Güzel Cakes — Restaurant in Houston

I stumbled across Guzel Cakes completely by accident - a post showed up in my Instagram feed, so I checked out the page, followed it, and watched a few videos of people trying her desserts. I was intrigued, and my husband has the biggest sweet tooth on earth - and 2 days later was Valentine's Day. I made a note on my calendar to stop at the closest location to me that stocks her desserts yesterday, which happens to be Hebert's Specialty Meats on Richmond near the Galleria. The planets aligned, I was in the area for a work meeting, so I stopped in and scooped up 2 of her "Love You More" desserts - which is her banana pudding. Listen y'all - I'm a southern girl from New Orleans - I've had my fair share. This was, hands down, the best banana pudding I've ever had. It's hard to put into words what makes it so delicious but I think it has to do with flavor (not overly sweet, with almost a background buttermilk note?? Maybe ricotta or cream cheese??) and consistency (thicker and more unctuous and luxurious than the standard runny banana pudding you're used to). Good lord. Not gonna lie - I tried it in the parking lot. And thank goodness I bought 2 - because I continued to eat it the whole way home in the car. This review is about more than her desserts though - it's about her customer service. I DM'd her on Instagram before driving to Hebert's to confirm they had stock, and she was super friendly and responsive, and THEN, the next day, when I decided that I had to have more of this nectar of the gods for my husband's Valentine's Day treat (he's a chocoholic so I wanted some of her chocolatey-er (is that a word?) desserts, I messaged her again to find out where I could get them, and again, in spite of the fact that I'm sure she's crazy busy on V-Day, she was super sweet and responded right away, and even offered to package up and drop off some specific items for me at Hebert's. I hope her business explodes because she deserves it - her desserts are top notch and she's a good human to boot. Follow her on Instagram and find the closest location stocking her products and make sure you buy 2 of each because I promise, at least one of them will not make it home. You'll be eating banana pudding with your fingers in the car like me - don't say I...

I met Guzel about 3 years ago while I was out having brunch when she introduced me to her product. It was the peach cobbler cheesecake and I fell in love. I have been purchasing it ever since!! At the time I believe she was just starting to branch out in stores across the Houston area. I am so happy to see her growth in retail stores as well as finally opening her own store front… Guzel cakes are great (I’m not a dessert person) but I will happily indulge in Guzel Cakes!!!...

Bought the banana pudding cake they started selling at heb, I absolutely love banana pudding so thought this would be amazing based on the reviews. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. It felt to thick, not like cake or pudding. The flavor was off too. It was defiantly a miss. I had banana pudding with vanilla wafers from Santa Rosa Children's hospital last month and even that pudding was better. As I sit here writing this review I'm wondering if I can...