Mills Bakery

I really wanted to like this place, but am super disappointed. When I went in to order a birthday cake for my mom, the girl that took my order was not friendly at all. I asked for a red velvet cake, she told me they can’t do that, just vanilla or chocolate. Then the other girl behind the counter interrupts and says yes, they do red velvet, and hands me a menu with all the cake flavors and fillings. Great! I wanted a very simple cake, just some icing flowers on top in the colors of the invitation. I show a picture. The girl is again confused and says she needs the head chef to come out. He comes out and is also very unfriendly. He looks at the order and remarks, “oh, red velvet” and makes a face. Here we go again with the red velvet. I’m starting to get uncomfortable at this point, and ask if that’s a problem. He says no, since i’m picking up around valentine’s day it’s fine. Great! We discuss cake design, I pay and leave. Now for my favorite part! I pick up the cake, it looks beautiful, no issues. When we go to eat the cake, I noticed the actual cake is very red in color, basically food coloring bright red, not the deep red you expect from a traditional red velvet cake. I just brushed it off until we all started to actually eat the cake. Come to find out, it was not even red velvet! It was a white cake dyed red to trick us into thinking it was red velvet. I’m still honestly flabbergasted that they thought we wouldn’t notice. Red velvet has a distinct cocoa flavor, and everyone that tried the cake agreed this was just vanilla cake. Unbelievable! I gave this place a chance because it was half the price of all the other bakeries I reached out to. But I guess you get what you pay for!

5 magic words posted in their window did the trick. “Apple Cider Donuts Are Back!“ Established in 1929, this small bakery was mentioned in past conversations with friends. Mills Bakery offers breakfast pastries, cupcakes, cookies, donuts, breads, custom cakes and more off of Valley Blvd in Wood-Ridge. Rumor has it that their donuts sell fast. One has to get there early in the day during the week or not much is left. Luck was on my side today as one other customer and I had the whole place to ourselves. So I managed to get 1/2 dozen of apple cider doughnuts loaded with cinnamon sugar at $2 each. It was fresh, delicious, moist and didn’t disappoint. Please don’t miss out on this wonderful local bakery that has been here for over 90+ years which I could recommend.

Thank you John anf your team here at Mills Bakery, you knocked it out of the park! The bad reviews I saw just told me that I just need to give them a try and they over delivered. Of course it's not something extravagant, this cake is for my 1yr old daughter. We came here on Tuesday and it was ready today Sunday. I def recommend this place, come with an idea and John and his team will put it into action. Yes, the box doesn't have a top and it's for good reason, the cake is beautiful and you don't want any humidity to get into it so I understand why it doesn't have a top. As you can see John came out on the beautiful rainy day with an assistant with an umbrella and put it in my car. This place has passion for what they do specially if you give them your idea. Great price for the cake as well 👊🏽☝🏽👏🏽👍🏽✊🏽👌🏽💪🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💞💗💞💗💯