First Cake

This is my goto bakery for almost every birthdays. There cakes are moist and not to sweet. The fruit cakes are always fresh but our our fav is the chocolate mousse. Plus they’re not expensive and they don’t charge for any kind of writing on the cakes. Lastly, if you like the Chinese style buns… the bolo bao is the best I’ve ever had. The crispy sweet crust on top is to die for.

I love their Ying yang aka ½ coffee ½ milk tea. Hong Kong style drink. It’s just the way I like it. I ordered a big sheet cake for my mother in law and her sisters birthday party. Everyone loves it and think it’s very fresh. It was the mix fruit cake. What I love the most about this bakery is that they offer slice cakes daily. I get to try all of them before I buy. Mango cake was my favorite. Their egg tart is great. They also have variety of mini buns with different fillings such as sesame, taro or red bean. I love their red bean bun the most that I even call myself red bean bun. Lol

This place makes my day every time I go. It’s magical

I’ve only had the cakes here if I remember correctly. I love that they sell it by the slice because people like me can never finish an entire cake even if it’s a small sized one. I don’t exactly remember which ones I liked, but some were decent and some weren’t the best. For the price you pay, that’s not too bad. It’s close to my house, which I love. I’ve been eyeing on some things, so I think I’m going to give it another try. I bought my friend a slice and she said the mango mousse was different from others, but it was still OK so I’m guessing she’s had better which I’m sure of. Overall, it’s a decent place but I might be updating my review in the future

Another update, this time for other items besides cakes (still good… had a strawberry mousse recently. a few dollars more than before)
The Chinese pastries are less expensive than some other bakeries, but not a huge amount of meat. An important note to people with PEANUT ALLERGY that the sauce in the beef curry, chicken buns, and pork buns contain peanut butter. I do not know about other items, so please ask is this is an issue!
I still recommend this bakery for the consistent quality and price. My adult daughter had a reaction to a chicken bun, so I asked and was surprised the other items also had it.

This place changed management and has gone downhill since that. It used to be a wonderful and affordable shop to get cakes. However, a few days ago, I had them make a cake for an event and it was done very sloppily. On top of everything else, I asked them to make it out of fondant so that it would hold together while it was transported to the location where the party was and they didn’t listen and made it out of crème. They also didn’t provide a cover for the cake and didn’t warn me about this beforehand. Lastly, I asked them to use thick pink ribbons around the layers and they said ok but then ended up using a thin red one in the middle (which looked terrible) and had crème all over where the knot was. They charged me a deposit for the flimsy plastic cake stand, which was $ 30 for 4 tiny posts and a little ½ inch diameter base. how lame. It was partly broken and caused the top layer to go lopsided. All of this cost me $ 85. Not worth it. The whole thing was a mess and I would never get a cake from them ever again. Thankfully, the inside of the cake tasted ok so it wasn’t a total loss. Steer clear! There are much better cake shops around.

I’ve been having coffee for breakfast for ovrr a month now. I think it’s time for a change. Delicious hot Chinese milk tea with condensed milk, that’s why it’s so good! It’s a treat, only today too many calories.

What i ordered… mixed fruit cake
–same o same–

I’m so so so happy that I’m now on the same block as this place. Their service is wonderful, the cashier that I’ve dealt with is very polite, and their donuts are great.
They currently have a special on pineapple custard buns, 3/​$ 1. Get them in the morning when they’re still warm.

«Don’t get a cake that is too sweet!!»
I kid you not. My family says the most inane things sometimes. Don’t buy a cake — a dessert, that is sweet.
Do you feel my pain? It’s nonsensical.
Knowing this unavoidably annoying quirk I set out to find a cake to celebrate my oldest daughter’s birthday with this part of my family. I’ve already used a lot of bakeries in the area that I wasn’t interested in visiting again so soon (we have a lot of birthdays in my family) I spied this place thanks to a fair 3 star review from my Unilocal friend Victor.
I walked in and saw some cute cakes. I noticed the playful use of Kix and Cheerios cereal on a few of the cakes. I also saw a gorgeous European styled ganache covered chocolate mocha mousse cake — but I knew they would not like it.
I picked a Strawberry Mousse cake. It was delicious! Not sweet, light chiffon cake filled with strawberry mousse and covered with fluffy non sugared whipped cream. It was light and subtle.
Exactly what my relatives like.
After they devoured the cake, I realized I found a bakery that not only do they like — but I like too! That is tricky because I love sweets. I expect dessert to be sweet and my food to be savory.
Ah! I also purchased red bean buns and a flaky chicken pot pie pastry. They were delicious! I will gladly stop by again to buy those.
This mom and pop bakery isn’t fancy. I don’t mind that. What I care most about is the way the cake looks and tastes, the price, and the service. No one I serve the cake to would care what the bakery itself looked like. That makes sense right? Right.
Final words: The nice lady behind the counter told me I can place a custom cake order next time I stop by. I told her parking is dismal in that area once the kids get out of school across the street. She said she’d be happy to run my cake out to me if I rang her up.
In the end, I was able to make my family who do not like desserts sweet feel happy to eat birthday cake thanks to this great bakery.
Whew!

Buns are always hot and fresh in the morning. I am not really a fan of their cakes but the beef curry Is one of a kind and so yummy. If you have a big order, it is best to preorder to make sure you get what you want. The owners are nice and provide excellent service.

Great service and have a lot of selection. The food is good, but not great hence the three stars. I ordered 6 winter melon (wife) cake, 3 BBQ pork bun, 3 pineapple bun, 3 chicken tail bao (not sure the English name, but that is what is call in Chinese), and 6 other. Two dozen of buns for a really good price.
The reason for my three star rating because the buns did not stay soft into the next day. Have I had to eat all my food the first day, this place would probably get a higher rating.

Great service, opened up after hours to let us buy a cake. we bought the Mango mousse cake, which turned out to be one of the best cakes we’ve ever had. Thanks First Cake!!!

5 stars Because of their service.
Today is my mom’s birthday and I was rushing home to this bakery from work to get her a cake.
Sadly they were locking up, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask, an older asian couple had just left the bakery and an eldery asian man was closing the doors, but when I walked up to him and asked if he was closed he called to the couple (they were the owners!) haha they came back asking what I wanted and I told them I wanted to get a mousse cake for my mom’s birthday and the lady asked mango? haha I WAS LIKE YES! and they said no problem we have one left.
She even asked if I wanted anything written. It was so nice of them to stay open for me. $ 20.80 for an 8inch cake. my mom’s face as i surprised her was priceless.
To make things better the cake was tasty too! haha very light and not heavy. the sponge cake part was very similar to the sponge cake you get at other asian bakeries.
MY MOM LOVED HER CAKE
thank you again!

I highly recommend the egg tarts. I might even go as far to say they might just rival the ones from Golden Gate bakery. Flaky crust and a perfectly sweet custard. What more can you ask for?
I also had their sponge cake and hot dog bun. The sponge cake is soft and light. Quite delicious. I wasn’t a big fan of the way they make their hot dog bun but it was pretty good.

First (place strawberry short) cake.
Two layers of cake with strawberry and cream filling the middle. Single berry on top for a confident «this is the best you’ll ever have» close. Pretty sure it was.
Oat and raisin bun was also exceptional. Hint of sweetness. Perfect carb fuel for a night of dancing.
Cake donut ended up being the perfect indulgence after a big night dancing.

This may look like a regular, old chinese bakery from the outside. But they are actually fairly new, and serves freshly baked pastries, cakes and breads. I’m usually a sucker for the oversized chinese cupcakes wrapped in parchment paper. I think they succeeded in crafting one of the best ones in the city. Never disappointed. Service could be friendlier, but hey, it’s not a restaurant. Just buy bread and go.

One of the best baked char sui bao in San Francisco. Good meat to bao ratio. Gravy is not too heavy or over sweeten. the bao is not too sticky from the glazing. The meat is decent quality, not your random pig fat.
Other than that, their other stuff is fine but i wouldnt say its near the best in SF

Unassuming little joint. They have pipping hot morning batches of cocktail bun, pineapple taro and custard buns (mini, 3 for $ 1) that’s the perfect portion to take to work or school. I’ve tried a couple of their single-​serving size cakes too and they’re yummy, light and not too sweet. Surprisingly they also offer banh mi!
In-​and-​out in 2 minutes kinda neighborhood bakery! Me like!

Honestly, I really want to like First Cake and to use them exclusively for our family birthdays. However, I recently ordered a cake with instructions to limit the filling because some in the family do not enjoy all that heavy cream (it’s an Asian thing you know).
The cake was fresh enough but there is 1.5″ layer of filling in the cake. That was way too much and not what I requested. I also think they used butter cream instead of whipped cream because the next day, when we cut the cake, the icing cracked.
It’s ok but not what we’re used to. We got so many complaints about the cake having too much cream and the cake itself is too soft (not spongy, just mushy soft) that we will probably take them out of consideration.