Haydel’s Bakery

I ordered a King Cake online and it delivered on the exact date that I requested! The King Cake came to us so soft and moist. The flavor of the King Cake was amazing. I’m from Louisiana and I grew up eating King Cake, but now that I live in Texas I have to have the real deal shipped to me from New Orleans because Texas does not know how to make good King Cakes. I had never tried Haydel’s before and after reading about it, I decided to try something new.
I highly recommend the King Cakes here. Not only are they soft, thick, and moist, but they have a really good icing on top, along with their sugary sprinkles!
My entire family approved!

We ordered a cake for our sons birthday. The cake was wonderful, moist and the smallest size was more than enough to satisfy seven people (with leftovers). My only qualm was that customer service was lacking in regards to informing us of options, fillings, flavors, etc. We felt pretty rushed.

Not only a great place for king cakes, but a great bakery all year round. Try the petit fours, the cookies, the cakes, and all of the other delicious treats that they make. They also make a decent cup of coffee with many options such as coffee and chicory or decaf or regular. They are a great bakery for wedding cakes as well. They are patient and will make sure you get what you want. I had my amazing groom’s cake done here as well and they did an amazing job.

King cake was dry and nasty !
Waste of time and money
Taste like they were baked a week ago, not fresh at all !

Best king cakes around!

It’s Mardi Gras season, y’all! I’ve had God knows how many scrumptious slices of Haydel’s king cake in my life, but today is the first day I’ve ever set foot inside of their glorious bakery. And glorious it was. I was immediately hit with a wall of cinnamon spice aroma when I walked through the door to buy our household’s first king cake of the season, and it made me want to cozy up there with a blanket in this rainy New Orleans weather and hang out all damn day.
This is THE king cake to buy if you want the authentic, legit, Mardi Gras king cake to conquer all king cakes. Don’t bother with the garbage they try to sell you at Rouse’s and Winn-​Dixie. Each Haydel’s king cake comes with a plastic baby already planted inside (if you don’t know, you betta aks somebody), but as a bonus they also include a really cool collectible ceramic «baby» (today we lucked out and got the Nyx purse).
It’s well worth the short trek over to Jefferson Parish to get a first-​hand glimpse (and smell) of where true Carnival magic is made.

Petit fours are awesome and of course we had cookies and kind cakes for the party later this evening. The staff was extremely pleasant on the the phone and generous with the order. Definitely worth The visit. Should order in advance as the fresh baked goods daily too quickly!

Friend of mine had bought a cake from here a couple of weeks ago it was as good as is always has been. Delicious!

I don’t know where to start to be honest. When planning my wedding, the cake shopping is what I dreaded the most. I’m not a huge cake fan to start off with. We picked 3 bakeries to try. Haydels was first. After doing our cake tasting with Haydels we did not go to any others. The cake was very good, for cake. (Remember I’m not a cake fan) My now husband, loved the cake. My 6 year old niece came try cake with us too and was treat like a queen. She had much fun!
So it was time to pick what we wanted the cakes to look like. I wanted something simple. The tough part was was going to be the groom’s cake. He had no idea what he wanted. Then, while looking through their book, we saw it. Popeyes and New Orleans Original Daiquiris. Anyone who knows my husband knows that is so him.
The entire experience was pleasant. Our consultant was amazing. She was very patient and accommodating. There were a couple questions she did not know the answer to but made sure to find out before we left. The prices were reasonable. I expected to pay WAY more. We also later added a 1 year old bday cake to our order which was delivered with our wedding cakes at no additional charge.
I’d also like to share that my cake topper was broken about 15 minutes after dropping it off. I was called right away and made aware. They paid for a new one and everything worked out. The most impressive part was they asked if they could keep the broken topper to use as an illustration when training staff on how to handle cake toppers. 5 stars for wanting to better your staff!
Thanks Haydels! Yall were a big part of making our wedding wonderful!

We LOVED our cake from Haydels! I usually dont think that wedding cakes taste very good since they’re often made in advance. Ours was AMAZING. We went with an almond cake with praline frosting and it was seriously the best cake I’ve ever had. All of our guests kept commenting to us it was the best cake they’ve ever had and asked where we got it to see if they could score some more sweet treats from them before they left town. We also had a three-​tiered king cake for our grooms cake which was equally delicious. We can’t recommend them enough!

So this review is only for a king cake. Purchased one when my parents came to town. Cake was nicely decorated with the typical purple, green, gold. The cake was rather dry and I have had other cakes in the area that I preferred. They are def on the high end price wise as well.

Time and time again, Haydels stands above the rest. No matter if you need a king cake, wedding cake, or a turtle after a bad day at work, this place has got your sweet tooth taken care of. I chose to get my wedding cake from here in November. As a bride, I really appreciated how they took so much time to listen to what we wanted, give us
every type of sample, and offered us coffee/​drinks. It might seem little, but it makes them stand above the rest of the bakeries in the area. The freshness of our wedding cake was unbelievable. It tasted like they had just made it while we were saying our vows! They are also very talented at decorating. For all of my cake needs, Haydels will be my first choice.

Lovvvvve Haydels! Definitely a hole in the wall type of place but the desserts are classically amazing. They baked our wedding cake (which was pretty off kilter in design– they totally pulled it off) & it tasted SO GOOD. Even when we defrosted the top layer for our anniversary a full year later, it still tasted heavenly. I’ve never had a bad Haydels experience. And their prices are super reasonable. Definitely a 5 star place for me :)

So I decided to go back to give Haydel’s another chance.
It was a rainy day and I turned into their parking lot, thinking: «Oh what the heck!»
There were four ladies behind the counter, all waiting to take my order. I was the only customer in there for about three seconds, then the placed filled up suddenly. After two minutes of looking at the large selection, I decided on cream puffs (they were good, but filled with vanilla pudding), café au lait macaroons, chocolate macaroons, turtles, and a slice of their chocolate cheese cake swirl.
See picture.
I went home with this little box of sweet treasures and made coffee.
It was a perfect rainy afternoon — coffee and dessert. Thanks to the sugar and caffeine high, and the extrinsic motivation, I then cleaned my entire apartment top to bottom. (I had a cream puff and the macaroons).
I still have to try the cheesecake but it looks delicious.

So last night my two best friends had a wedding. The bride was promised an amazing cake, what she received looked like a prank cake made by a twelve year old. This is an out rage.

Haydel’s makes the best king cake, period. I don’t usually like desserts but I’ve loved king cake since I was a kid. My husband also loves this New Orleans specialty because he went to college at Tulane.
As many people know, king cake is seasonal and even when in season it can be hard to find depending on where you live. Luckily, Haydel’s quality is not only amazing but they ship king cake anywhere year round. I’ve had Haydel’s sent to my NYC apartment for Valentine’s Day, my home in Miami for Mardi Gras, and even had it as the groom cake in my wedding in Colorado. Haydel’s takes it above and beyond bringing New Orleans to you and I couldn’t imagine where I’d get my favorite guilty pleasure if they weren’t around.

Valentines Day Weekend–
Not good. Not good at all.
How do you get SALT instead of sugar??? Special cake does not mean special ingredients.
Very weak showing.
For a reputable and established bakery to have this type of screw up is unforgivable. You order this type of cake for an exceptional reason and Haydel’s blew it.

This was the most horrible King Cake I’ve ever had! My daughter in law purchased a special cake for gender reveal. Not only were the women in the shop rude, the cake was covered in salt instead of sugar. We will be paying them a visit tomorrow for a refund. They ruined the family event.
We returned the cake and received an apology, money back, a gift card and a valentine king cake.

I’ve ordered king cakes from Haydels and have never been disappointed.
Because everything about my destination wedding in New Orleans was unique and culturally relevant to my roots, I opted for a king cake in lieu of a traditional white fancy cake.
The ease in ordering from a distance was spectacular. It was easy to reach someone via phone or email and I received quick responses.
The cake was fun in pictures and a sweet alternative to the norm for my out of town guests.

«What is king cake?» I asked out loud when I received an email from a coworker announcing that a king cake had been sent to us from some company friends in New Orleans (honestly, working in San Francisco has SO MANY PERKS, one of them being consistently getting free desserts).
Turns out that king cake is sugary crack baked into cake form and mailed to us by the gods from New Orleans. I only had a small slice, but it was so rich and sweet that I was glad I hadn’t gone on and gotten a bigger piece. The cake was gone within minutes of the email going out and announcing it.
A tad on the «too sweet» side for me, but still a yummy cake overall. Though I do have to wonder how long it took them to FedEx it to us in San Francisco from New Orleans!