Donna’s Cakes

Needham no longer has a true great cake bakery. DONNA’s is near by and willing to work with you in terms of time and place. For example, I needed a large cake for my Dad’s 90^th — but my time frames were lousy. They actually froze it solid for me so it would be cool and fresh for the party. EXCELLENT suggestion for their real and very very tasty buttercream. This is NOT the icky pasty icing you may have had. This gorgeous professional team will make as fancy as you wish — but it will taste GREAT! Just call and speak with them. I have even sent them an invitation and they have matched colors and themes! I have never been anything other than delighted!

Donna’s cakes are fabulous. She’s so creative with the design and the colors are bright and vibrant. See the photos for the bumble bee cake she made for my son’s birthday party. My only instructions to her were to make it look like a bee, and she really hit it out of the park. Last year’s Angry Birds cake for my other son’s birthday was a close second. And they’re delicious too!

Donna’s Cakes are game-​changers. I am not a huge dessert person and a few weeks ago I was at a friend’s BBQ and as I was leaving I was told that I had to take cake with me because it was from Donna’s. Well, that meant nothing to me at the time but I am so glad the host insisted I took cake. It was delicious — as other Unilocalers have stated, the cake and the frosting were both delicious and it was hands down the best cake I’ve had in a while. Most recently, my roommates surprised me with a cake from Donna’s for my birthday, following my rave reviews, and they too are now Donna converts.

After reading all rave reviews I expected a much nicer cake to be honest. It was pretty but taste-​wise it was just a very dry vanilla cake with overly sweet icing. Nothing special at all. I was disappointed — but again, it was very pretty and customer service was excellent.

Donna’s Cakes recently made a Boston College cake for my husband’s birthday. It was fantastic! The colors were exactly right, the eagle was perfect, and my husband loved it. Beyond that, it was scrumptious! We had a layer of chocolate cake and a layer of yellow cake with a raspberry filling. Everyone raved about it. Even better — they delivered to the restaurant since it was in West Roxbury, which I really appreciated.
I’ll definitely be back!

Donna’s Cakes recently made my one-​year old’s jungle animal-​themed birthday cake and smash cake. Both cakes were works of art and major hits at the party! We received so many compliments from our guests. The cakes tasted delicious and were very reasonably priced. We will definitely order all of our future cakes from Donna!

Donna is amazing! I found about her bakery online through Unilocal.I found a picture online of a cake I wanted and spent time calling so many bakeries and they all couldn’t help me or over charged. Donna was able to accommodate me last minute! Donna’s Cakes delivered as promised! And the Special Birthday Person was very happy.
I personally don’t like chocolate cake (the birthday person loved chocolate). I ordered chocolate cake with chocolate filling and it was good!!!
Donna’s Cakes have gained new customers :) I can’t wait to try other flavors!

Donna’s is awesome — cakealicious, if you will — and the prices are impossible to beat. Seriously, unless you make it yourself, you can’t get a better deal in the area, and then you will be standing in the kitchen saying «um, NOW how do I decorate this??»
Unlike many bakeries where the cake is good/​frosting gross or vice/​versa, BOTH are good here. Everything is made-​to-​order, they have loads of ideas, or just tell them what you are thinking of, and it will be yours for a price a lot less than everyone else. I have had flat sheet cakes, two layer cakes and a giant cake in the shape of a margarita glass for a friend’s 40^th birthday, and am hoping for more!

Donna’s saved the day!!! I needed a last minute cake (meaning the next day) for a Baby Shower for my boss. Not only were they super nice and helpful with a design idea, they were willing to accommodate me with a cake the next morning. Everyone enjoyed it! Cake was a basic vanilla but so moist and frosting was sweet but not too sugary. The design had baby booties, flowers and a rattle. Too cute! Especially for a last minute request. I am a fan and I will continue business with them.

Finally had a cake from here after hearing all the great reviews. The chocolate cake was the cake of my choice. Very moist and delicious with a creamy yet substantial frosting. I want to get my birthday cake from here (hint, hint)

Donna’s cakes are great. The chocolate is intensely chocolatey and moist, and the yellow cake is great too. They let you combine a layer of each in layer cakes and side by side in large sheet cakes which makes everyone happy. They don’t blink an eye no matter what the design requested, and I have come to trust them enough to just order over the phone and give the general outline of what I want. So the only issue is needing to pick up before they close.

Donna’s Cakes makes the best around. I have gotten multiple cakes from them. My favorite was one they made for a party for my parrots. They beautifully copied a piece of art a friend of mine did depicting three of our parrots (they were excited to do one that is not a photo copy though they do do that too). Our big red eclectus parrot was so impressed that she flew to the cake and landed on the image of herself. She skidded and got some icing on her feet and wings but was fine. The cake was fine too and delicious! Donna’s cakes are very fresh and moist. The yellow/​vanilla is my favorite. The icing is great too– not too sweet, just right. The best part is the cakes are clearly made from great ingredients with NO chemical taste like a lot of the larger bakery cakes have. The are consistently moist and fresh. You must pre-​order cakes, no cakes for ‘walk-​in’ BUT you can walk-​in for the best cupcakes. Also, cash or check. The hours are tough as they close at 3 pm so you must plan. I live in Quincy but it is well worth the drive!
If a cake is good enough for my parrot, it’s good enough for me! My parrots are VERY picky!

Donna’s cakes are DELICIOUS! They are friendly, the cake is always fresh and the decorations are well done. They are priced appropriately too. Highly recommend. Just remember they only take cash or checks and their hours are bakers hours– don’t expect them to be open in the late afternoon.

Absolutely love Donna’s Cakes, our whole family does. Moist, classic, delicious cake with pretty designs.

5 stars for the tastiness of their cakes (sweeter than your typical posh wedding cake — works for me)
5 stars for the attractiveness (from adorable kids cake with custom art, to gorgeous wedding cakes)
5 stars for their value (very competitive pricing)
5 stars for the niceness of the people who work there (smiles all around, even during Saturday pickup rush)
2 stars for convenience (open until 3pm weekdays, 2:45 (?) on Saturday, must order cakes in person during those hours, cash/​checks only)
A great little business with a terrific product, at extremely competitive prices. It does lose a star because it can be tricky to coordinate for us 9 – 5 types.

West Roxbury’s hidden-​jewel-​of-​a-​cake shop. If you are looking for simple vanilla, chocolate and marble cakes for decent prices, this is the joint to rock… ALWAYS moist cake with a super-​sweet sugary frosting… she has the cutest designs… I have used her for baby shower (cup cake tiers) as well as birthday cakes… the chocolate is especially yummy…

Absolutely beautiful and delicious. I had my baby shower yesterday and wanted a Jungled themed cake. Donna’s cakes exceded my expectations they did a fabulous job and I got so many compliments on my cake. Thank you soooo much for the great work! Def would recommend!!!

We had an office birthday celebration and the cake/​cupcakes were from Donna’s Cakes. They were very moist, good buttercream frosting and very delish. While I’m an avid fan of Party Favors (Brookline), Donna’s ranks a tie.

Very nice family run bakery. Great prices and really helpful service. All of her cakes and cupcakes were beautiful. Perfect for kids birthdays and special events.
There are three flavors of cake, yellow and chocolate. She charges a bit more for carrot cake (still not expensive).

Donna’s is my favorite bakery to go to for cakes because that is all they do, and they are really, really good at it. Their cakes are beautiful to look at, and taste wonderful, too.