Piece of Velvet

The Recipe from Cakeman Raven is «faintly» still there but the KIDsss that run the shop. Man, It’s sad that in this generation the care and quality of professional service doesn’t always transfer down when they feel the money or customer base will always come. Customer Service still go a long way to make people come back for more. i’ll be taking my $$ to the city, too bad.

The cakes are good. The workers are friendly. I would have given more stars but yesterday I bought four slices of alcohol infused cakes (four different flavors) for me and my friends and THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL! All four of us sampled each of the four flavors and none of them tasted or smelled like the bourbon, Ciroc coconut, Hennessy or whiskey that the names promised were in the cakes.
In addition to the lack of alcohol, despite the coconut, raspberry, or strawberry flavors, all the cakes pretty much tasted the same.
Overall the cakes are good, but the alcohol infused names are misleading.

They are known for their signature velvet cakes, not just red velvet (which I am not a fan of). There are many different velvet and frosting flavors. My absolute favorite is the lemon velvet.
The slices are huge enough to share, one usually does it for me and my kids or is enough for a two day treat!
Free samples allow you to decide what you are indulging in and try a flavor if you have a hard time breaking away from the normal, like me! Puddings and ice creams round out the sweet treats. Surely there is something for everyone to enjoy.

I don’t even like red velvet but when I held that cupcake in my hand… It was so moist I thought it would melt — I knew everything had changed.
If your heart is unmoved by red velvet, they have other creative cake flavors that will.
Apple cinnamon something, bourbon cake, crazy pudding flavors etc I’m being vague yes but there are other flavors check it out.
$ 3 cupcake $ 6 slice They sell entire cakes as well.
No indoor seating. Outside there are a couple of benches. No minimum for a card.
I have only ordered in person but both times I have gone the service has been really good. They are very patient with my indecisiveness.

EVERYTHING IS Moist and Delicious. Faves are Blueberry, Cinnamon and Birthday Cake. NOT TOO SWEET, PERFECT. Love that you can sample a few before choosing. And a must if you don’t mind the Hennessey Cognac Liquor, is the Banana Pudding! O.M.G. If parking and the traffic wasn’t a headache we’d be there more often — Yummo! One star off because it’s a bit pricey for the portion, restaurant dining room prices without the waiter and tea service.

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE THRU SEAMLESS OR GRUBHUB! My orders were incorrect twice, their advertised menu is not what you get (they will substitute it w/​o calling you first) and no one seems to want to help when you call to fix it. They just direct you to seamless which does nothing because you don’t get your money back. I tried and gave them the benefit of the doubt and they proved a lot of reviews right.

I had a blue velvet perfectly sized portion piece of cake cause it was in my local corner store. I was pleasantly surprised at how moist and tasty it was. As a dessert connoisseur (I love most things sweet), I must say that I will be purchasing again and will take a trip to the store to see what other delicious treats they have!

This establishment was previously owned by the famous «Cake Man Raven». Although he produced a good product, the service was absolutely horrible. Often, they would run out of cake (ridiculous!) or have people standing on line waiting for cake. Many people discontinued patronizing his business because it was so lacking in basic service.
Currently, a group of ambitious young men have set up shop in the same location, and taken the business to new heights.
They now always have cake… and lots of it! There are a variety to choose from, as well as the famous Red Velvet Cake (it’s basically the same recipe, as these guys previously worked for Raven). No more lines. No more waiting for cake.
The place is clean and well lit and a compliment to the area. I recommend A Piece of Heaven.

I placed an order during the morning hours and scheduled a delivery to be made at 8:50 pm that evening. I recieved a call within mins of placing order and was told the order was recieved and will be delivered acordingly. I placed a call to the restaurant at 9:00pm and was told that the delivery person would just now be pjcking up order for delivery to arrive possibly by 9:30 pm I cld at 9:35pm was then told driver would be by in 10 – 15 mins cld again by 9:50pm was told the same thing the delivery arrived at 10:30pm! What is the point of having a list of delivery times for the customer to select if they can’t accomodate that time .I was really disappointed in the delivery service especially since my order was placed several hours earlier during the morning hours!

Moist, delicious, and always ample amounts of cake. My husband hates frosting, but loves the frosting here. This is our new cake place. We even purchased a cupcake from here her for our youngest’s 1^st birthday, needless to say he loved it! Great job guys!
Oh, and I never understood the fascination with bread pudding, but POV has made me a believer!

Cake slices are getting smaller. They have specials on the wall but if you go in there and purchases cakes they won’t announce the specials I don’t know what ratings to give, every time you go in here it’s still another face you see… Just like when it was called cakeman Raven… Get it together people… Smaller slices, same prices… That’s a no no…

Ehhh the cake here is mediocre at best. A sweet young girl came outside and gave me samples which lured me in but I am disappointed with what I had. I ordered a pound cake with chocolate frosting and although it was moist it tasted generic. I could have sworn the chocolate frosting was from the supermarket.

Very yummy moist cake! I had the red velvet with Oreo frosting and the strawberry vanilla bourbon. Both very really good!

I’ve heard so many people talk up this red velvet cake and I gotta say, I wasn’t really that impressed. The flavor of the cake was totally lacking. The icing was just ok. The cake was a bit dry. There are better places, I wouldn’t go here for cake honestly. The service was wonderful and the people who work there are very friendly. The prices are high for such mediocre cake.

Went there once it was meh moist, but the flavor idk man there was nothing unique about that coconut slice I had. I felt i could make better than that.
Because associates loved bragging about the piece of shi. I decided to try again.
I bought red velvet/​oreo and coconut.
Coconut — was ok. for $ 6 i dont want ok.
Red velvet/​oreo — was bland. If you’re gonna make a oreo version, i would at least to taste the unique flavor of oreos which i didnt. Chocolate chips on the side frosting was lame. I would have enjoyed eating my Fiber One cereal instead, The one that looks like dog food or pellets for some type of animal.
Note Again. That red velvet was really lame man, they need to add some uniqueness to their cakes. It reminded me of the days i used to make box cake from betty crocker or duncan hines when i was younger.
The Wax paper tearing off as i go through each bite of that liquified cake, made me want to throw it out the window.

As we were walking back to the car from Habana Outpost I noticed this bright red sign in front of a tiny storefront. The sign said «Piece of Velvet» and I immediately got excited. It was perfect time for dessert and had heard good things about their signature «velvet» cake slices.
We noticed a small but legible chalkboard that read «Free Samples!!». That was the icing on the cake for me! I walked in to an array of colorful, velvety, humongous slices in their display cases that looked delicious. I couldn’t make up my mind but I knew I definitely wanted to try a few samples. The cashier wasn’t too excited about my excitement for samples but she provided them accordingly. The red velvet oreo frosting sample I had was stale from the cake being out all day, but I can’t understand that it was 9pm.
I ended up getting their pineapple velvet slice for $ 6, which was a bit expensive in my opinion. The slice was huge though, had to be about a 2″-2 ½″ 3-​layer slice (enough for two to share). The cake was very moist with a nice crumb and the icing was good! Fluffy and sweet but not overpowering, I enjoyed it. I didn’t get the pineapple flavor much, very sparingly in between the layers.
I would love to come back and try their alcohol infused slices.

Piece of S***
Called ahead to confirm our order would be ready and they told us yes, we get there after 30 min of driving and they don’t have enough cupcakes for our order and at the VERY LEAST they could have comped some slices but what do we get after calling ahead and driving 30 minutes? NOTHING! Smh, this is very poorly run, if you happen to get what you called ahead for you’re very lucky. Will not be spending time or money with this company again.

I would consider myself an incredibly discerning cake consumer. The caramel velvet slice at Piece of Velvet was some of the best cake I’ve had in awhile. The cake was moist and had a lovely caramel flavor. The icing was not overwhelmingly sweet and enhanced the cake nicely. Cannot wait to return to try some of the alcohol slices :)!!

Looking for Red Velvet in all shapes and colors? Well this is your place. They only sell cupcakes and giant slices of cake here. Don’t be alarmed by the bright blues and greens! They still taste great.
The staff here were very friendly and gave me generous samples of the various cakes. They have a «cake of the day» which when I visited… was a blueberry vanilla velvet. It was good but definitely not on the same level as their classic Red Velvet. As for the cake, it’s has just the right amount of density and the frosting is creamy and sugary. A piece alone will cost you $ 6, but it’s so big that you can share with someone else. Or devour the entire thing yourself. Either way, it’s a win-​win!

I happened to be in the neighborhood just strolling down Fulton Street when I came across this jewel.
I’m so glad that I decided to go inside to check out the selections. The cashier was very nice. She offered me a cake sample which was really good. I decided to try the infamous red velvet… boy oh boy was that cake awesome! Tasty, moist, and it made my stomach very happy.