Casa de Cake

Warning: Another Tres Leches Cake review! 3 ½ Stars.
I noticed this new (for me) Bakery on my last bicycle ride around Lodi a few days and made a mental note to try this Bakery on my next ride… Which is Today!
Sitting in the corner of a strip mall on the SouthEast side of Lodi, Casa de Cake moved from Stockton on Wilson Way a couple of years ago to the present location. The Bakery is operated solely by an elderly Venezuelan lady named Maria… this is probably why this business has remained so small… no help other than herself and the lack of fluency in English.
Despite that… I got what I wanted… a slice of Tres Leches Cake and a cup of Coffee… for $ 4.00!
The Tres Leches Cake was a Yellow Cake with a Frosting of Whipped Cream topped by a single Cherry soaking in about 1/​8″ Tres Leche Milk. Very moist and very good. Definitely better than Sweet Creations Bakery (
) in Galt.
Conversing with Maria haltingly in my turista Spanish, I learned that she only produces about a dozen cakes a weekend. Since this is the ONLY Bakery in Lodi… residents should not have to travel any further for their Cake addiction. In the display cases, though, there was only the sliced Tres Leches Cakes and some 5″-6″ round Cakes (without frosting) for $ 6… not much of a selection.
I guess Maria does not have very many customers converse with her… in a few minutes she sat down and there began a woe-​is-​me spiel… my daughter lives in Sacramento won’t help me… my disabled husband won’t help me… I guess I look like a good listener. I tried to display my best multi-​lingual «I understand…» look.
I tried to impress upon her my powers of observation by noting her schooling as a Baker… I got the wrong reaction… She looked at me like I was a stalker… I assauged her concern by pointing at her diploma from a Culinary School on the wall…
As I left Casa de Cake, I guess I was a little good luck for Maria today… a potential customer drove up needing some small cakes for a reception… hope Maria received the commission…
Before I left I got a quote for…
Tres Leches Cake 9″ Round — $ 21
¼ Sheet — $ 35
Worth a visit.