Dessert Lady Café

I felted anxious the first time I stepped inside this store. I was going to start taking pictures of plenty of their original temptations, when I was stopped by the finger of my friend pointing the «no pictures inside» poster (sad face).
I totally understand and support the imaginationright! There are lots of copycats around…
While in the store I observed in depth every creation. Each one seemed to appear spotless, shinny, flirty, fluffy: smiling at me (waiting to appear in my pictures). Wow, those cupcakes are good looking, the cookies looked crunchy, the cakes are cool: some have green color (pistachio and green tea).
Do you like Belgian chocolate? This is your store. Craving pies? No worries, order online at their page:
I have tried two of their cakes: the Green Tea Tiramisu and the Double Chocolate w Caramel Crisp&Coffee Buttercream. The first one was delicate, fresh, making a good match with a Port Wine. For the second cake I would advice you to sip something bitter.
I’m searching for the occasion to indulge with one of those cupcakes, I’m glad it’s urban trend passed (I would hate to wait on line).
Hasta pronto! Heaven for sweet tooth people, see ya soon.

Matcha Tiramisu Cake, absolutely heavenly. Light, fluffy and not too sweet. The 5″ cake was the perfect ratio of lady’s fingers and whipped goodness (~$ 27). Other than the freshness of the two strawberry halves topped on the cake, I have no complaints!
The quaint bakery was lined with everything from cookies, macaroons, banana loafs and decorated customized cases — it was hard to stay focused on my mission of picking up a birthday cake.
I’ll definitely be back!

Not a café! The name of this place is «Dessert Lady» not «Dessert Lady Café». I just bought a delicious, light, fluffy chocolate cupcake here. Would be nice to be able to sit and eat it there, but there’s nowhere to sit.

Red velvet cake. 8 inches. For my 7-year-old’s birthday. Absolutely delicious. The cream cheese frosting. Yum… Would just eat it with a spoon. My kids found the frosting a bit too complex for their pallet, but it didn’t stop them from spooning tons of the moist, velvety, perfectly sweetened cake.
Wonder what the chocolate cake will be like.

They have a good selection and an easy pickup. A little pricey but the strawberry shortcake I ordered tasted great and had tons of fresh strawberries. I ordered and paid online and you can collect points as well.

Bought a Matcha Tiramisu cake and it was excellent! It was for my parents who aren’t into overly sweet cakes so it was perfect and we all loved it. They also packaged it nicely so it was perfect for traveling to bring them home for my parents who lives a bit away.

Gluten-​free review:
When you first walk into this place you instantly melt into happiness from the sweet aroma of freshly baked pastries. They have a number of desserts on display as you walk in and soon find that like most bakeries, the vast majority of items are not gluten-​free. However there are a few:
— Macarons (about 8 flavours to choose from)
— Truffles (some aren’t gluten-​free so be sure to ask which are)
— Pudding? Not sure if it was pudding or some sort of mousse dessert
I got three macarons: the hazelnut, macha/​green tea, and raspberry lemon. They were all REALLY good and I definitely recommend them. I didn’t try anything else.
Overall, great experience. The staff are friendly, the macarons are delicious and I want to go back for more. I do wish they had more gluten-​free options, like cupcakes.
Note: I am gluten intolerant and don’t have celiac’s disease. My reactions range from mild (a few crumbs) to moderate (a full bite of gluten-​filled food) depending on how much gluten I consume. I don’t know if they prepare their gluten-​free items in a separate area but it didn’t look like they did. I did not have a reaction to the food here.

This is a small shop near Yonge Street in Yorkville. There are many good looking pastries. It is located in the expensive area and this is a famous shop, but it is not expensive. The pastries tastes are good, but I think they are overrated. If someone thinks the brand and looks are more important than the taste, she may like it.

I’m a big fan of cupcakes and often go around looking for them. I don’t like super sweet icing, Not only it gives me sugar rush and a bad headache after eating those but also the sweetness is so over powering I couldn’t really remember the flavor of the cake. Sometimes the icing is combination of buttercream and cream cheese and have to add an awful amount of icing sugar. That being said the reason I like this place is their cupcakes are more flavorful and a lot less sweet. My favorite is the pumpkin cupcake the cake is made with pumpkin purée and spices kind of like a spice cake moist and not dense. The buttercream is lighter than regular type it might a combination of butter cream and whipped cream so it’s not too rich and heavy. The pumpkin white chocolate chip cookies are wonderful they are cake like cookies, soft and chewy with a good hint of spices and also pumpkin purée in the cookies. The only thing is the staff works there always make me uncomfortable. Maybe cause a little while for me to decide and also I like to ask a bunch of questions to before deciding what to buy, they look impatient and annoyed.

3.5. I got the lemon meringue tart and it was A-​OK. Tasted just like what a normal lemon tart should, wasn’t bad but it wasn’t spectacular either.

Love this place. They are so accommodating with adjustments and can make macarons less sweet on order!
Service has always been good and friendly.
They use wholesome real products for quality you can taste. I buy all my birthday cakes from here.

I was responsible for getting the cake for a milestone birthday party and the birthday «boy» loves red velvet so I enlisted the help of Unilocal to find a shop close-​ish to my home. I procrastinated so ended up looking on Friday after work when the party was on Saturday. Fortunately Dessert Lady was still open and were able to make a cake for me. Ordering on the phone was painless; I just said how many people would be at the party and what kind of cake I wanted. The next day, picking up my order was an easy and hassle free process as well; it was ready so walking in and out took 5 minutes max.
Conveniently located, you’re about a block north of Bloor Station. I drove, but there’s heaps of parking on Cumberland.
The red velvet cake is very rich here ! As the cake is quite tall, cut the pieces small. The entire cake was covered in cream cheese icing and on the inside, there were layers of said icing. I found the price point to be quite reasonable; for $ 52 you get bang for your buck. All fifteen people had a generous slice and there was still a lot of cake left.
If you’re in need of a personalized cake for a large group, check out Dessert Lady. You can find their catalogue online and you can easily order over the phone.
Good for: cake

Nice cake, and the guy that works there is very nice and helpful.
Got a strawberry shortcake and it was light and very nice. It wasn’t overly sweet which is what we wanted.
I also got a pie which was a bit steep for $ 9 but I couldn’t resist.
Cake was very reasonably priced. Would come back and get a cake again!

They are not good. I think my friend who bakes as a hobby does better than their cakes. I was so disappointed. The sponge cake inside was so dry– I mean even store bought sponge cake wouldn’t be that dry!
To be honest, they are not even nice… They were so rude to my standard, and their cake sucks like the ones in China town.
Don’t know why they got famous…

Red velvet cupcake tastes very weird.
The cream cheese icing is alright. The cake is no good. Red velvet should have a chocolate flavor, but I cannot taste it at all. My vocab is too little to describe the odd taste of the cake. Anyways, not going back at all.

Had the white chocolate macadamian cookies here … So delicious! Very reasonably priced for Yorkville as well! Will be back :)

Round 2 of Cake Fund here!
This time I ordered the White Chocolate Mousse with Matcha Green Tea cake and Apricot Mascarpone crème… Crowdpleaser alert! There was definitely huge love going around the table for this one. Expect lots of flavour from the mascarpone, giving it a light, cheese-​y taste.
The other cake I picked up was the Pistachio Dark Chocolate mousse. The dark chocolate was quite pronounced on this, almost overshadowing the Pistachio, so don’t expect too much of the green flavour.
Both cakes light, and yummy! Light enough for me to try both cakes without feeling the need to run straight to the gym, that is…

I should probably write an update on my initial review a few years ago two reasons really.
A. I got my wedding cake here
B. I got my wedding favors here.
First of all can I say how much I had loved working with Tommy and Mandy during the entire process of planning out my wedding cake and favors. They were easy to work with and they got my cake exactly as I wanted and envisioned that is absolutely insane as to how much I adored my cake. We went with two cake flavors, one was a strawberry shortcake and a double chocolate with passion fruit.
Our wedding favors came out really well too, Mandy was able to customize our chocolates to what we wanted, which was a classic dark chocolate and white chocolate passion fruit truffles paired together. Pricing was ok, but we ordered in bulk with no packaging so it was a little cheaper than it would have been if we had ordered with packaging.
Pricing — it was fair (I went to a few other places to get an idea before making our decision) and worth every penny that I spent. Tommy delivered our cake and there was surcharge because we were so far out of the city. But he was on time and the cake was set up without any issues.
A few other details: To call and book the 20 minute consultation, it is pretty straight forward and simple. So the consultation does take place at the store in Cumberland, which isn’t the most comfortable experience, since Dessert Lady doesn’t have a seating area set up for you to sit and chat with either Mandy or Tommy.
Out of all the places, they were the only place that had mini cakes at the ready for us to try versus cupcakes, which was unique, but it gave us a good idea of how the cake would end up tasting on the day of, which was true to taste.

Seems like this café got its high ratings from the cakes.
Got a box of 6 macarons. The macarons are packed with flavour, but the cookie part of the macaron just did not deliver. ⁵⁄₆ macarons were hollow, the cookie pretty much crumbled. There was essentially no cookie but a crispy thin crust.

I found this place on the internet — a search of «best cakes in Toronto» and Dessert Lady was one of the first options on Google to pop up. I decided to look at the website and I was sold (this place has awards)! The website is very informative (it has pictures so it can give one ideas) and it gives you instructions on how to order and what to consider. (I also went on Unilocal thereafter to look at the reviews — and yes, the positive reviews just assured me that I was going to be in good hands).
I was fairly nervous at my timeframes because I wanted to place an order for a 3D cake which in my past experience requires a minimum of a weeks order. According to the website, you should send an email detailing what you want and than follow up with a phone call. I placed a call and a kind man advised me someone would call me back shortly.
A day had passed and I still had received no call, but I got an email (at midnight no less!) saying that I would get a call by 3pm the following day. Well, 3pm had passed so I decided to call two hours later — the people here are busy, busy. Despite the back-​and-​forth, the process was really easy. I confirmed what I wanted over the phone and I received a quote — I had to pay a 50% deposit, and when I got the cake, I would pay the rest.
Overall, I was really, really, pleased with my cake. The flavouring was really delish! If you want a show-​stopper cake, that is yummy too, than come to Dessert Lady Café! You will not be disappointed!
FYI — Location is super convenient (subway access) and they also deliver for a fee.

Great dessert place in Yorkville. They’re not cheap, priced well compared to other specialty desserts in the area tho.
Been coming here since my search for the best macaron in the city a few years ago. They were very good but not the best. BUT… I was in search for the best cupcakes last year and they make the best Banana cupcake. All their other flavours were tasty and moist, but the banana was outstanding.
The staff is always friendly.
Made a visit today since I was in the area. Unfortunately they were out of banana cupcakes but the lady at the counter mentioned they had apple pies fresh out of the oven. Can’t resist fresh baked pies! So fresh it was still warm when I got home… And it was real GOOD! Flaky crust and packed with apples plus it wasn’t too sweet.
Gotta try their pumpkin pie next time =D