A & J Bakery

PLEASE READ THESE REVIEWS!
If you want to be disappointed – go here. I came in with several pictures of the cake I wanted and spoke with decorator. She assured me they could make the cake. I wish I could post pictures of the cake I received – ridiculous. I could’ve made it BETTER! Contacted the manager, Rosa, by phone, as I had also sent her pictures of cake and dealt with her, too. She made excuses for the icing – which was fine. It was the decorations – certainly not metallic gold as they said they could do, sloppy crooked cake, messy piping around the layers (which I did not ask for or want) that was the problem. Re-​sent manager pics of cake i ORDERED alongside cake I GOT with 2 messages. No response from her or any employee of the shop. Very unprofessional. Btw, cake was dry as well. Very, very disappointed. Will never go in that dirty place again.

If I could give 0 stars I would. Issues were simple:
The cake I received looked NOTHING like the pic I gave them. I needed a cake for 16. They gave and charged me for a much larger cake.
The cake they did give me liked like an 8 year old did it. Sloppy icing, sloppy trim. Ugly bows.
When my fiancé went to pick it up, it took forever to find it.
The bakery looks dirty and the sample cakes are dusty and faded.
I was in a pinch and needed a cake fast. Shame on me. Horrible quality. Shame on them.

They made my wife’s Birthday a great success. Best idea in a long time. I will go back again, for sure!

Got my sons birthday cake as usual from a&j. Always get what I want. This time, we tried the chocolate chocolate chip cake with butter cream icing. Everyone loved it! We had a star wars photo put on the cake. Excellent job and thank you again so much

I ordered a cake from this bakery a few weeks ago. I wish I had just bought a box of Duncan Hines cake mix and called it a day.
About the cake… It looked and tasted like a (lower end) grocery store cake. It was extremely dry even though they claimed they just made it that day. I really question the quality because it sure tasted like a box cake. The decoration was very simple and plain. Each time you add something more, it was an extra $ 5 – 10. I’ve seen their designs and I’m not impressed. The worst part of the cake were the pieces of plastic I found in the cake while eating it. We ordered a chocolate chocolate chip cake. We thought it was pieces of chocolate chips. Then, I realized that it was broken up pieces of plastic. I’m really wondering how much of it we have eaten. So frustrating!
So this bakery has very limited parking. Maybe 5 compact parking spaces in the front. It is shared with another business. There’s parking in the back but it is terrible. The spaces are extremely small. It’s very hard to get in and out of. Unless you drive a Fiat, you will hate parking there. The bakery itself has no character. When I walked in, I thought it was closed. All the lights were off. No one was at the counter. I actually felt sad walking in there. Who feels sad walking in a bakery and about to get cake!!!
Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere. There’s so many bakeries at DFW that’s way better…

Not much selection. Ambiance is lacking. Worst cannoli we have ever had.

Awful. Awful. Awful. What’s up with this block? Lucky’s has tanked and now A & J, once a sure bet for a yummy treat, has become terrible too. A few of us stopped in for a dessert after lunch, and I purchased a red velvet cupcake for $ 2.50, which is a fair enough price. Wrong. I took one bite and threw away the rest. The icing was hard and grainy, and the cake part tasted like it had been in a refrigerator for five days. Awful flavor and terribly dry.

I ordered a birthday cake to be picked up the same day, on a Thursday by 5:30pm. I arrived at 6:08pm due to heavy traffic and the place was closed. Neither the manager/​owner who took the order had the courtesy to call me and advise they were closing nor did she mention they would be closing at 6pm when I ordered the cake. A day after I asked for a refund, but they only returned %65 despite the fact there is no return policy or instructions when ordering cakes.
I have called the same manager/​owner several times to ask for a full refund, but they tell me she is not available and all they can do is keep passing my message to her. First time and last time doing business here.
On positive side note: CENTRAL MARKET offers cakes the same size for same or less the price. Big Kudos to them who saved me from showing up to the birthday party without a cake. They were friendly, fast and customized the cake with amazing name and decorations… and the cake was amazing.

Got a 12″ round red velvet cake for a birthday and we cut into it same day. Dry dry dry. Did I say it was dry? And dense? And the icing was very grainy. Won’t go back.

This place should be closed down for selling crap to their customers. I just payed $ 4 each for two cute sugar cookies that should be donated to the Dallas Stars for practice hockey pucks. How can bakers not know that they are selling stale products to customers?
There was a time when everything I purchased from this bakery was stellar. Sadly, those days are gone, AJ Bakery is now No-​way Bakery in my book.

The birthday guest of honor LOVED his cake and thought it was the best cake he ever had. In fact, there was a third left of the cake that was leftover and he took it home and ate it all to himself. He really enjoyed how moist and delicious the chocolate chocolate chip cake was. And he absolutely loved the design of the Spartan Trifecta. I simply emailed Rosa a picture that I had found and she was able to replicate it. She was easy to work with.

Ordered two birthday cakes last minute. They were able to have both ready the next morning! I got so many compliments on how good they were, will be back for sure! The champagne with buttercream frosting and chocolate with chocolate frosting were both equally amazing!

If you want customer service this is not the place! They are rude, they are inpatient, they do not follow up. The last three times I ordered from here my cupcakes have been dry and very bland. They somewhat taste all the same. It’s like pullingteeth to get someone to help you with an issue. Rosa said she would refund my money and to call back the next day. When I did — no answer all day. Then I finally got through the next day and Rosa said I had to bring in the product and my receipt. Do you really think I still have the dry cupcake product. I have never written a bad review but this place is awful!!! DO NOT GO HERE!!!

I had the pleasure of trying this bakery because someone ordered a cake for a work event. I was really impressed. The cake, which was beautifully decorated, was half red velvet and half vanilla cake. The red velvet side of the cake went fast. The red velvet was moist and tasted great. The star was the cream cheese frosting … Truly some of the best cream cheese frosting I have ever had … It wasn’t too sweet, was light and fluffy and had a nice cream cheese flavor … plus there was a good cake to frosting ratio … There was vanilla cake left over the next day, so I tried it … Both the cake and icing tasted pretty good 1 day later, which is the mark of a well made cake in my opinion … There are so many bakeries in DFW, but I look forward to trying some of the other items at this basketry based on my first experience.

I luckily got to attend a party where a reception cake was in attendance, made by A & J Bakery. It was perfection, so cute too. See photo of Mardi Gras Cake.
I was not the person who bought it so I cannot speak to delivery pick up price anything. All I know is everybody raved about the great cake.

A&J gets an A+. My friends and I go here for special occasion desserts. Great cakes, petit fours, and coconut-​sprinkled rum balls! Moist, flavorful, delicious.
Occasionally you can get a deal on cupcakes or rum balls through Groupon.
Enjoy!

I first discovered this jewel of a bakery about 10 years ago or so. I was in college returning from an overseas basketball tour and my Mom threw me a welcome back party with the most memorable strawberry shortcake. I mean, I had pretty much been a chocolate cake girl but boy did I convert that day!
I made it my annual birthday cake. Why? I’m glad you asked. Fresh strawberries LAYERED throughout!!! I’m not talking strawberry flavoring, essence of strawberry, strawberry concentrate or strawberry gelatin, no REAL strawberries… throughout…lol. C’mon…it gets better. Moist white cake, none of that dry stuff. No milk necessary. (But milk goes good with cake but you get what I’m saying). And it lasts for a few days too… the moisture component.
Then the one thing that truly sets this one apart from most is the icing. It is my kind of icing. Not too sweet, very light tasting and light weighing. It is a delicate compliment to a moist cake. I feel like that is the problem with a lot of cakes. Dry cake. Shockingly sweet diabetic icing. Not using fresh ingredients.
I have tried their Italian Cream Cake, Carrot Cake and White Cake. All palate pleasing and highly recommended.

I was pleasantly surprised with their Red Velvet cupcake! I’m super picky about my RV cupcakes because they’re my absolute favorrrrite. The frosting wasn’t too sweet and the cupcake was moist. Don’t you just love having birthdays in the office??? Definitely great for me because I can try all these desserts from places such as A&J Bakery.

Like Melissa C. I bought a Groupon coupon for a dozen cupcakes. I was super excited and bought them for the family. I called and ordered a dozen assorted cupcakes. The ordering and picking up process went fine. There’s a small parking lot behind the store.
The cupcakes looked like they would be really delicious. I don’t know if I got a bad batch or what, but all the cupcakes were really dry. Of course, I can’t eat 12 cupcakes in one day, so the next day, they were even more dry. Couldn’t really figure out what flavor each cupcake was since they all tasted the same. Super disappointed that I drove all that way for nothing.

OMG THEIR CREAM PUFFS ARE LIKE LITTLE PIECES OF HEAVEN!!!
normally cream puffs are filled with custard in the middle but here at a and j! they cut the cream puff in half and put whip cream in the middle like a cream puff sandwich. and it’s chilled topped with powder sugar for some light yummy goodness! the best cream puffs I have ever ate for sure!