Gideon's Bakehouse vs. The Cake Bake Shop: Disney's Best Bakery for Cake and Cookies?
Gideon's Bakehouse vs. The Cake Bake Shop: Disney's Best Bakery for Cake and Cookies?
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Gideon's Bakehouse vs. The Cake Bake Shop: Disney's Best Bakery for Cake and Cookies?
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Absolutely agree. $25 for a slice of cake makes this place DOA. Even if they were to lower the price by half, it will always be remembered as the overpriced cake place. Remember Ruby Tuesdays? They had one item on their menu that was 2200 cal and they got the reputation for having unhealthy food. They immediately took that item off and added in lower calorie items, but it was too late. Initial impressions are hard to shake.
Plus, it’s almost impossible to park at the Boardwalk without a dinner reservation or a resort reservation. $25 cake that’s hard to get to is a recipe for disaster.
Plus, it’s almost impossible to park at the Boardwalk without a dinner reservation or a resort reservation. $25 cake that’s hard to get to is a recipe for disaster.
Eric Graham
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Actually, my wife is looking forward to the Cake Bake Shop, to be honest. My wife said that she read an article about how the owner was oh so wonderful and very hospitable. Here's another choice: We personally like Amorette's Patisserie at Downtown Disney for scrumptious desserts.
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The Colonel
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my choice
AndyS2992
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Never been to either but I'm actively boycotting Bake Shop. I'm a baker with my own bakery so don't really visit other ones other than to scope out the competition but Bake Shop prices are criminal. Gideons looks good but I'm happy with the Disney made counter service cup cakes and cookies should I want baked goods.
LSLS
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I go out of my way for Gideons every time. Yes, $6 is expensive for a cookie, but they are so large, and so packed of stuff, I can easily justify it. Think this is the first time I've seen a Cake Bake shop cookie, and whoa. That legit looks like it has 2 chocolate chips in the entire thing. It may taste absolutely amazing, but there's such little value for $7. Maybe there truly is a demographic for this place (I mean, it does do well in Indiana with these prices), but I genuinely struggle to understand who that might be.
Disstevefan1
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In my opinion - looking at the offerings of the Cake Bake Shop, I so not see it as a casual drop in as park of your park touring day, I see that cake and I imagine I want to take a nap after eating that sugar/calorie filled cake.
The cake does not travel well so you cant purchase, and eat it later.
In my opinion I see the Cake Bake Shop as for folks staying in the resorts on the boardwalk, pick up a slice and end of day, and bring it back to the room to split for a snack before bed.
I may be wrong, but In my opinion I do not see this making it after the newness wares off.
As I said in my past posts, In my opinion I give the Cake Bake Shop a year and a half.
The cake does not travel well so you cant purchase, and eat it later.
In my opinion I see the Cake Bake Shop as for folks staying in the resorts on the boardwalk, pick up a slice and end of day, and bring it back to the room to split for a snack before bed.
I may be wrong, but In my opinion I do not see this making it after the newness wares off.
As I said in my past posts, In my opinion I give the Cake Bake Shop a year and a half.
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LSLS
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You also don't have a fridge to put it in if you are staying on property, cause, Dinsey.
If one can spend $500 or more per night at Boardwalk perhaps Disney thinks they will drop $26 for a slice of cake before bedtime?
UNCgolf
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The Cake Bake cookies certainly look much better than the Gideon's cookies, but I don't think the Gideon's cookies are good. Gideon's would need to remove like 80% of the chocolate chips to actually have a good chocolate chip cookie. Chocolate chips should be an accompaniment to the cookie; Gideon's are basically like eating a chocolate bar instead.
As for the cake slices... both my hometown and my current home have bakeries where I can get pieces of cake that are better than Gideon's cake, and I doubt the Cake Bake slices are better either. Even if they were, there's no way they're 3x better, which they'd need to be for the price.
As for the cake slices... both my hometown and my current home have bakeries where I can get pieces of cake that are better than Gideon's cake, and I doubt the Cake Bake slices are better either. Even if they were, there's no way they're 3x better, which they'd need to be for the price.
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MarvelCharacterNerd
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As if there was any question. lol
Gideon's FTW. I have no interest in trying Cake Bake Shop even if it were half the price.
Gideon's FTW. I have no interest in trying Cake Bake Shop even if it were half the price.
I will never know what Gideon's cookies taste like because the looks of them just don't appeal to me.
Why oh why is the outside of their choc chip cookie covered with a handful of uncooked choc chips?
Also, they all looked half cooked to me.
Summer House by the Lake had some delicious cookies that actually looked like cookies.
I'll give the Cake Shop cookies a try. But the cakes everywhere just look like they have waaaaaay too much icing and are sickly sweet.
Why oh why is the outside of their choc chip cookie covered with a handful of uncooked choc chips?
Also, they all looked half cooked to me.
Summer House by the Lake had some delicious cookies that actually looked like cookies.
I'll give the Cake Shop cookies a try. But the cakes everywhere just look like they have waaaaaay too much icing and are sickly sweet.
Disstevefan1
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A chocolate chip cookie from the Cake Bake Shop I saw on YouTube looked like an ordinary chocolate chip cookie I can get at my grocery’s bakery. Nothing special.
UNCgolf
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That's how a chocolate chip cookie is supposed to look.
That doesn't really mean anything re: the actual flavor of the cookie.
Summerhouse on the Lake has the much superior cookie at the springs.
Disstevefan1
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True. I won’t be doing a taste test at the Cake Bake Shop to find out, someone else can try and report back.
UNCgolf
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I doubt I will either. It certainly looks better than the Gideon's cookies, though.