Gingerbread bake shop is the best bakery in Oneida County. They have the best cakes, icing, and half moons. We connected with Jaime to get a cake baked for our wedding. It came out beautiful! We went with layers of raspberry and lemon cake with raspberry cream and buttercream icing. It was absolutely delicious. They don’t use artificial coloring which is a plus! I HIGHLY recommend Gingerbread Bake Shop for all baked goods and beautiful wedding cakes.
Definitely worth the drive. When the "H" bakery went corporate it lost something, the Gingerbread replaced it. The iconic white frosting is ridiculously good. Utica's legendary half moons are still small batch made by the Gingerbread Bake shop!
Don’t waste your time here. Recently, my wife placed an order for a cheesecake for my birthday and the business failed to have it ready. My wife did her part by calling a week in advance, and everything was confirmed for a Saturday morning pick up. When she went to pick it up, their were 2 younger workers there. She gave the info for the order and the cashier went into the back to check for the cake. After a few seconds, my wife hears them laughing back there and then the worker came back up front and literally says “There was some confusion, and the cake wasn’t made. We can make it now if you’d like but it won’t be ready until the afternoon.” Nothing else. Now, we get that mistakes happen, but what annoyed us most was that the worker couldn’t even offer an apology. With what happened, the business should have given an apology and a discount on the cake! Neither were offered! We took our business to Purple Cow Cheesecake Factory in Utica and are happy we did.
They quote one price, charge you another price and refuse to give a refund. Ordered a cake for a five year old boy they told me it would cost $35.40. When my husband went to pick it up they charged him $47.68! Then when I called to ask why the huge increase they said I should have only been charged $41. The cake clearly was not worth $50. It was not a normal sized half sheet cake. It was thinking and not great tasting. I will never order from them again over priced and not worth the money. Even their pies at Thanksgiving were awful. Not good business when you over charge and refuse a refund or store credit at their mistake. If you want good baked goods go elsewhere!! Would never recommend this place to anyone!
Best doughnuts ... Hands down!! Almost didn't get any because they only take cash or checks. In today's electronic age I admit to carrying very little or no cash. Fortunately I do keep one check tucked away ... I wish there was a sign on the door, but I may have missed it.
Donuts are great. Staff is friendly. Dinner rolls (snowflake rolls) are amazing for Christmas or Thanksgiving or any holiday really! Highly recommend. Get there early in the morning to get a good pick of donuts, they go fast.
Best Half-Moons in New Hartford/Utica area period. They may not be the original, but they far surpass the original. The key is the cake part of the half moon. Super soft/moist....like devils food cake....not that chewy cookie like texture. Chocolate chip cookies are amazing as well.
Went this morning for "fresh" baked goods. Well they weren't fresh at all and a bit stale. Last visit for me. They used to be really good I don't know what happened. Limited offerings and not so good anymore.
They have the best doughnuts that I ever taste the way Hemstroughts Bakery use to taste like 35 yrs ago "delicious" if possible I think that you should open another bakery downtown Utica when the new hospital opens up there's no competition downtown at all
An absolute gem, the BEST BAKERY, the BEST HALFMOONS as well, second to NONE. Great fast service, order ahead of time, and cash only. Best baked goods especially around holidays, and the snowflake rolls are amazing as well. Nothing but great things to say about this bakery.
