Gluten Free Gem

I got a special order vegan cake for my fiancé’s birthday — coconut ganache frosting, vanilla cake, and raspberry filling. It was beautifully made and delicious! I got a 9″ cake because I wasn’t sure how many people would be at our party. It ended up being 8 of us and due to the richness of the cake, it was waaay too much. We only ate about a quarter of it! Happy to have left overs but wow, it’s a lot of cake! My only critique, and I have this of just about every cake I haven’t made myself, is that the frosting was too thick. It’s so rich that it could do with about half the frosting. Also, I had originally wanted to get a carrot cake but because it was «off season», they didn’t have the ingredients on hand to make it in time. It would be great to add this to the website, so I wouldn’t have dilly dallyed in making my order. Great customer service and delicious food — I will return!

On our way out of town we got cinnamon rolls straight out of the oven, coffee and a few other pasteries.
The cinnamon rolls were awesome and it was great to get to have have a delicious cinnamon roll again.
The coffee was also delicious. I believe they serve Stumptown — whatever they had it was great.
My husband, who does not have the wheat allergy (that’d be me) got a coffee cake that he really enjoyed.
I also got a pumpkin bar which was the one thing that dissapointed. I was not pumpkiny and was a bit grainy in texture. I am one of the many who loves pumpkin everything so I was a bit bummed the pumpkin thing wasn’t really flavorful. Can’t win em all I guess.
So glad we stopped by here on our way out.

Friendly staff. Amazing gluten free items. I would definitely recommend this place, including anyone who is not on a gluten free diet or lifestyle. Ive had their smores brownies, chocolate brownies, lemon poppy seed bar thingy, banana bread, pumpkin cheesecake, salted caramel chocolate cake as well as other items. I have yet to be dissapointed. Parking can be a challenge but totally worth it.

Love this place! I have had donuts from here, shortbread, and lemon poppy seed pound cake. Truly a gem! I’m not even gluten free, but the bakers here are serious business.

The Gem is the best I have had in Portland! The Tiramisu is great and I love their cheesecakes and pies!

As much as I like having gluten-​free options, I won’t be having the Gem brand again. About 6 months ago, I had a Vegan Peanut Butter Power Bar and my belly felt terrible afterwards. To put it delicately, I needed to use the rest room right away. After conveniently forgetting that I had a bad experience, I caved and had some of their zucchini bread. BAD IDEA! Whatever they put in their baked goods does not agree with my stomach. This time, I won’t forget.

I discovered Gem at New Seasons. I bought a pumpkin bar and fell in love. No dry, sawdust. Rich and delicious! I ordered pecan and pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving and the relatives never knew they were gluten free ;) the pecan pie was gone in a few minutes! Best I’ve ever had, seriously. I recently picked up a mocha cake for my birthday and grabbed some granola while I was there. Big mistake! Now I have to buy Gem gluten free granola all the time! It is great!

I first encountered Gluten Free Gem at a gluten free food fair. Of the three pumpkin pies I sampled that day (and of the several that I have tried in a desperate search for something good) Gluten Free Gem’s pie was not only the best, but it was as good as and better than most wheat based pumpkin pies. Since then their baked goods have started popping up in grocery stores like New Seasons and I have had the opportunity to taste more of their baked goods. I have gone to their bakery for birthday cakes and pies.
Let me tell you, this is the good shit. Bar NONE.
I am not gluten intolerant in any way. I started eating gluten free goods because my husband has celiacs and we cannot have any gluten in the house. So when I say this is good, I mean, its effing GOOD. Not good for gluten free, not the best of a bad situation, but GOOD. Delicious and moist, with creative flavors, and nothing missing.
In particular I love the Blueberry Lemon Coffee cakes, the pumpkin pie and their banana cake with salted caramel icing and a bit of that chocolate ganache drizzled on top. OMG. That isn’t to discount their cookies, their brownies or their muffins. Hell, their fruit bars are amazing, and I don’t usually like granola-​breakfast bars.
Seriously, I could get so round eating their pastries.
You can get their individually wrapped pastries at Portland Grocery stores like New Seasons, but if you want a cake or pie you’re going to have to order it from them direct. Getting to their bakery is a little odd, they’re in that «island» between the river and I-​5 near the Rose Quarter, and parking can be a little tight. Its a pick-​up sort of situation as well, no dining room or serving situation in the bakery. Thats ok though, because that means they are focusing on making some of the best Damn Gluten Free baked goods you’ve ever had.
They also do GF Vegan and other allergen free as well. Their stickers are color coded to give you an quick glance overview of whats in them. Blue is Gluten Free only, Green is Vegan, There’s also a red (dairy free I think) and a yellow (egg free.)