Emily's Bakery

Take the time to visit Emily's Bakery. You'll find really excellent bakery items, a good cup of coffee and some nice people behind the counter and probably sitting right next to you at the counter. It's something you don't see much of these days. And it's a real bakery where things are made from REAL ingredients-not frozen blobs that came in a box for some ""baker"" to put in the oven. We sat and could see and hear the people in the back making stuff from scratch. It was such a nice break from the crazy of December to sit and watch someone else work! The pies we got over the holidays were fantastic and the cakes I saw go out of there were beautiful. The smurf lady from a couple of years ago must have had a really bad day when she ordered her cake because we saw nothing but great stuff there. In response to the person who said the cases weren't very full, maybe it's because people go in there AND BUY THINGS! Well, that's more than enough of my two cents. I hope you can get a moment or two to visit Emily's Bakery in Haverhill. It will be worth the trip!! more

I have been getting my occasion cakes at Emily's since 2005. Multiple cakes, all different occasions for huge parties, extreme special requests : all have been exceptional and very tasty, especially the carrot cake (yummy). I've also purchased pastries, they were fabulous. I will continue to get all my party cakes at Emily's. more

I called and ordered a simple 12"" round cake over the phone. Specifically asked if it would better if I went down and ordered in person. I was told ""No that is not necessary, we have done plenty of Baby Shower Cakes"" All I asked for was Pastel Baby Blue Booties with some simple Pastel Blue Flowers and Congratulations. Let me just say, their idea of ""Pastel Baby Blue"" is ""Smurf Blue"" Congratulations was Barely Legible and the decorations were Hideous, the flowers were Smurf Blue Large Daisy's with Bright Yellow Center! All of this for $42.00. (Being from Haverhill I thought it would be more convenient to support a local business and less of a drive from going to the shop I usually go to in Nashua NH. Boy was that a mistake.) I mentioned when I picked up the cake it was not what I expected and was not Baby Blue. My Sister arrived at my house so we could leave for the Baby Shower and she took one look at the cake and was immediately shocked. With no time to get a replacement cake, we didn't have time to go to the supermarket. (Which the supermarket would've tasted and looked 100 times better.) My sister called the shop, the lady told my sister next time to make her own FU@*IN& CAKE! and that I did not specify colors and that I should have went down in person... Hmmm as mentioned above I would've gladly went to the shop to order the cake and I did specify the color as Pastel Blue for a boy. I then called to make sure she knew I was aware of the call and to clarify I did request Pastel Blue and this cake is uncorrectable with lack of time. She said to bring her back her FU@*IN& CAKE and she will give me back my money... If I had the time I would've happily returned the cake. The cake was the laughing joke at the Baby Shower. I would've gotten a more tastier and professional looking cake from BJ's with no embarrassment. I wish I could upload a photo. So needless to say this shop lost more than just my business. Please save your money and go to the local grocery store. Cons: Poorly decorated cake and taste... If you choose to complain expect to get swore at! more