Bean Counter Bakery Cafe

I was so pleased with the cake Alice and her crew made for our recent Grand Opening Party! This was an important event with many executives in attendance and the cake had to be impressive! Alice and her team did not disappoint. With a quick turn around and only photos to go on, they made the perfect replica of our electron microscope. Everyone loved how nice it looked AND tasted. Thanks again Alice and team for making this for us. I highly recommend this bakery and will use them myself, personally and professionally.

Very tasty desserts, but on the expensive side. I bought two desserts for $10 total and one of them was the white chocolate chip cookie dough bar. This thing was heavy and dense. The cookie dough layer was so good and had a perfect mushy texture. The taste of the white chocolate layer on top did not fit well with the cookie dough. It also came off completely as one piece after I took the first bite, would be better if it was molded into the cookie dough layer itself. Then I got their vegan oatmeal cream pie cookie - it was fantastic! It had a similar feeling to Little Debbie’s oatmeal cream pies but obviously less of that fake taste. Very clean inside and chill atmosphere.

I’ve been waiting a while to write this review, as enough time has passed, but now looking back on our 4 month wedding anniversary, I want to shed light on the terrible experience that my husband, mother and best friend had to endure. It was my first cake tasting experience, so we were all very excited about the process. However, that excitement quickly dissipated once we spoke with the owner. On a positive note, the bakery itself was very pretty and brand new. However, the cakes themselves were overly sweet, the cake to filling ratio was completely off and there were tons of hidden fees. For instance, one of the samples we tried had a lemon sauce on it, but she informed us that sauce would be $50 extra - if we went without it it would just be a plain vanilla slice. A plain white 3 tiered cake with delivery was already ~$1200–no decorations at all. I wanted fresh flowers to be added to the cake which would be an extra $250, even if I supplied my own flowers. The price, we were okay with, however she repeatedly tried to dissuade us from adding flowers as it would require her cake decorator to work on a Sunday…she kept insisting that we asked the florist to place the flowers instead. However, stated that if anything happened to the cake, it wouldn’t be her responsibility. We ended up choosing Gerardo’s bakery instead. It was less than half the price, the fresh flowers were placed at no extra charge and we got a lot more cake, as well. He was also a lot more transparent about pricing and was very flexible with our request. Hope this helps!

I ordered my daughter's 19th birthday cake from here, and we were all thrilled with the choice! I chose the White Chocolate Raspberry Mousse cake from their cake menu on the website. It was one of the best cakes we've ever had, and the raspberry mousse filling was sublime! The cake itself had delicious flavor and was moist. We didn't sit and stay in the cafe when we picked up the cake, but we would definitely go back to hang out there. It was spacious and clean. I also got an eclair for my husband when I picked up the cake. He said it was delicious! I would 100% get a cake from Bean Counter in the future.

Bean Counter Bakery is our go-to for all delicious celebratory needs! Founder and owner Alice Lombardi takes pride in what she does, and it shows in the final products. We have never had a cake or cupcakes we did not thoroughly love and devour from her or her team at Bean Counter Bakery! Most recently, I ordered two custom cakes and cupcakes from them for my wife's surprise 30th birthday party. The goal was to have the sides of the cake look like my wife's childhood bedroom's wallpaper. Alice prioritized me with multiple phone calls to outline the pricing, review what is possible and what is not possible, and ensure our visions of what we wanted aligned. It was difficult because usually there is an in person consultation, but because of how far away I currently live (the party was being hosted in MA since my family lives there though), we could not do an in person consultation. Despite this, Alice worked with me (multiple times) by phone to ensure the cakes were exactly what I hoped for. And boy did she deliver! The sides of the cakes were immediately recognizable from my wife's old childhood bedroom, and the cake toppers were nicely done with printed photos of my wife as a newborn and on her actual 30th birthday pasted with white chocolate onto a mold of fondant for the topper. Unfortunately, the printer for printing the photos on the cake broke just the day before, so this was not possible, but Alice quickly called to inform me, and pivoted with the above idea at no additional charge! The cakes were spectacular, matching exactly what I had envisioned aside from the lack of printed photos on the cake (again, not within anyone's control as the printer broke just before the day of the party). The words written on the cake were delivered just as promised to celebrate my wife's big day, and the toppers were placed nicely to display her photos prominently. Alice even went the extra step to add clouds to the borders of the top of the cake at no extra charge since the printer broke! The sides of the cake were absolutely beautiful, and truly highlights the work that her and her team do at Bean Counter Bakery. Again, they matched the wallpaper from my wife's childhood bedroom, with ornate details including the phenomenal watercolor effect done with frosting, the fluffy buttercream clouds and swirls, and the beautiful faces of the sun and moon from the wallpaper! The faces were all done with buttercream too - no fondant! - and came out so accurately (not cartoonish at all in my opinion!). Plus, of course, the carrot and red velvet cakes were delicious!! The red velvet is uniquely its own creation at Bean Counter Bakery, and the carrot cake was nailed - two favorites of my wife's! Furthermore, all of this was done in a timely manner - all set and ready to go for pick up before the surprise birthday party. Everyone at the party, and most of all my wife, was impressed with the cakes. Even the staff at the venue were asking where the cake was from so they could take note and order from Bean Counter Bakery in the future. And I almost forgot to mention the cupcakes - WOW! To have such heaping gobs of edible cookie dough on top of these cupcakes was amazing. They should truly be a regular flavor offered at Bean Counter. Everyone was RAVING about the cupcakes thanks to that heap of edible cookie dough on top. We would definitely purchase these again should they be available. Overall, I would recommend Bean Counter Bakery every time asked about which bakery to go to for all cake/cupcake needs. The cost is reasonable (higher of course with custom orders and with more details and colors needed) given the quality of the products you receive. Alice and her team are outstanding, and please go check them out at their flagship site on Grove St in Worcester if you haven't already. They even have other baked goods and coffee there for a relaxing way to start your day. And trust me, you won't be leaving without a cake or cupcake! With warmest regards for Bean Counter Bakery, Javin

Not good for ordering a cake but great to walk in. Their sweets are not too sweet and not heavy! I love their sweet and pastry and also their coffee. HOWEVER, I wanted to order a customized cake and I believe I talked directly to the owner but she was rude and ended up charging me extra for some little sprinkles! I asked her to at least use more sprinkles but she ignored my request. Will def but from their pastry in shop but will never order customized cakes from them