Cake House

A simple but delicate and delicious selection of cakes and pastries!
My parents got their wedding cake from here, it’s a little unknown corner of delight!

cake house has delicious coconut buns! The prices are very cheap — but make sure you have cash! No cards accepted here.

For about $ 4 you can get a pastry and a cup of coffee. I had the sponge cake — it’s perfect. It’s huge, silky, moist, ethereally light, and not too sweet, just like what I imagine a cloud would taste like if you could eat it. Coffee is decent too. The guys behind the counter are nice enough, and if you can handle décor that probably hasn’t been updated since the 80’s, it’s a great place to grab a sweet or savory snack in the ID.

Great Tarts! But the frosting on the chestnut cake and mango cake was disappointing.

I’ve been to every Asian bakery in the ID, and this is my favorite by far. Decent prices, freshly baked, and the egg tarts are always consistent! Wonderful creamy eggy deliciousness! My biweekly treat destination for sure.
Things I Really LIke:
I can hit my pork bun, curry puff, egg tart, and sweets craving all at once! Occasionally I add a fruit tart and those are great too; probably the best thing they have actually
Fast service, the people who are behind the counter are always pleasant and can understand English decently well. It has that community feel!
Things I Don’t Really Like:
There are cheaper egg tarts only a couple blocks away, and some of their pastries seem a little bland or dry sometimes.
Try:
The fruit tarts~

I really miss New York and the Hong Kong style bakeries there. I was so happy when I found this place. It’s just like back home! The curry puffs are amazing and I love the pineapple buns here. The store owners are really friendly too. They remind me of home in NYC. :D

I stopped by to take some pastries home to my kids while I was shopping downtown. Small cash only spot with some good items. I loves the coconut bun and my daughter practically inhaled the pork bun. She LOVED it. Looking forward to trying some of the other items the next time we are in the area.

AWESOME!!! I get a cake here for every birthday. But the napoleon here is amazing. Its nice and crispy, not soggy like other places. The mango napoleon is amazing, my personal favorite. Their pastries are pretty good. Its an awesome place, and I don’t know why others are giving it such bad reviews.

I’ve been to this little bake shop ever since I was little, but I have felt the sanitary level of this place has gone way done. Not only did I discovered a bug in the cream roll about a month ago, just YESTERDAY I found another bug in my butter cream pastry. I honestly enjoy eating the goods they serve here, but having bugs in your food is really unappetizing. Plus, my family has visited this place many time, so I honestly trust the quality of the food they serve here. Very disappointing and questioning if I should go back there again.
Also, the pastries are a little pricey, decent quality, but do like their butter creams on their little cakes.

I’m honestly not sure why people are giving this place such critical reviews. I think if you expect it to be something it’s not, then ya, you’re going to be disappointed. It isn’t a flashy bakery with lots of drinks and a hundred items on the menu. What it is is a family-​owned, Chinese dessert shop that serves tasty desserts with a basic cup of tea or coffee. As far as classic Chinese-​style and more Western influenced Chinese desserts go, they do things pretty well.
I grew up going to Cake House with my Chinese grandparents every weekend when I was a little kid. The owner is very nice, and remembers the customers who come into his shop. We would often sit there for a long time. Unlike some shop owners in Chinatown, he doesn’t get impatient with you for staying. Cake House is really a gathering place, especially for the elders in the area. It always felt very homey and welcoming to me. It’s simple, but it makes me happy every time I visit.
A note: they only accept cash (credit card terminals break the backs of small businesses with outrageous fees), so make sure you have enough before you order! I don’t usually carry cash, and I have been sad on the days when I walk in and realize I don’t have enough cash on me.

Came here to buy a cake last minute! They had a fruit cake that was so good! Not to sweet and cake was moist! So worth it for 26 bucks! They take cash only!

Only grabbed a pork bun for myself and ham & egg bun for the hubby to hold us over until dim sum, but service was cheerful, prices good, and the buns were yummy.

Great place to order asian style whip cream and fruit based birthday cake.
Not like sugar frosting covered Safeway cake.
Guy works there is a very hard working man, lady with glasses are rude.
You can get small cakes and pastry with coffee for afternoon tea break, they are just ok nothing special but the birthday cake they make is the best!

Coconut buns, red bean cake and much more! This is CASH only, which makes it more exotic & mysterious. This is a mandatory stop after we chow down at nearby restaurant.

I haven’t been here for awhile and stopped by tonight to grab egg tarts and coconut tarts for my family… OH MY… quality def is horrible. There are two components to an egg tart… the crust and the filling. The crust should be flakey and i think they used cake mix… and the filling is supposed a very light custardy texture… well tonight. i think i had opaque yellow jell-​o
Anyways, I was very unimpressed for the products for my $ 7. oh YEAH! wth? they charge me $ 7 for 5 things of tarts!

Don’t expect too many pork or curry buns here, this is a solid Asian bakery that specializes in cakes, especially of the fresh cream fruit topped variety!
The owner told me that they always carry a few chocolate, fresh mango and strawberry cakes as they are most popular. Pre-​made whole cakes range from $ 22 – 26 and it’s extra for any signage or special toppings. Slices are ~$ 3 – 4 and there’s a lot more variety (black forest, cheesecake, etc).
It is also the only place in the city that I was able to find a chestnut cream cake (worth a try if you’re not into super sweet cakes). The cakes also stay good for up to 3 – 4 days after the day of purchase, although the «fresh» fruit toppings should be eaten right away.
There are a few tables and chairs, but it isn’t much of a café. The owners are super sweet, and they speak English, Cantonese and limited Mandarin. Aside from the shabby interior, I had a great experience

Get the mango tarts, fresh fruit tarts — or whatever they’re called: the assorted shell-​filled pastries with custard and colorful fruits located on the display case on the right, towards the bottom — and you won’t be disappointed. Order the coconut buns, curry puffs, and other whatnots, you’ll just think this place is meh.
Four stars for the tarts, two for the other stuff, hence the 3 stars. Nuff said.

I stopped here while waiting for the Acupuncturist across the street to open shop. Their coffee cake really surprised me. It was fluffy and light and not overly sweet.
Perfect with the cup of hot green tea that I had to go with it. I saw they had a large list of special cakes that I plan to go back and check out.
The place has a real neighborhood feel earlier in the morning. It appears there are some regulars that stop in for ham and cheese tarts before work.
I’d love to come more often and check out more items.

For the record, this is the first bakery in Seattle that I visited. That was 11 years ago on a spring break trip. My thoughts then was the bakery (not sure if it was Cake House back then) were just so-​so. I made my way to Mon Hei a few days later and found I liked their goods better.
I decided to finally give this place a second try. The storefront has not changed. It is a small shop with a couple tables by the window. They sell standard Chinese bakery items like cakes, buns (meat and sweet), puff pastries and Swiss rolls.
I picked up the egg tart ($ 1.20), a sweet bun ($ 1.20) and a chicken puff pastry pie ($ 1.80). For clarification purposes, the sweet bun is better known as a pineapple bun at other shops. Apparently people mistook the bun as having actual pineapple. I am guessing non-​Chinese patrons. The owners must have gotten tired of having to explain this. Which creates the conundrum of having to confirm that the sweet bun is really the pineapple bun. Honestly, they should just add an a.k.a. to the description.
The baked goods I tried this time were again so-​so. They tasted alright, but were forgettable tasting. The egg tart texture could be better and I prefer a crispier crust. The sweet (pineapple) bun was fine, but not wow inducing. The puff pastry was fine, but had little meat filling and was mostly crust.
I guess if you haven’t tried Chinese baked goods before, Cake House would be an okay place to try them out. Though Mon Hei and Yummy House are better places to go.

The rolls? They’re ok…
The cheescake? It’s good…
The cakes? Never had one yet but they are super cute and look delectable…
So why 4 stars?
THE TARTS!
Omg, the tarts…
Specifically the mango tarts.
Buy like 19 of them. Shove their perfectly flaky crust, sweet custard and tangy mango/​strawberry goodness in your mouth and get all sick and blissfully happy over the experience.
Oh? and the price? That is the best part! Most single item goods are about $ 1.25, the schmanciest stuff going for $ 4.