!

Dessert shops and social media have a perfect arrangement. They post lots of tantalizing pictures of their treats and clue in fans about deals at the shop. The Cakery accomplishes both these missions very effectively. Both times I’ve stopped into the shop I was lured by a facebook post. I love that they are so active on their page!
Besides social media prowess, this place has some pretty tasty treats. They serve ice cream and sorbets from local Lake Effect Ice Cream which is awesome! The Lake Effect store is a solid 40 minutes from the city so it’s convenient to pop in and get your ice cream fix. (The gin & juice sorbet with blood orange sorbet is G o o d!)
In addition to serving icy goodness they also have cakes, cookies and cupcakes. They offer three different varieties of vegan cupcakes daily! That’s awesome. I’ve tried a couple flavors of the vegan cakes and they are quite tasty! I’m not vegan myself so I still think «the real thing» is better, but these are the best vegan cupcakes I’ve had!
I plan on stopping here whenever my sweet tooth is calling… they have different specials on weeknights which makes everything quite reasonably priced. Check out their FB page for deets!

A new ice cream shop right around the corner! Yippie!
We walked in after dinner across the street because we can’t resist great ice cream. When we approached the counter we were offered samples of whatever we wanted to try and I was given a few recommendations. I decided to go with the Frozen Hot Chocolate, though the suggestion of the Raspberry Mojito sounded great, but I had just had a margarita so I needed something very different. My ice cream was fantastic. The texture was perfectly creamy without being too cloying. The flavor was spot-​on and very enjoyable. Though I just moved to Buffalo and am unfamiliar with the local businesses this location carries Lake Effect artisan ice cream. Now that I’ve had a taste there’s no going back!
I will be back, and often!