Linda’s Bakery

Linda made this gorgeous cake for a duo birthday. With the buttercream and layers of mocha and chocolate filling, this cake tasted superb — very fluffy cake, not too sweet, with all that delicious cream — it was beyond what I expected. Living in SF, I expected the cake of this caliber and detail to be very expensive, but it was so reasonably priced! Thanks so much! We will be back again Linda!

San Jose is the place to go for a quick Italian (i think its Portuguese but the food is pasta meatballs tomato etc) take out meal. the little deli counter is great, the coffee is fantastic, the newer sweets section is great if a little pricey, and the original reason I go, the bakery, makes some fantastic breads and bagels.
Its hard to get out of there without loading up a bag full of fresh, yummy food.
They do have a deli counter with cut meats and cheeses too, and the ready made huge foccacia sandwiches are definitely worth a try, we LOVE them.
they do make breakfast sandwiches but have a limited selection that tends to be sold out early so get there early if you want that. (before 8 on weekends).
Go and enjoy.

This review is for our Wedding Cake purchased from Linda’s Bakery for our July 18, 2015 Wedding.
We LOVED the wedding cake Linda provided us!!! Choosing a cake wasn’t easy for my husband and me. We wanted to be happy with the look and taste, but also our pocket book. We went to a few cake shop tastings (including Linda’s Bakery) and, after numerous communications and quotes back and forth with all of them, we ended up going with Linda’s Bakery, who I was referred to by a friend, Haleh B. Haleh’s review is also on Unilocal.Linda was easy to work with, dependable, and from the look and taste of our cake, very good at what she does!!! Again, we couldn’t be happier with our decision to go with Linda’s Bakery. When my husband and I woke up the morning after our wedding, all we wanted for breakfast was more cake, but we didn’t have any Luckily, when my husband went back to our venue later in the day to pick up some decorations, the restaurant kept the top tier of our cake for us. In our hotel wedding suite, we indulged in dessert for dinner before our early morning flight for our honeymoon. Thank you Linda’s Bakery for the sweet honeymoon send off!

I chose to come here because my boyfriend’s mom ordered his birthday cake here and it was delicious! The cake was also very pretty. I called her and I told her what color I like and the age to put on the cake. She did a wonderful job! This is my new go to spot for cake. My boyfriend’s cake was really pretty too! I am going to post a picture of both cakes. She is also very friendly and sweet. She had to leave her shop a little early to beat traffic to cater to an event and she called to notify me that I can come early or a little later than my original pick up date. Unlike other places I have been they don’t tell you anything until you call to check if your order is ready for pick up.

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Linda’s Bakery is not only a bakery shop, they offer gifts, flowers, and more. I had flowers that were given to me many times from here and they were all stunningly decorated.
I used Linda’s Bakery for my events as well. If you love ‘Durian fruit’ and can handle the stinking aroma, try her Durian Cake here, simply delicious, moist, and satisfy your sweet tooth I guarantee!
Always great service, on time delivery, professional and reasonable price point here.

I just order my birthday cake here it was small cute and delicious everything I asked for was there.

My baby girl’s 1^st birthday was just last month and again I relied on Linda’s Bakery for the cake. I had an idea, but I was not sure exactly what I wanted. She was more than kind and patient while I went back and forth because I could not decide. This bakery does not do fondant, but I was okay with that because no one likes to eat fondant (esp. my mom). I requested for a 2 tier, pink and white, mocha & fresh strawberry flavors. her price is very reasonable and her work is beautiful. It had multiple layers inside and the cake tasted great even the next day. Yes, the cake received a lot of raves and everyone complimented on the taste. My mom loves it. Another cake well done. Thank you!

Delicious cakes! We booked Linda’s Bakery for our April wedding, and also purchased a Buche de Noël from her back in December. Cakes were moist, just the right amount of sweetness, and perfect amount of cream. Our wedding cake was half mango and half mocha, which was perfect for our Vietnamese guests. Also budget friendly too. She also treated our cake topper with utmost care and even added lights to illuminate it! Turned out beautiful!

Awesome tasting and looking cakes ever… thk u

I love this place. The cakes are moist and delicious. The staff is super helpful and personable and go above and beyond to create your vision while providing helpful tips based on their expertise.
We booked Linda’s bakery for our wedding (4 tiers to serve 250 guests) after a informative cake tasting, and multiple mtgs. The cake was as we envisioned and tasted just as delicious as during the cake tasting. We had 4 tiers, each tier a different flavor: mango guava, strawberry, mocha raspberry, and tiramisu. The only reason not for the 5 stars is that some guest mentioned the cake still being frozen in the middle. As it was just a limited few that had that, my guess is that it was the giant bottom tier.

I absolutely adore this place. The staff truly go above and beyond for their clients. I scheduled to pick up my cake at 5pm but ended up running late. they waited 30 minutes after closing time (Which is 6pm). I felt terrible but I am forever grateful. Thank you thank you thank you Linda! They even walked me to my car because it was dark outside, so sweet. Everyone at the party LOVEDDD the cake. It was delicious. Fluffy but with the right amount of density. The decoration was also gorgeous, topped with and orchid and everything. Definitely coming back here for all future celebrations.

Linda’s Bakery is amazing! She’s such a sweet lady and her pricing is incredibly competitive. She let us try all the different flavors and even gave us some to take home. She let us borrow her cake stand, champagne flutes and cake knife. I showed her a picture of the cake that I wanted and she did it very similar. Will totally recommend her to all of my friends.

My wife and I had our wedding cake made here. It was three tiers of amazing deliciousness.
Linda has very competitive prices –I’d recommend at least stopping by and speaking with her about your needs if you’re looking for a cake for any occasion. She was very helpful in providing insight when we were designing our cake.
Linda also took care of other things at our wedding such as, but not limited to: chair covers, decorating of the reception, and head tables, and our photo station.
Linda delivered our cake to the venue in one piece, and we received many compliments from the guests!
The biggest thing for us was this: Linda genuinely cares about her cakes, and really has your best interest at heart. She’s a sweet lady, who bakes one hell of a cake!

This review is for the cake tasting. If I decide to go with Linda for my wedding cake, I’ll update.
I was able to set up an appointment very quickly for a cake tasting. I booked my Sunday 10am appt and noticed that they aren’t even open at that time. She let us in even before they opened! I first met a man (brother I think?) and he helped answered some questions and gave us a few albums to flip through. They don’t do fondant, only whipped cream. From the pictures, they are super smooth looking! It was a really quick consultation (20 minutes), but I had all my questions answered.
Pros:
+ Cake was too damn good. Light, not too sweet. Think 99 Ranch cake. Mango was awesome. Guava was good too.
+ $ 3-​$ 5 per slice which is much cheaper than other bakeries I’ve considered
+ Simple clean designs, just what I wanted.
Cons:
— Minimum of $ 500 for delivery. Wish I knew this coming in
— They only do white or ivory cakes and decorate with colored flowers, in case that matters to you
— Only got to try the 2 flavors
I have a feeling that I will not be going with this bakery, because I don’t think I can meet the $ 500 minimum and I’m not about to ask a relative to deliver the cake 30 minutes to the venue.

The cakes here are absolutely fantastic! All the cakes my family has been ordering from this bakery for years has been very consistent. The cakes always taste the same, never bad! It’s so worth the money. Unlike other bakeries, the cakes here aren’t as sweet. The cake and cream itself is very light and delicious. Linda is also very talented, she’ll surprise you with a cake better that what you asked for so you’ll never be disappointed!

Very belated review (from 2011). My family and I have ordered from Linda for many years, most recent was our Christmas cake. This review is for my wedding cake. We love the flavors and her artistic cakes. I ordered one of my wedding cakes here on a fly (local reception; we had a destination wedding). She took my order a week prior and had it ready at a very, very reasonable price. I didn’t really have a design in mind because by this time, I was wedding’d out (after just returning from our destination wedding). I told Linda the colors of my reception flowers and she just ran with it. End product was beautiful (and delish)! See pictures.

Linda is an angel! The sweetest and kindest– I only have great things to say about her. I was a little hesitant b/​c of the negative reviews. True– she is a little forgetful. But I think she is recovering from some illness– so its forgivable given what a kind person she is. For example she forgot to make one of the bridesmaids bouquet– luckily I was there to pick it up the afternoon before the wedding (highly recommended!!!- Don’t do this the morning of!). Linda made one the same afternoon, and delivered it to my house that evening. She made this one a little more unique, so I gave it to my maid of honor. Everything worked out. No need to overreact or turn into a Bridezilla. She was also late for our first appointment. But everything subsequent to that reassured us that she was going to make it perfect for us. Plus her price and her attitude is unbeatable– I can’t emphasize enough how sweet she is. She will go out of her way to make you the happiest bride. I printed out photos of all the flowers I was interested in and put it in a folder to give to her. I think she found this very helpful, and she was able to replicate it and even add her own flair to it. When I came to pick it up, I was blown away by how beautiful it was. Her cakes are great for those looking for something not too sweet. We weren’t a huge fan of the guava as it was overwhelmingly sweet (I also had a guava cake from another bakery before that wasn’t so sweet). The strawberry, mango were our favorite, but we also added mocha and chocolate and vanilla. You can mix the flavors and layers however you like. We opted to go for her maximum package which included table décor, decorated champagne glasses, etc– and still a better deal than other bakeries. My only regret is that our reception venue did not box our left over cake (boo to King Wah), and no one remembered to ask for it. With my bouquets, I also ordered 3 corsages for the mothers/​grandma, and she also included head table decoration in my budget. She mentioned that she was planning to sell her bakery if she could find a good ethical passionate person to take over her business– a person who was not just thinking about making money. She said she has turned down buyers b/​c she felt like they only wanted to make money, and didn’t care about the customer and the product. Linda’s is the kind of integrity I can respect!
The location is at the perimeter of Downtown San Jose. I usually parked at the Weinerschnitzel a half block down with no issues. If you’re coming from north direction, you can park on the sidewalk in front of her store, which is usually unoccupied, or if it is, just keep driving till you see that Weinerschnitzel. I think there are ghetto-​er parts to San Jose than the block that Linda is at, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the «ghetto-​ness».

We decided to get our wedding cake here based on some relative’s advice+Yelp. Linda was not too difficult to get a hold of.
To the good:
— Linda has a slightly strong Vietnamese accent, so if you aren’t used to being around fobs, you might have a bit of trouble understanding her at times.
— She was very nice and patient on suggesting ideas and particular styles/​flavors for wedding cakes.
— She also called to reconfirm details, which I think was great.
— The cake tasted awesome.
To the bad:
— The cake looked a bit… uneven? I think the ribbons put on the sides may have been rushed, so they cake had this «wobbly» look to it. It wasn’t very noticeable unless you walked right up to it, but it was a little disconcerting. My bride wasn’t a bridezilla, so it was no problem, but I can see some other people being angry over this issue.
And just for that, minus one star.
P. S. — The store is on a busy street, but please take heed around that area. It’s a little on the ghetto-​er side of San Jose.

Here is the review for our wedding cake:
Positives:
1. Linda was friendly, courteous and genuine. Each time we spoke, I felt positive about the earth’s citizens because well, I’d hate to be cheesy, but people like Linda who make the world such a beautiful place. She exudes a sense of genuine kindness. It’s rare to find someone in the wedding business who is in it for the art, not just the money. She was so pleasant that I told myself I would not be upset if the cake did not turn out well. Fortunately, it turned out just as I had pictured it.
2. I gave her a photo of the cake I wanted for our wedding. The result? An exact duplica, except for the cake toppers, of course (we got those from Etsy). Photo here:
3. Taste: Even my mother liked the cake! Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to enjoy the cake on the wedding day but our families liked it! Yay!
Tips:
1. It’s a bit tough to reach by phone (but leave a message and she’ll call you back)
2. call 1 – 2 weeks before your date, a few days before the wedding to confirm (I do this with every vendor)
If you have a tasting appointment, call Linda a day before your appointment to confirm
I did not subtract stars because she was so pleasant to speak with!
Thank you, Linda!!! Muahz!

Linda is a sweet lady and her cakes are delicious!
My fiancé and I came for a tasting at her shop and fell in love with all the flavors we tried. Mango, Mocha, Guava, and Chocolate Raspberry. We decided to book our cake with Linda right away.
Her prices are reasonable and we were able to fully customize our cake.
I also ordered my mother’s birthday cake from her, and it came out better than what we had hoped for! (light purple cake with fresh orchids, 4 flavors with 2 tiers).
Somethings to note, please call Linda before coming into the shop. She is very polite and courteous, always gives her advice to help out the couple (as she knows weddings are expensive).
You can’t go wrong with Linda’s! I am sure that I will be updating this review with another positive note, AFTER my wedding :)