Cake Ya

Delicious green tea caramel pudding. Other popular items were sold out. I also bought the green tea pound cake and it was a little dry; but that is based on my personal preference. Affordable price. There are no tables and chairs so it’s take out only. Free street parking. The owner/​baker was friendly. She greeted me when I stepped in and also talked in a friendly matter. After I paid she said thank you in Japanese.

Nice Japanese bakery specializing in homemade desserts. I usually come here to get the Honey Cake which come in a loaf for a very reasonable $ 5. Most of the time it is better to come mid-​day as sometimes they run out of items at the end. Other items I’ve enjoyed include the puddings and also the green tea cake with the red beans.
The location is a bit secluded but on the bright side there’s plenty of street parking available. If you come in and out of Tri-​cities via Barnet highway it’ll be right on the way.

Great place. Fresh top quality always tasty. Only complaint (why I didn’t give 5 stars) is they misspelled my son’s name on his birthday cake despite clear instructions. Otherwise excellent. Uncle Tetsu eat your heart out, lol.

I visit this bakery almost on a monthly basis despite its out-​of-​the-​way location. It is always worth the trip because of the quality of their goods. Short of pudding I had in Japan, cake-​ya makes the best pudding I’ve had and if you catch them early enough you get to choose from neat flavors like coffee, black sesame and milk tea! Their mont blanc is also top-​notch, so much chestnut! And for nearly every birthday in the family, we almost strictly order the greentea red bean cake. The green tea flavor is really potent and there is a generous amount of red bean that is not too sweet to balance out a fluffy soft cake.
I am surprised to read that others felt the owner had an attitude as I have never experienced it. She is not necessarily talkative but I think that is just because english is a second language for her. Every time i have been to cake-​ya the owner as polite and helpful. I highly encourage you to give cake-​ya a try!

Location SUCKS especially if you’re using buses. I heard they have awesome cake rolls, puddings and strawberry daifuku, so I always wanted to try their baked stuff.
I don’t know the rules of this cakery, but do I have to order if I want to buy anything? I walked in there with my husband at 11:30 on Thursday and there was 1 lady standing behind the counter, looking at us like «You’re not supposed to be here». Yeah, she looked absolutely SHOCKED for some reasons (we don’t look threatening at all by the way).
I was bit confused but I said «Hello» with smile and my husband did the same. So I looked inside of the glass case… They barely had anything in there. No cake rolls, no puddings… only 1 strawberry daifuku & 2 regular daifuku. So I bought 1 strawberry daifuku and I bit in. Red beans were under cooked and there was barely any flavor.
I was very disappointed of course. We came from so far away and we didn’t even get to see other stuff than daifuku. I wanted to ask her how I can get more stuff from them but she looked scared and I was also scared to see her reaction if we ever ask her any questions.
So I didn’t ask… and left. Went to Starbucks across the parking lot and enjoyed coffee. THE END.
No, not really The End. But hey, can someone tell me how to get more stuff from them other than daifuku? I’ve tried their pudding from Konbiniya and it was delicious. I have never had any cake rolls from them. Do I have to order it if I want that???

My wife wanted to try this hidden bakery so we went on a Saturday afternoon. We purchased the Strawberry Roll cake which turned out to be pretty good. However, my wife was upset with how she was treated while making the purchase The owner was not friendly — borderline rude. yeah the cake is pretty good but not good enough to go back, ignoring how they made my wife feel.
Cons — No place to sit. Dingy store. Owner’s terrible attitude
Pros — Strawberry cake is pretty good. The only reason Cake Ya gets the extra star from me.

just love their strawberry and green tea rolled cake.
(best of all, it’s Not too sweet!)
You’d better go early to grab what you want especially on weekends.

Japanese-​castella at its best! Purchased my son’s birthday cake there. 8″ round Chocolate castella cake garnished with very subtle and light cream and lots of strawberries and blackberries. The cake was ever so delicately sweet and fluffy, the cream was also light and just right, and the fruits were fresh as well. If you are into the Japanese style cake, I’d definitely recommend that you check it out.

The only reason this place didn’t get five stars is because the location really sucks, especially if you are bussing :(
Anyways I decided some pudding might make finals week better so I decided to make the trip out. When I was in Korea this summer all I ate was pudding, but I found it hard to find good pudding here. WELL, NOW I HAVE CAKE-​YA!
I bought the original, matcha, and royal milk tea puddings. I chilled them in the fridge before eating, and they are SO GOOD.
I love pudding…
And the pricing is pretty fantastic. $ 2.25 for original and $ 2.50 for the flavoured ones, and the portions are pretty good. Not yout average tiny pudding.
I shall be coming back here often :)

Love their loaves and honey castella. Their daifuku’s are always so fresh and not too sweet!

Very friendly hardworking ladies here make awesome fluffy cakes. They recently did a fantastic job on a custom birthday cake order for me. Only criticism I could make is they are a little skimpy on the fruit sometimes when things like strawberries are not in their prime season.

Delicious chestnut cake, great service. I called the morning I needed the cake and they offered to set one aside for me. Chestnut is my dad’s favourite type of cake and it definitely did not disappoint.
I picked up some green tea shortbread cookies too ($ 2 for 4 cookies) which were quite crumbly but delicious.
Will definitely return for more high quality desserts!

Cake Ya is a lovely Japanese bakery located in Port Moody off the beaten path on Clarke Road (a few blocks away from Rocky Point). They specialize in cream pudding with a Japanese fusion twist: Custard Crème Caramel, Match Crème, Black Sesame, etc. As you are prepared to pay for your goods, you are immediately distracted by the beautiful cake rolls: Matcha Red Bean, Chestnut, Strawberry… and then the Okinawa Shortbread… You can kiss that diet Good Bye. Adieu! (Or you will just need swim a 50 in that pool before and after)

Chestnut Cake Roll: Chestnut purée covered heavenly soft sponge cake with whipped cream center with more chestnut with a chestnut on top.
Matcha Red Bean Cake Roll: A light but robust flavored green tea sponge cake filled with tender soft red bean and smothered with whipped cream. I died.
Japanese Baked Cheesecake: In Japan they call it soufflé cheesecake. Japanese cheesecake stands out in the crowd by its velvety smooth, creamy yet fluffy texture. It general shrinks in cold temperature. So it is best eaten freshly baked out of the oven!
Okinawa Shortbread: Fine crumbly buttery shortbread. Each crunch bursts with flavors. I love that I can taste the matcha so evidently and yet it is not bitter. Sesame is fragrant and if you break it apart, it goes incredibly well as a ice cream topping. Try it! Vanilla Red Bean was interesting but I’m not a huge fan of red bean to begin with.

If you are lucky, you might catch their Daifuku made fresh daily (occasionally). Sometimes, it is just nice to take a break from that black forest cake.

I ordered chestnut cake from Suzuya near Nikkei Center.
They can delivery Cake at Suzuya once a week.
The cake was defrostedone.
They sometimes send some cake to Events at Nikkei Center.
Those cakes are also not fresh.

This place is a hidden gem! I bought the Chestnut cake once and now my mom is hooked! If you like the chestnut cake at Anna’s cake house then you MUST come here and check this place out. The chestnut cake is not too sweet and they give you LOTS of chestnut filling. Oh and their black sesame shortbread is really good too :)

I’m not exactly sure what Japanese cakes are, but I like it!
I bought a semi-​sweet chocolate cake to share and it was delicious. This cake was more dense, but soft and not too rich. It wasn’t overly sweet, which my husband liked. Next time I’ll try their macha sponge cake with cream filling.
If you don’t want to drive out to Port Moody, you can buy them at Suzuya Japanese Market.
It’s not a huge selection, but they have the more popular items. If you know what you want, call Cake Ya and put in a custom order to be delivered to the market.

This is a «Cakery», not a regular bakery. They don’t carry things like bread.
Have tried: Soufflé Cheesecake, Mont Blanc (chestnut cream), and Chocolate Banana Roll Cake. I liked the cheesecake best, followed closely by the roll cake. Mont Blanc wasn’t as yay as I had hoped. I think I was thrown off by the huge loaf, since I’ve only seen single-​serving ones before. By the way, all their cakes are that size (a bit bigger than a six-​inch sub).
For those of us that can’t make it out that east that often, their custard puddings are available at Izumiya (
) in Richmond. Their roll cakes can be ordered at La Chocolaterie (
) (inside Izumiya).
The newspaper article in which I learned about this store, two years ago, mentioned that they have daifuku — a rice-​flour and red bean paste-​based Japanese dessert. Either they stopped making those, or were sold out both of the times I went.
P. S. Unilocal’s survey seems to think it’s a eat-​in place, but it’s not.

I like this place! Has the Jap style min blanc that is not too sweet. Also had okinawa style shortbreads but not much to say about that. It was this really white shorbread cookies sprinkled with sugar? At first I thought I had to bake it more? But the mon blanc was excellent and other desserts look very yummy. The hours are bit off as it closes at 6, I can barely make it by the end of the day during the week.

* Japanese cakes *
What an unexpected location for a Japanese cake bakery — all the way out in Port Moody. Go figure!
I would have never have found this place if it wasn’t for Sachi M’s (
) tip. Thank you, Sachi!
This very small little bakery was staffed by two Japanese women who were busy at work behind the counter making fresh cakes, custards, and daifuku. It seems like everything is made from scratch — the two of them were simultaneously whipping cream, baking sheet cakes, cleaning strawberries, and serving customers. There was a huge pile of fresh strawberries which looked awfully appealing that they were prepping for the strawberry daifuku (none were available yet that day).
There was a limited selection available for purchase, but everything looked very fresh. I get the impression that they make things in small batches to keep everything at the best freshness level.
They were offering samples of their Cheesecake and Castella (honey cake). Both were very good. The matcha roll cake also looked very good, with a matcha flavoured cake rolled around fresh cream. No samples on that one unfortunately!
I took a full cheese cake home (it is baked in a rectangular loaf which provided about 8 slices) which was an incredibly reasonable $ 4.50. Crazy.
The cheesecake was the light fluffy soufle kind you find commonly in Japan. It was true to Japanese style in being not overly sweet. Delicious!
I must return to try their Mont Blanc (which was listed on the menu, but not available). I absolutely adore the Japanese style of this chestnut cream cake, and I have a feeling they will stick true to the same flavour profile as you find in Japan here.
Looking forward to returning!