The Great Dane Baking Company

When I ordered my son’s Star Wars cake for his birthday last year, they did a great job with the décor and it tasted great. Unfortunately, when I ordered another cake for my son’s Indiana Jones themed birthday this year, not only have they raised their prices but the flavor is no longer as good as it was before. The chocolate cake was okay, but the frosting was not very good. In addition, it was my son’s 5^th birthday (which was indicated when I placed the order several weeks ago) and when the cake was delivered, it said Happy 8^th Birthday!!! Extremely disappointing!!!
Raised prices with just «ok» flavor and no attention to detail = very unhappy customer

I love the cookies they made for me all the girls here are very patient with what u want and ask for they make sure you are sure of what you order the cookies taste and look good I got a lot of compliments on them I think next time I’ll order a cake and won’t regret it eithe

Awful customer service!!! Overpriced and the cakes are not that great. Worst service I ever received. Will never go back again. Katella bakery is so much better.

No Star Wars cookies for ‘May the fourth’.
But they have de mayo cookies all week long.
I’ll remember that next year, seeing how my comment on their Instagram wasn’t received well.
Anywho… I purchased 2 dinosaur cookies, and 2 unicorn cookies.
The cookie itself was pretty good, the frosting was a toothpaste consistency and stained my daughters face blue all day. She seemed to enjoy it which is what it’s all about.

5 stars for their carrot cupcake, double chocolate cupcake and my fave red velvet cupcake! I had tiramisu too. I’m picky with my tiramisu and I give it 4.9÷5 because it’s not as melt in my mouth as I would like, but that of course can be subjective. Nonetheless, it was delicious! Their lolipop cakes are about 1.75 and up, their cupcakes 2.50 ish and their tiramisu and other bigger slices start at 4ish. I wish they a menu that’s more visible.
I like the small couch they have in the corner. Next time I’m going to enjoy that little spot with my kids and take our time eating their delicacies.
Tbh, this place from the outside doesn’t look as nice and I’m not sure if they serve any drinks at all. At first, because of the name I thought this was one of those bakeries that makes healthy treats for dogs, but thanks to some accidental suggestion on Unilocal,I was able to discover and try this place out.
As for the customer service, it was straight to the point. She looked in a hurry, but no big deal. Maybe she’s in a hurry to go back in the back and make more yummy goodness lol and lastly, if I may, their display doesn’t look as appealing and the café doesn’t feel cozy. I think this is one of those plaves people grab and go.
Overall, will be coming back!

Being Danish, I know good Danish pastry, and therefore I’m a little picky when it comes to authentic Danish baked goods.
Both my husband and I had heard good things about Great Dane Baking Company and decided that we’d give them a try. We arrived early Saturday morning, the day before Easter Sunday. The place was bustling (a very good sign!) with several people picking up orders and others eyeing the deliciousness that filled the cases. Once I saw the beautiful Kringle in the case, I instantly felt that I’d found «THE place» in Orange County that could take me back to my Danish Great-Grandma’s kitchen.
First off, the Danish pastries were absolutely amazing. We ordered a Danish ring, bear claws, and several peaches and cream, cherry, apple, cream cheese and lemon Danishes. I had my eye on a beautiful Kringle, but the gentleman ahead of us had his eye on it too. After tasting what we selected, I have no doubt that Kringle was as delicious as it looked… and I WILL be back for one! ;)
As if we hadn’t ordered enough, my adorable hubs (who never met a chocolate cupcake he didn’t like) ordered 4 cupcakes for our «after lunch» dessert with the family. They were pretty as a picture, but unfortunately extremely dry. My husband was a trooper (like I said, he never met a cupcake he didn’t like) and finished his, but the rest of us opted to lick off the frosting (which was delicious!) and toss the cake after our initial bites. I’m sure it must have been a fluke, considering the excellent quality of everything else we purchased.
While I gave Great Dane a 5-​star rating, I feel I should mention the service. As I said, it was the Saturday before Easter and they were very busy. There were customers coming and going, but they were very adequately staffed with many girls behind the counter. However, the staff was not only less-​than-​friendly, but rather grouchy, and acted as though they were doing us a favor by serving us. I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to them being stressed because of the holiday. That being said, even though it may have been a busy time for them, the put-​upon attitude really needs to be addressed.
Given the quality of the Danish pastries, we’ll definitely be back. Hopefully we’ll receive service with a smile on our next visit. I mean, it’s a bakery for Pete’s sake… it’s supposed to be a happy experience, right?

My family used this bakery for my moms retirement cake from the airline industry. The cake was delicious and I thought they did a «good» job on the decorating and design of the cake. The inside of the cake was white with raspberry jam filling and chocolate. I just thought for spending over $ 300 that they would do a little better job on the airplane, but my mom was very happy and that’s all that matters!

Let me start by saying I have had several birthday cakes made from Great Dane in Las Alamitos and have always been pleased. I stopped in to the Huntington Beach location and was very disappointed in what I saw, the selection of ready made desserts and cakes was almost non existent and does not look very clean to boot. I purchased a carrot cake that the gal said, she thought was the best, unfortunately it was the worst carrot cake I have ever had. The cake was more a spice cake, dry and the wedding cake frosting which is my favorite was so sweet I could not eat it, to boot my son ordered an individual chocolate mouse dessert that tasted like it had been in the case for days. I would not go back to this location again.

Update: The cookies were great, they were eaten up fast at our party! Unfortunately the cupcakes were pretty dry and ended up getting wasted, which was a bummer, but the cookies somewhat made up for that.
Thanks Nataly for your reply to my original post. I do stand by my case that I was picking out cookies with your baker when the other customer started getting helped. It’s not a big deal, just not a great first time visit and left a bad taste in my mouth (no pun intended). Hope you guys are able to learn something from the experience (why I shared) as have I.
Original Review: Went today for little football cakes that were on sale for $ 1 (day of Super Bowl — so awesome!).
While I was picking out cookies, a lady who came in AFTER I did bought the little cakes. When I pointed out that I wanted two of them, she told me she had just bought all of them with the other baker who came out to help her. I couldn’t help but get a little irritated — I had gotten there 15 minutes before and started my order before her as well. She finally said «you know what you can have them» but out of habit I kindly refused and said it was no problem. The baker said they were out and could offer me a cupcake for $ 1, it was a nice gesture but she knew I had come in first and that I came for those cakes.
So, first time here — I will probably try Tom Girl Bakery next time since there’s not much to lose in the way of customer service.

Ordered this cake 2 days before because the other vendor I was using flaked out. I just have to say it was amazing. Thank you Natalie for helping me with this I know it was last minute. It was my first time ordering from here and I was t disappointed I will keep coming back. This was a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling so good.

I visited the bakery to order a cake for my son’s 1^st birthday. I came in with a vague idea and the girl who worked there really helped me. While I waited I saw a few smash cakes in the display and decided I needed one as well. Both cakes were delicious, moist and beautifully designed.

Good cupcakes! Nice staff. Will definitely come back when in the area again.
We were sad to find out that the original owner had sold and that explains that the place seemed to have been was a little let go and not as stocked with goodies like before.
Overall, our favorite was the carmel cream cupcakes

The place is really unpretensious, I was not sure what to expect when I first came here. I ordered an éclair which is one my favorites, that was the live or die test for the place and i am have come vack a couple of times… I was very pleased with the éclair flavor. Even tough they have a Boston cream pastry instead of the tradition French pastry cream, it is very good. Then I found out the other treats… with almonds… just love it… give it a try, find your favorite treat!

We ordered a birthday Cake from there. The staff are very knowledgeable and professional. We liked how our cake turned out. It looked and tasted very good.

Was next door at a show when I saw this bakery. I wanted to see the reviews etc. saw that you could get a free cupcake if you checked on Unilocal so I thought why not try it. I ended up getting the chocolate fudge cupcake. Below is the breakdown of how I got 2 stars.
–1 the bakery itself needs to be seriously updated. Also, while It was close to 5 pm the cases were practically empty and it didn’t look good.
–1 the presentation in the baked good was extremely disappointing. Looks like they dot take pride in the decorating of their goods
–1-​the cake on the cupcake was flavorless
+1– the staff was very pleasant and helpful
+1– the fudge frosting was great. Seems like the typical fudge that is started from fudge base.

I used to think a bakery was a bakery. The Great Dane Baking Company has proved me wrong. I’ve been to Great Dane Baking Co. twice and both times I was there to pick up blue velvet cake pops that I had ordered, but each time I was enticed by multiple different things in their display case. I want to try so many of their offerings. I have to tell you the significance of this statement because over the past few months, I’ve walked into bakeries and walked out empty handed because nothing in their case looked good enough to try. Food has to appeal to my eyes in order for my vision to sell it to my brain who will then acquire it for my palate.
I don’t know what kind of crack they put into their blue velvet cake pops but it’s amazing. I love that ooey gooey cake pop (I peel off the casing.
While I was in there this week, I got to sample their orange cake. I figured I wouldn’t care for it. I mean orange cake? Who wants orange cake… well, apparently I do because that was DELICIOUS! I wonder if they do a blue velvet/​orange cake duo or if that’s just gross?
Anyway, my point is this is my go to bakery in OC.

The place itself is quaint and kind of plane. However their desserts are too friggin’ cute. They have everything from bay max cupcakes to white chocolate mousse. My favorite thing about this place are the sugar cookies. They have different designs like cupcakes, dinosaurs, and other adorable things. The place from the outside is very unassuming but the goodies inside are amazing. I got a cupcake and it wasn’t overtly sweet.

I received a cake from here as a birthday present so I can’t say anything about the price or service, but I was very happy with the cake itself.
It was a chocolate mousse layered cake and the decorator was only told to make an NYU themed cake, and then given artistic license. The decorations were done with colored icing and fondant, and billboard decorations were put on the sides of the cake to represent Times Square.
The decorations were spot-​on but I have to give the bakery only 4 stars because of taste. My brother described the cake as tasting like one you would buy from Albertsons or one you would eat at a childrens birthday party. It was also very sweet, so overall I would not recommend giving this cake to someone who values taste more than aesthetic.

(Dined 09÷27÷14 SA @ 10:00am): They may be next door to a pet grooming place, but these certainly are not doggie biscuits!
I arrived too early to pick up a friend for a day at a nearby museum, so I decided to check out The Great Dane Baking Company which was a block away from her place and grabbed a few bites as I waited. Truth be told, I wasn’t sure if this place was for humans or if they catered to the «Scooby snacks» crowd because they were next door to an animal business. Luckily, I scoped it out and my belly thanked me for having done so!:
Frosted Character Cookie ($ 2.50) — This adorable cookie instantly put a smile on my face once I saw it in the case and soon after when I devoured it! The cookie was soft and the frosting was just the right amount of thickness. There were other cheerfully-​decorated cookies I could’ve chosen from, but this one called my name.
Bavarian Pastry ($ 1.95) — The pumpkin spice added to the seasonality of things and I felt festive, so this simple and tasty pastry got in my belly. I only wished there was more pumpkin spice flavoring.
Mango Mousse Cup ($ 4.25) — If you knew anything about me, I loved all-​things mango, so of course I had to get this… and boy was I extremely happy with the fresh mango and raspberry toppings, a thick yet smooth mango mousse all held together by a sturdy chocolate casing. The portion size was enough to tide a normal appetite person… of which I’m not. I may be biased but this was my favorite of the bunch.
Red Velvet Cupcake ($ 3.50) — This was a free Unilocal check-​in offer (any cupcake would do). The size of your palm, this chocolaty cupcake was moist, overly-​covered with thick sugar sprinkles and beautifully-​topped with creamy buttermilk frosting. I should’ve order milk specifically for this amazing treat.
Bottled Water ($ 1.00) — It was water in a bottle at a very reasonable price; ’nuff said.
Service — A cute, friendly young female assisted and humored me as I took in all of the goodness that was presented before me. She offered suggestions and didn’t rush me at all. She ably helped other customers as I looked around, but once I knew what I wanted she was on top of things… and all with an assuring smile. Yes, I was smitten by this girl who was probably half my age! All was good in the HB ‘hood!
Parking (free) — Plenty of onsite parking within an expansive quasi-​rundown outdoor strip mall.
Atmosphere, décor, ambience — Located in a storefront probably twice the size it actually needed, it had a welcoming warmth as you entered and saw the long outstretched display cases that flaunted the goods like the redlight district in Amsterdam (yes, I just compared the two)
! There was ample room for a crowd to gather as they placed their orders at the counter
, with a handful of tables and chairs, and a cozy area that had a couch, coffee table and magazines. A few decorative items hung on the light avocado green walls along with a curio that displayed items which gave a country home feel. Plenty of natural lighting came in through the front glass wall, while several electric light fixtures hung from the ceiling. There were no TVs nor background music.
Attire — Totally casual, so I would normally be in a t-​shirt, boardshorts, and flip-​flops.
Overall, I had no problem as I loudly barked out praise for The Great Dane Baking Company and all of its delectable eats. Everything tasted wonderful, the service kicked arse, and the prices seemed reasonable (maybe a smidgen higher than my favorite Porto’s). I was happy to have stumbled upon this place, and if I’m ever in the area again I had no problem stopping by again. I found exceptionally good value based on the prices, service, and experience noted above (total paid experience was around $ 13.00 before discount and tip). And, they accepted my credit card of choice… AMEX! 4.5 STARS

I’m at my friend’s baby shower and this cake is delicious! Perfectly moist! Creamy inside and just a beautiful outside!
I tried both the chocolate and whipped cream along with some Red velvet and it was one of the best I’ve ever had!