Cake World Bakery — Restaurant in Las Vegas

Last visited two years prior Cake World Bakery continues doing good business in DTLV, the Panaderia at 220 North Maryland Parkway flying well below Las Vegas’ PR-driven radar despite being located at that same address for over two decades.

Not to be mistaken with the similarly named Cake World on North Tenaya Way, the focus of both spaces on Mexican Pan Dulce and custom-orders but entirely unrelated, Cake World Bakery is owned and operated by Juan Castenada who immigrated from Guanajuato in 1959, the son of a baker eventually picking up the family trade after a couple of career changes and never looking back after opening the single-story blue shop in 2002.

Certainly not a part of town frequented by tourists or even middle-class locals, though the slow gentrification of East Fremont including the likes of nearby PublicUS has created a cultural shift that makes the small Bakery’s barred windows seem a bit overly-cautious, guests entering Cake World Bakery will immediately find themselves greeted by either Juan or one of his family members, a pair of racks decked out in Pastries separating seating from the kitchen while chillers reside to the right full of Cakes and Beverages.

More English-fluent than other Panaderia in town, both in person and over the phone, it was after several minutes indecision that an order was arranged in addition to two Birthday Cakes for separate occasions.

Inexpensive as those familiar with such places might anticipate, a half-dozen Pan Dulce and the two Cakes tallying just $65, it was home that items were cut and tasted, the Concha starting things off and better than any other in Las Vegas while Elephant Ears crackle with Butter beneath caramelized Sugar.

Saving the Cakes for last, Carrot with Raisins beneath Cream Cheese Frosting dense and moist, fans will be happy to know that Chef Castenada’s many years in the business have yielded a textbook Tres Leches recipe that arrives soaking-wet while maintaining textural complexity thanks to smooth Custard between layers of Cake and the addition of chopped...

This quaint little bakery was way more than I expected even after reading the good reviews. We flew in and are staying at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street with a couple of birthdays in our group, so I needed a cake. After scouring Google reviews and Google Map Reviews Cake World Bakery stood out as one of the better and conveniently was located very close. Excellent service, friendly staff, and delicious pastries and cookies. We are from Ohio, so across the country, and I only spoke with the staff one time there gave a brief description and they asked me to send a reference photo. Just a side note I would not recommend walking from Fremont Street area to the bakery, mostly because it is extremely far compared to how it seems to be on the map. The cake I ordered exceeded my expectations and I cannot put into words how delicious it is. They also told me they could go smaller on the cakes since there was only four people to eat it, and gave me a price quote based on that.... but when I showed up the cake looked exactly like the photo I sent with multiple tears and the price was what they had quoted regardless. I will definitely be coming out here for more special occasions and no matter what occasion that may be..... I will absolutely return for pastries and cookies and will be ordering another cake again!!!!! The the reference photo I sent them is the picture with the cake on a cake stand with white background and the other two photos are what I received. It was PERFECT! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING SUCH AN...

Had high expectations for this place especially since I wanted to support local businesses but unfortunately I do not recommend this place at all. I shown them my reference picture for the cake which they said they can do it with the only change I requested being the shape of the cake. The day of I had someone pick up the cake and when I seen it, it looks nothing like the reference picture. The color was not the same, the strawberries looked like red chilies and the worst part of it all was the writing on the cake. For $135 (with a smash cake) it was truly awful and disappointing. It was too late to even ask for them to fix it and was hoping that the cake would at least taste better than it looks which sadly it didn’t. It was dry and stale. It’s very upsetting since it was a 1st birthday cake so the pictures of the cake were terrible. I reached out and express my concern which they acknowledged it was not okay how the cake turned out. I drove all the way back for a $25 refund which made it more upsetting. If you want customize and good tasting cake, I would recommend looking at other...