Maui Specialty Bakery

This place has amazing food, service, atmosphere and is unique! This is the ideal bakery. They serve breakfast which made my gluten free morning grumpy pants really happy. It is classy and clean but a laid back atmosphere with quiet relaxing music.

Yum! I was a tiny bit skeptical at first as everything is gluten free. Not that I am against gluten free foods, but I do like light and fluffy baked goods. I always figured gluten free would be heavy and thick. Not the case! Every single thing I tried here was delicious! From lilikoi muffins, lemon tarts, and coconut crème cupcakes to Almond Joy inspired cakes, dark chocolate treats, and their amazing version of a HO HO. They also serve teas & coffees, plus bottles of their homemade chili water are for sale. We love cooking with the chili water!
Bonus: Everything is also organic.
Stop in and try a sample. You’ll be happy you did.

The lemon bars are to die for. Not to sweet just perfect!!! I love lemon bars and try them where ever I go! These are far the best I have had!

Service was great. Ordered cupcakes for my husband birthday. First time called, each cupcake $ 4. The second time called about
the order cupcakes become @$ 4.25. They need to
.back to check how much it cost to put words on the top icing. The called back. Our third conversation cupcake become @$ 4.5, $ 5 extra for icing. Got the small cake. 4 cupckaes n icing decoration $ 24. Cupcakes taste like box dark chocolate brownies. Not moist at all and pluffy. The $ 5 icing its like one inch thick. Am i eating icing that much? If u ever eat Sprinkles cupcakes. You will disappointed. I bought Sprinkles cupcakes mix at William Sonoma and baked at home, that even taste much better than this.

We needed to order a cale for my dad on his birthday and this place did a great job. They made a delicious Coconut cake, which I highly recommend, and send us a picture of the cake before it was delivered. Very Professional and Highly recommend.

Made me a wonderful vegan coconut cake for a small wedding. It was absolutely delicious. Everyone (including the non-​vegans) loved it!

I made a phone order for a cake four days before flying in to Maui. I emailed her a few cake photo examples and she was able to recreate what I wanted.
I ordered a 8″ 3 layer coconut cake with yellow ombré frosting. The cake was reasonably priced. Thank you Gloria for being so accommodating. Everyone enjoyed it.
*See photo: Yellow ombré pinwheel cake (I added my own décor topping)

This Bakery is fantastic. Gloria is a delight to work with and she makes her items from scratch. Her caring and sweet attitude is a big plus also. The only thing to note is that it is a little hard to find as the address is Front St but it is in the back of the stores. Look for it in the back parking lot, opposite side of the street from the ocean.

Gloria was amazing. We asked the impossible: a kosher for Passover flour less cake with Elsa from «Frozen» for my six year old’s birthday. It was WAY beyond our expectations, and delivered to our condo in Wailea! Gloria is an absolute pleasure to work with. I am ordering another cake right now for another family birthday. Do not hesitate!

You can not go wrong with a custom order from Maui Specialty Bakery! Gloria is amazing and so easy to work with. My family and I were visiting from Seattle and celebrating my daughters birthday. We were looking for some custom cupcakes for her party. A friend of mine who lives in Maui suggested this place. When I called Gloria she was very easy to talk to. We decided to stop by her shop and sample a few cupcakes to make a decision on flavors. All I can say is DELICIOUS! We tried coconut, vanilla and chocolate. We ended up ordering lemon-​lilikoi, vanilla with raspberry frosting and chocolate. When I picked them up, they were so beautiful and so yummy. Thank you Maui Specialty Bakery, what a perfect day!

Gloria and Maui Specialty Bakery are as good as it gets.
We were coming to Maui for my sister’s 35^th wedding anniversary and surprise wedding vow renewal. We contacted Gloria from the mainland to order and arrange the pickup date and time.
The cake was a pineapple cake that was awesome, absolutely awesome. Gloria also came in when the bakery was closed so we could pick up the cake the day of the event to maintain the surprise
Cake was awesome, the service was awesome and Gloria is awesome

Gloria is awesome. I ordered a cake online for my husband’s 40^th birthday. My cake just what I wanted and delicious! So easy to order and she was super nice. 2 thumbs up for her pineapple cake (it had chunks in it).

Gloria prepared a coconut birthday cake for us while she was trying to re-​open coming back from a month out of town for family emergency. My wife, who is knowledgeable in such things has declared it to be the best coconut cake she has ever had in her life.
Thanks again Gloria for going out of your way and making such a wonderful cake. We will be back!

Thanks Gloria for the wonderful wedding cake! While in Maui in Nov 2013, my fiancée and I decided to elope and get married 24 hours later. So I went on to Unilocal and came across Maui Specialty Bakery. I called the morning of the wedding around 9am and Gloria was so accommodating and had a coconut wedding cake delivered to Merriman’s restaurant that night by 5pm! Talk about service! Best of all, it tasted and looked amazing! Thanks again Gloria :)

I stumbled across this hidden gem cuz I really had to pee. It’s in the parking lot facing a public restroom. It was around 3ish 4 in the argyle noon so when I walked in, there weren’t much left on display. I took that to meaning that there pastries are baked fresh everyday and once it’s gone, it’s gone. I was lucky enough that there were still some coconut cake left. Man oh man, I’m still dreaming about that coconut cake. I’ve always found bakery cakes to be wayyy too sweet but this cake was done perfectly. I’m not sure how to write a review to do this cake justice. It was super moist without being too dense. It was light and fluffy with just the right about of sweetness. In between the layers were this coconut milk custard that was ever so lightly sweetened that it didn’t overwhelm the rest of the cake and really let the sweetness of the icing in top shine. It was like heaven on a fork. I know I’m not really making much sense or being too coherent right now but trust me when I say you have to visit this bakery and try their coconut cake. If fly back to Maui just for this cake. My mouth is watering just thinking about it and I’m sad that I won’t be able to find anything like it here on the mainland. Must try if you’re in Lahaina!!!

We celebrated my daughter’s 13^th birthday in Maui this past week and wanted to order a special cake for her. I emailed Gloria in advance and she created a lovely 2-​layer guava cake for us. It was pretty and delicious. The buttercream was a bit too sweet for my taste but everything was super fresh and tasty. Mahalo, Gloria!

It’s been a year & a half since our wedding and my husband and our families are still commenting on how fantastic our wedding cake was… I was sooo very pleased with Gloria’s work. We asked for a two tier coconut cake with real flowers displayed, but specifically asked for it to not be as sweet as your traditional cake. She did exactly that plus used organic unsweetened coconut flakes which I especially appreciated :)
The cake was a VERY reasonable price and she hand delivered it to the reception!!! What nice people! Big Mahalos guys!
Oh and we froze a slice for our 1yr still soo yummy!

Gloria and her staff delivered 60 delicious cupcakes to our wedding reception. Flavors: chocolate, passion fruit and pineapple, macadamia nut, and red velvet. Our guests went crazy over the dessert! Gloria is an expert and you can trust her suggestions. FYI — we took a chance and ordered the cupcakes without tasting them, but we were NOT disappointed. YUM! Thank you Gloria!

I walked into here on a whim, not expecting a thing in the place to be gluten free but still wanting to look around. I was surprised to find a wide selection of gluten free cookies, cakes, and breads, all delicious. Whodathunk I’d find a loaf of fresh-​from-​the-​oven gluten free bread in the heart of touristy Lahaina? She bakes the GF bread twice a week — Tuesdays and (I think) Fridays — so if you show up late afternoon on Tuesday, you’ll get a loaf so fresh and warm she can’t even wrap it in plastic. omg.
My husband had the coconut cake and still won’t stop talking about it. Made with coconut and what tasted like some sort of liquor, it’s easily the most richest, most delicious cake I’ve ever seen/​tasted in my life.

Thank you, Gloria! I loved your baked goods and sweet treats and especially loved your warm, friendly hospitality.
If you are ever in Lahaina (located behind Longhi’s in the shopping center), definitely stop by Maui Specialty Bakery and try Gloria’s yummilicious cakes, cookies, breads, cupcakes, and many other sweet treats. My favorites were the pineapple turnover (light and airy) and banana mini loaf. Gloria is one of the most friendliest ladies… just a few minutes talking with her, you can see the joy she has and with one bite of her delicious pastries you will taste her love for baking.
Best wishes, Gloria, on the new store. I look forward to my next visit!