Barb’s Cakery

This bakery makes awesome cakes! The lemon raspberry is so good! Our first pick up of our scout cake was disappointing. I called back and they said they would redo. They redid and it was perfect!

When we were searching for our wedding cake, The people at Barb’s made us feel very comfortable and welcomed. From the inception of our entrance, we were greeted with a warm hello. They scheduled us for a tasting with about 6 different tastings. They educated us on what we can do on different cakes such as fondant versus buttercream.
We showed the young lady various designs and assured us what they could and couldn’t do. We felt very comfortable with her advice. My husband even changed the design of the entire cake the last week of the wedding. Needless to say, the staff of Barb’s was very accommodating.
I must say, being a gay couple planning for a wedding, we receive some resistance from certain vendors and that’s ok. They just weren’t going to get our business/​money and most importantly we respect their views.
The day of the wedding, the cake looked and most importantly, tasted amazing! We had the chocolate with fudge filling and the spice with buttercream. Many guests mentioned they never eat the wedding cake, but that our cake was delicious! Everyone, including the grooms, were impressed with the professionalism of their staff and the taste of the cake.
Thank you Barb’s Cakery for the beautiful cake for our wedding. We look forward to ordering many other «special event» cakes from you! Love, Mike and Rudy

I’m shopping for wedding cakes and sadly they made me feel very unimportant. Here is what I’m take stars off for:
1)I made an appointment, they didn’t make the flavor combinations I ordered 2 weeks prior
2)they don’t cater to your needs … I asked if I could sample less sweet butter cream frosting at my next appointment and they said no
3) when I entered they didn’t greet me and didn’t sit down with me to brain storm cake design ideas
Not going back. Sorry barb :(

Barbs Cakery is the place to go in Fresno for any cake. The decorators are first class, the owners are so nice, and you cannot get a better price anywhere for a handmade cake like you get at Barbs. They are the only cake shop I recommend to friends and family.

We have used barbs cakery for our wedding cake, our baby shower cake, and will be ordering our sons first birthday cake from them.
I’ve always been greeted warmly there, and they have accommodated every design request I’ve had. The cakes have always turned out beautifully, and as I envisioned.
As for the flavor, consistently delicious, not overly sweet, and not too much frosting. A nice balance of flavors and textures.
I will continue to use barbs for all of our special occasions :-)

We had an appointment at 11:30am and the girl brought out someone else’s samples. I understand mix ups happen (especially when the brides have the same name) but then we had to sit and wait for OUR samples to be prepared. We finally got our samples without even an apology only a «just kidding» from the girl. 1 out of the 5 samples that I PREORDERED were still wrong! Still… no apology. I decided to proceed with asking about prices just so I could compare it to the next place and I asked the younger girl if they did free delivery to the venue and she said, «yes, there is no charge for wedding cakes» while I could see the woman that was standing to the side shaking her head no (which I assume was the owner). So I turned around and said, «no free delivery?» And she confirmed no, there was not free delivery. That was 3 errors in all of about 20 minutes. I will NOT be giving Barb’s Cakery my business nor the chance to ruin my wedding cake because they obviously have no idea what they are doing.

I used them for my wedding in May 2014 up in China Peak. My wedding cake turned out great! They have the tastiest cakes. During the trial, the sample sizes were huge! My mom was able to sample it also when I got home. They were wonderful with delivery and were so easy to work with. I highly recommend them for your wedding.

Delicious yellow cake with chocolate fudge filling! Design was perfect for my son’s TMNT theme. Price and size were fair and happy to be taking home leftovers! Thank you Barbs for another wonderful cake! Would never consider using another baker in town!

I was looking for a special cake to order for a graduation party and most of the locations I researched charged per slice or were way too pricey. Barbs cakery fit my price range so I decided to give them a shot. I went in with a picture of what I wanted the cake to look like and they told me they could make it happen. Took no more than 10 mins. I decided to go with a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting ½ sheet. $ 55 + $ 15 due to the customized features I wanted to add. It was a bit much but I have no regrets because the cake came out just how I wanted it. Not to mention it was also delicious. I normally don’t eat frosting on cake but on this occasion I had to make an exception!
I was told a ½ sheet could feed up to 50 people. I had a party of 30 and we barely got through half of it. (I’m not complaining though, plenty of leftovers=cake for breakfast.) If you’re considering ordering a cake do it 1 week prior to the date you’ll need it. If that cake is a wedding one I believe they want to know months in advance.
I had no problems with my visit or my order. If you do order a large cake my recommendation would be to have someone to hold it when you go to pick it up. I had to learn the hard way how difficult It can be to transport a cake while driving during traffic hour.

Ordered 2 tier baby shower cake after getting recs from friends. Saw pic of cake I wanted on Pinterest & showed it to staff. After I ordered cake I read last 2 reviews on Unilocal & got a little nervous. Not only did they duplicate exactly, it was absolutely delicious! We had lemon w raspberry filling & choc on choc layers. It was adorable & the ladies went on & on about how delicious it was. 100% order from Barbs again!

Ordered a birthday cake for my grandson with a football theme, choc filled w raspberry. $ 35. Hubby picked it up prior to the party. When I got to the party I noticed a deep depression under the writing, and that the cake was at least an inch+ taller on one end then the other. The frosting was all in tact so I know it was not dropped or mishandled. I was hoping the taste would make up for the poor visual presentation. No. Very average taste. I called to inform them AND texted photos and was told, «it was perfect when it left here». Was offered a $ 35 gift certificate. Why would I go back? Asked for ½ my $ back. Waiting to hear. Choose another bakery.

Barb’s Cakery made my mom’s wedding cake and it was absolutely AWFUL. The cake was frozen, suggesting they may have made the cake a few days prior to the wedding, but that wasn’t the worst part. The design was just AWFUL. I couldn’t believe that someone would actually make a cake that way – it looked like you could have gone to Food Maxx or Food 4 Less for a better cake. There were 3 layers – each a different flavor. The white cake/​strawberry filling was decent but slightly to gelatinous. The chocolate layer was moist and quite tasty. The last layer was the bride/​groom cake so I didn’t taste that one. In terms of appearance, Costco’s cakes would have blown it out of the water for sure. So if you go to Barb’s make sure you have a design in mind and are prepared for a pre-​made cake.

We had Barbs cakery make our wedding cake. It was a big hit. We sampled several different bakeries in fresno and Barbs was second to none.

Customer service was awesome! Everyone’s so nice and friendly which is a plus! ;) And the cake was delish!

We used them for our wedding cupcakes and top tier. Extremely friendly staff, unlike cupcakes bakery, they are responsive and call you back. Even better are their cupcakes, they were moist and delicious. My husband doesn’t like too sweet, and they made a perfect carrot cake for that. Their strawberry is to die for, the best in town!

My honey and I were just married on January 16^th and Barb’s Cakery did my beautiful wedding cake. It was moist and delicious, everyone raved about the cake. As a matter of fact, there was no cake left, except for my top layer, which I’m tempted to eat and not save. If the top layer doesn’t make it to our first anniversary, I will order an anniversary cake from Barb’s. You can’t go wrong. I wish I could post a picture of the cake, it was absolutely beautiful!!! I’d, also, like to add that Debbie and Co. are wonderful people to work with, even when I couldn’t make up my mind as to what I really wanted, they were patient and pleasant. Thank you both for making my special day sweet, beautiful, and delicious!!!