361581 Thu Jan 18 17:39:30 -0800 2007 8 15 Pennsylvania 0 2202313 Can anyone tell me the local bakeries that make the best German Butter Cake? I'm having a craving, but not enough to try each bakery. Thanks! Thu Jan 18 17:39:30 -0800 2007 53417 jvnewman 1 2202700 Not sure if this is the type of butter cake that you mean, but The Holmesburg Bakery in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia has a butter cake that is awesome. I'd suggest you get the plain variety, as opposed to one with fruit since the one time I got peach I felt the cake was lacking some of the delicious, buttery topping that is key for this decadent cake. Even if the bakery doesn't have the cake, virtually everything there is great, especially their cream donuts and cinnamon buns. Their cakes aren't the most "pretty" things you'll ever see, but this is a true old-fashioned bakery that centers around taste as opposed to aesthetics. Enjoy! http://www.holmesburgbakery.net/ Thu Jan 18 18:48:06 -0800 2007 2202313 15260 Laura D. 1 2202710 I'm not sure about the best but I get butter cakes at Stock's on Lehigh Avenue. They're also well known for their pound cakes. Here's a link with a few opinions. http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3720837447 Stock's Bakery 2614 E Lehigh Ave Philadelphia, PA 19125-3812 Telephone: 215-634-7344 Thu Jan 18 18:51:56 -0800 2007 2202313 26307 jimc 2 2206836 STOCKS!!! their butter cake is pure heaven. drool. why am i on this site when i am ravenous? and stocks is hella easy to get to off of 95 if you are unfamiliar with the city. from the south, take the girard avenue exit and at the end of the ramp, get into the far right lane and follow the sign for richmond street. richmond will hug 95 and the first traffic light is lehigh. turn left and stocks is a couple of small streets after the first light. tis a bit trickier from the north, but take the girard exit and take your first right on girard (2nd light, susquehana i believe). you need to make a u-turn, so take your first right, then again your first right and now you are pointing back at girard. turn left and follow the signs for richmond street. at the stop sign turn left and follow the directions, same as above. to get back to 95, get back to richmond street (lehigh is two ways). turn right onto richmond and follow signs for 95 (you can get on both north and south). Fri Jan 19 19:24:15 -0800 2007 2202710 14941 mazza3 3 2206874 Thanks for the detailed instructions on how to get to Stocks--some of us are totally directionally challenged, and have gotten lost on many a trip to bakeries. Can you let me know what else you'd recommend from Stocks? While I'm a butter cake fan, I tend to prefer a more traditional layered/pound cake with some sort of icing. I've read some of the online reviews and it sounds like their poundcake is good, but I just figured I'd ask someone like you directly of your thoughts. Thanks! Fri Jan 19 19:32:33 -0800 2007 2206836 15260 Laura D. 4 2221671 they are famous for their pound cake and it is heavenly. it freezes beautifully as well, so feel free to buy a couple. they do a yellow and a marble with vanilla or chocolate icing (yellow pound, white icing all the way). they make good donuts and danish-y type things and they make my favorite tea biscuits in the city. and for $.35 each, you can't beat them. they are closed on sundays and mondays too, so if you are planning on going on a weekend, go on a saturday. Wed Jan 24 09:35:14 -0800 2007 2206874 14941 mazza3 1 2203823 Thank you both for your recommendations. I will let you know the result of my taste-off! Thu Jan 18 22:37:42 -0800 2007 2202313 53417 jvnewman 1 2214073 Haegele's and the Mayfair bakery both do butter cake well. Haegele's is wetter. The only thing our family ever bought from Stock's is their pound cake. It is the best. Mon Jan 22 16:14:34 -0800 2007 2202313 68369 gjassman 1 2221285 Try Yummies in Drexel Hill. They have the gooiest most rich butter cake in the area, and it's been that way for the last 20 years. Wed Jan 24 08:00:00 -0800 2007 2202313 23426 lrhewes