Satura Cakes

This is my favorite place to get cakes and desserts in the Bay! I’ve been here so many times I’ve probably tried ever single one of the flavours. Yes, it’s not the most cheap place but it is so WORTH it. I’ve never been disappointed in anything I’ve ever got. And the people here are so nice! One time I was deciding whether or not to get this macaron looking cooking (sorry forgot the name) and the guy just ended up giving it to me to sample. It was super yummy too! Definitely need to come back and grab some of those.
Here’s some of my personal favorites:
+ Cream Puff; I absolutely love the slight crunchy layer of sugar on top and then the cream is to die for.
+Earl Grey Cake: This is my number one favorite flavor here. Earl grey mousse with cream and a crunchy crust mm.
+ Mango Passion Fruit:
+Cassis Mousse
Along with cakes they sell a bunch of prepackaged goodies — marshmallows, cookies etc and snacks to go. I think most days they have a cake called that’s the chef’s special of the day — so that even I can’t get bored of this place :).
Oh you can also get tea and coffee from here — I believe most of their tea is Lupicia brand — try the momo! it’s the best.

One of my favorite places to study on a late morning/​early afternoon. A little more seating would be great but wonderful ambience in this little store in downtown Los Altos.
They have great bakery items including the almond croissant and raspberry brioche. The almond croissant had the perfect amount of crunchiness and powder while the brioche was fluffy and the jam was delicious. Could’ve eaten several more of each!
On the warm afternoons, I love treating myself to their green tea cream puffs– which they’re famous for. So creamy and the Green tea flavor is just right. As for their green tea latte, not much of a fan. The latte doesn’t have much green tea flavor and a bit too creamy for a latte.
Overall, great for cream puffs and breakfast. Definitely will be back.

Was in the area so dropped by again. This time I got the famous green tea cream puff and the mango mousse cake.
Mango Mousse Cake — This was pretty disappointing. The mousse was too dense and sweet, and I much prefer the version at 85 Degrees to the one here. The «coconut cake» flavor was pretty hard to notice, and in fact the cake itself was somewhat dry (seems to be a consistent problem — same thing with the tiramisu), so I felt like in their effort to make the cake more fancy, they missed the fundamentals. Skip this.
Green Tea Cream Puff — This was so good. I see why everyone gets it. The puff itself is nice and crunchy and the green tea cream isn’t too sweet and it’s so addicting. I was only planning on taking a bite and saving it for later, but I couldn’t help myself and before I knew it, half of it was already gone.

The crunchy brioche might just be the most amazing hybrid piece of bread/​pastry there is. The exterior is light, buttery, crunchy and tastes just like how a French bakery might smell. Around the edge of the outside, you get even MORE of this beautiful crunchy cookie, but what makes it even BETTER is the bit of lightly sweet, cakey bit just under it. And follow that up with the bread that is buttery, eggy, yet so light and fluffy on the inside.
Their cakes and other pastries are good too, but trust me — you want the crunchy brioche.

I ordered the Solleil after reading several reviews. Definitely one of the best cakes I have ever had. Super creamy chocolate and cream, not too sweet. Portion is small so you won’t feel too guilty after munching the whole thing.
Nice clean store. You see many people are in line but they are usually very quick.

GREAT PLACE, yet way too far!
Right when I stepped in, I was greeted with the delicious smell of the cakes.
Obviously, I love cake so I immediately bought four slices. A strawberry cake, a tiramisu, a matcha one, and a berry. They were all so delicious and they weren’t too sweet. The cake was just moist enough and it wasn’t lathered with so much cream. Perfect combination.
I totally wished I can get my wedding cake from here but my wedding venue already provided it! :(

Giving three stars here’s why:
Huahua roll: 5 stars
Other roll cake: 4 stars
Short cake: 1 star
Marshmallow: 0 star
The cream is very fresh and tastes very good. The huahua roll is AWESOME! The sweetness is just right, the sponge cake is so good that I can’t stop! And the strawberry is fresh and not sour which makes the roll prefect. Other roll cake (such as green tea roll) also very good, but maybe because of the additional flavor has been added to the cake when mixing, the cake turns out not as bouncy as the original huahua roll.
The short cake is not good at all, although it has fresh cream and strawberry, the cake itself is definitely over baked, very dry and hard, and it tastes like a rock.
The marshmallow can be found on the counter near the cashier, it has 3 colors. However, it’s not sweet and smooth but very sour, yet all 3 colors taste the same! I can find better marshmallow from Walmart.
I will come back for the huahua roll, but no short cake anymore.

Beautiful and delicious wedding cake and desserts, received many compliments! Actual cake was strawberry short cake with fresh cream frosting. We ordered multiple flavors of the mouse cake in addition.
(Attached a photo — the roses were placed on the cake by Satura, however the roses themselves are crystallized & from gourmet sweet botanicals)

Satura cakes has all the ingredients for an addict to not to sweet pastries gets hooked. It is not only a beautifully decorated shop (check that mural at the entrance, on the left, very naïve and cute), but the orange tables outside at their terrace, the cuteness overload of the pastries, the many chocolates and goodies disposed on a big table occupying a big chuck of real estate… the whole store is a very satisfying shopping experience. I also like the multi-​colored coffee mugs on sale. I tried several pastries and everything was perfectly delicious. One of the main reasons why I love Los Altos!

Yesterday was my one year wedding anniversary and Satura Cakes definitely played a nice appearance on our special day!
I emailed Sharon last Wednesday to say «oh yeah, about that complimentary cake… is it too late to pick up for this Sunday?» and right away she replied asking what flavor and any message I wanted for the cake.
When we picked up the cake yesterday, we were surprised at how big it was! There’s definitely no way my husband and I can finish this whole cake by ourselves. Everything was just as perfect as the day we got married when we tasted this cake — moist mango passion cake with light and not too sweet frosting.
Thank you Sharon and Satura Cakes for celebrating with us. We didn’t go wrong the first time selecting your bakery to make our wedding cake and to follow up a year later, we’re so glad to be taking a bite into a freshly made delicious cake instead of the top layer of a year old frozen cake (I’m all for traditions, but this one I can skip!) :)
I highly recommend and can’t wait to tell all my friends who are engaged about this bakery so that they can order their wedding cake here too! :D I would definitely go back for more special occasion cakes :)

Holy cow, Satura’s Vanilla Green Tea Macaroons are amaaazing!
$ 2 per cookie. 3 bites of pure bliss.
They have other cute little deserts, and coffee, etc, but for me its all about the macaroons!

Sold out of KMN again. I really need to go earlier.
They had plenty of Dani Choco’s which are super cheap and incredible (brownie wrapped in chocolate with almond crunch).
Earl grey — The glittery sugar gel on top was a nice effect but a little offsetting. The cookie crunch bottom was delicious and not too sweet. Overall though the earl grey flavor was a little overwhelming for me. However, that’s my own opinion but I will still give 5 stars because the flavor is well-​developed.
Chooclate lemon roll — good as usual, gluten free sponge and chocolate cream that isn’t too sweet yet chocolate-​y.

An asian bakery with cakes & pastries! if you are hankering for something sweet, i’m not sure this will fulfill your craving since most cakes run true to the lighter, less sweet asian style
–strawberry shortcake: not bad, seemed to be popular on Unilocal,perfect if you want something fluffy & light
–tiramisu: nothing like your typical italian style tiramisu, more cakey
I guess Satura just didn’t hit the spot for me, but everything looked great!
NOTE: located in the downtown area

So this is where all the Asian people in Los Altos hang out!
We made a day of eating lunch and window shopping in Los Altos one afternoon, finally settling down at Satura for some coffee. After hours of not seeing a single other Asian person, we hit the motherlode. Something about bite-​sized sweets and tiny eats, and earl grey tea and cake with cheese, must attract all of my brethren of the Asian persuasion.
All of the other reviews will tell you what’s good — the cheesecake, the shortcake, the tiramisu, the mousse — so here’s some more knowledge that might sway your decision to come here:
— It’s a great place for people watching. We sat out for hours (free 2 hour street parking all around!), enamored with dogs, doting on families, and eavesdropping on first dates. The perfect kind of place to sit back and relax.
— But it’s not that cheap. One slice of strawberry shortcake is $ 5.50. A steep price, but at least it’s of high quality: light, fluffy, and with ample strawberries. Drip coffee is around $ 2, with espresso drinks around $ 4. It’s on par with chains like Paris Baguette and Tous Les Jours, but since it’s a small place it doesn’t have quite that industrial vibe.
— It is a great place to spend time. Los Altos already has that slower, small-​neighborhood feeling, and Satura embodies that with aplomb. It has free wifi (the workers willingly give the password — it was satura11 when I last visited), extra seating with umbrellas outside, and no one will bother you. I saw a couple bring books and just read here… I think they have the right idea.
Okay! You’ve now hopefully learned some new things about Satura Cakes. You were always going to come for the cake, but now you can plan your day around it. All of us Asians seem to have already figured out, why not you?

I was going to wait until after I try more items at Satura to write a review, then I realized that given my recent splurging on food (I had a rotation in the SF Mission district… foodie galore o. o), Satura would exacerbate my hemorrhaging wallet. So before I give myself an excuse to frequent Satura, I will write this review.
Satura has been in my hood for a long time, but I never went because my parents went on opening day wayy back and my mom brought me back this cake that I said tasted exactly like white bread dipped in apricot jam. It was all too true that my family didn’t go back in 10+ years, but my latest (self-​proclaimed) foodie obsessions lead me back.
Satura seems to be a Japanese-​style bakery. Their pastries and cakes are unque in concept, refined in technique, and delicately sweet. They also add ingredients that would traditionally fall under Asian desserts like matcha, chestnut, and roll cakes (yes, the roll cakes you’re always tempted to get when shopping at 99 Ranch, only here it probably costs almost as much as the entire roll at Sogo or Sheng Kee).
Like everyone mentions, bottom line is: amazing! but pricey!!!
(++) Matcha cream puff: This was a must-​get because it’s featured in reviews, I am a matcha monster, and there were several vanilla but only one matcha puff left. Cream puffs are almost always amazing (hard to go wrong with pastry and custard), but what stood out about Satura’s was the pastry coating – it wasn’t generic pastry as a vehicle for the custard, but had a pleasant vanilla flavor and a crunch perfected at the caliber of high-​end bakeries. My only complaint is the fact that one reviewer pointed out, that over the years their cream puffs have been increasing in price and decreasing in portion size :(
(+++) Chestnut cake: Unlike matcha, chestnut hasn’t jumped on the bandwagon yet and eating the thick, sweet, and nutty swirls for Satura’s chestnut cake brought back fond childhood memories. Chestnut cake has the muffin tops dilemma, which Satura does a good job of reconciling by rendering their cake predominantly chestnut frosting with a short base of pastry. Interestingly, they add two chocolate swirl sticks for decoration, but once you remove the Satura sign you can’t help but see the Android robot.
~$ 9 for two pastries… then again I live in the city with B Patisserie with $ 6.50 lemon tarts and Tartine with $ 7.25 banana cream tarts, and Satura does deliver quality and creativity for the prices they charge. I suggest eating in tiny bites to make their cakes/​pastries last longer P:

Love love love!
I’m coming to your bakery very soon to buy lots and lots more! My husband got my birthday cake from Satura Cakes. It was a mango mousse. Wrapped so neat, the top layer was glossy with fruits elegantly arranged on the top. Delish, the cake simply melted in my mouth. I think I finished half a cake at one shot :-) Loved the thin coconut layer in the mousse. Can’t wait to come to the bakery and try their goodies.

What a splendid find in Los Altos! It was still early in the morning, but this café was already open so we came here and picked up some items for breakfast.
Ordered the following:
(1) Kouignaman — donut that reminds me of a cronut, caramelized sugar
(2) Brioche donut — fluffy and oh so good, would love to get more of these next time
(3) Orange Brioche donut — husband ordered this, tastes like the brioche donut but with some orange as the topping, pretty good
(4) Chai latte — yes, delicious! flavorful
(5) strawberry shortcake — omg, divine! tastes like the typical Chinese strawberry shortcakes they have at wedding receptions, haha
(6) Pistachio cheesecake — my gosh, pleasantly surprised again!
Everything we ordered hit the spot, and we’d love to come back again in the future!
Friendly staff too.

Great pastry
Green tea pans cotta was super delicious not so sweet
The chocolate and Solei were too die for
My only issue with this place is the price tag ;0

Rather delightful cakes here. They have a lot of different flavors of cake slices that you can get.
I got the red velvet and the strawberry short cake. The red velvet was rather moist and the icing wasn’t overwhelmingly sweet. The strawberry shortcake was very light and fluffy. The whipped cream was okay. There were bits of strawberries in the whipped cream which were rather delicious.

One bite was all that it took, and I was hooked! Their ALMOND CROISSANT was just mind blowing! It was sooo freakin good! Crunchy and moist all in one!
Their cappuccino was not bad. I’ll have to try their espresso next time. I also bought Satura’s TIRAMISU (yummmmeeeee), and Satura’s CLASSIC CHOCOLATE cake for my managers and reps in the area! And after one bite… oh… let me tell you something… they will knock your socks off! It’s like «butttaaaaa!!»
Satura is a place where you want to enjoy delicious pastries while catching up with your friends and family. On a nice sunny day, take advantage of their outdoor seating especially for us pooch owners and enjoy the beauty of downtown Los Altos!
Until then, Cheers! ~ :p

Después de una caminada en uno de los parques naturales de la Silicon Valley, mis amigos de allà quisieron hacer una parada a Satura Cakes para meriendar. He probado los famosos «cream puff» (buñuelo de crema), el de té verde. Son cream puff al estilo francés y no al español (la masa es totalmente distinta). ¡Son maravillosos! Son ontuosos, fundantes y saborosos. $ 2 la pieza. Seguro que vuelvo a este lugar la próxima vez que estoy en la Silicon Valley para probar también el resto de las pastelerías. Parecían muy pero muy apetitosas y delicadas. Su miñaturez y sus colores pasteles recuerdan al mundo de la infancia. La oferta gastrónomica hace el puente entre Japón y Francia adaptándose a la vez al gusto de la sociedad americana (hay los famosos cheesecakes también, claro!).
El sitio es de decoración moderna y minimalista. Hay el aire acondicionado a tope con lo cual es ideal para refrescarse. Sin embargo, el sitio es pequeño. Hay mesas fuera también creo recordar. Mejor llevarlos a casa o sentarse en uno de los bancos de las calles.