Baldanza’s Bakery

Best crumb cake on earth. Moist buttery and absolutely amazing!!! We drive 20 miles to get a piece.

I have been coming to Baldanza’s since I was a child. The bread items are delicious. Whenever we are making something at home that we need rolls for we always get them from Baldanza’s. The fresh hot italian bread is so good you could eat the whole loaf before even getting home. I haven’t had a cupcake from here in a while but they were always my favorite dessert from here when I was a child. I now love the brownies. They are so fudgey and the icing is delicious. Yum! I’ve never had a pastry from here that I didn’t like.

Disclosure: I have the same last name as this bakery although I am not affiliated with the mgmt in any way. It’s actually not even owed by a Baldanza. But I always get a kick when I am paying at the register with my credit card and the cashier notices my last name. p
Always sparks conversation and have met the owner with him going «I met another Baldanza last year by the name of Rich» for me to say, yea? That’s my brother lol.
As far as the bread and the crumb cake that I bought, both were outstanding.
The crumb cake was easily one of the best I’ve had. Tremendously soft, light and pillowy and the crumb on top was an excellent balance of crumb.
If the bakery wasn’t over 80 miles away I would frequent it much more often, but if you are ever in the Lacey area or heading to Seaside or LBI go check them out and tell them Roger Baldanza sent you.; p

I have been going to this bakery forever. I used to ride my bike here and get a buttered roll.
I now show up after work (in my car) and get piping hot fresh italian bread. They dont put it out you just ask for it and they pretty much take it out of the oven.
They have delicious pepperoini bread. Big cookies for kids are delicious. You do have to make sure they were baked that day otherwise it will be hard as a rock.
Everything used to be dirt cheap but they just jacked the prices up.
I will still continue to go here for the hot italian bread 9which I actually think is getting smaller) but I wont purchase the pastries anymore since they arnt that great for you and they are getting to rich for my blood.
Oh and all the people behind the counter arent the youngest (if you catch my drift) They are a little slow so dont get alot if you are in a hurry.

ok my summary is this is a ‘bread/​cookie‘ bakery and less of a ‘cakery‘. The breads are very good some very delicious (twisted italian is close to some of the best nyc ones I‘ve had). The cakes are almost obligatory and not super. The ‘crumb cake‘ style cakes are good. Have had bundt cakes bordering on excellent to stale.
The prosciutto bread is very good, and avail randomly. Some counter ppl say its avail all the time, some ‘when the bakers make it‘ was an exact quote and some only on Fri or Sat never a straight answer. The counter girls usually nice & efficient. Theres one that is kind of loud and distracted. There was one around easter time that looked like they pulled her in from drug rehab and was clueless about what to do or what things where. Anyway stick to the bread and you will get none better this part of the area, go all cakey and you may be sad

The prices are great. Every day has a special item on sale – Tuesdays its a dozen bagels for $ 5! These bagels put Manhattan Bagels to shame. They are awesome. I will never go elsewhere! The staff was very friendly and patient with my kids deciding on the perfect cookies from the case. They went with white chocolate stars with colored sprinkles – also very good!

This bakery is right around the corner from my house. In the display case, all the way to the right, they have all different flavors of bundt cakes with crumbly topping. I’ve enjoyed the blueberry and the apple. They are so tasty, perfect to bring with you when you go visiting a friend or relative and cost under $ 8! I give the place 4 stars instead of 5 because they only had one whole wheat/​whole grain loaf of bread option available and it was much more like pumpernickel when I got it home. They have yummy fresh bagels (no whole wheat, but try the Everything) and special pricing for a dozen bagels on Tuesdays.

We recently moved from Florida and soon found another comforting reason to feel good about our move. My family absolutely loves Baldanza’s for the fresh baked bread in the evening, and their wonderful assortment of goodies for breakfast. The crumb cake is out of this world! My personal favorite are the giant gooey cinnamon rolls. I often find myself singing the melody to «On Broadway» with my own lyrics, «They’ve got the best baked goods around Baldaaaanza’s!» I can’t stop singing their praise:)

Looks like someone hacked their website. Great bakery though.

People. Look no further. Put down that lenderer’s bagel. Throw out all your shop rite products cause you got the real deal here. WOOOOOOWWWWW is all I can say. THE BEST BAGELS at $ 6 a dozen… what… $ 10 cheesecakes? I’m passing out. Awesome fruit cake with fresh fruit. This is from the 60’s – OMG!
great chocolate whateveruwants. Melts in your mouth.
Rolls, the BEST. Price, puny.
People, this place doesn’t stay in business cause of you walk-​ins. It is a wholesaler, so enjoy that which others charge a premium, at a paupers price.
So, stop in and try to decide. There’s so much it’ll be hard to resist them all.

Baldanza’s is pretty much the best bakery I’ve ever been to.
I’ve been spending summers in the Tom’s River area since my childhood and Baldanza’s has always been a big part of that. I remember going with my grandparents long before I could drive myself.
Nostalgia aside, this place has absolutely the best bagels I’ve ever eaten (and I live in Brooklyn). The bagels have this amazing doughy texture that I’ve yet to experience elsewhere. While I haven’t had many of their breads, I would say that all of the sweets I’ve eaten there have been amazing so far. I especially recommend their crumb cakes.
It’s so refreshing to see a family-​owned bakery thriving in the middle of strip-​mall Jersey. It’s one of the things that keeps me coming back to this part of the Shore.

We stopped in here today because their sign said «Hoagie Rolls» and because you just do not see many free standing bakeries anymore.
They have a great selection of pastries, pies, cakes and cookies as well as a small selection of breads. We purchased 6 huge rolls and a large loaf of rye bread for $ 6.00.
A little out of the way for me (south of Tom’s River) but I’ll stop in again if I am in the area.