Ellie’s Bakery

Please note they are no longer in a shop on Broadway. They are now at 545 Elmira Street and it seems that there is no shop. You can still special order, and they deliver.

We had a hard time finding a bakery in Cape May and came across Ellie’s menu in a local shop. We ordered a coconut cake with toasted almond filling and cream cheese frosting and it was delicious. We also placed the order within 24 hours and it was delivered to our door without a problem.

OK. Had cash, tried it, didn’t like it.
Customer service was good. Sticky buns are certainly nothing to write about. I was under the impression it was a full bakery. All they seemed to have was cupcakes, sticky buns, croissants and some scones.
So, to the asshole that sent me a nasty message for not trying the place because I was too lazy to go get cash, I tried it and don’t like it.
Can you send me the $ 13 I wasted?

Every trip to Cape May warrants a trip to Ellie’s. This morning wenbought a plain bagel, a Peanut Butter cupcake and a triple chocolate brownie. The older gentlemen behind the counter wasn’t overly friendly, hence the 4 star rating. The cupcake was to die for and my chocolate brownie started morning off right. I would definitelyrecommend visiting to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Absolutely avoid at all costs. Booked her to make cupcakes for my sister in laws wedding about a year ahead of time and she proceeded to mix up her phone number and email address so did not get back to her with quote until a week before the wedding. $ 150 for 30 cupcakes!!! So as we were coming from out of town we went there soon as we got in town and despite it being before 4 she was not there. Left our number to have her call when she came back from a delivery so we could pay her. She did not call back until the next morning (day of wedding) and stated if we could get her money to her by 1 pm she would deliver the cupcakes. The nerve to demand money on someone’s wedding day when you dropped the ball for a full year before that when you could have gotten paid. My sister in law tried to get ahold of her multiple times throughout the year with spotty response. Needless to say we cancelled the order and bought a nice cream cake (was delicious). Then as she had our cupcake stand and topper we went back a couple of days later to retrieve them before 4 and she was not their again. Do not have hours from 8 – 4 and then never be there until 4. Worst most organized business owner ever.

Ellie’s Bakery got its start on Broadway as a better than average pâtisserie catering to a morning coffee and croissant crowd. They baked and sold a very buttery crumb cake that made the walk from the outer reaches of West Cape May worthwhile.
They have since relocated to Park Boulevard where they now share space with Seaside Cheese. The crumb cake is gone, replaced with over-​the-​top cupcakes and sticky buns that aren’t worth writing home about. Their scones, once flavorful and enormous, are now shrunken and dry.
In our post-Carlo’s Bake Shop world the folks at Ellie’s have opted for preparing and selling custom made birthday and wedding cakes, thick with fondant. Photo albums full of snapshots of their outsized creations now cover the tabletops. You can get a passable breakfast here now, complete with egg sandwiches served on bagels, English muffins or croissants. But beware of the owner.
The last time I visited Ellie’s the owner was in a snit because — well, just because. She didn’t like the fact that I was fumbling with my change and made her displeasure known with sighs and eye rolls. She snapped at her employees because one or both of them forget to make a bank run and the store was now low on ones, fives and tens, and right before a holiday weekend. She upbraided them in front of everyone, turned on her officious little heel and darted from the bakery, slamming the front door behind her. When she returned from the bank she stalked into the bakery primed for an argument, and this time with a customer who was asking about birthday cakes. Sigh.
When I’m eating my breakfast and drinking my coffee I don’t want staff re-​enacting scenes from «Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?» within earshot. Keep the drama at home or you’ll lose customers. I, for one, will never go back. Fondant be damned.

This is a great little bakery everything is homemade from scratch, I wish they had one like this back in New York Area. they only take cash but it’s very affordable.

I am very peculiar when it comes to baked goods and sweets, primarily because I rarely eat anything from a box. That’s just my lifestyle. I appreciate the effort and skill to make delectable sweets from scratch. Not frozen, not prepackaged, as natural as possible, all hand made, and fresh. My first trip to Cape May for vacation a few summers ago, I was told by the staff at Congress Hall, where I stayed for the week, that Ellie’s Bakery had the best items. I agree. I see some posts regarding the service for this one-​off bakery and I’d have to challenge that. Who orders a wedding cake a week before a wedding during peak wedding season?!? Questionable review at best. I’m certain the integrity of the product is equally shared in their service. No business is perfect, and rarely does the owner open and close their own shop daily the way this one does. That’s dedication and the product shows it. This is the first place I’ll stop by on my next visit. I would have no problem asking Ellie to bake my wedding cake next year. Great bagels and sticky bun’s too!

This past weekend, my wife and I had a wonderful experience with Ellie. We were responsible for picking up and delivering a cake to a wedding in Cape May that was ordered from another bakery and in the delivery process the cake toppled over and was nearly destroyed! In a panic, and with just a few hours before the ceremony, we found Ellie’s store and called her for help to salvage the cake. Ellie invited us to the store and worked with us to save what we could. She offered awesome ideas and even helped us pull out the undamaged parts and make it presentation ready. In the end, we were able to use her ideas to decorate the cake and made it look great for the bride and groom at the cake cutting ceremony. We owe a HUGE thanks to Ellie and her kind staff for helping us!

This place is one of those «feel good» shops. As soon as you walk in you’re hit with an amazing smell of cinnamon and sugar, and everything is sparkly clean and brightly colored. All the baked goods look like they came out of a magazine shoot, and I’m sure they all taste equally as perfect. My two favorites are the salt bagels and chocolate thangs. The salt bagels are New York quality, and have an amazingly chewy crust with just the right amount of salt. I could eat one everyday. The chocolate thangs are mouth-​watering. I literally crave them in the off-​season and buy them in bulk when I can. Chocolate cake, filled with fresh marshmallow crème and covered in just the right amount of chocolate ganache. They are not too sweet, and completely addictive. Thank you ellie’s bakery for these creations!

Best Bakery I have ever been to!!! Amazing everything! Cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, bagels, and many others. The «Butter Cake» is by far my favorite and one of the most moist and perfect things you could ever eat. Very nice staff also. You will not regret going there.

We ordered a cake for my sons wedding ceremony in Cape May. I stopped by a week and a half ahead of time and spoke to Ellie. I showed her a picture of what I wanted. She said she would get back to me with a price. I called three times on three different days, on the third call, I got her on the phone. She said she hadn’t had time to get the pricing together. I said, at this point, you are making the cake because it was too late to start looking for another baker. She said it would be approx 75.00 for a 12″ round cake. I said I would pick it up on Saturday as the ceremony was on Sunday. Ellie said no, pick it up Sunday at 930. My husband and son went to pick up the cake and Ellie said, What cake? To which my husband became upset and my son had to have a guest pick up the cake two hours later. It was terrible, dry and obviously one she had in the freezer. It looked nothing like what we ordered and she tried to charge us $ 130.00. We ended up paying $ 85.00. I will never order anything from her bakery.

We ordered a cake for my brothers wedding, nothing extreme, 12 inch round.
Apparently our order got lost. and instead we had to pay full price for a cake that looked like it took about 5 minutes to make.
The cake was extremely dry, the icing looked terrible and the decorations were far below what we expected.
We were also told, when we got there, that they don’t have pick-​ups on Sunday but when my mom ordered the cake, the woman said that it wouldn’t be a problem.
We were extremely disappointed. There was no remorse and then to over charge us for a cake that could have been made by a young child, was just rude.
I worked at an amazing bakery for 6 years and when there is a screw up, as bad as that one, you over compensate the customer and usually tuck your pride in, realize there was a mistake made on the bakery’s part, and gave us what we wanted for free.
I’ll never go here again, recommend it or give it another thought.

Unfortunately we did not get to try Ellie’s. I wanted to order a cake but the woman on the phone was incredibly rude. It was clear I was a bother to her and she seemed disgusted by my questions regarding possible cake flavors and suggested I go to Acme for a cake! Their cakes must be amazing if you can run a successful business while offering such poor customer service.

Although I am not crazy about this place, I recently tried some bagels from it. Apparently, they are homemade, and let me tell you, they’re great! I had found it impossible to find good bagels in south Jersey, but I have found them at Ellie’s. So, for that reason alone, I’ll go there.
One criticism I have is that she is often out of what I want, even if I go early in the morning. For instance, I got there at 8:45 one morning (they open at 7:30), and they were already out of bagels. Also, another time, they were out of chocolate croissants. Get with it: There’s a problem with planning of you’re already out of products 1 ½ hours after you open.

This small little bakery is very good but selection isn’t large. The morning we went they had quite a few cupcakes but not much in the way of breakfast selections. Probably need to get there pretty early to get the good stuff.
Coffee was really great. Banana nut muffin was good but the pumpkin cupcake was really heavy on the cloves so should have been named «Pumpkin Pie Cupcake» in my mind. Coffee cake crumble was good but a little on the dry side.
I would give this place another shot for sure.
CASH only.

What’s better than nutella on toast? A nutella brioche roll from here! I was so excited when I saw that they not only made such a thing, but that it was really really good. Also tried their sticky bun– yum-​may! I definitely plan to make a stop here when I next visit Cape May. Plus, the service was really friendly. Thanks Ellie (if that is your name or whoever is doing the baking)!

Ellie’s is a great little bakery that distinguishes themselves by making everything from scratch, every day. Many others bring product in from elsewhere but Ellie starts early in the morning baking fresh scones, cinnamon rolls, tarts, sticky buns, muffins, etc. She specializes in gourmet cupcakes with some great flavor variations. The items change daily so there’s always something new to try. They don’t do bagels or croissants so don’t ask… but everything we tried was delicious.