Baking Hazel

Helen Bernhardt Bakery has wonderful Eclairs! Light and fluffy, with lots of filling. Some of the best I have had. We also ordered a cake for a friend’s birthday. It was awesome. It was a chocolate cake with mint filling and mint frosting. Very moist and flavorful. I was impressed. All of their baked goods look great, I can’t wait to try more of them.

I was coming in from out of state to visit my son. His girlfriend's birthday was going to be during our stay and I wanted to order a special Monsters Inc cake. I sent them a picture of the cake and Helen Bernard Bakery came through and made the cake identical to the picture sent. Red velvet cake with raspberry filling and frosting that was very light! I don't live in Portland but wanted to recognize great food and service while I was here. It's so important to give reviews to help businesses out during these trying times. When I come back to Portland I will definitely reach out again to Helen Bernard Bakery for my orders.

Ordered online with frustrating results. Firstly, I paid for a dozen specialty donuts and over half were cake donuts (not a big fan and are significantly cheaper than the specialty donuts), and a couple others were plain raised donuts. When a customer is paying almost double the price for specialty donuts, this is just inexcusable. As for the donuts themselves, they were good, nothing remarkable, but beats store bought. I also ordered cookies which were disappointingly small and tasted slightly off. Lastly, the cake I ordered was okay, but the cherries were inedible (I think they are candied, but the flavor was immensely sweet and not pleasant). In all, I won't be a repeat customer, and this review isn't to say that the food was bad per say, but at this price point, I expect better.