Navarre's Pastries — Restaurant in Springfield

I have a local parish Facebook group. have been posting about king cakes this year and sharing my enthusiasm for the best king cakes from Livingston to New Orleans. Many people in my group recommended Navarre's. This is just a fun thing to do so I recommend it. I have never done the comparisons before but I do admit that I am having a great time with this. I have to give mad props to the ones that recommended Navarre's Pastries in Springfield. I finally found the time to take the drive. It was a beautiful day so the kids and I took a drive. Google Maps took us exactly where we needed to go with no problem.

We arrived mid morning. Navarre's had a fun atmosphere as the taxidermy animals on the wall were dressed for Mardi Gras. The kids got a kick out of that.😊 The place was clean and customers were in and out quickly. They had a bunch of busy employees which is great to see.

I didn't have to wait long before I was met with a happy employee that was so great at answering my 101 questions. I could tell that he loves his job and was proud to be there. That is so very good to see also. Mad props to him.

I decided to go with one of my favorite flavors but it is also a customer favorite flavor at the store, strawberry cream cheese. By the way, he told me that we are lucky they even had any because they are almost always sold out. I do believe you can call in and they take your order over the phone to guarantee one but call the store to double check that.

Once I picked it out, we also got a couple of donuts and this very delish Apple cream cheese turnover that was dusted in cinnamon and sugar. By the way, that turnover was absolutely wonderful and I will totally drive out there again just for those!

After dinner tonight, I broke open the box in anticipation and dove right in. Ya'll were right!! This has to be the most fresh king cake I ever had! The cream cheese was not too sweet but the sweetness of the strawberry filling counteracts it in such a way that is perfect. Not too sweet! I never liked an overly sweet king cake. The secret to me is in the dough! You have to have the right amount of dough, filling, and glaze to perfect a king cake in my opinion. The dough was so soft and fresh! Navarre's is top notch!

Thank you so much for a great cake! We are truly enjoying ours! I would be doing them an injustice if I didn't give them a shout out. You will be seeing us again soon!

Y'all go take the drive and...

I had recently conceded to the fact that I just didn't like King Cake any longer. Being born and raised in Louisiana, that is almost a sin! Well thank goodness Navarre's has saved this almost sinner, lol. This was THE BEST KING CAKE I have EVER had!! We got the Strawberry Cream Cheese and man oh man!!! The dough was moist and buttery. No dry leathery stuff going on here!! The filling was nicely proportioned and spread throughout the layers and the icing was creamy cream cheesy with the perfect amount of sweetness. We will be going back to try the Blueberry Cream Cheese and the Bavarian Cream. They are rolling these out all day during the season and we...

I remember eating donuts at the Chevron and they were excellent! My daughter lives in Killian La. and I live in Dallas Tx. She said Navarre's has the best King Cakes and to prove that, she sent one to us HERE IN DALLAS and it was THE VERY BEST I've ever had! My husband is from Dallas my 10 year old son was born here and neither have ever had King Cake.....the loved it too! It was also a treat for my other two boys as they were too young to remember King Cakes when we moved her. I highly recommend them.....in fact, I was just telling some of the folks here at my job from Louisiana to order from Navarre's if they want the best King Cake there is!...