Bakeries
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Antoine's Bakery
317 Watertown Street, Nonantum
Old-fashioned bakery with cakes, cinnamon bread, and cookies.
A little bit of a ride, but worth the trip.
Frank Holt 5/23/07
Madrid European Bakery & Patisserie
1019 Boston Post Road
Marlborough, MA 01752
508-485-8844
http://www.madridbakery.com
Hi There - In need of a special birthday cake, I drove to the shops on Boston Post Road in Marlborough where the Wayside Country store is looking for Esler's bakery. Well, Esler's is no longer there but Madrid European Bakery & Patisserie is in its space. The cakes and pastries are so beautiful and delicious!! The owner gave me a taste of the San Marcos, their signature cake (comes in vanilla or chocolate). I chose that for the birthday cake (one in each flavor). I also tried the chocolate roulade and the croissant (made only on weekends or by special order). There goes the diet! Anyway, I highly recommend this bakery for unique, flavorful and dramatic desserts, for any special occasion (or "just because").
They also serve coffee and have alot of different homemade cookies that would make a nice gift.
Sue Budge
Gerardos Italian Bakery
232 Turnpike Rd
Rt 9 Eastbound turnaround at 135 west
Westborough
508-366-1845
Oooh - I forgot about Gerardos...............very good selection of mini pastries for parties. Their "regular" stuff is great, too. Their connolis are as close as I can get to the ones at Modern Pastry in the North End. Be warned that their butter cookies are heavily flavored with anise!
Brenda Crawshaw 5/23/07
Hometowne Hot Dog in Saxonville
Pinefield Shopping Center
508-877-4670
Hometowne Hot Dog is located on Nicholas Road in the same plaza as Robinson's True Value Hardware.
I just thought of an unusual place you might be able to get a cake made. Hometowne Hot Dog in Saxonville. The man who bought it is actually a baker. He has all kinds of yummy dessert bakegoods in the shop (the chocolate bomb is my absolute favorite). He may be able to make you exactly what you want.
Susie Santone 5/24/07
The Icing On the Cake
http://www.theicingonthecake.com
230 Adams Street
Newton, MA 02458
Phone: (617) 969-1830
The Icing On the Cake in Newton has great cakes. They decorate in ways you would never imagine. I got my wedding cake from them and I also get my children's themed birthday cakes there also. Good Luck!
Jennifer Moshe 5/22/07
Ken's Steak House
Rt. 9 Framingham
I haven't been there in a while to pick up one, but Kens Steak house used to make the best chocolate and banana cream pies. They have a bakery in the back. Let me tell you the pies were reasonably priced and sooo good. Check them out and see if they are still selling their bakery items to the public. If they are then ask them if they will make whatever pastry you want. Since it's been a while I have no idea what's going on there now.
Jim Rizoli 5/23/07
Padaria Brasil Bakery
(508) 872-8698
165 Concord St Framingham, MA
Also at 63 Hollis Ct
http://www.padariabrasilbakery.com/
They have cheese rolls in the morning that are just to die for. They're sort of a cross between a really high quality roll and a cheese popover. Two will make you want a third and three is too many.
Steve Orr 5/23/07
Padaria is good. And their prices are better for some things, than even the grocery stores are around here, at times. And their coffee is really good STRONG coffee.
Many of the people behind counter (the last time I was in) did not speak English, really at all, but someone there can help you, and they were as accommodating as they could be. They were nice, although is was bit ackward, I think, mostly because the clientelle seemed surprised that we came in to shop. Their pastries (a lot of brazilian pastries have cheese in them) were excellent. They also had many other types of products to sell.
Linda Lackey Apr 25/2009
The Magic Oven
470 Waverly Street
(508) 370-8008
The Magic Oven in Framingham is just wonderful!
Near the Framingham train station. Try the Orange Coconut Cake.
Enjoy!
Mattie Schadt Apr 26, 2009
Quebrada
at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 16 in Wellesley
I LOVE CAKE! 
and My favorite cake of all time is referred to as the "Strawberry Cake" and it's made at Quebrada at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 16 in Wellesley. It is obscenely expensive, but just thinking about it makes my mouth water and life is just too short to eat gross cake :). This cake is a sumptuous white cake with fresh strawberry and vanilla custard filling and a heavy whipped cream frosting - decorated with fresh flowers - very elegant. I think it's perfect for a special birthday. Or a blue mood. Or a Tuesday.
Charlene Frary 5/22/07
Rise
Union St Ashland, MA
There is a new bakery in Ashland on Union St called Rise. They have some nice cakes and a really wonderful owner.
beth grossman 5/23/07
Stellar Cake Creation
508-667-4643
http://stellarcakecreations.com/SlideShow.html
I highly recommend Wendy Noke.
You can see her work online.
The cake she made for my daughter is in the last photo on the top row. There's even a guitar cake on that page...just what you were looking for!
Wendy is vey nice, easy to work with, and very creative. Please tell her I sent you.
Cat Kaner 4/15/09
Sudbury Farms/Roche Bros.
I love the cakes at Sudbury Farms / Roche Bros. They have the "typical" birthday cake with icing flowers but they also have these really delicious European cakes and tortes. They also make great bread (garlic & cheese is my favorite) and will slice it as thick or thin as you want.
It's a shame there aren't any really good bakeries in Framingham. Maybe someone will read these messages and open one. We can only hope.
Susie Santone 5/23/07
Whole Foods
If it's a smaller party (and no kids), I agree that the cakes at Whole Foods are outstanding. They are a bit on the pricier side, but they are worth it for the quality (I say no kids because these are cakes geared more toward adult tastes).
Also, they're very rich. I had one cake for six adults at Easter this year and about half was left over! That's how filling they are.
Liesa Healy-Miller 5/23/07