Tasty Creations Bakery

Got a cake here for a party, it was expertly designed and super tasty. All the other treats are equally good, the prices fair and the staff are always polite, helpful and glad to see you. I want to take a star away for the lame hours, but the quality is just too good. It would be nice if they could bring a couple more jobs to the neighborhood by hiring an evening and weekend crew, serving coffee, I think they would pull a profit and better serve us 9 – 5 working stiffs!

I’ve just found my new favorite bakery in baltimore! I was craving cupcakes so I did a quick google search and saw that Tasty Creations was right across MLK. I ended up not getting cupcakes but the radial bars. Omg! The frosting is so good and the cake is moist and doesn’t have that fake taste bakery items can sometimes have. I’m very excited to go back and try many more of their items. The only downside is they don’t take card so you have to get cash from the sketchy corner store.

Stopped in today looking for a cake to bring to work. Initially was slightly disappointed that they had slices and extra large cupcakes/​really small cakes, but not one the size I was looking for. Possibly if I asked they had some that weren’t in the case yet, but, the Radial (I think) Bars caught my eye. Coming to about the size of a small pound cake, they are a long slice of cake topped with frosting (chocolate with vanilla buttercream or yellow with chocolate buttercream), then dipped in semisweet chocolate. We tried both and they are absolutely delicious! Everything else in the case looked really great, and I’ll definitely be back to try one of the sticky buns!
Extra pros: The prices are very reasonable, and about half of what I was expecting. The two cakes cost $ 8 total. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, which makes me want to return.
The only downside was that they do not accept debit/​credit cards. There is a small bodega on the corner with an ATM, so this wasn’t a huge inconvenience, but I would have planned better to avoid the $ 3 fee.

The layer cake was so sweet it was inedible. The apricot hamentashen was passable. Not a very big selection, but nothing else even looked vaguely appetizing.

As a Pigtown resident, I’ve seen art galleries, restaurants & a coffee house open in the last year. What’s missing? Cupcakes! Okay, anything of the baked-​goods variety, fine with me. So I popped in to Tasty Creations Bakery on the Boulevard when I saw the «We’re Open, Come On In!» sign. All I’ve gotta say is, mmmmm.
I bought a cherry pocket pie, and I could tell they were home-​made. No thick gloppy re-​heated piecrust, no microwaved glop. (Actually, there’s a ton of chrome in the back, all sorts of brand-​spankin’ new bakery oven stuff. Says the woman that couldn’t bake a cupcake not out of a box to save her life.)
But the cupcakes? Mmm, cupcakes. Uh, anyway; big as your head. Well, not quite your head, but they’re twice the size of your typical cuppie. And that’s okay with me. They’ve got coconut and pumpkin along with your typical flavors, and they said they’d do special orders no sweat. They also have something called «Radial Bars» that look like fudge-​covered cake… I’ll have to edit this after I try one.
UPDATE (2÷5÷2011): Tried the Radial Bars… uh, you’ve gotta get one of these if you’re a chocolate fan. (And really, who isn’t?) Plus, the sticky buns and chocolate mousse cake? Awesome. Next on my list? The apple twist and a gingerbread man. Valentine’s Day is around the corner and they are gonna have heart-​shaped cake and cookies, and they’re taking orders. Best thing ever though? They’ll do bread if you call/​stop in and order it. (There’s not enough call to keep the super-​fresh goodness in-​store. Yet.) My heart-​healthy self somersaults with joy! It’s not a pretty sight, but there you have it.
AND, they will soon be accepting credit cards. But if you need a fix right now, the market on the corner has an ATM if you need paper funds…
UPDATE 2, Electric Boogaloo (7÷5÷11): Sadly, Perfecto Coffee in Pigtown is no more, but Tasty Creations has coffee now! And Hamentashen. And sugar-​free cookies/​pastry puffs (that may be special order, but they always seem to have a tray of ‘em!) Go forth and get your sugar on! I know I do.