Black & White Bakery

Phone is out of service.

Black & White Bakery was on my «to try» list for a while. many times i’ve almost went in but they seem closed or no cars were in front.
well, it’s too late baby. (for me and others). a sign announcing a new biz is on the window. (cakes, catering, something like that).
phone: «number dialed is not a working number»
HUh?
–is this only a 9 to 5 number?
–on vacation?
–what’s the difference between this message and disconnected one?
(maybe new biz will use same number)…

Definitely know their baked goods, especially their corn bread and their carrot cake. Only have a one complaint when ordering a Birthday cake from them. Ordered a sheet carrot cake for my friends Birthday. When I came to pick it up, only the top of the cake was iced with the writing. When I asked the lady why the sides of the cake wasn’t iced she said that would be extra??? Really??? Of course I did not pay «extra» to frost the sides of the cake, but I thought it was so odd. Overall the cake was absolutely delicious and my friend was happy since that is her favorite type of cake. The dinner party I brought the cake to did wonder abut the half iced cake and the size, since I was told that it would feed 12 people and that was really pushing it. Overall the neighborhood is kinda sketch, but the baked goods are really good, just make sure you are double checking the stats before you order a made to order cake.

I’m still undecided about this place.
To start with I procrastinated and waited until 2 days before my toddler’s bday to order a cake, so my choices in bakeries we’re limited. I went in on a Monday morning there was some guy in there, he looked sorta out place I’m not sure if he was the delivery guy or what.
Any who, I proceeded to tell him I wanted a «little mermaid» cake that served about 40 people. He looked puzzled and handed me a huge book (catalog for baking supplies). Ummmm ok I guess… flipped through it and showed him the cake I kinda liked and asked if they could make it 2 tier, he looked puzzled yet again and said «no I don’t think so, just what is on the picture». Seeing I was in a bind I just wanted to get my kid a «little mermaid» cake I went ahead and just ordered the cake on the catalog.
I usually order my cakes at the Safeway bakery, but this time wanted to get a more customized cake… I figured I would get that plus some great customer service. That was surely NOT the case with Black & White bakery.
The cake itself was pretty good, nothing out of this world. Cost was $ 65 for a half sheet. I’m not sure I will return for more cakes. I really wanted to like this place :(

This place is right by my house. So I decide to come here before work. It’s about 9am when I come in. I notice a couple of people outside, just talking. So I go inside and look around. There wasn’t really anything desirable in the display case; a couple rows of stale looking cookies, some cupcakes, and some danishes. I look around for someone to help. And turns out the workers were the ones outside talking. The guy who helped was kind and polite. I decided to go for a strawberry and custard danish.
So I leave and eat the danish on the way to work. It was really good!
I give this place two stars because I wish they had more to offer.
I use to come to this place about 8 – 10 years ago when it was owned by an Asian family. Back then, the display case was filled with items.

Went there and the display was rather skimpy. Tried the apple bread pudding (bland), the mushroom chicken bun (humongous), the chocolate scone (pretty decent), and the cinnamon-​sugar croissant roll (probably my fave of the four items). Would come back just for that!

Mmmmmmmm…
Chocolate chip iced scone picked up at the late hour of 3:30. Totally moist and delicious!
Wish I had ANOTHER one RIGHT NOW!

I seriously am convinced I came here after a very busy morning cause all they had in the display case were croissants, chocolate croissants, palmiers, 2 kinds of cookies and a muffin– not one flavor muffin, but just one muffin! I saw a fake cake on the display, but no sliced cakes, no cream brioche, and no sticky buns! =(
I wanted to turn around and leave, but the lady was really nice and cheerful while naming things in the case that I had to pick something. I ended up getting a chocolate croissant… I could never go wrong with that, right? Well, the crust was flaky, buttery and thin layer of chocolate was nice and sweet. But it was really greasy, at one point I looked at the thing and wondered if it was fried. The white bag it came in was so translucent from the grease I wrapped the paper towel she gave me around it.
I’d give this place another chance if I’m ever in the area again… but with sooo many bakeries around me, I’ll probably just forget about it too.

I’m very pleased with the outcome of my wedding cake. This was the cheapest bakery in the area and it tasted the best! I had a red velvet sheet cake and red velvet top tier. The bottom 2 tiers were fresh strawberries and white cake. All my guests told me how good it was.
I deducted a star because they didn’t use the ribbon I requested. I wouldn’t have minded if they called me and told me especially since I drove all over the bay area to look for decorative ribbon that matched my colors.

I had a baptism this weekend, over 200 guest arrived. After reading many reviews about bakeries around town, I decided to try something new. I had never been to B&B before, but so glad that I did.
I had B&B make me a carrot cake, red velvet cake, marble cake and sugar-​free cakes… YES, SUGAR-​FREE cakes. All their cakes where wonderful. It was great to find a bakery that made SUGAR-​free cakes, my father is diabetic and it will be great for him to celebrate his birthday with cake, and now he can, thanks to B&B.
B&B delivers, and really has a talent to impress you with their carefulness that they take with each cake. My party was outdoors and delivered it a bit before serving cake time so that the cake would not sit out in the heat! How wonderful is that!
I will definitely be using them again soon for a retirement party at my work. Give them a try, I am so happy that I did.

I chanced on this place and decided to try it without looking it up on Unilocal with a hope that I would be pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately, it was a bad surprise.
There were only a couple of of old looking items that were available and decided to start out with a cookie before ordering anything else. The chocolate chip cookie was hard and tasted old. Decided to make a quick retreat at that point. Looking at the other reviews, I am a little confused. I really did want to like this place but did not work out.

I’ve been on the search for the perfect almond croissant. I have yet to find it, but I though this place with its picture had some promise. I was sadly disappointed when I finally went to buy one at Black & White Bakery.
The cashier and salesgirl was quite nice. She conversed with me about Twilight and such. She was awesome.
The pastry itself was not so large. It was very dry and just lacking in overall quality. There was a lot of almonds on top and the paste was spread out through the bread, but it just didn’t live up to my expectations and did not blow me away. I did not have a happy pastry day that day. Perhaps it was also the last one and the end of the day… maybe I’ll try it again earlier in the morning when they come out fresher.

Josefina is the BEST! I love the mango muffins (not overly sweet just right with coffee in the morning) and blueberry muffins! My Mother always wants me to bring her a dozen muffins to Sacramento! She freezes the ones that she doesn’t eat right away and they still maintain there freshness! Josefina even gave her a birthday muffin whic I personally delivered UNEATEN! SMILE
The bakery caters to a lot of Farmer’s markets so check in your neighborhood. However I always go into the bakery to see what else she is working on.

I know I hear how the location here isn’t all that. I was raised in the area and it works for me :)… But you can experience these great baked goods at some of the popular Farmers’ Markets in the area.
What I want to comment on are the «SUGAR FREE» Birthday cakes!!! Yes… you heard it. Sugar free!!! For all those diabetic out there that have had to take «just a little bite» can now enjoy a cake that gives competition to the regular sugar cakes. You can have your cake and EAT IT TOO!!!
A wonderful white cake with real whipped cream and fresh strawberries in the middle. Can you believe with no sugar added!!! The kids couldn’t tell the difference and neither could I. Mom got to enjoy with us a decent slice of cake and everyone happy happy happy???
My mom is a diabetic and want her to enjoy in the festivities without the guilt of having to cheat on her not being able to have a nice slice of cake. So I appreciate it when I can just call in and ask for this DELICIOUS sugar free birthday cake. So… for my daughter’s birthday that’s what we did.
So if you have been searching… look no more… enjoy your sugar free cake fellow diabetics. GOZA!!!
Thank you Black & White Bakery… life is good :)
P.S… You will die for their Red Velvet Cupcakes too!!! Not sugar free… but oh so heavenly!!!

I never got the chance to check out the place myself, but i have tried their delicious bakery at the Unilocal event today.
I have to give it to them, the bakery they served today was great. I only remember the carrot cake. The reason why is because Bijou offered so much alcohol that i couldn’t turn it down and got drunk. I did remember another cake that was off the rictor scale, but again, i was too drunk to remember the name. I will definitely stop by the store and check out all the other cake they serve.
5 stars for josefina (the owner of the shop).

Worth every 5 star review it has gotten on Unilocal!
The cornbread absolutely lives up to its legend with little corn kernels peeking through the impossibly moist cornbread. We had coffee, cornbread, the delish veg and chicken buns and Josefina gave us a monstrous loaf of focaccia loaded with cheese and asparagus as well as a darling red velvet cupcake both on the house!!! I absolutely can’t wait to go back and try her fresh fruit muffins and the jalapeño cornbread!
Josefina sure is a fine bakerina!!!

Came here the other day to try out some pastries. I got me a apricot/​apple/​kiwi/​strawberry cream cheese danish.

I have to say that was a really good danish. The fruits brought out the sweetness instead of the cream cheese. The danish crust was very flaky and buttery. But what i liked best was the almond croissant. Wow it was just out of this world. Almond spread on the inside and almonds sprinkled on top. Very delicious.
I will be back to try out some new stuff next time. Service was great, the lady here is real nice and quick.
4 Stars for Black & White Bakery in Hayward

Though Josie isn’t one of Anna D’s carrot cake ladies, her famous corn bread is incredible ($ 5 for a loaf). It’s made with fresh corn and you can see a few kernels in the finished product. More importantly, you can really taste the fresh corn and bread is more like cake. It’s super moist, dense and tender. I’m guessing it has a ridiculous amount of butter because it tastes sinfully rich. It’s sweet enough that I bet it would be lovely with ice cream.
The bakery has a bit of a warehouse feel with a few small tables. They bake on site and accept custom cake orders. The selection includes muffins, cookies, sticky buns, foccacia, challah, croissants, cakes (tres leche and others), bistro buns (their own creation), soup and coffee. No cupcakes (I asked).
* Cream brioche ($ 2.25). Hmm, I’ve never had a cream brioche before. It’s round and flat with sugar and a swirl of cream on top — looks more like a Danish than a brioche. The dough is sweeter and denser than a typical brioche. It tastes fine but not like a brioche.
* Bistro bun (savory and sweet versions, a little under $ 5 each) — they didn’t have any fresh out of the oven ones but they gave me a frozen one of the chicken & mushroom bun. The golden baked wheat bun had a twisted top and was filled with tender chunks of chicken, mushroom, cheese and creamy tarragon sauce. Nice idea, yummy filling, but expensive for what you get. I think it would be better with less dough on top (remove the twisted dough on top).
Prices aren’t as cheap as I expected given that it’s in the middle of nowhere (looks like the land of car dealerships past) and has the appearance of a warehouse inside. I would happily fork over $ 5 for that corn bread though.

Why would I want to drive all the way to Hayward from San Jose to go to a bakery??? Where should I start?
1. Carrott Cake
2.Savory Bistro Buns
3. Corn Bread
4. Brioche
5. Apple Muffins
And i could keep going. Seriously, everything is amazing!!! Croissants, muffins, cookies, cakes. Heaven!!!
To be honest, I have never even ventured into Hayward. And I probably would have driven right by it because it’s on a busy street, Mission Blvd, with lots of other businesses. So thank goodness Anna D and her beloved Carrot Cake Ladies brought us here.
This is a lovely bakery. Bright and clean with beautiful cases filled with delicious baked goods. And the family that runs it have a real passion for what they do. I think it shows in every bite! Good bakerys are so hard to find. When I was growing up my Mom was always on a search for that elusive wonderful bakery. I cannot tell you how many bakeries I have been in. We did find one that we frequnted for birthday and anniversay cakes, holiday dinners, and any other special occasion. Black and White is this kind of bakery.
And Anna D’s beloved Carrot Cake Ladies just add to it! I love carrot cake. Their Carrot Cake is HEAVEN! NIRVANA! The best ever! It is so moist and flavorful. And the frosting… creamy and smooth and not too sweet. Then they brought out samples of Mud Cake. OMG! Chocolate Nirvana! The Bistro Buns were excellent! They would be perfect for a light lunch with some soup. Deannie and Happi are the most lovely people! I really enjoyed meeting them and talking with them. They also have a passion for what they do.
Anyone that loves baked goods should stop reading this now and get in your care and GO TO BLACK and WHITE BAKERY!!! NOW! GO! What are you waiting for??? It is so worth it!!!

Who new that a long drive from South San Jose to Pleasanton to work out with a friend would lead to such a rewarding treat in my hometown of Hayward? Well… that’s exactly what happened. I had made plans to meet my co-​worker at Club Sport in Pleasanton today earlier this week. Last night while flipping through Unilocal Events I came across a title with Carrot Cake. HELLO… who doesn’t love carrot cake?! he he So after working out for 1.5 hours (of pure pain) I cleaned up and headed over the hill.
Thank you to the owner for helping me find my way. I was on the wrong side of the street and he kept telling me that it was in front of me… and I kept looking in front of me while sitting in my car. He was actually trying to say that it was facing me from the other side of the street. DOH! LOL (It really was hilarious but I guess you had to be there.)
So I walk into this nondescript looking place from the street and was pleasantly surprised. Hardwood floors, very high ceilings and the friendliest staff! I mean, after saying hello to Anna D and friends, I barely sat down before I had an OUT OF THIS WORLD punch in hand and some strata in front of me. Now THAT is excellent service! I don’t know the punch secret, but I taste a hint of lemonade in it. Very refreshing! And the strata… oh that strata. That could get me into trouble. I’m not even a big fan of ham but that was deee-​licious. Ham, potatoes, onion and cheese. MMMMmmmm… makes my mouth water just thinking about it.
Promptly after I finished my little beverage they started bringing out our special plates for the event. We had the Stone Soup (so sad that this isn’t a regular item…*tear*), a variety of Bistro Buns and a large, gooey, moist slab of carrot cake. Woah Nelly… and you’d think that was the end of it! We sampled a vast variety of sweet and savory baked goods. In fact… I was eating something from the time I got there until I left almost 2 hours later. Thank GOODNESS I worked out!!!
My favorites were:
1. Stone Soup (I know… this is false advertising because it’s not on the menu but I have to give it props!)
2. Bistro Bun — Chicken & Mushroom (I bought 2 more and brought them home. YAY!)
3. Cornbread (aw yeahhhh!!!)
4. Crème Brioche (light and sweet — just the right balance)
5. Apple Spice Cake (moist & flavorful)
There were more things, but I left my little note pad there and Anna is holding it safe in her possession.
Thank you Deanie, Happi and Josefina’s family for making this such a great place. You really have to go support this wonderful family-​run business. You, and your stomach, will be grateful that you did! I’m still full and I left there almost 6 hours ago… did I mention great value?!