SusieCakes

My go-​to place for CAKE! I first discovered SusieCakes in So Cal and I’ve been a fan ever since 2007. This location is closest to my home, so this is where I go when I want delicious, old school cakes, cupcakes and frosted sugar cookies. They have some of my favorite cakes (chocolate marble, celebration, and red velvet), cupcakes (including mini ones), and the best frosted sugar cookies of anywhere except my Mom’s. They even have a special flavor of cupcake they highlight each month that makes coming in often worth your while. As in every SusieCakes location, the service and selection are always great. I’ll keep coming back as long as I have my sweet tooth!

I bought two chocolate cakes the day of my wife’s 40^th birthday party. No need to order a few days in advance. They decorated them while I waited. They tasted AWESOME. Over 40 people feasted on those cakes and nothing but praise. I highly recommend this place and will go back again anytime a cake is needed.

My fiancé is a huge sweets buff, so since I work in the area I pick him up a slice of cake on a weekly bases.
The cake is divine here. The slices sit in my work locker for hours, and the frosting doesn’t get melty or dried out & it even trials through a bart ride.
The service is kinda sucky here. I usually feel like I gotta wait for bigger orders to be passed before even asking for a sample. I was in there this past monday and only a gentleman was in the store and the lady didn’t say anything to me for about 10min. It kinda makes me wish that it wasn’t in Lafayette, because it feels like it pretty much encourages that snobby Lafayette aura.
Since seating is mainly outside, I’m not even tripping that the costumer service sucks: the cake is good.
P. S. Suzie,
Get a reward-​type card that allows you after so many single purchases (cupcake, slice of cake) the ¹⁰⁄₁₅^th is free. I know it’s hard working out the kinks, since people buy a whole cake and multiples of cupcakes; although, it would be an incentive for people to drop by more. You’re in between baja whatever and panda express, so people would be more up for stopping by.

After we finished our breakfast, we decided to drop the boys off and go take a walk before we got a craving for some sweets.
My younger sister and I have been wanting to try SusieCakes for quite some time now, but every time we show up it’s always off hour until today.
We showed up around 2:30 PM on a Saturday and there were quite a few customers ahead of us, but they all had already been helped & just waiting on their items.
The lady who was helping us was very sweet and patient. Being that it was our first time, we didn’t know exactly what we wanted so we asked for her recommendations and she pointed to the red velvet cupcakes, which is my personal favorite, and the banana chocolate chip (available only until end of January), which my sister was already eyeing. So of course, we both decided to get one of each. I also bought three mini cupcakes since they ran out of the regular sized chocolate cupcakes.
Joshua and Owen are chocolate lovers so when they both tasted the mini cupcakes, they asked why we didn’t buy them the regular size.
Overall, we loved our choices and we will definitely come back in the near future.

Oh come on… treat yourself or a friend. Best readymade cakes in the business. Red Velvet is my ‘go to’. Or make yourself a champion and get a variety of cupcakes. If you in a hurry, they sell milk to go with your indulgence.

Absolutely love this chain!!! The mini cakes are the most addicting things ever. This is my cousin’s favorite cupcake shop so every time she has an event, she buys these mini cupcakes that I «accidentally» eat so many of. One thing that makes this place so good is the frosting. At first, it tastes like cream cheese frosting, but looking up the ingredients used for it, there was none, and it is supppper good! I don’t know how else to describe it than a balance of sweet, creamy and buttery. Their cake underneath also amazing since it is so moist and fluffy, which makes up the other important part of the cupcake.
My favorite so far is their flourless chocolate with the white frosting. YUM!!!

Really great cakes and cupcakes, in both flavor and texture. Definitely on the sweet side, but the cakes are very classic and that’s to be expected.
However, I ordered a cake from this shop and later noticed that it was (1) lopsided and uneven, and (2) the icing on top was of a different texture and consistency. Looked like someone messed up our inscription, covered it up with mismatched frosting, and rewrote it. It was obvious.
Definitely disappointing. Have ordered their cake from the marina in SF, and that one was perfect. Hopefully this one was a fluke, but I’ll be wary to order another cake from this store.

I’m in love!!! The frosting is addictive! Cheesecake was perfection, chocolate chip cookies melted in my mouth, snicker doodles buttery and delicious. That was just today. Munchie heaven.

SusieCakes is AMAZING — not only are their cakes delicious, but they’re also consistent across stores which is a big +1. I recently ordered their old-​fashioned chocolate cake for my mom’s birthday and they did not disappoint.
Aesthetically: Gorgeous — the frosting was perfectly swirled, the layers were even and filled with just the right amount of frosting. It’s everything you dream about making when you see it on Pinterest but without the Pinterest fail.
Taste: This is pure chocolatey goodness topped with sugar. This is the kind of cake you eat with a glass of milk — it’s that decadent and rich in the best possible way. It’s moist and despite having 6 layers to cut through, did not crumble to pieces. It’s been 3 days since I’ve bought the cake (yes there’s still some leftovers) and it hasn’t dried out nor lost it’s fudge-​y texture.
I will definitely be back to try everything in their display cases!

Service was great. Great décor and ambiance. It was my sisters birthday so I got half a dozen of cupcakes of the various flavors they had available. Chocolate, chocolate mint, coconut, strawberry, lemon and peanut butter. Dessert time came after dinner and I was quite disappointed with the cupcakes. They didn’t WOW me at all, they were just regular cupcakes which was really sad because they were almost 4 dollars a cupcake! If I ever go back I’ll try the carrot cake.

Erica was a Joy to work with on the design for my daughters book-​themed baby shower. The end result was fabulous and a big hit at the shower! Thanks for contributing to making my daughters shower special!

Just stopped by this place for the first time. Got the pumpkin cheesecake… amazing. Large and rich enough to share with another person. My mouth was watering looking at all the other amazing treats available. I will definitely be back!

I needed a last minute cake for my boyfriend’s birthday and I decided to order one from SusieCakes because it was nearby. I ordered a cake Sunday morning around 10 AM (only to realize they were close Sunday’s) and I immediately panic thinking I wouldn’t be able to get the cake the next day — which was his birthday. However I called Monday morning and turns out the cake was ready to pick up! I was so relieved. I picked up the cake after work around 4 and I got their size 9″ of ‘Susie’s Famous Southern Red Velvet’. It’s surprisingly a lot of cake. Next time I’m going to order a smaller size but nonetheless the cake was delicious and moist! It wasn’t dry or overwhelming with cream cheese frosting in my opinion. Yeah it’s pricey but you get what you pay for and I think it was worth it. Thank you to the staff that helped me get my cake on short notice! This is my new favorite shop!

Cake heaven! Yes yes yes this place has the BEST carrot cake I have EVER tasted! Trust me when I say it really is Everything! I’m a foodie especially when it comes to sweets. I’ve had several bakeries version of carrot cake throughout the Bay Area and this place is the real deal.
Sure they’re a bit pricy but you get what you pay for. $ 57 for a 9in round but it’s rich and has incredible depth. The fresh creamy frosting is subtle in sweetnes and compliments the rich chunky cake itself. Thin slices of carrots, plump raisins and crunchy nuts surly will satisfy any sweet tooth. First word that comes to mind is decadent
If you try it and don’t love it I’ll but it! Cake cake cake…
This bakery is full service offering cake by the slice, pies, cookies and cupcakes in a wide variety of flavors and seasonal fruits!

The first thing I learned about wedding cakes– They are ridiculously expensive. Like, $ 800 to feed 70 people cake and I’d need to purchase an additional cake to feed the remaining 10 guests? Are you fricken out of your mind?
Enter SusieCakes. I called them up, their quote was at least half the cost of other bakeries. So I decided to do a tasting.
I live in San Carlos, so we went to the San Carlos location to do the tasting. The cake was good, the price as right, sold. We didn’t go anywhere else. They transferred our information to the Lafayette location (yay for chains!) which was closest to our venue.
Alicia, the asst manager was so incredibly helpful and accommodating, especially since I was concerned about the cake being delivered on time and the fact that it comes in a box that we have to remove ourself (it was the simplest idiot proof box ever, so that was a waste of stress).
I sent her a pinterest photo of a cake I liked and mailed her a color swatch so they could match the icing to the bridesmaid dresses. They did an excellent job. Of course the icing was buttercream so it was delicious and SO THICK. The cake we chose was marble with chocolate filling and vanilla buttercream frosting. It was so rich and tasty. They delivered it on time, which honestly was my biggest worry of the day, and they did a wonderful job in replicating the pinterest photo.
If you want a delicious and affordable, deliciously affordable if you will, wedding cake, then I suggest you consider SusieCakes. It’s been almost two weeks since our wedding and I’m still eating leftover cake. I call that a success.

I have a problem… and SusieCakes is clearly not helping me solve it. I love dessert. Like I LOVE it to the point I want to marry it so that I can have a wedding cake to eat.
So after a hike near the Lafayette Reservoir, I was looking for some nearby places for pie. I searched and SusieCakes popped up. I gave them a quick call just to see if they’re open as it was Memorial Day after all. SusieCakes is in a little plaza in downtown Lafayette. There seems to be parking in the back as well as some street parking in the front, but it’s all paid. I don’t know the rate as we lucked out with someone leaving and the meter still had 48 minutes left. Whoohoo!
We walked up to SusieCakes and my oh my… cake heaven. They had so many different types of cakes and all of them «sliceable.» They also had cookies, cupcakes, a couple pies, etc. Downside is that you can really run a bill up if you don’t ask for the prices as they don’t have anything labelled. You have to ask for the prices. So it as a little over $ 6 for a slice of cake and it’s pretty sizeable. The small pie we got was ~ $ 9. The cupcakes I believe were about $ 3.
We got the Seasonal Flavor cake which was the Berry Vanilla. It was multiple layers of white cake with cream between each layer and some strawberries and blueberries. The outside was just a cream… not sure if it was buttercream as it was so smooth more like a whipped topping. It wasn’t super sweet either and oddly enough was a little salty which really brought out the sweetness of the cake. The cake was super moist to the point that some people might not like it cause it’s mushy. I liked it. Though it’s no grocery store cake (okay I’m a cheap date.). The cakes here are definitely high in quality and does show for it.
The blueberry crumble pie was awesome. Full of blueberries. Not super sweet and tart. Good thing we didn’t get a large pie because we devoured that small pie. I only imagine what other pies they have because if they have a strawberry rhubarb or apple, I’d be all over that. I’m dying to find a really good apple pie like the one I found in Montréal.
Overall it was very good for a special occasion. Good thing this place isn’t too close as I think I would be really breaking my bank! I want to try out all the cakes!

I am writing an update after Lafayette SusieCakes made my beautiful and delicious wedding cake!
My cake was delivered with no fuss and it looked so amazing. Honestly, when I arrived at my wedding venue and saw the whole room put together, this cake was the thing that made my start cry with happiness. It was exactly as I’d imagined it. And the cake was amazingly delicious as usual. I loved the tropical cake. Yum Yum!
Thank you so much, Lafayette SusieCakes! Amazing work.

Don’t expect fancy French macarons and whipped mousse cakes. Forget the amaretti and the lebkuchen. Don’t even think about taro buns and the like.
The desserts here are the most indulgent, best ever, renditions of good ol’ American classics I’ve ever had the pleasure to taste. Chocolate cake, carrot cake, cupcakes, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, whoopie pies. Even just good old American pie. That’s what you’ll find.
Usually I prefer more exotic desserts. But no longer. Although it was wildly indulgent (you receive a huge piece), we ordered a slice of the classic chocolate cake plus two cupcakes and frosted sugar cookies for the kids. Even the sugar cookies were amazing. Really. Cupcakes were excellent. For the most part, SusieCakes does not carry wildly inventive flavors, but the execution is fantastic. We tried a gluten free (flourless) chocolate and the St. Patrick’s day special (Guinness chocolate with Irish cream frosting). The cakes were deeply flavored and perfectly moist.
As for the chocolate cake, I think I died and went to heaven. I have never had better. It is perfect from the frosting on down. Unless you are a vegan. You can taste the butter in this one. No cheap chocolate either.
Pricey but I think I would have paid double for that bit of heaven on my tongue.

Service is top notch at Susiecakes. I’ve ordered a few «celebration» cakes from this location and they always have it ready for pickup at my desired time and are always very cheerful. I like that they call you a day after you picked up your cake to see if everything was satisfactory and ask for feedback.
The celebration cake is nom nommers. Everyone that I bring the cake to raves about it. It is a 6 layer confetti vanilla cake. This has become my all time favorite cake.
They have locations across the bay area so give them a try.

You know you’re in for a treat when you ask,“Where are the cakes from” and when the person answers that it’s SusieCakes and the room goes silent in reverence. I had kept hearing various people mention this bakery immediately followed by excessive drooling as they would describe the various offerings they had tasted. So I was over the moon when I realized that I was now at a baby shower staring at 3 SusieCakes that I would get to devour.
We had carrot cake, chocolate peppermint, and orange/​cranberry cakes. First off, all were amazingly moist but the orange/​cranberry was unbelievably moist. But not soggy which would totally gross me out. The chocolate peppermint was sinfully chocolatey with enough peppermint to feel Christmas-​y but not taste like fake extract. My favorite by a landslide was the carrot cake. I love carrot cake and always on the lookout for a good one. I can easily say that SusieCakes carrot cake is the BEST carrot cake I have ever had. No joke. I actually stared at it debating if I should take some slices home with me. I don’t tend to give cakes lovingly stares but I did this one. I totally should have taken it home with me. :)
SusieCakes, you rock!