Sweet Surrender Bakery
6439 Ming Ave, Bakersfield, CA
Crema's Take
“Sweet Surrender Bakery is a custom cake destination that's earned its stellar reputation through reliable, beautiful custom orders and an impressive rotating selection of cupcakes and pastries that keep locals coming back year after year. The team excels at turning special occasions into showstoppers—whether it's a German chocolate cake with perfectly balanced frosting or a custom red velvet creation—and they handle rush orders with impressive grace. This is the kind of place where you pop in for a quick coffee and cookie, then inevitably walk out with a box of cupcakes because their variety is just too tempting to resist.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
The bakery items are super sweet, so I tend to go for a cookie.
I ordered a German Chocolate Cake just one day before we needed it. They were very prompt and had it ready by 2 pm the next day! Beautiful 3 layer cake, with just the right amount of delicious frosting! One cake served 24 people easily! We will be ordering more cakes from Sweet Surrender!
Im a huge dessert foodie. Cake being at the top of my fav desserts. I get my birthday cakes from here every year. They dont disappoint. Prices are a bit higher but you get what you pay for! Ask for samples! 😋
I was recommended this place by a coworker for my anniversary cake. I ordered the cake on Friday and set up pickup on Sunday. Over the phone, I asked for a red velvet cake, three frosted brownies, and 3 lemon bars. The the lady over the phone asked if I wanted writing on the cake but she didn't tell me it would be an extra $3.00 later on I found out when I got my receipt. I came on Sunday with my partner to pick up our order. We arrived and we're impressed with the amount of items in the boutique, walked around then went to the pickup counter. The lady at the pickup counter was on the phone taking in an order while my partner and I were waiting. We overheard the conversation from the lady working at Sweet Surrender asking questions about a smash cake. The lady working at Sweet Surrender ended the call then started talking with her coworker making fun of the customer asking questions about the smash cake. It made me think... Did they make fun of me when I asked questions while placing my order? We went home to eat the cake and other items we got. The frosting on the brownies tasted overly sweet and exactly like cheap frosting from the jar. It ruined the brownie. The brownie was good. The lemon tart was good. The red velvet cake frosting was way too sweet. It was not edible. The frosting was way too thick and heavy. The cake was eaten and the frosting in the middle but we had to carve out the cake from all that sweet frosting. We felt like we got overcharged for the sweets because they were featured on the food network and Oprah. The experience was not great. We felt bad for the lady they made fun of on the phone. Mind you... they did this right in front of us.
Ordered a custom cake, they did an amazing job. The process was so easy. When I came to pick up the cake I couldn’t leave without a dozen cupcakes also! They have a huge selection, there were tons of beautiful cakes in the case to pick from and tons of cookies. Plus the store its self is so cute. They have a whole wall of candles for any occasion
Crema Reviews
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