carlos bakery

Carlo's Bakery is known as the "Cake Boss" and after working with them it is easy to see why! Their cakes are absolutely delicious! No traditional blah wedding cakes here! The flavors taste home made! Our cake was actually included in our contract with our venue (the liberty house in jersey city) yet we had over 20 designs to choose from, and countless flavor combinations, and were even able to set up a tasting! We loved it so much that we ordered an additional grooms cake from them, in a different flavor. We will absolutely be returning customers!

How often do things live up to their hype??? Well in this case they sure do -- the Cake Boss made us a delicious and gorgeous wedding cake! We also bought cookies for a cookie bar that were also delicious! Home run!!!! And the guys were so great to work with!

I first tried Carlos Bakery a few years ago - my first red velvet cupcake. Ever since, I've been trying to find somewhere that can come close so I can indulge without going all the way to Hoboken. I've not found any that can even resemble it. Since I'd failed to find anything even remotely resembling the red velvet I craved, I went to Hoboken the morning before my wedding to pick up a Red Velvet cake from the case. We didn't open the box until about 9pm the following day and the cake was absolutely amazing! So fresh, moist and delicious - just what I had wanted... I was nervous how it would hold up after a day and a half since it usually doesn't last me more than 5 hours when I get one - but it was just as good as fresh. We ate a slice every morning before we left for the day and every night when we returned for the next 4 or 5 days - still totally delicious. I don't have any experience with custom orders or official 'wedding cake' orders... but if you'd be happy with standard cakes from the display case to serve at your wedding - I think it's the way to go! I got a few other things while I was there, so not 100% sure on the price, but it was around $25 or less and easily served 12 really good sized pieces.

Me and my husband got our wedding cake from Carlos Bakery and I can't even begin to tell you how awesome it came out! We had our wedding overlooking the NYC skyline and our cake was made to match that! It had cutouts of buildings to match the skyline! It was a skyline cake! It came out so great and we were so happy with your service! Not to mention the cake tasted amazing! If you want your cake to be picture perfect go with Carlos! It's so worth it! Thanks to all the staff at Carlos Bakery for a wonderful job!

Believe the hype!Our wedding cake was not one of those over the top 3D cakes on the TV show, but was an elegant 4 layer cake. My wife and I selected Red Velvet and a variant of strawberry shortcake. 2 weeks post wedding I am still getting complements on how good the cake was. Even thinking of eating the top layer!

I have to say, we only used Carlos' Bakery b/c our venue has a contract with them, and they automatically do all the wedding cakes. With that being said, it made things super easy for us- all we had to do was enjoy a delicious tasting! My husband loves the show, so it was that much more fun to have our first official cake from Carlos'. And everyone is still talking about it!

When I found out my venue provided a Cake Boss cake with our package, I really wasn't expecting much. I'd seen the show and had been to the bakery a few times and it didn't seem like anything special. Scheduling our tasting was a pain and it was even more difficult pushing through the massive crowds to get to our appointment. But I have to say, the cake was probably the best I'd ever tasted. Fresh, moist and delicious. Even the fondant was tasty. I'm drooling thinking about it now and I can't believe I have to wait a whole year to eat the left overs!

The cake came together with my package from the venue but we did go to Carlo's to select the cake and taste the options. Very delicious cake but limited options if you are choosing from the basic options. Most of them were very old fashioned. The cake we chose had green flowers on it and they charged us $100 just to change the color of the flowers to pink, which I thought was totally absurd.

Our wedding cake was beautiful and it was good but it was not AMAZING, knock you off your feet good. The $1,000 we paid was more for the name and not the quality. Not completely worth it.

My husband loved his UFC Octagon groom's cake from Carlo's Bakery. Making an appointment was simple and my consultation with Mauro helped me in thoroughly planning my cake ideas. Mauro helped to design a comical cake with my husband and I in our martial arts uniforms, with me side kicking him! While it was a little hard getting in touch with them to change the cake filling, once I did get in touch with somone, they were extremely flexible in accomodating me. I liked how Mauro called to confirm every aspect of the cake prior to it being made two days before the wedding. The guests were amazed and my husband was in utter shock when the cake was brought out. While it was definitely overpriced, it was well worth it! Everyone still talks about the cake from it's design to how delicious the black and white cake with fudge filling tasted!

I was a little worried that the cake wasn't going to be what i wanted, since you just simply tell them what you want, and have to hope that the cake will look that way on your wedding day, but i was pleasantly suprised! The cake was not only gorgeous, but delicious! The cake was absolutley gorgeous, and was the highlight of our wedding : ) we were very happy : )

The Cake Boss!! although it was a little tough getting an appointment, they hooked us up with an absolutely beautiful cake... and it was pretty yummy too! Buddy himself delivered it the day of the wedding. It was a good photo opp!

We got our wedding cake from Carlo's Bakery and it was delicious. Not only does Carlo's make beautiful looking cakes, they actually taste even better. We were very happy with the flavors we chose - we alternated chocolate cake and chocolate ganache filling with black and white cake with fudge filling. Our guests were raving about the cake. Many told us it was the best cake they have ever had. The only minus to working with Carlo's is that the shop is very busy. We didn't have the best experience going in for the cake tasting. It was practically impossible to get to the table in the back of the store where they do all of the consultations. Once we made it there, we didn't have any privacy and could barely hear one another over the crowd in the bakery. But in the end, it was worth it!

I went with Carlo's Bakery, because my venue (The Liberty House Restaurant) contributed to the cost. My initial consultation was good. They seemed to understand my vision and the cake tasting was delicious. This place has delicious cake. That said, the cakes here are expensive! and only getting more so due to the popularity of "cake boss". When I arrived at my venue on my wedding day, the first thing I noticed was that the cake was a little sloppy and not 100% correct. It was supposed to have those little gold balls on it and they were missing. Luckily my venue was awesome and had someone from the bakery over to fix the cake before the cocktail hour was over. Overall I think that Carlo's Bakery is overrated.

Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken made my wedding cake and it was the best cake I have ever tasted. We met with Mauro for our consultation and then with Frankie to go over some last minute changes to detail. They are really great to work with. It is a little hard to get in touch with them on the phone to make an appointment so make sure you specify you want a wedding cake. They are also a little pricey but definitely worth it, beautiful work.

I met with Carlo's once, told them what I wanted...they called to confirm the time and place a few fays before the wedding and my cake was BEAUTIFUL!!! It tasted delicious and my groomsman cake was even better!!! Gotta love Carlo's!!!!

The team at Carlos was able to duplicate my dream wedding cake (from a random image online) with no issue! The cake was delicious (vanilla cake with fresh strawberries, french cream filling, and butter cream icing!). The reason for the low quality of service score is that they forgot to deliver our grooms cake- the person who took my order simply forgot to put it on the same delivery ticket as our wedding cake. They have refunded my $$ as well as given me a credit for a future cake. It was a surprise for my fiance & no one knew it was missing... but still. The cake was part of the wedding package from our venue, so I'm not sure how much it would have been on its own, but I gave it a 4 out of 5.

Beautiful cake, perfectly matched my flowers. Prices somewhat outrageous and filling is not very special

when we met with carlos bakery they were very helpful and warm, carlos's mom even sang us a song in the bakery about being in love it was so so sweet. Mario was very helpful with ideas and what would be best for the cake seeing that we were getting married on a yacht, the only thing that made me alittle crazy was trying to get in touch with them and wanting to change things and no one got back to me til a few days before the wedding kinda stressed me out, but the cake looked amazing and was done just perfect !! everyone said how great the cake tasted , my now husband though was not pleased due to the cake falling apart when the chef was cutting it, even she made a remark on how the cake didn't cut well and crumbled, otherwise all was great.

Our cake was delicious, I don’t normally like wedding cake but this one was different! The cake also looked incredible from the outside too, it was exactly what I had wanted and Buddy and his team made it happen. The only negative thing is that they are the hardest people ever to get in touch with, but with all their success I suppose that is to be expected. I would definitely recommend getting your wedding cake from Carlo's its a wonderful experience.

What a great place to get the ultimate wedding cake. "Buddy" was able to grab my wife's idea of the perfect cake and made it much better. Always keep me up to date with the progress of the cake and was so happy with the end result. He is the cake boss for that reason!!

My cake was DELICIOUS and beautiful! Of course, I didn't actually taste it until the next day, with all the fun to be had during the wedding, the last thing I wanted to do was eat cake, but I should have! It was even delicious the next day though. The cake was a part of the package that I was given at the Liberty House, where the reception was, so I didn't have a choice, but I woulnd't have wanted it any other way. They were down to earth people when I went for the tasting and on the wedding day I was happy that it looked exactly how I was hoping it would. The only downside is that they could not provide a gluten free option for my husband with celiac disease-- BUT we really appreciated their honesty in that they can not provide a safe, gluten free kitchen in which to make it. More bakeries should be as honest as that and not claim to provide allergy free food, if they knowingly can not. Overall, I was very satisfied with my wedding cake from Carlos!

We had such a great experience during our consultation- everyone on the staff was so helpful despite the crowds!

CAKE BOSS! Need I say more! The cake was amazing. We had such great reviews from our guests about the cake. Everyone could not stop talkng about how great the cake was. Excellant, excellant Cake!

We were thrilled with our snow capped wedding cake with red velvet and cream cheese icing for our winter wedding. The cake tasted great! And the cake looked wonderful. We could not be more pleased. The hand done flowers looked exactly like the black magic roses in my wedding bouquet. The snow effect looked exactly like the cake fell in the snow and the snow stayed stuck on it. We were so happy with the cake. All our guests loved it too. And all the ornaments we provided were included at just the right amount. We would highly recommend Carlos Bakery to anyone looking for a wedding cake.

We selected a green cake with the ivory trim, chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse, raspberries & finally a yellow cake all as one layer. It was not only beautiful but delicious. The cake was so moist I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork. I demanded all left overs be brought to our room, where I made everyone eat more. Our friends and family also enjoyed the cake. I can't wait to go back for an anniversary cake!I can honestly say after working in the catering business for 16 years this was the BEST wedding cake I have ever tasted (and I have tasted a lot of cakes).The only down side was that I had to pay to have the sugar flowers changed to calla lilies, which I thought was silly since the cake on the next page had the very same calla lilies.

Buddy was super helpful in helping us design our cake for our wedding. Originally I went in with an idea that was going to cost us a lot of money -- but with Buddy's advice & guidance we were able to get a beautiful cake for a fraction of the cost. Everyone complimented our cake & it was perfect for the day!

My guests are STILL raving about the cake! Obviously he's the Cake Boss, so you figure the cake will be beautiful - but not only was it breathtaking to LOOK at, each bite was a glimpse of heaven... Thank you Buddy!!

The cake boss came through again. My cake was amazing and everyone came up to me afterwards and could not stop talking about it.

I am very dissappointed with the cake. When I went for the consultation, the choices were limited because the cake was part of the package from the venue. There are bands on my cake and I have provided a swatch of the color of the bridesmaids dress (plum/sangria) color. The band on the cake came out to be more brown than purple. In addition, the bands were all different thickness among the 3 layers. At the consultations, i have asked for thin layer of fondant but on the day of, the fondant was thicker than I have asked for. Overall, I wish I've had chosen a different bakery or even pay out of my own pocket for different bakery. THough Buddy from Carlos Bakery met up with us fo the consultation and he was a nice guy.

Carlos Bakery gave me a beautiful yet simply chic wedding cake. It tasted absolutely delicious and I cant wait to eat the top layer on my anniversary!

Buddy and his team made my dream wedding cake! My parents had originally gone to Carlo's Bakery for my wedding shower cake for something fun and different. It was amazing and after we tasted it - we were sold on having the wedding cake come from Buddy.My parents and I ventures to the bakery one Saturday morning and worked on a cake with Buddy himself. We tasted different combinations and looked through the wedding book. I left very happy but unsure about the design that my parents and I had chosen.That night I called my parents and said that the cake didn't resonate with my fiance and I. So, I bit the bullet and called Carlo's. They were so helpful and so nice that they offered to fit me in on a busy Saturday to discuss the changes. I sat with Mauro and we worked it out in 10 minutes. We told him our ideas, we discussed the "Mauro shuffle" (different shaped cakes stacked on each other) and color. I emphasized that I wanted my cake to have a wow factor but not be overrun with very bright colors.Buddy called me when the design of the cake started to understand the concept and colors again .... and when I walked into the ballroom - it was more than I had imagined. My cake was a highlight for everyone at the event and it was a delicious treat for me when I got back to my room that night too!Thank you!

I had the best looking and tasting wedding cake any bride could have ever imagined... Thanks sooooooooooo much Buddy. A fan for life.

We had Carlos' make the grooms cake for the rehearsal dinner. They made a ferrari themed cake that tasted delicious. It had to have been one of the best cakes I've ever had!! I definitely recommend them.

Buddy at Carlo's bakery is great to work with. He is very creative and will make the vision for your cake a reality. Not only do his cakes look beautiful but they are delicious. I recommend Carlo's bakery to everyone. Buddy made my wedding cake as well as the groom's cake, they were both perfect. I have also purchased birthday and other special occasion cakes from there and I have never had a bad experience.

beautiful cakes.

I can't comment too much on this vendor due to the cake being part of the Liberty House package. We were shown a booklet of quite a few cakes that were fairly simple. Buddy is known for his sugar flowers and I asked to add some peonies and hydrangia sugar flowers and he was going to charge me an additional $1,500. To me I know his work is beautiful I just had to go with the package cake. Which eventhough it was very simple (5 tiered round cake with an iridescent ribbon) it looked wonderful with the fresh flowers that I put on. As for taste....you can't beat it!! It was delish!!

Cake was included in hotel package. Wasn't sure what to expect, but the cake was absolutely gorgeous and many people remarked about how delicious it was. We did a simple black and white cake with chocolate filling. We have since returned to the bakery for more yummy treats! Buddy and his sisters will quickly make you feel as part of their family...

best wedding cake in the ny/nj area. easy to work with, creative designs, responsive, flexible and most importantly, delicious.

The wedding cake, the cake-tasting, and Buddy of Carlo's Bakery, definitely "take the cake" when it comes to what was best about my wedding. It doesn't get any better than Carlo's. Our cake rocked. It was beautiful, perfect, and delicious. The cake-tasting was a heavenly event -- sitting in a bakery on a Sunday morning tasting 10 pieces of cake. Like I said, it doesn't get any better! Highly highly recommended for any wedding taking place in the NYC area.

Buddy from Carlo's Bakery did a great job with our wedding cake. I knew their cakes were delicious from past experience with the bakery, and ours certainly was...the fudge filling...mmm...I still think about it! I ate a whole bunch of it the morning after the wedding. Buddy really helped us with design as well. Our wedding was deco-themes and the colors were black, red and white. Considering we didn't want an all white cake these are not the easiest colors. He helped us to incorporate the black in to an elegant, beautiful cake. Both delish and it made for fabulous pics!

What can I say not only was my cake gorgeous that I hated cutting it but absolutely delicious Everyone commented how beautiful and delicious it was!

My wedding cake ROCKED. It was the best tasting cake ever. It was moist, the fondant was sugary and not bland, the filling was mouth watering - just perfect. The only complaint I have is that I have to wait until my 1 year anniversary to eat the top of the cake! I will probably end up ordering a mini version of our cake for our 1 year anniversary so that the fresh taste of our wedding cake brings us back to our wedding day. Buddy truly is an artist at what he does and tries to please his clients to the best that he can. We ordered a square cake but a round cake was delivered - regardless, the cake was still beautiful!

Buddy the cake designer was excellent from the moment we stepped into the bakery. He gave us some books to look at and we decided what we wanted. He customized the cake just for us. We had the carrot cake and it was so delicious, moist and not too sweet. I just loved them.

We also used Carlos Bakery for our Cookie Buffet. All of the cookies were super fresh and tasted amazing. We had personalized biscotti and mini black and white cookies. The guests loved the Cookie Buffet and there weren't any cookies left over

Buddy the cake designer was excellent from the moment we stepped into the bakery. He gave us some books to look at and we decided what we wanted. He customized the cake just for us. We had the carrot cake and it was so delicious, moist and not too sweet. I just loved them. We also used Carlos Bakery for our Cookie Buffet. All of the cookies were super fresh and tasted amazing. We had personalized biscotti and mini black and white cookies. The guests loved the Cookie Buffet and there weren’t any cookies left over!

His cakes are absolutely incredible. Go there for a tasting and you will love them all. The wedding cake he made for my wedding was the best cake I have ever had.

part of the Hyatt package

Cake was delicious and design was just as I had envisioned.

I would give Carlos 5 stars but can't because there was one thing, somewhat small but also significant, that didn't go perfectly. We ordered a beautiful and delicious chocolate cake with chocolate ganache in 3 tier square (for about 70 people) and then matching sheet cake for the rest. Our cake was coverd in quilted chocolate fondant with gold ribbons and beading. The restaurant cut up the sheet cake first to serve the guests and when the slice of cake appeared in front of my husband the frosting was white. It wasn't the end of the world but most upsetting was that it didn't match and the fact that my husband hates white icing. All in all the cake was awesome tasting and beautiful. I would definitely recommend Carlos but be very specific about what you want, if it's in writing the guy, Buddy, will do it.

Buddy at Carlos City Hall Bake Shop is a master of wedding cakes. Our wedding cake was so gorgeous, it almost didn't look like a cake! We went with a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and the outside was white fondant with silver details. It was four layers, and each layer was different - one looked like a quilted pillow with tassels and one looked like it was draped in fabric. I didn't know a cake could look so good, and the taste was divine! We did the traditional freezing of the top layer and just ate it for our 1 year anniversary, and it was as good as our wedding day!We also used Carlos for our wedding favors. We gave everyone a small box of miniature Italian pastries and everyone raved about them.

Although we HAD to use Carlo's for our cake (it was included in our package at the Hyatt), we found the selection of "package cakes" though not vast still had what we wanted. The cake was delicious (even the frozen piece that we ate on our anniversary) and Buddy accomodated our heavy Mickey and Minnie Mouse cake topper by including carboard rods in the top cake layer. To this day people are remarking about how tasty the cake was.

We loved our wedding cake! It was as delicious as it was beautiful. The cake looked so good it was almost a shame to have to cut it. Carlos Bakery, and especially Buddy, were a pleasure to deal with.

The cake from this bakery was a work of art. It was light pink and flawless. They did an amazing job!

The cake that we ordered was absolutely PERFECT! We had it delivered and everything went smoothly....We LOVE CARLO'S! He is THE Cake Boss!

Awesome, awesome cakes!!! From the moment I walked into the bakery to browse and pick a design they were all polite and extremely friendly! Everyone raved about my cake! They worked with me over pricing and designs to fit my budget. I would recommend them to anyone!!!

We were lucky to be able to use Carlos as part of our package with the Liberty House. The options for cake/ fillings are endless and it's the first wedding cake I've had that tastes as good as it looks! They really created exactly the cake we wanted and were a pleasure to work with.

We had used this bakery for our wedding cake as well. They really cost us a fortune. Not for the feint of heart when going shopping. They do a nice job, but we found a different bakery for our anniversary cake. They are VERY expensive. I warn all new brides to be to shop around. There are very good bakeries in Jersey City that do just as good a job for alot less.The cake was good, but in the end I felt I overpayed.

I ordered my wedding cake years ago from the bakery, but I wanted to warn young brides of this bakeries terrible customer service. I recently ordered a simple birthday cake for my son's birthday. They charged me $126. As soon as I walked out I realized that it was an unusually high price. So I called them immediately to cancel the order. I was told by the woman who had just placed the order that I should return the following morning, they could refund my credit card the next day. I went ahead and ordered a comparable cake for about $40. This morning I went to get my refund and they flat out refused. I tried to plead my case, calmly without raising my voice and the manager just would not listen. And just after a few minutes of me trying to explain the situation, she treathened to have me thrown out of the store. I hate confrontations, so I wasn't even being loud. I have never been treated so badly by a business establishment in my life. I have been one of their loyal customer for 16 years. Their wedding cakes are beautiful, but please be careful when dealing with this bakery.