Swiss Confectionery

Very disappointed in Swiss. My daughter’s birthday cake was delivered to my home open. No box or anything. I called the owner to find out why the cake wasn’t delivered in a box and all he told me was he didn’t know I had to travel with the cake. My thoughts really… Maybe this is something you should ask your customers. The delivery guy didn’t even have a box in the truck. He had the nerve to tell me the parade starts at 1:00pm and I could come and pick up one. Like really. Why would I get stuck in traffic for a box? No customer service at all. Let’s just say I’ll be taking my money elsewhere in the future. Thanks a lot Bill!

This is by far the best cake I’ve ever tasted! The staff knows my family and my boyfriend’s family so every time we walk in, it’s a reunion. This place is know for their delicious birthday cakes and wedding cakes specifically. They are always made fresh and are never late for pickup. The petit fours are a great snack when you don’t want a whole cake. Although their cake-​in-​a-​cups have increased to $ 3, (most likely due to Mardi Gras season), most likely they’ll go back down to about $ 2.50. I’ve never tried their king cakes but their cakes are delicious enough to keep you coming back for more!

The cake here is amazing! Very friendly customer service. I ordered my wedding cake from here today. Haven’t got it in just yet, but I’ll update this when I do. So far so good!

How could you give Swiss anything less than five stars is beyond me. They could hand me this cake behind the dumpster, kick me in the stomach, and slap me all the way back to my car and it might take it down to a 4.5 star. And since that isn’t an option… it would still be a five.
I have literally never had anything but the cake. But it has been a family tradition for years on Birthday’s, Christmas, Thanksgiving… I bet if my family got together for National Librarian Day, we would have one.
This is also coming from a guy who doesn’t like sweets all that much. But when you get a fresh Swiss cake, there is not much better. The cake is as light and fluffy as possible. When you were a kid and you imagined sleeping on big fluffy clouds, that is this cake. The icing is always light and perfect. And every filling I have had has been on point. I read in another review about everything being so bare… and they are spot on. Honestly I have no idea why this tiny place has the amount of space they do! They need their kitchen, and a counter big enough for a cash register. That’s it!
My New Orleans family of generations have been coming here. And as long as the quality stays the same and they are open, we will come for generations more!

Best bakery in NOLA. Hands down (beating Gambino’s, Haydel’s, and any other local bakery by a long shot). Swiss treats you like family. My parents went to them for their own wedding and that was over 25 years ago before I was even born! Even today, they have some of the best cakes I’ve ever tasted. If you’re not from here, you need to give this local business a look up. You won’t regret it.

Swiss Confectionery saved the day for me after I had been through the wringer with several other bakeries in town trying to order a wedding cake (one that wouldn’t deliver on a Sunday [Haydels’], and another that dragged me along for weeks and then said they couldn’t do it after all [Bittersweet Confections]). I was so upset after the runaround at Bittersweet (I had been trying to place an order for weeks and gotten some pretty surly attitude from one employee) that I really wondered if I would even have a cake for the wedding. I called Swiss Confectionery and was able to place an order over the phone within about five minutes. It was stress-​free and the owner Laurie, who took my order, was very friendly.
The cake itself was great – several guests commented about how good it was. I know some reviewers have complained that their flavors are very limited, and that’s true, but I like wedding cake and wanted my cake to taste like wedding cake! We opted for vanilla and chocolate buttercream between the layers. I know other bakeries may have much more inventive cakes, but I honestly wanted simple – white cake, white frosting with scattered Swiss dots, with ribbons around each layer and fresh flowers on top. It was absolutely beautiful and looked just like what I had requested, and it was also a fraction of the price of Bittersweet (for a much larger cake). They had only a slight surcharge for delivery on a Sunday. I sadly ended up having only one bite of my own wedding cake. Luckily we have the topper to have for our first anniversary! I really had been shocked that my cake-​ordering had become so stressful and frustrating prior to calling Swiss. I really wish I had called them to begin with!
Oh, I also had a rum ball when I went by to drop off some ribbon for the cake – it was fantastic!

Took my family for a quick lunch after a cold and windy boat ride to the Swiss Confectionery. We all ordered similar item, clam chowder in a bread bowl. It was awesome! My picky eaters enjoyed the bread dip in the soup. While the parents, we simply just enjoyed. Got to try it when you in New Orleans. BTW, it’s cheap!

I’m from out of town and ordered my wedding cake here based on these Unilocal reviews alone. Not being there in person to sample cake and talk to people face to face can be a challenge. But, this bakery did NOT disappoint – in fact, it was the best cake I ever had! The price was fair, the staff was lovely to deal with, and again, the cake was fantastic. The icing was indeed light and smooth (as someone else has commented) and the cake was perfectly fluffy and flavorful. We got several compliments from my guests as well. Highly recommend!

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Love this place. I have been getting cakes here for a while and even though their designs are limited, it brings back a sense of old school charm!

This place does make great cakes but this review is just for the immediate satisfaction bakery experience.
This bakery is mainly a place to order cakes and such baked goods for future consumption. They have a small display case (that always seems very bare when I’ve visited) where you can buy items like cookies and petits fours. I’ve heard legends that they have a greater selection in the morning but all I do in the morning is wake up and go to work so I will never get here in the morning.
All the other bakeries serving decadent sweet treats in NOLA seem to keep their cases stuffed full of seductive items no matter the time of day you visit so I find it very unfortunate that this one doesn’t. I would love to give this place a better rating and I would love it if they kept up a decent selection. Maybe the limited selection here is just their dedication to their highly limited and exclusive high standards of only serving the freshest and best but unfortunately for whatever reason that leaves them far behind the other choices for tasty sweet treats in the area.

Wedding Cake! This place smells of diabetes. Sweet, sweet diabetes. I did not know this place existed because I had a lot of loyalty to a cake bakery near my home, but they keep weird hours, I’d promised someone petit fours when my home bakery was closed, and Unilocal did not disappoint!
I stopped out front and realized it was one of those weird zones you aren’t supposed to park in, but found a pay spot around the corner. As soon as I walked in, the guy who came up to help me said, «I saw you out front. You could have parked there! Tell me you didn’t pay for parking?!»
So I had planned to buy two dozen petit fours, but I was hungry and they looked perfect and smelled delicious and… well, four boxes of a dozen each.
Oh, and they were perfect and wonderful and amazing and I finished off a box by myself in one day… and that was with all of the self control I could muster.

I went with a group of friends to New Orleans for my daughter’s birthday. We made dinner reservations a few weeks in advance and asked if they could make a cake. They said no but recommended Swiss Confectionery. SC helped me pick flavors, decorations, etc. The day of the dinner, they called while I was out of town on a tour and said they had tried twice to deliver the cake, but found out the restaurant wouldn’t be open until well after they closed. The SC manager gave me her cell phone, and when we got back to town she was waiting at the bakery to give me the cake — WOW. And speaking of WOW, the cake was phenomenal. When we were leaving the hotel the next day, we asked the desk clerk and valet guy if they wanted a slice — and once they heard it was from SC, they sure did.

Holy Hell RUM BALLS!
SITREP
I swear, you know how every community needs a fire house? A farmer’s market? A good pizza parlor? Well, I’m gonna add now that every community needs a Swiss Confectionery!
This was a total random gem of a find for me! As it happened, as I was wandering around the Warehouse District, enjoying some great sight-​seeing, I found this storefront shop. And since it was not far from the Hotel Modern where I was staying, it was easy to visit more than just once!
THE SETUP
This shop is best known for it’s wedding cakes. That much I learned after-​the-​fact as well from the good people at Hotel Modern who have hosted wedding receptions with cakes from Swiss Confectionary. But I don’t know about those.
What I did enjoy were the Rum Balls that Swiss Confectionary had! Bursting with great liquor flavors! I also had to try a macaroon and a jelly roll. These items all rocked my socks off!
PASTRY SHELLS
I also learned that Swiss Confectionary is much sought after for it’s pastry shells they bake for more savory dishes. These can be filled with various cheese and vegetable fillings for hors d’oeuvres for the special dinner event or work cocktail party. And sometimes these can be the hardest part about making hors d’oeuvres, because I can whip up a could spinach & kale cheese stuffing, but who the hell has time to make layers of pastry shells? Wa-​la! Swiss Confectionary takes care of the difficult part!
MY FAVORITE QUESTION THEY GET
Apparently a LOT of people ask her if they can buy their wedding cakes with «food stamps». The short answer is «no» since their confectionary items are considered luxury items. Just for the record.
THE LOWDOWN
One of the best confectionary & pastry shops I’ve ever seen (and tasted!) and I just wish it was 2000 miles closer.

Family owned and family run since 1921. Five generations have worked there, fourth generation of customers still come here. Beautiful special occasion cakes, and unique sweets for any occasion.

Top notch on every level — even when things don’t go as expected.
Here’s what happened. I called to order a birthday cake and asked if it could be ready for Saturday. The employee receiving the call must’ve heard «the second» (as in March 2^nd), said yes, and took my order. I show up Saturday, and of course, it hasn’t been made. I told the woman at the counter that I ordered it for today, and with no time wasted and with no questions asked, she sped my order through production and had it ready in less than an hour. And it looked and tasted as if it had been crafted meticulously for days. They even threw in a free box of those mini-​cakes (petafors or petaphors or whatever). Also delicious.
March 2^nd was what was on the order, and they could’ve easily turned me away as they were obviously very busy that day, but instead, they were champions about dealing with a curveball on the spot. Highly recommended.

When I was in NOLA for the Super Bowl, I needed a birthday cake for a Friday evening dinner at Mr. B’s. After checking on Unilocal a few days before my Friday arrival into town, I called Swiss Confectionery. They made a beautiful cake which was delicious and delivered to the restaurant for me. Everyone loved the special pineapple filling. Thank you Swiss Confectionery! Your cake was the «icing on the cake» after our fabulous meal.

I just got married on Friday and our cake came from Swiss. It was wonderful! The taste was spectacular and it was so pretty. Super moist, fantastic frosting and several guests said it was the best cake they ever had. The only reason I can’t give it five stars is because when we got to the reception location before the party to set up, I saw the cake and it was filled with frosting roses on the top. The top was supposed to be plain to accommodate my in-​laws vintage cake topper. We had to call Swiss, but they came and got the cake and fixed it. It was back in place in time. Needless to say, they fixed the problem but added a lot of stress to an already stressed out bride. Regardless, best cake ever, best bakery in NOLA.

I’d give them a 10 if I could!
We were visiting Nola from San Diego and I need a b day cake for my husbands birthday. Swiss Confectionery was one of 3 recommended by my hotel. I called the others and was shocked at how expensive an endeavor this could have been. Swiss confectionery not only made a BEAUTIFUL & delicious cake but they delivered it to my hotel & all for a 3^rd of the cost of the others.
Truly amazing!!! & I can’t thank them enough for making my husbands b day special!

This place is a New Orleans staple.
Every birthday cake of my childhood came from this place.
The husband started surprising me with petit fours in 2004.
Before we return to NOLA these days, we call Swiss Confectionery to order 6 dozen petit fours for $ 37. (Don’t forget to call in advance as they are short staffed, post-​K.)
If you turn your petit four over, you’ll see shiny sparkling sugar crystals. It’s like magic cake!
Every New Orleans native knows that this is the place to order your wedding cake or your guests WILL scoff. The cake makers at Swiss are talented artists that produce more than pastries… they create memories.