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St. Louis bakery

Looking for a nice bakery in the Webster/Kirkwood area to order a birthday cake for my Dad's 70th. His favorites are spice cake and carrot cake. Any suggestions?

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    By bhamdining on Jul 15, 2009 12:18 PM

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    1. http://www.mcarthurs.com/default.asp

      Try McArthurs- they have a location in Kirkwood. I can't remember being disappointed by their product.

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        By lrstl on Jul 15, 2009 04:34 PM

        1. I would agree with McArthur's - very good. You might also try Straub's bakery.

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            By jberendzen on Jul 16, 2009 06:05 PM

            1. Clayton's Bakery on Manchester in Des Peres.

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                By LindaR on Jul 16, 2009 07:13 PM

                1. Federhoffer's on Gravois is good. Not in Webster, but not far away.

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                    By Pylon on Jul 17, 2009 07:27 AM

                    1. Run, do not walk to Cravings on Big Bend in Old Webster. Tim Brennan is a James Beard Award winner for his desserts and does beautiful, delicious work. DH went to him last week and asked for a cake like Almond Joy candy bars, i.e., coconut and dark chocolate, and triumphantly brought it home for my birthday. (Tim did our wedding cake: lemon with blueberry filling and chocolate with cranberry filling.) Fabulous. Not your ordinary bakery stuff.

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                        By lemons on Jul 20, 2009 07:26 PM

                        1. Definitely check out McArthurs Bakery! They have 3 locations...the cakes are more expensive, but worth it.

                          http://www.mcarthurs.com/contact.asp

                          Phil Novara
                          www.urbanbacon.com

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                            By Phil Novara on Jul 21, 2009 10:06 AM

                            1. We ended up doing McArthur's, requested a spice cake with cream cheese icing. Good, but a little dry, I thought, and not spicy enough for my taste.

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                                By bhamdining on Aug 13, 2009 06:18 PM

                                1. People's taste in cake can be quite varied. What does your Dad like. Cravings does really nice, refined cakes but they are expensive. However they are delicious. Macarthur is okay but run of the mill along with some others mentioned on this blog. If he likes cheesecake, go to Hank's. If he likes gooey butter try Gooey Louie. If he is plain jane like my father, go to Schnucks and save yourself the money and aggravation. Good luck with that one.

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                                    By grillergorilla on Aug 13, 2009 10:49 PM

                                    1. Carrot cake from Sugaree Baking Company in Dogtown is mighty good!

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                                        By jardin32 on Aug 15, 2009 07:36 PM

                                        1. I would ditto any recommendation of Cravings. Amazing desserts and worth the extra expense. I've had a carrot cake that was WOW!

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                                            By iuspock on Aug 26, 2009 09:18 AM

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