Mrs. Backer’s Pastry Shop

Oh my goodness! Their frosting is to die for! Our family has been ordering birthday cakes from them for over 45 years and they’re still just as beautiful and delicious now as they were when I was little. Sometimes the cake is a little dry, but the frosting more than makes up for it. They are definitely the place to go for something special.

OMG l love this place it is like wedding cake heaven. You can get a small triangle or rectangle of cake that is like wedding cake with every flavor imaginable.
They have these eclairs that are just amazing
It is not a donut shop… it is a bakery with pastries, cookies and cakes.

My favorite bakery in Salt Lake hands down. I love the individual slices of cake. I usually get at least 2, one to take home… and one for the drive home.

After a slightly disappointing visit up the street to a nearby chocolate store, we stopped by Mrs Backers to see what they had to offer. I’m glad we did! We tried several cookies, one cake, and even a meat pie. All were excellent. High quality products with a friendly staff.

. This has the wares and atmosphere of a place a 1940s capital L Lady would go to get sweets for a tea party. It was doing its elaborate icing flowers long before the cupcake craze started and is still doing them as cupcakes decline. The cake squares with filling and buttercream, sort of an individual layer cake, are the best bet for your occasional need for major sugar jolt.
Strictly a shop, no seating.

They make a beautiful birthday cake, but it was way too sugary and dry that it wasn’t as enjoyable as it looked.

We’ve been here a couple times. There’s so much to choose from. Nothing too fancy but it smells like a grandmother’s house :) maybe that why we keep coming back. Overall, great place to grab some sweets if you’re wanting to feel a sugar rush.

This negative review is strictly based on service and atmosphere.
I think Bakers is on their 3^rd of 4^th generation of family ownership and it shows. They are 100% resting on their laurels hoping that the elite of SLC will continue to come buy their cakes just because that’s what grandma did.
Apparently the glass cases are still the originals. So if you have a kid who wants to look at one of the colorful creations behind the glass prepare to be scolded by Mrs. Baker the 3^rd. How can you expect a 2 year old to not touch the glass, and if they do, what gives you the right to yell at them? If your glass is so important to you, take it down, take it home and put your doll collection behind it.
The staff there are relatively nice and accommodate requests like placing danish’s in two boxes rather than laying 1 on top of the other. (although you’d think that would be something they already know.) But again, because they are not competing for new customers they’re just trying not to lose their regulars, they do not care what happens to your food.
If you do decide to go there, prepare for a Seinfeld ‘soup nazi’ type experience if anyone over 30 is behind the counter. If you can weather that storm, I highly recommend the raspberry danish and the chocolate raised donut.
I can’t speak about their cakes because I’m not 105 years old and don’t have a long standing relationship that would compel me to spend 5x more on a cake there than just about anywhere else.
Oh and if you go, don’t be surprised if all the sudden the family decided to head out on vacation. Don’t worry, you’ll be greeted by a large poster of a horse with letters that say ‘Gone Ridin.‘
And despite the fact they say they open at 8am, don’t expect any of their breakfast pastries to be ready until 9am or later.

For some reason, from the outside this place has been oddly intriguing. I finally stopped in for a ginger cookie and was somewhat disappointed. It’s really out of date inside and it has carpet, and something about a bakery with carpet just seems weird to me. Pretty unhelpful staff. Cookie was good, but not in any hurry to go back.

Ditto on the «Whoa! Sugar!» Three of us tried 3 pieces of cake for around 10 bucks. Pineapple Rum, German Chocolate and Caramel Crunch. After taking a bite or two of each, I honestly could not tell you the difference in flavor. The sugar content nearly knocked me off my feet and my usual desert devouring self couldn’t bring myself to eat anymore.
I’m still offering three stars because the cake was very pretty. Also, they have the friendliest employees of any store I’ve ever been to before. Not only nice to the customers but incredibly nice to each other. I wish all business treated me so wonderfully!

Crap service, decent pastry.
I wanted to buy a 7″ ($ 20) rum cake, but wanted a sample, so I could see if I liked it. They wouldn’t cut me a piece of the single-​serving rum cake to try (they had plenty single-​servings). I was in a hurry, so I bought the cake and asked them to write on it. While one employee was writing on the cake in the back, the other rung me up. The worker who wrote on the cake appeared again a few minutes later and showed me her handiwork — the Happy Birthday [name] was scrunched into the southwest corner, and looked really amateurish. All she had to say was «Sorry», and then she taped up the box and handed it to me.
Service aside, the cake was very good, but I think I can probably find another local shop with good products AND good service.
That may have been my last visit to Backer’s; two customer service issues in my first visit is too many to be a fluke.

This is a really cute bakery/​pastry shop in downtown SLC. It’s full of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, donuts — really anything you can dream of.
My favorite thing to get from Mrs. Backer’s is probably their small «mini cakes.» I am a particular fan of the chocolate flavors — when they have the chocolate raspberry flavor, don’t hesitate! Get it!
Yes, the frosting is really sweet, but I think that’s why I like Mrs. Backer’s so much. Their tasty desserts always hit the spot.

I always kid my wife about coming here, but the cookies are fantastic! Light, buttery, soft – worth the trip.

After driving by for years, I finally caved and stopped in. Such an adorable shop with great staff. Loved the flower cupcakes. Pretty and delicious!

Cupcakes are still the best option when you need something quick. But the cakes here are among the best. The frosting is rich and flavorful, some cupcakes have flower designs on them so that means the frosting has to be thicker or you could get a simple cupcake still just as great. The only downside is that they don’t have milk, they do have soda cans and water.

The very best frosting and cake on the surface of the earth. Adorable shop. Cute gifts and cards as well. The cakes are rather pricey, but worth it. Lovely frosting decoration. The prices for single items (like one cupcake) are very inexpensive.

I found this pastry shop by accident. I didn’t have a way into the parking garage of the building I was staying at so I pulled into the parking area on the side of Mrs. Backer’s Pastry Shop and waited it out. About 20 mins of hanging out in the car and researching businesses in the area on Unilocal someone approached my car and told me that parking was for customers only. I remember some businesses around the corner so I started walking. I walked pass Mrs. Backer’s Pastry Shop thinking I’d try them on my way back. There was a wedding dress shop at the end of the building so I turned around and went for some pastries.
After walking in I was amazed by all the good looking sweets. The shop was filled with cakes, pastries, and cookies. I started looking around then I started drooling. I would’ve gone crazy it even smelt so good. It was early and I didn’t want to get filled with to many sweets so I went with a huge pecan danish
I enjoyed it. I would’ve used a cup of coffee or hot chocolate to wake up a little more which I planned on getting next some where else.
Customer service was kind of lacking, maybe it was to early for them too. I wasn’t greeted when I came in or asked if I need any help while looking around. I was just starred at. When I smiled the girl made no reaction just starred at me. She was helpful after I started asking about the danishes.
I’d say it’s a solid 3.5 star since I didn’t try enough with a possible 4 had I tried more plus I think this business has been around since the 1940’s so that is always cool.

I’ve been purchasing Valentine’s Day cookies for my daughters here for nearly 16 years. I don’t there there as often now that I live in Sandy and now that my 13-​year-​old is gluten intolerant. They’re very decorative with their fancy icing.
Everything else is standard ma & pa bakery stuff. I miss Felt-​Buchorn across the street. Not that I ever went there, it was just a nice reminder of where SLC debutantes went for their wedding registry. The best I ever did was ZCMI in the late ’80’s…
They’ve got great neon. Nobody does neon anymore…
If you’re EB South Temple and want a treat, this place is the goods!

I just dont think they are good enough.
I understand they have quite a long history here, and I’m sure they’ve had better years, but that’s no excuse to perfect your product or at least make it reach what other bakeries, cookie places, and dessert places are doing.
They need to up their game, because the cookies I tried were just okay, and made me wish i had another kind of bakery around the corner from where I work, because now I know, that if I want something sweet, I will have to drive farther, because this place is not good enough.

Mrs. Backer’s Butter Cream:
You put a spell on me, and now I’m yours,
You put a spell on me, and there’s no cure,
I can’t think about any other butter cream,
Every baker I see I just gotta tell, about you
There’s nothing I can do, since,
You put a spell on me, that needs no cure,
Because that spell that you cast, it doesn’t hurt (except on my waistline)
I used to think that it was just infatuation,
Until I took a good look into my situation,
And when I got a glimpse into my tastebud’s motivations,
I realized that I was in for the duration.
You put a spell on me, that ain’t no curse,
And since you cast that spell, I am yours.