Bloom Cakes & Bakery — Restaurant in Caldwell

Wow, what a disappointment. I ordered a cake to celebrate my daughter's birthday. This bakery is one hour in each direction from our home, but she loves banana Nutella everything, so I had to order her cake from here. The price very quickly escalated from $69 to $101. After tax and adding the $5 cookie (that was completely inedible) due to the fact they won't write the birthday message on the cake. They offer the cookie so the message can be written and then placed on top of the cake. The cake is 7" and that is no joke. It is a small cake but so pleasing to the eye!!! However, this cake mostly made it's way into the garbage. I hate to leave such a harsh review, but the $18 dolce de Leche cake that I bought from shoprite (to offer a choice to people who might not want banana Nutella and to ensure we had enough cake for everyone) was 10 times better. The outside of this cake has some sort of chocolate syrup that taste like pure bitter chocolate poured all over. Yuck. The cake layers themselves are dry and flavorless! There is one thin layer of banana. Somehow, the banana was completely hard in some places. It taste more like an unripe plantain than I banana. It was pure starch. Not edible. Then we had one layer of Nutella. Yup, that's right. ONE LAYER OF NUTELLA. So much flavorless white icing. It didn't have vanilla and it didn't have sugar. It was just whipped fat. People were spitting it out. Then there were whole hazelnuts on top of the Nutella. Not chopped or slivered. Whole hazelnuts. What in the heck is going on at this place? How are they in business. If you want a photogenic cake, this is the place. Just don't have any intention of eating it. When we picked up the cake we grabbed some of the other specialties that I was reading reviews about. We grabbed a pistachio éclair, one coconut macaron, one raspberry macaron, and 6 of the dulco de Leche cookies. The macarons were accurately made and full of flavor. The éclair was soggy and the pistachio filling left a lot to be desires. The caramel filled walnut items were interesting. They weren't terrible but they had a weird fish after taste that truly plays with your mind. So bizarre. This was our first and last visit...

Bloom bakery reminds us of European bakeries back home. Their Ukrainian custard fillings are delicious. We find most bakeries to be overly sweet. We were pleasantly surprised to find Blooms desserts not too sweet. Which is perfection! We've gone back to try more goodies and everything is amazing! They have the most delicious and fluffy macaroons. Their cream puffs are a family favorite as well as their eclairs. The brownie cookies are the best thing ever! Turkish coffee is delicious! Baclava are the best we've had in a long time. The absolute best thing we've found is their strawberry shortcake. It's unlike any strawberry shortcake we've had before. It's a genius cake. The meringue goes along with the cake so well. Every layer inside and out is complete perfection. We definitely recommend giving them a try. We are very happy to have found this bakery and will continue to support the Bloom...

1/17/24 update: I've been to this bakery several times and every time every treat, cookie and cake is absolutely fabulous. the ingredients are high quality and quite delicious!

nothing is ever stale, especially the macarons ... .internet trolls suck 😂

what a lovely treat! the eclairs and cream puffs and these little caramel cookies shaped like a nut are divine

everything is so fresh

I can't wait to plan a party so I can pick up one of their special cakes!

the owner is delightful. the place is adorable with little tables set up so you can relax and enjoy their delectable pastries

parking is free and adjacent to the building, so simple to pull up and grab something special to brighten your day

they also have homemade dog treats!! and a specialty box of candies

wonderful to have this new bakery in the...