Cake Box Bakery

I’ve bought Cake Box products (rolls, hot dog buns, hamburger buns) before and felt they were very overpriced and not special in any way. They usually end up in my basket if I’m shopping at small grocery store like Star Grocery or Village Market and they have no other bread choice left. Yesterday I bought a French Blueberry Pie from Star Grocery and it was really bad. The crust was OK, but the rest of it was glop. The topping wasn’t crisp (even after 10 minutes in the oven), the filling tasted canned. Next time I’ll go without rather than buy their products.
Apparently, Cake Box has had it’s share of troubles with the FDA as well. Here’s something from the FDA website indicating that 5 out of the 6 times the business has been inspected since 2002 the FDA issued a warning to the business about unsanitary practices:
«The Cake Box, Inc.‘s Lafayette, CA site has been inspected 6 times since ¹¹⁄₂₁ — 11/​26/​2002. The most recent FDA audit (that FDAzilla knows about) occurred on ⁰²⁄₁₉ — 02/​20/​2014.
The FDA has issued 5 Form 483 inspectional observations. «
FDAzilla didn’t have details about the warnings, but on the FDA website itself, there is a horrifying letter from 2011 with gruesome details about (among other things) dead rats near raw ingredients, a worker observed to kill a moth with his bare hands, wipe his hands on the floor and the continue to work dough with his bare hands.
omg. Never, ever again.

Great people that run this place! The best

I bought a package of your small wheat rolls late Friday afternoon from Paradise Market in Novato and by Sunday brunch they were growing mold! The tasty rolls should have a longer shelf life if you’re going to charge $ 7.29 per package. Otherwise, its like throwing money out the window. I don’t like wasting money or food, so I won’t be buying any of your products in the future. I buy other whole wheat breads, with few ingredients, that last at least 5 – 7 days.

Boo, hoo! I’d been looking so forward to trying the «amazing Parker House rolls» from Cake Box. So, while shopping locally, in Lafayette, I bought a bag. Not inexpensive, either @ $ 7.49! The next morning… mold, not too much. But way too much for only being purchased less than 18hours prior. Will never buy again.

I make a kick ass burger. But without the help of my friends at Cake Box Bakery my burgers would fall from a five star out of this world burger to just a Ho hum four star run of the mill excellent burger.
Thanks to you my mother in laws birthday burger bash tomorrow will be spectacular!

Since I bought my first Cake Box hamburger buns several years back, I continue to hunt them down whenever hamburgers are on the menu! The buns are on perfectly moist and slightly buttery (that’s without adding butter, of course). The size is exactly how I like, on the medium to smaller size (personally, I like my patty to jut out slightly from the side of the bun).
I may sound insane, but I am not happy when making hamburgers unless I can find these dang buns! Andronico’s and Molly Stone have them — have not seem them elsewhere.
Thanks Cake Box!

The Coffee Crunch Cake was wonderful!

Cake box didn’t write on their burger buns what date they were baked or even what date they were past selling. This is a problem for me since I think my local grocery store, Woodlands Market, in Kentfield, freezes the buns and then sells them as fresh.
Thanks, Tina

The Maple bread is too die for. It tastes like pancakes soaked in maple syrup. mmmmm

I was lucky enough to find this bakery to purchase slider buns from for pulled pork sliders I wanted to serve at a party. I am quite picky about taste and quality as my parents owned a bakery. These were the best hamburger buns I have eaten since my dad’s. You do have to order ahead and pickup between 6:30 am and 10:00 am if you want to pickup from the bakery as they do wholesale. I will definitely purchase them again and try some others. I also received compliments from many of my guests.

I just made the best green chile cheese burger I have ever had and I used the buns from this place. Wow!!! PERFECT HAMBURGER BUN. Nice and soft and squishy and fresh. I picked these up at Bianchinis Market in Portola Valley. Absolutely my go to burger bun! Thanks Cake Box. I can’t wait to try more stuff!