Wuollet Bakery

We decided to use this local bakery for our large order of multiple cakes for an event. We are a small private school so the budget is tight but we wanted some nice desserts so we went with buying multiple groupon vouchers. We followed the guidelines on how many each person can purchase including gifting and placed our order. They emphasized that if we were going to use multiple groupons, we needed multiple people. Not an issue. But it was an issue in store to the passive aggressive extremely rude cashier. He was rude to my wife the first day she picked up cakes and I experienced it first hand when i came alone with her the second day. If you have an issue with how groupons work, remove them. Otherwise train your workers on how to not belittle their customers otherwise you will find your business closed before you know it. We will not shop at his bakery again including the cakes we pick up multiple times a year for birthdays and instead support café latte up the road.

Purchased a cake for our 25^th Wedding anniversary. I took in a photo of our wedding cake and asked if they could replicate it with just one tier instead of two. I left the photo with the bakery, which was sort of a big deal because I don’t have very many photos. I picked up the cake and was disappointed to find it didn’t look anything at all like our original cake. I was told they don’t make large, white chocolate curls anymore (seriously?!) and the smaller curls fit the miniature size I was going for (because I really wanted an anniversary cake covered in rice crispies)! When I asked for the photo back I was told to look in the box under the cake– there was icing on the cake photo. It was moist and edible and it makes for some laughs when I show people what I wanted and what I got. Such is life sometimes. I will go somewhere else for our 50^th!

We ordered a cutting cake for our wedding. It was supposed to be completely plain with smooth buttercream icing (we were going to add a ribbon and topper to it at the wedding). My father in law picked it up and I didn’t even see the cake until the reception to realize it was not what we asked for. It had the tacky old fashioned piping around all the edges which we specifically did not want.

My best friend’s husband was throwing her a surprise birthday party so naturally a fancy cake was on the list!
I worked with Stephanie (emails and phone only as I believe she works out of the main office). I was told that Wuollet was «The» bakery in the city that people go to when they need a sugar fix or something more elaborate like a Wine Bottle Cake!
After countless emails and drawings for a month, I came to pick up a cake that was exactly what I had asked for! My best friend loved her cake (and so did everyone else at the party!). Red velvet and buttercream were her favorite from this bakery and it was VERY good! A note with butter cream for those who don’t know (the bakery will tell you when you pick it up) is that you need to keep it cool, so do not leave it out «on display» at your event because the buttercream will start to melt. Everyone at the bakery was a joy to work with!
You can arrange to pick up your cake at any location. I picked Grand because it was the closest to where I needed to go after. Just email Stephanie or call them to work out the details!
Cheers!

I checked out this place today, and was kind of disappointed in what I got. I got a long john, and although it wasn’t bad, it didn’t have custard in it. Whenever I’ve gotten a long john there has always been custard in it, I’ve never heard of them not having it. So either they botched this batch or they don’t put custard in theirs. Either way, I was overall disappointed with it.

I wish I had read some reviews before buying a Groupon for this place. I purchased two cupcakes, and omg they were terrible. What are they doing to be baking the DRIEST cupcakes I’ve ever eaten!!! I suspect they are not freshly baked or even close. Why in the world are they not tweaking the way they bake cupcakes after countless comments how dry they are? I am not even a decent baker and yet the ones I’ve made are 100x better. How does that happen? 0 stars if I could.

What a disappointment! This is usually one of my favorite bakeries. I was a guest at a function where their cake was served. There was a spelling error in the message on the cake. The cake itself was dry and tasteless.

I have been to Wuollet few times and have shopped for different cakes and cupcakes hoping to spot that wonder that has provided such a legacy to this chain. I don’t get it. What is it that draws people here? Is it the location?
Cupcakes are pretty (not very) and taste is average. There are several city bakers who do better, including groceries. I went in to order a b’day cake for the first time and they did not have a catalog to look from. I was told that I was being old fashioned by asking for it. Now hang one here, there is no PC at the store to browse through, nor do they offer wifi to customers. how will I know what they could create? It’s apparently available on their facebook site. Their customer service is surely Modern!

Because I am on a mission to finf the best cupcake in the Twin Cities, I stopped in. They had a variety of options and they all looked pretty good but there was one flavor that wasn’t labeled so I asked about it. It was the flavor of the month and it’s chocolate cupcake with ganache on top and frosted with buttercream/​cream cheese frosting that he said was like cheesecake. Sold! The cupcake was very good and the frosting was too but it was a little too sweet, like I needed to brush my teeth after. Overall a very good cupcake and I would recommend. The cake was perfect and so was the ganache.
They also had samples of lemon bars and brownies and they were awesome. Service was fast and friendly.

I have ordered from Edina Woullet’s several times for work parties and this will be the last time I give them my business. The people that work there are incredibly abrasive and rude. They don’t take time to help you with your order and they make you feel as if you are inconveniencing THEM when you call.

I ordered a Shrek-​themed marble12“x16” sheet cake for my niece’s birthday last week, and I have to say I was pretty disappointed. The frosting was waaaay too sweet, the cake was dry, and the decoration was hardly creative. Served the purpose but was really not worth the $ 70 it came to (cost me $ 40 though with a $ 30 groupon worth $ 60). The lady that took my order was not really helpful either; granted, she did not have to go out of her way to answer my questions, but good customer service certainly doesn’t hurt.
I’m open to trying the bakery again, but would definitely hesitate before I ordered a birthday cake from them in the future.

A couple summers ago I stopped into Woulett to get a latte. I have given up on them for bread, but my hopes were realistically high for a latte since they have changed their focus to cakes and coffee. The barista was nice, but my drink took forever, she disappeared into the back for while without explanation, and inexplicably gave me a cup of ice to go with my already iced drink. And my latte was just OK. Veering close to 2.5 Stars.

Tried this place after watching an episode of shark tank. A company selling cupcakes in a jar came on and turned my taste buds allllllll the way on! Got dressed, hopped on the truck and raced across town at light speed to fulfill my crazy desire!
Everything looked so good! I spent 10 minutes looking at my options trying to decide what I wanted to get. I decided on 2 carrot cake cupcakes, 1 red velvet, 1 pink birthday cupcake, 1 mocha cupcake. Even the box it was put in was nice and pretty.
I raced home at lightning speed to eat these cupcakes while giving them my full attention. My senses are on overload, my mouth is watering, my hopes are sky high! I grab the pink birthday cupcake, peeled back the wrapper and sunk my teeth into my first bite…
…it was so dry, I felt as if I was biting into a sand muffin. I placed the first one aside, and reached for the carrot cake muffin next. I bite into it with eager expectation, as I had gotten 2 of them… great frosting, dry a** cupcake.
At this point, I’m starting to get pissed off. I peeled back the red velvet and let my taste buds have it! Dry!!! Again!!! Out of frustration, I yelled. Literally, out loud. How can something that looks so good be so dry!!! I fed the rest to my dogs. I don’t know if I went here on an off day or what, but my freaking goodness.
At $ 2.25 per cupcake, I was expecting a lot more.
I don’t think ill be going here again. If anyone knows of a place I can get awesome cake pops, please drop me a line and let me know!

Wuollet has a few locations around town and you can normally find a Groupon or other deal which is really nice. The best thing is that if you don’t use your entire Groupon value in one visit, they will be willing to place the remaining value on a gift card for future use. The baked goods here are fresh, delicious and flavorful and all decently priced. The cupcakes are nice and tender and are not overly sweet which is an issue that I sometimes find at other bakeries. The doughnuts are tasty but be careful if you go there too early and they are still warm, they’ll pack them up without warning you and so the toppings may melt a little.
If you’re looking to make French toast, try their cinnamon swirl bread. Get the loaf and cut thick pieces out. It has cinnamon running through the entire length and has a delicious flavor.

As a former resident of the Twin Cities, I was hoping this bakery would be as good as I remembered. I am happy to report it surpassed my expectations! The almond pear torte was the perfect (absolutely delicious) dessert for my friend’s dinner party. It is a good thing I don’t still live in St. Paul; this place would be difficult to resist!
The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars was the somewhat annoyed attitude of the young clerk as I made my selection.

What do you do when you’re already overworked but are in charge of planning a friend’s bday?
Groupon!
I confess: I’m a self-​admitted groupon addict. I don’t know if that’s a synonym for being cheap or thrifty, but I just love having those price slashing deals when I’m able to get my hands on them. So when Wuollet put up the $ 15 for $ 30 deal for their baked goods, I’m all about it like a fat kid loves cake… in which I am one. Prior to this purchase, I already bought another cake from this bakery with the same deal, so I knew that their cake is pretty damn good. I was also able to ask for a specific type of decoration without having the price jacked up too much from the acceptable range. For a 9″ round cake, I scored it for a good $ 40. After the groupon deal’s accounted for, the price was slashed down to only $ 25! Yowza! More bangs for my bucks for sho!
Sadly, the savings didn’t apply this time.
Maybe I’m too greedy for my own good, but when I asked the bakery to decorate a friend’s cake with a very specific message and graphic, I was told it’d be $ 53 for the same sized cake. I’m not sure if my request’s too complicated, but I sure didn’t expect it to cost THAT much more than the one I got from before. All in all, I wouldn’t say I’m a definite fan of Wuollet. If the pricing consistency could be improved in the future, I might be swayed into its fandom though.

We stopped in on a Saturday morning about 11.
The service was terrible. In this neighborhood with very high prices I expect exceptional service. What I got was indifference with a side of rudeness.
I stated it was my first visit and I would be ordering several things to try.
She asked me how many. I stated I did not know yet. She said «I need to know for the box». I repeated that my plan was to choose several things as I made my way around the store.
She sighed and seemed to get mad. I suggested she get a tray and stage my items and wait for the box until I was finished. She apparently didn’t think that was a good idea because I ended up with four boxes and a bag of bread.
I was expecting to be impressed by the bakery items — but I was disappointed there too! The only item that didn’t go into the garbage after a few bites was the lemon bar.
Cinnamon raisin bread — average (at $ 6.75 a loaf, I was expecting above average)
Eclairs — mushy, the filling was like dry light unflavored jello, not pudding or cream
Carrot cake cupcake — dry, but the frosting was good
Chocolate cupcake — dry and flavorless, but the frosting was good
Whole wheat chocolate croissant — not good, chewy, not flaky, lacked any real
butter or chocolate flavor
Lemon Bars — excellent, a little crumbly, but very good flavor
Cheese and berry pastry — ok
Good bakeries are very hard to find, but don’t even bother coming here to pay high prices for below average food and worse service.
I think you’d be better off at a grocery store bakery (Kowalskis is right down the street!)

It’s rare I ever go back to a place I dislike, but I bought a two groupons for this place and decided to come back to use the second groupon. This time, I was smarter and tried everything but the cupcakes. With 30 dollars, I must say I probably got at least ½ of everything they sell. And I had to update my review and give them credit for the stuff that was good this time around. (because I know that they offer a lot of groupons and this may help you decide what you want to get). A classmate of mine also got me a red velvet cupcake a couple weeks later from here and I stand by my belief that they are dry and only the icing is good. I would pass on this, though it may be worth a try if it is your first time.
Things I liked:
The bread– sourdough and cinnamon were both moist and delicious. Would highly recommend.
The croissant– anythings. They are pretty buttery and sweet, by leaps better than the cupcakes. I especially like the almond, chocolate, and cinnamon buns.
Things I didn’t like:
Cupcakes and the service is still iffy. There are better bakeries in the twin cities and saint paul, but if this is a close and convenient place for you, it may be worth the try (especially with a groupon).

Fueled to a cupcake frenzy by watching Cupcake Wars, I headed to the acclaimed Wuollet Bakery for what I thought would be a sure fix.
I picked out a selection of 4 and summoned remarkable restraint to not ravage the beautifully boxed delightful dainties until getting home, making coffee, and plating.
Analagous to many Valentine’s Day experiences, it started on a high-​note with uncommon friendliness and a nice selection of good-​looking candidates then regressed into disappointment and disspondency as I got to know these 4 little pretties better; all show and no substance like they had been dressed up in heels and push-​up bras then thrust onto the runway solely to earn admiring glances.
The raspberry with white cake number featured one freakin’ raspberry, gritty white frosting, and cake so incredibly tasteless and dry I could not bring myself to more than one bite.
The chocolate cake with fudge frosting number was equally uninspiring and the fudgy frosting, while having a good mouth feel, lacked depth of flavor. Again, cake was so incredibly dry it reduced itself to crumbs as I was removing the wrapper.
The red velvet cake was red; no question perfect for V-​Day. But the overly sweet buttercream and arid cake the consistency of 3-​day old corn bread left out to dry made it inedible without sips of coffee between each bite.
The last one still sits on the plate, taunting, inviting, could this be The One?
So, another Valentine’s Day ended in cupcake disappointment and disillusionment which I suppose isn’t all bad; while not having a soul-​satisfying cupcake love experience, I did weed out some poseurs and losers…

Delicious!
I’ve had my Living Social coupon forever and realized it was expiring soon. I called ahead to place an order for 2 coffee cakes — Raspberry Cream cheese and Caramel Apple — and 3 of the German Chocolate Swirl pastries.
Now, I have to admit, prior to this trip, I had never been to a Wuollet Bakery. I’ve only had treats from there before.
I walked in to pick up my order and what do I spy? The Princess Torte I love so much. I seriously considered changing my order from the coffee cakes to the torte, but these treats weren’t about me!
The coffee cakes were a hit. It was the perfect amount for a mid morning birthday treat, everyone enjoyed.
I do want to say a big thank you to the people at Wuollet — I left my debit card on the counter there that morning and it was kept away safely until my return the next day. What can I say, I’m not a morning person.
I would order from there again anytime.