The Dessert Tray

Ahhh! I so regretted listening to the positive reviews about this place. I thought I’d take a chance but the negative reviews were right. I ordered a birthday cake and it looked amazing. After blowing out the candles we couldn’t eat it. It was dry and wet at the same time. Not moist it falls apart and its like slimy or wet one of the too. Its as if its been sitting in the fridge for a while after being baked. I ordered on a Sunday and picked up on a Thursday so I hope they didn’t bake it early and let it sit in the fridge for 4 days. It was also too sweet that my guests apologized and left they couldn’t eat anymore. Sadly I had to throw the whole thing in the trash and my son was heartbroken. I felt so bad for depending on dessert tray and they let me down worst feeling ever. I wish I didn’t spend over $ 60 dollars on the cake then probably I wouldn’t feel bad. Oh well hope this helps someone else and good luck with this place.

The customer service is great and the desserts are super special too! They are so creative! My favorite, if that’s possible is the Neopolitan Cake because it’s the bomb! Or is it the German Chocolate Cake which is supreme. or the brownies, and the Lemon Bar! It’s very tempting, but I do okay on self control. One dessert a day or 3 is not too bad! The servings are meant to be shared. One slice of cake can be sliced into 5!!! No kidding. So you see, it’s not too much eh? I love the people who seem to love their work! It shows. Thanks for quality desserts folks!

I ordered my son’s birthday cakes here 2 years in a row and they looked beautiful and tasted great.

When I needed a fondant cake pretty last minute and got turned down by multiple bakeries, these guys saved the day and got the job done.
The cake was very pretty and almost as expected. The only thing we found disappointing was that I asked or a specific detail on the cake but it actually wasn’t done the way I wanted it to be when I picked it up. Regardless the cake was delicious and the ladies at The Dessert Day were super friendly. I will definitely be ordering here again.

I’ve been here multiple times since I moved to beaverton in 2012 and always loved their cakes, bars and brownies. Went there this week and got a lemon bar, carrot cake slice, almond cheesecake bar and brownie. The cake and brownie were amazing but the cheesecake bar was definitely lacking in cheesecake flavor and texture. It wasnt reminiscent of cheesecake whatsoever and the almond crust was ¾ of the bar. The lemon bar was the most disappointing thing of all. ¾ of the bar was pastry dough, topped with a paper thin layer of lemon ‘filling’ that barely tasted like lemon and was overpowered by a very thick coating of powdered sugar. All we could taste was dough and powdered sugar, no texture or flavor of the lemon filling. I put more lemon on my salmon than they put in the lemon bars! Neither me, my boyfriend, mother in law or sister in law could eat the bar so it was tossed in the trash. But, their carrot cake was on point so I suppose they redeemed themselves in a way. I just do not recommend their ‘bars’.

Fantastic thick delicious cookies and pastries, PERFECT PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!
I will NOT go to any other bakery!
2 reasons.
1. When shopping around for wedding cakes, we had a couple of bad experiences. (Charging $ 35 per person for the consultation, lackluster cakes, etc.) NOT SO, HERE! Robin was wonderful, attentive, and contributed to our tasting and decision. At one point, I asked if they could do a yellow cake with lemon curd filling. SHE WENT BACK, GRABBED A FRESH CAKE, AND WHIPPED UP SLICES OF EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED FOR IN SECONDS!!! Needless to say, we went with them for the wedding cake. The complimentary Anniversary topper a year later was fantastic as well.
2. Fast forward a few years, we’ve been using them for all our birthdays and celebrations, never a bad experience. I’m graduating from Technical school, so my wife orders me my favorite cake, «With some sort of graphic appropriate to the occasion.» (Yellow cake, lemon curd filling, chocolate ganache icing, btw) The cake comes out during the party and I’m elated. A little computer made from fondant, oh, and it’s got ones and zeros on it, yay for binary! As I cut into it, I’m struck by a thought. «I wonder if the binary says anything?» I plug the long string of digits into my binary translator and what do you know? THEY WROTE OUT «CONGRATULATIONS» IN BINARY ON MY CAKE! :D
That’s customer service the likes of which I will reward with my business for the rest of my life.
Word of warning, the parking lot is small and Saturdays are busy, as they have sales on the aforementioned cookies.

We had them make a vegan cake for my daughter for her birthday and it was AMAZING. Moist and full of flavor. Will be back next time we need a vegan cake. Thanks again.

I love going by and picking up a new treat.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a bar, cupcake, slice of something or an entire cake it will be heaven on your tongue. They have fun creations and beautiful wedding cakes.
The service is good, they are friendly and ready to help.
I gave it four stars for two reasons:
1) I’d like to see more selections in the cases
2) Lack of parking.
This is one I’ll keep going back to.

We were looking for a different 5 star bakery we found off of Unilocal to find that it wasn’t available for walk-​ins, rather, it was for catering and events only. My wife knew of this place as it’s in one of the neighborhoods we frequent in our errands.
It’s a bit inconspicuous with a very tiny parking lot. They have some preparations out in the cold cases that kind of felt like a reluctant attempt to humor the walk-​in customers, rather than an extravagant attempt to generate buzz and obtain more walk-​in customers.
We were looking for goodies for a co-​workers birthday, and I figured they might possibly be tired of the usual donuts that I bring and thought I’d try something else.
They have several cakes that aren’t conducive to stand-​up eating in a fast paced environment. They have lots of bars but the bars are gigantic and easily a meal in themselves. I wanted to ask them to quarter them to make more appropriate portions but didn’t want to be «that guy» so I picked a couple lemon bars, a couple chocolate, and a couple different cookies and a cheesecake bar for ourselves and a coffee beverage.
The cheesecake bar has a layer of a much needed fruit glaze which helps to cut through the super-​richness of cheesecake.
I asked the staff about the rest of the foodstuffs when I worked the next day since there wasn’t any left, which says something in itself since there’s usually donuts left the next day.
«The chocolate bar was good but it gave me diabetes».
«The lemon bar was good but it had too much powdered sugar even after I shook it upside down»
no one admitted to eating the mammoth peanutbutter cookies or the snickerdoodles. likely ashamed that they just ate 500 calories in one cookie while the other’s cut their bars in half.
The gal watching the counter was super nice and had a sense of humor when toddlermonster liked what he saw in the cold case and proceeded to walk around to her side of the counter as he was trying to figure out how to get to the cake.
The crew was busy making these adorable tiny personal sized tier cakes in the background. Would definitely recommend these guys for catering and weddings, but the walk-​in experience was kinda meh.

Sometimes I just get cravings for sweets, and on my way to school I passed by this place many times. Today I decided to stop by and chose Swedish cream for quick pick me up. Guy who works at counter was friendly and helpful. Even brought me napkin and spoon! I am happily off to school with sweet sensation left in my mouth. So rich and creamy but not too sweet. During the finals I’d be sure to come back for more.

I’ve been seeing and sampling the goodies from this bakery for years in and around Beaverton, today I decided to order a bunch of cookies for a club function. They need to change their name to cookie heaven! I got a dozen chocolate chip, six peanut butter and six snickerdoodles. Everyone raved about all of them. They are huge, hearty and delicious. We will be back!

Update 4/!4, I ordered a dozen and a half cupcakes for my Mom’s 75^th birthday party and the cupcakes were delicious. Chocolate cake with Chocolate frosting, sooo yummy.
I am done with you know who up the road and I will be seeing these folks for my sweet treat needs from now on!

Friendly service. Got the lemon poppyseed cake. The cake was just OK. A little dry. I also prefer my icing creamier and sweeter.

I’m so happy (and honestly, relieved) to say that Robin contacted me to apologize for my experience. I so wanted to be able to like (and even love) this place, but the follow-​through really made it a tough sell. However, she tried to make everything right with me, which I appreciate and which really redeemed the experience for me.

Update, and oh it’s still 5 stars. Fiancé brought me a lovely dessert assortment from Dessert Tray for Valentine’s Day. He knows me well.
Chocolate mousse in a chocolate heart topped with raspberries! Baked custard! Yummy fudge cake! Raspberry oatmeal bar! Cupcake! Mmmmm it was all heaven.

If just grading on customer service, they would get 5 stars. The gentleman who helped me with my order was friendly and took a lot of care to make sure the order was correct. Kudos to him.
I’m a sweets buff and am particularly fond of cake. There’s very few cakes I don’t like. Unfortunately, our cake from the Dessert Tray was one of them. We ordered the Black and White cake to celebrate our wedding anniversary, and it was not tasty. It was very dry, the chocolate had very little chocolate flavor, and there were sugar granules that crunched in the buttercream frosting, which also did not have a good texture. Was globby and a bit oily tasting, not creamy.
I see that most other reviews are positive so I am hoping that this is an isolated experience, however the first time makes a big impression so we will probably not be back. Thank you for your excellent service, though.

I ordered my sons first birthday cake from Dessert Tray as well as his «smash cake». The outside of the cake was decorated nicely however, the inside was a different story. As soon as all my guests bit into their cake, everyone’s first comment was how «DRY» the cake was. My son couldnt even «smash» into the cake. I was absoutely dissapointed and so were our guests! This cake was the poppyseed lemon raspberry. The cake was very dry, hard, and flavorless. What a dissapointment :(Considering the price, this cake should of been nothing but excellent.
Dissapointing.

This place is going to be the death of me, it’s conveniently located by my house, and SO DELICIOUS. I’m there at least 3 days a week now.
Must try: Lemon Poppy seed Cake or any of the cupcakes. Oh, the cheesecake was fabulous, too. Fiancé almost peed his pants when he tried their carrot cake. They have great deals on their day old stuff, you can go there, drop $ 10, and leave with a bag full of mouthwatering treaties.
I just ordered 2 dozen pumpkin cupcakes with caramel buttercream for the office Halloween party, trust me, they are DELISH!

When I was a kid and felt whiny and pathetic, my mom would bake something with me.
Nothing like the warm smells of vanilla and cinnamon to make you feel better. And the mom time.
I’mfeeling fairly whiny and pathetic this week. My 84 year old dad is a pain in my big butt, my job is challenging, my tween is rude, my mom’s roommate in her care facility isn’t my favorite and there’s nothing to do about it… my eyesight requires so called progressive lenses (nice way to tell me I’m freaking old) and my husband hates Valentine’s Day so he is in a mood. Oh and I started having a migraine on my way back across town from Gresham to Hillsboro by way of Beaverton.
Hmm. Downtown Beaverton. What to do?
See what is up at Dessert Tray.
They had chocolate rum mousse in little cups not to mention all kinds of tempting treats in the case up front.
They also had day old stuff in little bags off to one side. SWEEET!
Cookies for 75 cents, a paltry sum for chocolate chip cornflaky crunchy chewy
goodness.
Cinnamon bundt cake slices for a buck. I took some home for another time… after I dropped a cookie off with hubby at the nameless shoe place with the big attitude. Sometimes he needs a cookie too.
I don’t have time to bake right now but I can light a cinnamon or vanilla candle and eat my cookie in a bubble bath and try to channel something a bit better than whiny and pathetic. Maybe I will have to eat salad for dinner to counteract all that, but that is ok.
I like Dessert Tray. Nice little local bakery with good people and sweet surprises.

«Keep Portland Tiered» as in cakes… get it? I thought this was a funny tagline that the Dessert Tray in Beaverton uses.
Oh yeah, don’t you DARE go to Beaverton Bakery for your treats, just walk one block down and hit this place. OMG their treats are SO good and made fresh daily.