Normandie Bakery

We recently used Normandie Bakery for our wedding cake. It was delicious! Everyone was complimenting how good it was. They also catered our full dessert display. there were so many different options and they were all equally as tasty.
Ralph was also very responsive. Every time I e-​mailed or called him regarding the design of our wedding cake, he responded right away. I would recommend this bakery.

Normandie Bakery was en route home from some shopping, so I stopped by to see what offerings they had which could serve as a Mother’s Day dessert.
The smell of buttery richness (always a good sign IMO) was prominent once walking into the clean and really well lit customer area.
Showcased in the displays were pretty much every type of bakery goodness you could name: Cakes, Cannolis, Cheesecakes, Cookies, Danish, Donuts, Muffins, and Pies (I’m sure I missed some things).
Some of noticeable items I saw were a Rainbow Cake (think a super large Rainbow Cookie), a Derby cake, Brownie Cheesecake, and the item I wound up buying a beautifully robust 7-​Layer Chocolate Cake.
Having recently enjoyed a slice of 7-​Layer Chocolate Cake from Martha’s Country Bakery in Astoria, I was hoping it would equal Martha’s delicious version.
I’m happy to report it was really good.
The first thing I noticed was a cake slice (equivalent to what I recently ate) was a heavier. Normandie’s version is just physically larger coupled with slightly thicker sponge cake layers, and thicker chocolate frosting layers; all these accounting for the extra heft.
Sponge cake was rich with a distinct buttery vanilla flavor. Chocolate frosting was excellent as it was thankfully not overly sweet; a trait which can really imbalance an otherwise delicious cake.
My only negative for the cake was the aforementioned size and density of the cake which made eating a slice a bit difficult as each successive bite really weighed me down. This sentiment was also shared by Mom and others in my family that had a slice.
I’m sure others may not have the same reaction.
Overall really really yummy but be prepared to take a siesta afterwards.

Ralph was great to work with on our wedding cake. We explained what we wanted the cake to include and he created a three tiered wedding cake that was beyond our expectations. The design, filling and icing were superb. Many bakeries in the area charge more and receive flamboyant reviews but believe me their cakes will not live up to what is delivered by Normandie Bakery, Ralph and his staff. Thanks again for making our day even more memorable.

We were thrilled with the amazing wedding cake from Normandie Bakery! We can’t decide if it looked or tasted better — both were outstanding. Everyone was having seconds. It was a pleasure to speak with Ralph and his team and we highly recommend their work. Thanks for putting your heart and talents into our special day.

My go-​to bakery. For the holidays and bdays or just about any get together, I always get a bunch of their mini pastries: cannoli, sfogliatelle, eclairs, lobster tails, napoleons, etc. They also have this amazing Kringle that is great with coffee. Not a big cake person; prefer pastries for just about every occasion. However, I have a certain place I go to for cakes if need be. So, I haven’t tried their cakes, but one reviewer said something about them putting whipped cream on the cake instead of butter cream, and evidently this person «hates» whipped cream. Ok, I get the gripe about them getting the order wrong. You want what you want. But honestly, a good cake *should* have whipped cream on it. At some crappier bakeries, you can’t even get whipped cream — it’s just that butter cream «icing» crap. Gross. So now I’m actually considering trying one of their cakes since it seems they probably use quality ingredients and make cakes they way any good bakery would.

We’ve ordered two cakes from Normandie and we were very pleased with them. The chocolate fudge filling is delicious and we love their carrot cake.

They have a rainbow cookie CAKE!!! it is incredible.
If you like rainbow cookies this is a must!

I ordered my wedding cake from Normandie Bakery and it was a very pleasant, easy experience. I did not have a lot of particulars about the cake; I suppose our style was fairly simple, but my experience with the staff, particularly the owner, was enjoyable. This bakery works closely with where we held the wedding reception, so they also supplied the other desserts as well, which my family and friends enjoyed. While planning the cake order, we sampled some of the bakery’s other desserts and breads, all of which were very, very good. They even gave my mom a free loaf of Rye when she mentioned we had leftovers at home and she’d like to make sandwiches.

I ordered my birthday cake from this place. I only ordered from here because my regular bakery couldn’t do my cake on such short notice. Well, they screwed my whole order up! I orderd a simple three layered 16 inch round cake with vanilla filling. Instead of two layers of yellow cake and one layer of chocolate, they gave me 2 chocolate layers and one layer of yellow. I asked for butter cream frosting, and they gave me whip cream frosting instead. I HATE WHIP CREAM FROSTING! The vanilla filling was bland and had no sugar in it, well it tasted like it had no sugar in it. The cake it self was a little over cooked and not very tastey at all. Usually we love left over birthday cake in the days following the birthday event. However, after the party we dumped the cake! Needless to say, I will not use this bakery again!!!

I’m not sure what happened with the review below, but they have always been SUPER nice to me here, and usually throw in some extra cookies/​biscotti after they are weighed.
Everything here is delicious… from the sfogliatelle to the eclairs, cannoli to the napoleons… it’s all so fresh and comforting. I get our holiday assortments from here and I even used to bring back their biscotti to school when I was in college. The cherry biscotti is absolutely DELICIOUS. The sfogliatelle rival my favorite North Jersey bakery as well. No Italian christmas is complete without a spread of sfogliatelle, lobster tails, cannolis, eclairs, cassatede, cassatini, Genovese, etc. And of course, my favorite, STRUFFOLI. All are stocked at Normandie and usually available (save for the Struffoli, which is a Christmastime treat).
They’re open really early (like 6−7am) and always have tons of pastries and cookies to choose from.
Be sure to check out the really funny wedding cake topper in the window too! Gets me every time.

When My fiancée and I were looking for a place to get a wedding cake we found Normandie Bakery in a local search.
Calling for an appointment one year before our wedding (which we were aware was early to be cake shopping), we spoke to the assumed owner. He said, «Oh. Go away.» He also strongly urged us to look elsewhere, without ever inquiring with us what we were looking for.
With customer service like this, I would NOT recommend this place to anyone looking for wedding cakes let alone any other baked request.