Dessert Tray — Restaurant in Beaverton

I absolutely do not recommend Dessert Tray. I ordered cake for my daughter's birthday on 7/10/21 and it turned out every guest mentioned cake was too sweet and even children in the party complained of cake being too sweet and not being able to eat it. It's very frustrating that Dessert Tray ruined my daughter's birthday party and in fact my daughter is dejected with this. There are some left overs but nobody wants to consume that because of the amount of sugar used. It was a special order cake that looked like a wedding cake and expensive and we feel despite all of the spend we ended up with a poor experience.

The owner's response didn't show any empathy for the situation we went through. Instead "my family and my friends" got indirectly blamed for judging the sweetness incorrectly. Instead of looking into the issue where we felt that cake had been doused with an enormous amount of sugar the owner instead tried to say it was "some sweetness" was as if it was normal. Putting the blame back on the customer is not very polite way of...

I was stuck on Pi Day since I found out my neighborhood dessert place wouldn't sell me a whole pie unless it was ordered that way (a much longer story). After some searching, I called The Dessert Tray and picked up their last one (cherry streusel) for the game night I was headed to.

The person at the counter was very friendly and laughed along with me when I recounted the story of the previous shop. The pie itself was hefty when I picked it up; no supermarket skimping here. The slice I had later was very good, with just the right amount of tart in the cherries, a crunchy/sweet streusel top, and a flavorful crust. It received rave reviews from others that night, and multiple people asked me where I got it so they could check it out.

Bonus: while they apparently do have dietary restricted options (a requirement in this area), I confirmed the pie I got was made with plain old butter, flour, sugar, etc., and the taste reflected it.

I'll definitely be going back for future...

On Saturday 9/20 i stopped by the dessert tray for only the second time. My first experience was fine as I remember. I ordered one slice of vanilla cake with buttercream frosting and one slice of chocolate cake with buttercream frosting as choices were very limited for single serving items. Later Saturday evening I decided to try these cake slices. I took my fork and tried the frosting first. The frosting was amazing on both slices of cakes and it quickly reminded me of Beaverton Bakery cake frosting which I still consider to be the best bakery ever. When I stuck my fork into the cake slices they were both very hard and dry. It reminded me of Helen Bernhardt’s cake which is awful and alway hard and stale. These cake slices must have been nearly a week old or more. It’s unfortunate that you’re selling old cake slices like this. Had one slice been that way and the other moist i would consider giving this place another try, as trying to find a decent bakery these days...