SusieCakes

It only took one cupcake to get hooked on this place. It is the red velvet cupcake. Creamy cream cheese frosting and super moist red cake. There’s two close locations from my work and it’s there whichever direction I plan to head. It’s a gem. There’s specialty pies to order ahead of time that I have yet to try. A sweet dessert + an ice cold lemonade = summer! I’m going to leave this review short and sweet as I plan to head there shortly!

Totally worth the hype! I tend to believe most places that are really hyped up tend to be a let down… Susie Cakes is one of the few places that actually lives up to all the hype. It is pricey for a bakery, but not unreasonable. The celebration cake is seriously one of the most beautiful things, it’s almost Tiffany blue in color. And then I cut in and it has like 7 layers of frosting and confetti cake… it’s almost too pretty to eat… but of course I did. And it’s one of the best things I’ve ever had in my mouth… and trust me, I’ve had a lot of really pretty things in there. Go here, trust me, it’s amazing
Bonus tip: they tell you not to, but I put my cake (or slice) in the freezer for about an hour before eating so it makes the layers of frosting just firm enough to have to sink your teeth into (instead of it smearing) but it doesn’t cool it enough make the cake hard.

This SusieCake location is absolutely amazing. I called the morning of my friend’s birthday to order a seasonal strawberry shortcake and the other SusieCake locations were all sold out of whole cakes.
But the Newport Beach location was amazing and agreed to bake a cake that would be ready by dinner, even though they were also sold out of whole cakes. The was ready on time and lasted for three hours without refrigeration. At first I was worried that the cake would be plain but the supplemental sprinkles really helped. I am definitely a fan of their customer service and their exceptional cakes and huge cookies.

Red velvet cake, the fresh strawberry cake, and the old fashioned chocolate cake were phenomenal. The birthday cake flavor was crazy dry but the color of the frosting was cute, the flourless chocolate cake was ok, and the marble cake was ok. All of the cakes were extremely sweet, with the exception of the fresh strawberry cake, which was a smidge tart in cake and had just –sweet –enough frosting.

Susiecakes is my go-​to cupcake and cake spot in Orange County. I’ve been ordering Susiecakes for years and it has never disappointed, so when my husband and I were deciding on dessert for our rehearsal dinner, this was the obvious choice. Our guests loved the cupcakes! My personal favorite is vanilla, while my husband’s is chocolate.
My husband recently graduated from his PhD program, and we ordered a custom marble cake from here, and it was another success – 5 separate people came up to me at the party to ask where they could get the delicious cake. I LOVE this place!

I originally placed an order with ohana cupcakes to be delivered for my best friends birthday. I live in Florida so I had no idea where to order from but, chose ohana from Unilocal.
The day of the birthday the cupcakes were never delivered. I called to see why they hadn’t been delivered yet and the spoke to the manager Jennifer who was extremely rude and unprofessional. She told me I never requested the order be delivered. She was not the young woman who took the original order. At this point after being called a liar, I cancelled the order that was never delivered. I then placed it with Susie cakes. They were very nice, professional and delivered the cupcakes. They gave a special person a wonderful birthday. I would highly suggest this place! The cupcakes I’m told were delicious and they fixed another bad companies huge mistake!

amazing with all baking accommodations and I could eat every single thing they sell. I’m there as much as possible!

First off SusieCakes is the BEST cake I’ve EVER had! We were looking for someone to make our wedding cake and they were recommended by a friend. We had our tasting with them and were blown away. They are an All American bakery which means they don’t use fondant which means the décor isn’t the greatest. That was the drawback when we had our tasting and looked through all of their cake photos. We had another tasting with our caterer (Jay’s Catering) and we couldn’t believe how SusieCakes blew them out of the water! We ended up going back to SusieCakes to have them make our wedding cake. My husband & I decided to go for taste rather than looks (haha) but we don’t regret it one bit. Our wedding cake was great but then my talented mother-​in-​law decorated it with flowers & it was STUNNING!!! The cake was soooo good and we received a lot of compliments from our guests (some who even admitted to having more than one piece!) We had a 2 tier cake with the bottom layer marble & the top layer red velvet, which is my personal favorite. We had some left over cake and I ate the red velvet when we came back from our honeymoon (a week later)…it was still moist! If you’re considering them for your wedding cake, you NEED to do a tasting!
FYI: We had a 2 tier cake that served at least 60 people. Most everyone had cake & we still had leftovers. The total price of the cake was $ 360 and $ 374 with delivery.

The east coast has Magnolia, and now we know… the west coast gots the best… Susiecakes! Susie got this baking thing dowwwnn
Hypes:
— Where do I start? The best thing to get is the celebration funfetti cake. Dense, soft, not overly sweet.
— If you have a cupcake craving… get it from here. We got the chocolate chocolate cupcake. Not bitter, not overly sweet, and the perfect texture.
— Be sure to try other things there as well. Their chocolate chip cookie overshadows them all. The snickerdoodle was decent.
Gripes:
— Wish there was more seating
— They were out of their seasonal berry cake which is refridgerated. :(but that could be a good thing. it must have been so good that’s why they were out

I usually get red velvet when it comes to cupcakes. But Susiecakes vanila is the only exception!
Love their vanila cupcakes!

I can’t imagine not giving SusieCakes 5 or 10 stars. I wanted to give 3 due to bad attitude from one of the servers one day, but when I went back the next day I was bribed with a free chocolate chip cookie to GET over it, lol! It worked like a charm, say what? … nothing ever happened.
The Red Velvet cake is in a class all by itself. We cake lovers know the cake must be moist and rich in flavor and stand out from ordinary cake batter, but the frosting is the most important part. SusieCakes has it covered! Frosting is so soft and not too bland, perfect for just jamming a whole mini cake down the hatch but squishing that frosting around the mouth for awhile first. I hit this place up almost EVERY day for the little mini cupcakes. We had so many graduation parties this month and these cakes are a wonderful class act to take as a dessert dish. Also, we gave so many as gifts.
Next, we have birthdays this month so I have my order planned. This place is uncomfortably busy and can get very hectic especially on Friday/​Saturday. The sugar cookies are to die for and the chocolate chip cookies are homemade delicious. Only problem is the free samples by the front door go quick, keep it filled up guys, heh? Pineapple coconut cake is so good and so is the birthday cake, crunchy little candies on top, yum.
I see my future in the crystal ball after finding this gem, a big fatty… but hopefully with a kinda pretty face?

Nice, quaint little bake shop. A variety of cakes in their display, with a variety of cupcakes, cookies, bars, etc. Very clean shop and well staffed. I chose to try the mocha cupcake and the Susie’s nutty.
The mocha cupcake was OK. It was a moist, soft, and airy chocolate cake topped with a coffee frosting. The cake was a simple chocolate, nothing spectacular that screamed out to me. But the frosting was fantastic. A little on the sweet side, but light on the coffee flavor (maybe would have liked a richer, bolder coffee flavor would have been nicer). Mocha is supposed to be a blend of chocolate and coffee, right? So it was also a bit weird to have the 2 flavors layered on top of each other, and not a mix of it somewhere. I felt like there should have been coffee mixed into the cake. If it was there, I didn’t taste it. It was packaged in a bag. Not a safe travel package, so I decided to immediately eat it. I anticipated that it would have been put in a single cupcake box or clam box.
The Susie’s nutty is basically a peanut butter cookie sandwich. The cookie was awesome! Great peanut butter taste, and lightly chewy! The filling is creamy and light, and balanced the treat really well.
Cupcakes are $ 3.50 each and the Susie’s nutty is $ 4.25. Both items I feel are very pricy for a simple cupcake and cookie sandwich. It was a basic chocolate cupcake with coffee frosting. I’ve had comparable cupcakes that started as low as $ 1.50 and more complex cupcakes at the $ 3.50 value. And the Susie’s nutty, even more over priced, just my little old opinion. Also, there’s a «Healthy CA» 2% charge on purchases. I saw a sign at the register about that, but didn’t read it. So I had an additional 16 cents charged. Is that to make CA a healthier place? And then a 1 cent charge for tax? Wha wha what? Hold up, wait a minute, a 1 cent charge?

Cupcake craving was real today! Rather than hitting the usual sprinkles cupcakes, I decided to get something different~
I ordered a red velvet and a pink vanilla.
When I went to pay, they charged me an extra 2% for Healthy CA? Huh? Ok… then I noticed they charge sales tax on the 2%. What? Whatever. I just want to eat my cupcakes.
The red velvet was moist and the frosting was rich! Very cream cheesy~
The vanilla, however, was a huge disappointment. It was dry and hard. Not sure if I got an old cupcake or it was over mixed or what, but it had the texture of stale cornbread! :(
I’ve had their vanilla cupcakes before at other events and never had an issue so maybe it was just today.
Anyway, I would come back to try again, but I just hope the cupcakes are fresh next time!

How have I not reviewed this place yet? I absolutely LOVE SusieCakes. I come here on the regular, have bought dozens of birthday cakes here and have never been disappointed. The samples are to die for too. I can’t even deal with how moist and delicious the cupcakes and cakes are and how AMAZING and buttery creamy melt-​in-​your mouth the frosting is. My favorite is the coconut cake, which comes with pineapple frosting or the celebration (vanilla). But all the flavors are really, really good. They also sell little mini cupcakes so if you are desperate for a little something sweet but don’t want to go totally crazy those are a nice little treat for 2 dollars (3 for 5). Yes the cakes are a little pricey but the quality is so excellent I think it’s totally worth it. I have never gotten anything but rave reviews when I show up with a cake or cupcake from this bakery. Highly recommended.

We’ve got a 6″ chocolate cake. It was $ 40. We came home, tried a slice. It was too sweet for our taste. We called them to ask if we could exchange it for another cake. We were told that all of their cakes are 50s style and in all of them they use american butter which is very sweet and also the chocolate cake is one of their least sweet cakes. So, all in all, she told us that all of their cakes are as sweet or even sweeter. I believe her. And it’s their store, their store policy, so it’s up to them whether to do an exchange for customer satisfaction or not. So definitely no hard feelings. The rating is for the lack of diversity in the taste of cakes. It’s not 50s anymore, a lot of people prefer, lighter and not as sweet cakes for years now. But again, I totally get it, it’s their store, their preference. It’s just not for me, or my friends.
So in summary, ALL of their cakes are super sweet, 50s style cakes. Literally ALL. At least, that’s what we are told over the phone. So if you are not a fan of that, this store is not for you.
P. S.: I honestly think Vons has better cakes for less than half the price.

SusieCakes has the most AMAZING cakes! I’ve tried their chocolate and celebration cakes… both are freaking delicious. The chocolate is a very classic and traditional chocolate cake. It’s not overwhelmingly sweet and is the perfect balance of chocolate goodness. The celebration cake is probably my favorite cake of all time. It is very sweet and heavy though, so I think only a true cake lover could really enjoy it. Definitely want to try more of their cakes!

Dry cupcakes that should have been tossed out yesterday not sold to customers today. The staff was nice, the cakes in the case looked delish and the bags are adorable, I’ll just never return to spend my hard earned money here again.
Selling dried out cupcakes to customers is not cool Susiecakes.

Don’t let the parking scare you… Carmen the parking attendant will hook you up!!! Came by to pick up some sugar cookies… Ended up with a lot more… The Sandwich Cookies were the best… add those sugar cookies in and you will need a gallon of milk…
My recommendation is to get one of each… and make a decision for your self…

I have a huge sweet tooth, and Susiecakes is one of my top guilty pleasures.
They have an awesome selection of cakes, cookies, and cupcakes but I usually stick to getting a couple of cookies– one for now and one for later. Which usually means like right after I’ve finished the first one because they are so good! Perfectly soft and sweet. And although they usually have a line to the door, service is quick and friendly every time I’ve gone in.

AMAZING! I went to order a cake for a birthday dinner and the staff was really great. Being my first time ordering from here I wasn’t sure what to get but the girls who helped me were so great and laying out my options to help me make the best decision.
The cake was ready on time and the birthday dinner was a huge success in large part to the cake that was a surprise for the birthday boy. Everyone LOVED the layered chocolate and were very impressed with how great it tasted and looked.
A follow up call was made to me today to see how my experience was and how everyone enjoyed the cake. That was a great customer service experience. I would totally recommend this place to anyone looking for a cake, cookies or cupcakes. Great experience!!!

Everything at Susie Cakes is like crack– once you start eating it you can’t stop!
Best cake in OC by far! The multiple layers of butter cream frosting between the cake layers makes the cake so moist and addicting. Nothing compares to Susie cakes frosting. It’s like pure butter straight from heaven. My favorite cakes are the celebration (and that’s saying something because I would never normally choose anything over chocolate), red velvet, and chocolate. But the lemon and carrot cakes are amazing too.
Now let’s talk whoopie pies… you’ve never had a whoopie pie until you’ve had one from Susie cakes! The two chocolate cookies on the outside are so chewy and dense. Then they stuff buttercream frosting between them! Pure deliciousness.

Good olé SusieCakes. This was the spot before the other one opened up in Costa Mesa. Actually I’ve never been to this location until now. I was craving some sweets so bad on this particular day. Yeah I have random sweets craving… usually after I eat a massive amount of steak or seafood lol.
So anyways I made my way through. I love the people at Susie Cakes. They are so friendly and happy and warm and welcoming. I mean they work at a sweets factory, whats there not to be happy about. All the free sweets you can eat lol. I digress… So I came in and picked up a red velvet slice because gotdamn their red velvet cake is absolutely delicious!!! Be warned though that it can be a bit too sweet but hey thats what milk is for.
Overall, this is my favorite place to get cakes and cookies. Susie Cakes is awesome to the core. They need to open one up near Orange because I get lazy and need cake asap. I don’t wanna drive for about 20 minutes to get my cake… but in the mean time I will because Truong T. needs his cake.

I’ve been wanting to go here for so long and finally I get to. When I walked in I saw cupcakes, cakes, cookies, pudding, and lemon bars etc. You can order custom cake, cookies, and cupcakes. They have several locations.
:Desserts:
I didn’t know what to get so I was standing there for a while. One of the staff asked if this was our first time at Susie Cakes; after telling her it was, she kindly gave us two free mini cupcakes to try. She gave us Red Velvet and Chocolate. In my opinion, I didn’t taste anything special about them. I also tried the Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake, it was «ok» too. I felt bad walking out and not getting anything so I bought two cupcakes (chocolate and Blueberry Pancake — Seasonal) for my cousin; hopefully he likes it.
:Customer Service:
The staff was very friendly.
:Rating:
I wasn’t impressed but would consider giving it another try.
:M’s Notes:
~You can download their menu online
~Order for pick up or delivery available online
~Parking lot