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which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Soupboy ()
Date: March 25, 2009 02:55PM

which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: CakeBaker ()
Date: March 25, 2009 03:24PM

Are you trying to solicit the sale of crack cocaine?

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: soupboy ()
Date: March 25, 2009 03:56PM

CakeBaker Wrote:
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> Are you trying to solicit the sale of crack
> cocaine?

is "birthday cake" the secret code words for crack?

I really mean birthday cake, as in the kind you buy
on someone's birthday...

Since I'm new to the area, I don't know any good bakeries
around here. Don't want to get one from a supermarket
bakery...

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: CakeBaker ()
Date: March 25, 2009 03:59PM

The only bakery I know around here is Great Harvest Bread Co. I have no idea if they make birthday cakes though.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: cookie cutter ()
Date: March 25, 2009 04:03PM

Victoria's bakery in Fairfax or Amphora's bakery in Vienna. They are by far the best but also the most expensive. Big $$

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Eastsider ()
Date: March 25, 2009 04:11PM

Hydrox cookies are pretty good for birthdays

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: spunky ()
Date: March 25, 2009 04:28PM

Swiss bakery in Springfield or Burke.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: JH ()
Date: March 25, 2009 04:31PM

Twinbrook Safeway Bakery on Braddock Road

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: dono ()
Date: March 25, 2009 04:56PM

Swiss Bakery on Braddock, Watergate Baker in DC and believe it or not Costco has pretty decent (giant) cakes...

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Yo ()
Date: March 25, 2009 05:00PM

Heidelberg bakery in Arlington is outstanding - but you'll definitely pay for it. They've also got a great selection of German pastries and an in-house deli.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Bobcaat ()
Date: March 25, 2009 05:06PM

Hollin Hall Bakery in the Fort Hunt area has very good cake if you are in that area.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: qwerty ()
Date: March 25, 2009 05:30PM

Victoria's Cakery in Fairfax City

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Genevieve ()
Date: March 25, 2009 05:40PM

What about icecream cakes? I think I want a Coldstone Creamery cake for my birthday... or maybe their cupcakes?

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Native Northern Virginia ()
Date: March 25, 2009 10:33PM

dono Wrote:
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> Swiss Bakery on Braddock, Watergate Baker in DC
> and believe it or not Costco has pretty decent
> (giant) cakes...


I bake and decorate cakes as a side-job but when my schedule does not permit me to take on an order I routinely refer people to Costco as an alternative. They DO make a good cake and their buttercream frosting is not your typical greasy mess that tastes like Crisco and confectioner's sugar.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: choco loco ()
Date: March 26, 2009 07:32AM

Yo said:

>Heidelberg bakery in Arlington is outstanding - but you'll definitely pay for it. They've also got a great selection of German pastries and an in-house deli.



I agree with Yo. Heidelberg is definitely the best.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Consumer Advocate ()
Date: March 26, 2009 10:26AM

Victoria's Cakery and Heidelburg are among the area's best. Motzart( German) in the District is also fabulous.

The Swiss Bakery, from my experience, is a series of disappointments from taste to the flies that plague the place.

Costco- large cakes. Taste is mediocre. You need to watch out for ingredients that contain trans fat and Crisco in warehouse bakeries and grocery stores. Nothing wrong with old fashioned butter if you're going to eat cake.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: AFFLUENT IMMIGRANT ()
Date: March 26, 2009 12:18PM

Whole Foods - excellent

Heddenberg - overpriced and crappy.

Safeway? you fucking kidding right?

Might as well get a box of icecream from 7-11

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Arlington ()
Date: March 26, 2009 01:46PM

Heddenberg? It's Heidelberg. It's also the king shit. If you are going to criticize a place, you could at least make an attempt at getting the name right.

And as far as "overpriced" goes - the cakes they always have available are in the same price range as those at Whole Foods.

AFFLUENT IMMIGRANT Wrote:
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> Whole Foods - excellent
>
> Heddenberg - overpriced and crappy.
>
> Safeway? you fucking kidding right?
>
> Might as well get a box of icecream from 7-11

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: AFFLUENT IMMIGRANT ()
Date: March 26, 2009 02:10PM

yeah, but quality sucks.
And before you ask, if I purchased there, yes.

quality sucked.

there are plenty of better bakeries in the DC area.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Sculler ()
Date: March 26, 2009 02:33PM

I'm also going to agree as far as Heidelburg is concerned, when I lived in Arlington we used them for every birthday. It will blow your mind.

If you're anywhere near Vienna I reccomend Amphora's. It's pricey like Heidelburg but also worth the money I think.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: 66y6 ()
Date: March 26, 2009 05:17PM

Cafe Rumi in Ashburn just beyond Wegmans on Waxpool Road is by far Fairfax County's best kept secret. The owner is a french pastry chef and his cakes are served at the finest hotels. THE best cakes I have ever tasted in my life. Worth the drive. The food there is excellent too. We get cakes there for every occasion. The presentations are spectacular too. Here's the web site: caferumi.com It has lots of photos of his creations.

I found cakes at Victoria's Cakery to be oil laden and very heavy. To each his own. But I would highly recommend Cafe Rumi! My favorite is his white chocolate raspberry truffle cake. I challenge you to find a better cake in the NOVA/DC area!

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: March 26, 2009 05:20PM

Cafe Rumi is such a deep Fairfax secret, that it's found in Loudoun County.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Spacy ()
Date: March 26, 2009 10:02PM

Brenner's Bakery in Alexandria (used to be in Arlington).
Happy customer since the early 1960s.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: Snap ()
Date: March 26, 2009 10:12PM

There's a place at the Reston Town Center that had some article posted from a local newspaper that said they make the best cakes in the area. I haven't tried them myself.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: vc ()
Date: March 27, 2009 12:03AM

HIGHLY recommend Victoria's Cakery - we get their white chocolate cake with raspberry filling for all very special occasions

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: ValuTime ()
Date: March 27, 2009 12:04AM

There was never a ValuTime.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2009 08:04PM by ValuTime.

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: pgens ()
Date: March 27, 2009 06:49AM

ValuTime Wrote:
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> Try Amphora's in Vienna...they have spectacular
> pastries.


Will you be there Mina if we go there ? Is this an official endorsement ??? OMG! I wonder if the Enquirer knows about this yet? We love you Mina!!!!!!!!
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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: cakes? ()
Date: March 27, 2009 08:34AM

PastryXpo in Merrifield Town Center has a great selection of birthday cakes. You can go in a week before and totally customize the type of cake you want (type of cake, type of filling, design, layers, size, etc.) They will do any design you want according to your specifications. They are definitely one of the best cakes i have had!

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Re: which local bakery has the best-tasting birthday cakes?
Posted by: consumer Advocate ()
Date: March 27, 2009 09:09AM

A note about Whole Foods bakery: They take the healthy approach and if that's what you're looking for great, but I've found that the cakes lack the scrumptious factor. However, their cookies have improved greatly and rival Wegman's.

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