A’ Fondant

The BEST cake we have tasted ever in the US! It is hard to find authentic high-​quality Japanese-​European style cakes in the US, and we cannot believe that we finally could find them in this little bakery in a strip mall. We are so glad that we don’t need to wait for our next trip to Japan to taste authentic Japanese-​European style cakes!
We accidentally discovered this place today and bought four slices of cakes — cheesecake, chocolate cake, roll cake, and fruit tart. They also have strawberry shortcake, but we couldn’t try it because it was sold out. We had a pleasant conversation with a Japanese lady who runs this little bakery. She was very sweet and proud of her cakes.
Right after having the first bite of the cakes, we wished we had found this place sooner. It is absolutely better than those you can find in Novi. The cakes were so creamy that they literally melted in our mouths. We cannot wait to order a whole cake — they are getting orders for Christmas cakes now.
We are living in Ann Arbor, and we think it is worth driving for 50 minutes to visit here. If you want a whole Japanese experience, have lunch at Sushi Den 5 mins far from A’ Fondant and go to this little bakery to have some dessert. A true hidden gem.

Great cake shop run by a Japanese lady. If you can’t stand grocery store cake and appreciate delicious, creamy handmade cakes, and don’t mind paying for it this place is for you. Their main business is custom orders so you can’t just walk in and get a cake although usually they have slices available. The strawberry shortcake seems to be their specialty but they have a variety.
They do weddings etc but I have no experience with that. We just go for the special occasion cakes and sometimes slices. A strawberry shortcake that feeds about 8 will set you back about $ 30.