Birthday Cake in Financial District?

[JoeM]

Our office likes to have birthday cakes for co-workers birthdays. Is there anywhere in the Financial District that makes (non-ice cream) birthday cakes? (We typically go to the North End)

[nsenada]

I've had cakes from Milk Street Cafe that were pretty good - not sure if they made them there.

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Milk Street Cafe
50 Milk St Lbby C, Boston, MA 02109

[Shefood]

Rosie's is great and also J Pace on Devonshire St has good cakes.

[Gordough]

Pace on Devonshire is closed for good.

[Kirs]

They aren't super awesome or anything, but when I had an office that did this we often got our cake from Sebastians. They have a fair selection in their corporate catering menu.

[bella_sarda]

Rosie's is the best (IMO) among the closest. Flour Bakery in Fort Point also does birthday cakes. Many people rave but I tend to find them a bit too dense/heavy.

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Flour Bakery + Cafe
12 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA

[mats77]

Eldo Cake House in Chinatown on Harrison.

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Eldo Cake House
36 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA

[kobuta]

Yep, when I was working in the financial district, this is what coworkers would ask me to get for the birthdays. They loved it, and weren't comfortable venturing into the bakeries themselves.

[chefematician]

2nd this. Growing up, whenever my mom didn't make us birthday cakes she would get them from Eldo. My favorite was the one with the strawberries on the inside. YUM!

[kobuta]

I should've added that while we grew up on Eldo, I prefer Crown Royal's mixed fruit cakes these days. They can still make custom cakes with just strawberries or pineapples inside, but I've grown to like the mixed fruit. I find the fruit on Crown Royal's cakes to look a tad fresher than Eldo's. But if I had a to buy a cake down town, I'd still go for a Chinatown bakery cake.

[chefematician]

Good to know. I'll try them next time I have a cake craving. Thanks!

[Blumie]

There's a small Rosie's Bakery outlet in South Station that typically has a decent selection of cakes in the case.