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1. 1 robyn // 2009.02.04 at 12:49 pm

   Their cakes do rock. I get them for every birthday party as they are the best, and least expensive. Also, I noticed my costco just started with oreo bark in the bakery area. I bought some this weekend and we ate the entire contanior before Tuesday…

2. 2 thefarmerfiles // 2009.02.04 at 5:43 pm

   10.5 years ago when we got married I had the Costco carrot cake for all 3 wedding showers. Mmmm. We order Costco cakes for tons of our events. We HEART the strawberry mousse filling!

   LOL a friend recommended your blog to me because in VA I was called the Costco Queen and in Hawaii I was called the Costco Lady, and the people in HI knew my kids. My husband has a good job so even with all of our shopping we pay our bill in full each month. HA!!! We even went to Costco on our last day in HI.

   We are in transition as we just moved to San Diego. We too go several times a week and ALWAYS visit Costco in a new city. We were heartbroken when we moved to HI and they did not ship there, though.

   Did you ever try those tortilla bagels they carried in the bagel section for awhile?!? Oooh lah lah. I will be back and I book marked you!

3. 3 Jonathan // 2009.02.04 at 9:11 pm

   I had one of their cakes almost 10 years ago and I wasn’t too thrilled. It sounds like they’ve improved.

   Does anyone know how to get items that have moved off the floor? I had my eye on their shearling slippers but they are no longer at my local warehouse. I was wondering if they ran closeout sales.

4. 4 Kimberly // 2009.02.05 at 1:25 pm

   From what I understand from the people at Costco, if it isn’t on the warehouse floor you’re out of luck.

5. 5 Shirley // 2009.02.09 at 8:51 pm

   Costco cakes are delicious! I am a pastry chef and have a degree in culinary arts/baking program. My friends who are chefs are sometimes to tired to bake a cake for family and friends. We always serve costco cake-delicious, moist, and the price is just right.

   It comes decorated and they do not charge you for that service.

   I also recommend the chocolate bundt cake, the scones, muffins, and bread. There bakery section rocks!

6. 6 Paige // 2009.02.16 at 9:46 am

   I attended a last minute wedding this weekend. They had 3 costco cakes, white with vanilla creamcheese filling, carrot cake with apricot filling, and chocolate with strawberry filling. The cakes were beautiful and tasted good. If you tell the bakery they are for a wedding they do a wonderful job with the handwriting and decorating. The bride and groom put vintage cake toppers on the cake. Cute!

   They had appetizers all from costco. The quiche, turkey rollups and sandwiches, strawberries,. Salads, and frest fruits. They also had pita chips with humuus. The tableclothes, paperplates, cups were also purchased at costco.

   For the favors, they took jellybean candy put the candy in tiny heart boxes with a sticker Bob and Julie 2-14-09.

   They invited 50 of their closest friends and family. The wedding was held at their home. Also the invitation was made from costco scrapebook kit and clear stamps.

   The bride and groom are costco addicts and we gave them gift cards to costco.

   If any costco member decides to try their cakes they are the best.

7. 7 Laura K. // 2009.03.01 at 7:58 am

   I just found this entry when I googled about freezing Costco cake. I’m glad to see that you have had success freezing the cakes, as i just ordered one for my children’s birthday party today that we had to cancel due to a stomach virus. We are rescheduling it for next week, so I’m hoping the cake will freeze as a while and still be good next week for our ‘rain date’.

8. 8 anthony amalfitano jr // 2009.03.02 at 10:19 am

   i am a master baker i would like to work with costco on how they can do wedding cakes ready for pick up very sinple to do. please contack me. thank you i did not know who to ask

9. 9 anthony amalfitano jr // 2009.03.02 at 10:24 am

   whom it may concern i am a master baker who wants to work with costco how simple it is to do wedding cakes for pick ups

10. 10 Samantha Newman // 2009.03.30 at 10:04 pm

    Hi there! I’m actually a cake decorater for Costco, and I just wanted to thank you. I favorited your website months ago, and I totally forgot I favorited it! I saw this and freaked! I’m so glad you loved the cake, I love hearing when members are happy. Alot of work goes into our cakes, but since we make EVERYTHING on that cake we can sell it for alot cheaper than most stores. We make the actual cake, moose, and buttercream =) Most stores like HEB and WALMART actually don’t make their cakes, they come in frozen and there buttercream is already made *probley months before they use it* They just take the cake out the freezer and write on it. OH and about the whole cake order thing, we dont put it on the website because you HAVE to come in and fill out an order form… we don’t even accept fax or phone orders. =( i know, i know… its just costcos policy! sorry!

    jonathan, we never have close out sales. whatever we dont sell we donate or send back to the buyer… =( sorry

    and anthony, i dont understand what you are asking, but i work at costco and im willing to help you if you need help =)

11. 11 Kimberly // 2009.03.31 at 9:19 am

    Thanks for the comment, Samantha. I’m glad to hear that Costco does all of their baking themselves instead of bringing stuff in. You can really taste the difference in the moist, deliciousness of the cakes, pies & cookies. So, thanks to you & all of the other folks in the Costco bakeries for all of your hard work. It’s much appreciated.

12. 12 Sandie // 2009.04.02 at 12:26 pm

    OMG I love Costco everything! We had Costco cake for our wedding. We had a very small wedding but even if we had a large wedding I still would have gone the Costco cake route. We also had Costco cake for our baby shower. YUMMMMM. I love their cake and I always go look at their cake and salivate when I go to costco! LOL If I didn’t have any restraint whatsoever I’d buy their cake just to have it for no reason ha ha ha. (sorry I have preggo- appetite!) This site is awesome. Good to know some one else loves Costco as much as I do! hee hee

13. 13 Susie // 2009.04.23 at 10:19 am

    I wanted to write and thank you so much for putting the order sheet online. I’m sending my husband out to order the cake but was a lil hesitant with what he might come back with. And seeing as they don’t even have the order form on the costco website I was even more at a disadvantage. So this will make things much easier. Thanks again

14. 14 Kelly // 2009.04.23 at 3:46 pm

    Has anyone tried their cupcake cakes? I saw one at my local Costco the other day and was considering ordering one, but lean toward ordering a traditional sheet cake that I *know* will be good.

15. 15 Kimberly // 2009.04.23 at 3:50 pm

    The cupcakes at Costco are excellent too. Plus, they are really big. But is that what you’re referring to? Or do they have something else now?

16. 16 tikikim // 2009.04.23 at 8:01 pm

    My kids teacher said I could no longer bring Costco cupcakes to my childs class on his birthday. those little guys get all amped up on sugar since the cupcakes are so huge! LOL

17. 17 Jennifer // 2009.05.24 at 12:19 pm

    Hi! My family has been a member of Costco since 1987 and I have lost track of how many cakes we have purchased – most of the time they were not for special occasions (we love them that much)! Anyways, I remember several years ago, we ordered a chocolate cake with the apricot mousse filling that is available with the carrot cake. Is this still an option? All of the order forms only give the option of chocolate mousse, cream cheese, or strawberry mousse. I was also in one of our local Costcos a couple of weeks ago and I overheard a customer ask one of the bakery employees if they could freeze the carrot cake and I am almost positive that I heard them tell her “no”. Does anybody know why it will not freeze well? I assume it is because of the moistness and the presence of carrots and raisins.

    Before I go, I want to tell you that I have been a big fan of your website for the past year and a half and try to visit it as often as I can remember!

18. 18 Kimberly // 2009.05.26 at 11:55 am

    Jennifer, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything about the apricot filling at Costco…like no cakes available with that option. I don’t know why they think you can’t freeze carrot cake because I’ve done it before. You just have to let it really warm up before serving it because of the cream cheese frosting.

    I’m glad you like the blog! You must have found me really early on in my blogging about Costco Hope it’s been an entertaining and informative year and a half.

19. 19 Sophie Rose // 2009.06.07 at 8:52 am

    I love your website. Cakes at costco are delicious. I had a baby shower at my house. I purchased all products and food from costco. The white elegant tableclothes to the ready to get fruit salads, veggies, and rollups, and paper products. I ordered a white cake with vanilla filling. Everyone loved the cake and the baby stork design. Costco cake decorators are the best. The cake is moist, frosting and filling delicious. I checked out other bakeries and they wanted to charged too much money for one forth sheet cake.

    Also try the costo chocolate bundt cakes, muffins, and the lemon bluberry cake.

    They have great cheesecakes too!

    I highly recommend Costco cakes. You will have a less stressful time if you try to bake a cake yourself.

    Thanks for a wonderful webstite.

20. 20 Eric // 2009.06.15 at 1:59 pm

    Congratulations Costco- I was invited to a graduation party and had a Costco carrot cake. – The BEST.

    I plan to purchase costco cakes in the future for my family birthdays and other celebrations.

    You get more than your money’s worth for costco cakes.

    If any costco bakery staff is reading my comments, you guys/gals are the best

21. 21 Kim // 2009.06.18 at 4:59 pm

    Does anyone know if Costco will sell their frosting? I need to make a big tiered cake and would love to just by the frosting instead of making it all by scratch.

22. 22 Sagitelle // 2009.07.07 at 1:27 am

    Costco cakes taste like cakes are not good. They are obviously made from commercial mixes and laden with preservatives and additives. If you buy at Costco, you buy quantity over quality. Homemade cakes are superior. Authentic bakery shops also offer much better cakes. I would never buy a cake at Costco. I’ve tasted their cakes twice and they’re just not up-to-par.

23. 23 Kimberly // 2009.07.07 at 7:45 am

    As you can tell from the other comments on this post, everyone just loves loves loves the Costco cakes, as well as many of their other bakery items. It’s interesting you are the *only* person I have ever heard bad mouth a cake from Costco. Even people I know that cook for a living love the Costco cakes. And I’ve never heard anyone say that they taste like they are filled with preservatives for sure. I guess you must live somewhere with really great bakeries because most all of the bakeries I’ve been to or had a cake from, make horrid cakes; too dry with overly sweet frosting with that nasty greasy texture. I guess you just like different things in the taste and texture of your cake than do I, and everyone else I know.

24. 24 Evelyn // 2009.07.20 at 1:52 am

    I am also wondering if costco will sell the frosting as well. LOVE IT LOVE IT. I first thought they purchased it from a supplier but seen a previous post they make there own. Costco you need to sell it. It’s great stuff. I can just eat all of it off one cake. I too agree other bakeries frosting is too sweet and cake is dry at times. I’m starting culinary school next year and currently just practicing at home baking for friends and family but all buttercream recipes I find are too sweet and I try to alter and it never works. Talking about it makes me want to go and purchase one right now.

    Love the Blog. Costco Rocks.

25. 25 Shalbie // 2009.07.23 at 10:56 pm

    I recently returned from a wedding. there were around 150-200 guests. Bride and groom run a well known catering and cake company. They had costco cupcakes for their wedding and the chocolate cake. They met at work in Costco while going to school. Also they purchsed their wedding rings from costco,

    The cupcakes were delicious! I run a food blog at it was my first time to taste costco cake-yummy!!!! I recommend to order the sheet cakes at your next event. I am going to order costco cakes for my kids birthday.

26. 26 Diana // 2009.07.26 at 5:02 pm

    Costco cakes are the best. I usually get volunteered to pick up the birthday cakes for our birthday celebrations at work. Everyone always requests Costco cakes (white with vanilla mouse filling is the office favorite) for their birthday celebrations. My sister also always uses Costco for her kid’s birthday cakes, she sometimes orders them plain and then does her own decorating on them, she’s creative that way. Great taste, great value!

27. 27 Kimberly // 2009.07.28 at 6:19 am

    I love that they run a cake and catering business but turn to Costco for the all important wedding cake! What a great story. They really are amazingly good, especially for getting them at a store like that. I love, love, love the chocolate cupcakes; they’re my favorite. I wish I could get 20 of just those, without the vanilla half of the box. I guess I could have the bakery make me up a special box of the chocolate cupcakes.

28. 28 alieh // 2009.08.13 at 1:43 am

    Hi I have a question about your icing on your cake Does it have any lard on it? please let me know any of the cake or icing has it or not?
    thanks

29. 29 Nancy // 2009.08.19 at 2:47 pm

    Hi! I am a very proud Costco cake decorator. I really appreciate all your wonderful comments on our cakes! I totally agree with you, too. I have worked at several bakeries as a cake decorator for the last 12 years, and Costco’s are hands down the best I have tasted! I would like to answer some of your concerns I read on here. I know alot of people speculate, or hear from others and just guess, but I am on the other side, so I know the facts.

    Sorry, but Costco will not sell the icings. All of our icings, fillings, cakes, and other products are mixed right there in the warehouse by real people, not robots. Yes, our equipment is big, but we are by no means a factory. We just can’t feasibly produce the icings for retail sale. And there is no lard, only vegetable shortening.

    We don’t take orders by phone or fax because of the volume. I calculated once, just on the number of orders for an avarage Saturday, at an average of 3 minutes per phone order, an employee would spend 5 hours on the phone, not making cakes. And that was just Saturday. That is one reason why we have the members come in and fill out the forms themselves, so we can focus on the decorating. We don’t have the order form online because we don’t have all the photos posted and there is no one at your house to offer the member service and answer your questions. We have you come in so you can view your selections and have your questions answered. You can also get a sample of the icings and fillings if you are unsure. Sorry, but we can’t spare a cake sample. All I can say is plan ahead. Don’t make a special trip just to fill out the order. Fill it out when you are there shopping if you know you have an event coming up and need a cake. We hold the order for you. You are always welcome to call the bakery and confirm a day or 2 ahead if you ordered early.

    When anyone talks about “wedding cakes” they are still referring to our sheet cakes. They are just decorated for a wedding. We don’t offer tiered cakes.

    We are able to turn cake orders overnight. We do prefer a 1 day notice, because we have high volume and can’t always accommodate a last minute order. We have plenty of cakes out in our refrigerated case decorated and ready for sale, for just such an event. Our cakes are baked in batches of about 40 sheets of each flavor. Then they are put into the freezer awaiting finishing production. Just so you know, your specific cake is not baked especially for you. It was baked with the rest of them. So you can’t order a carrot cake without the raisins, sorry. We bake throughout the week and the cakes don’t usually stay in the freezer more than 3 days before they are sold. And judging by your comments on how good they are, you never would have guessed it was frozen first, right?

    Our cupcakes are made with the same cake mix as the sheets. They are so big because they are baked in the muffin pans. Have you seen the size of the muffins? *HUGE*! It was just cost effective to use what we had. The cupcakes are actually intended to serve 2, so next time you want to bring them to school, bring a knife.

    You can get the apricot mousse in a chocolate, or white cake if you like. We just don’t list it as an option because it is not a popular one, and our apricot mousse is what makes our carrot cake our “signature carrot cake”. It’s automatically what you get when you order a carrot cake.

    All of our cakes freeze well. Most all of our bakery products freeze well. Don’t be so intimidated by the bulk quantities. Just use your freezer. We have alot of restaurants, caterers, and other businesses that resell our product, so bulk was initially intended for them. At home, you just have to be creative. I just kept 1 dozen muffins in the fridge for 2 weeks and they tasted just as good as fresh when warmed in the microwave. Same thing when I toasted that bagel I had frozen for 6 months. Don’t fear the freeze.

    The products we have leftover are donated to the food banks, except for the refrigerated products. This includes cakes, cheesecakes, and some seasonal items. We donate all breads, cookies, muffins, bagels, danish, pies, and anything else not parishable.

    I hope I answered most of your questions! I want to say thanks again for your Costco loyalty and your great comments. I am happy to serve you!

30. 30 Kimberly // 2009.08.20 at 7:07 am

    Nancy, thanks for the excellent comment about the Costco bakery! I think you answered all the questions and more, giving us lots of great information.

31. 31 Jana // 2009.08.25 at 9:34 pm

    I too am a cake decorator at Costco. I really enjoy reading all the comments about our cakes. I’m glad there are more that like it than don’t. Keep on posting!!!

32. 32 Wendy // 2009.08.30 at 10:23 am

    last week I attended a wedding serving costco cakes and desserts.

    Chocolate bundt cake – the bride put strawberries in the middle and decorated with strawberry dipped chocolate around the cake plater.

    Cheese cake garnished with chocolate shavings in the middle

    Lime cheesecake decorated with lime fruit cut in half

    applepies

    strawberry cheesecake

    all the cakes were set on vintage pink, white, mint green cake platters from the bride and groom friends and family collection at different heights on the table. cute!

    Other food and beverage were also from costco

    The bride and groom wanted to keep the wedding lo budget and no stress.

    After the wedding we had fun just dancing and eating wonderful costco food.

    Well I just wanted to give my comment that I was impressed with costco cakes I purchased a membership this weekend and had a no stress party for my husband. My husband loved the chocolate sheet cake!

    If you want a stress free event just drop on by at costco. The cake manager was so helpful at costco too.

    The Sheet cake was white with a vintage bride and groom cake topper. The decoration was the heart.

33. 33 Helen // 2009.09.01 at 2:14 pm

    Has anyone bought the Costco cake the night before the event? Will be they still good for serving the next day?

    And maybe one of the cake decorators could give some insight here: Costco offers White buttercream frosting. Can a customer request to have it yellow or blue, etc.?

    Thank you!

34. 34 Kimberly // 2009.09.02 at 6:38 am

    Helen, while I definitely don’t know the answer to your frosting question, I do know that buying the cake the night before will be absolutely no problem. When I’ve bought cakes or cupcakes from Costco, they have tasted delicious for days and days and they still look great too.

35. 35 Jana // 2009.09.07 at 9:30 pm

    helen, we cannot ice a cake in different colors…sorry.

36. 36 Kim // 2009.09.08 at 2:09 pm

    LOVE Costco’s cakes! I’ve ordered them multiple times, and have always been pleased with the results. The filling is light and fluffy, the cake moist and flavorful, and the icing isn’t too heavy (unless you get flowers or balloons on the cake, then be prepared for BIG dollops of frosting).

    Helen, they’re totally great the next day—and the next. I’m picking up one up tonight for a baby shower that’s being held tomorrow night, and will put it in the fridge until party time. I have no worries about it at all–I’m sure it will be a hit!

37. 37 Rene from NY // 2009.09.08 at 5:48 pm

    Hi-

    Love this website. I attended a baby shower for a teacher at work with twins. The cake decorator at Costco was helpful with the stork design. She added another pair of shoes with the stork design. The Costco decorators are flexible.

    My husband brought costco cupcakes to a birthday party at work. He requested no sprinkles on the tops so he can decorate the cake. I helped add strawberries and blueberries to the top of the cupcakes. It was a hit in the office. My husband’s coworkers told him your wife makes great cupcakes. I got rid of the box and gave my husband cupcakes stands.

    I really believe costco is a great place to purchase food when your too lazy to cook. Sometimes your better off buying the food at costco. Too much to clean the kitchen.

    I can’t wait for the costco pumpkin pies in Thanksgiving.

    Costco cake decorators you guys/gals are the best. As my son says Awesome!

    I highly recommend their cookies, muffins, and pastries.

38. 38 Jana // 2009.09.09 at 8:01 pm

    We will be starting new cake designs at the end of September!!!

39. 39 Rene from NY // 2009.09.09 at 9:49 pm

    Hello Jana-

    I can’t wait to see the new designs! Thanks for the info.

    again we enjoy the costco cakes

40. 40 Emily // 2009.09.13 at 8:16 am

    I ordered a chocolate cake lats week from my local Costco and the day I was going to pick it up, the event was postponed 6 days. I called the store and asked them if they’d already made the cake…”Yes”. Ok…so I ask “Will the cake be good for Tuesday?” The associate said “No”. She said that I could freeze it, but the event is in 2 days now and I haven’t had a chance to pick it up. So if I pick it up today and put it in my freezer, it would have been made fresh 4 days ago. Do you all think it will still be ok? I was shocked when the associate said that it would not be ok for the new date.

    And…thanks for the info on ordering chocolate cake with the apricot mousse filling….that sounds de-lish!!!

41. 41 Dawn // 2009.09.16 at 8:18 am

    As with everyone else on this blog, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Costco’s cakes, pastries, muffins, the whole darn bakery!! (The one person who didn’t like Costco’s cake must be off their rocker!) We bought cake with just the white frosting and then decorated it like the American flag with alternating strawberries and blueberries (from Costco, of course!), and it turned out beautifully. We felt really weird ordering a plain cake, but Costco didn’t even bat an eye. Not to take away from this website/blog and Costco’s awesome cakes, but another good find is Costco’s pizza’s. OMG — for $9.95, their pizza’s are fantastic! And they don’t skimp on the cheese or the toppings. All I can say is thank goodness for Costco! They have saved me so much time and money. To my fellow Costco Members – ENJOY!!

42. 42 Robin // 2009.09.17 at 10:14 pm

    I went to Costco earlier and made a point to see the expiration date on the sheet cakes. None of the cakes had an expiration of more than 3 days. I would guess beyond that, the quality would suffer and the cakes might start to taste stale.

43. 43 Rene from NY // 2009.09.18 at 4:20 pm

    Attended a bridal shower last night. They ordered the costco cheese cake with the lattice heart dessign. sprinkled the cake with fine crystal sugar to give it a shimmery effect. The sheet cake looked beatiful!

    Does any costco cake addicts know of a blog or website that shows photos of decorated costco cakes?

44. 44 April // 2009.09.20 at 8:43 pm

    I also love the costco cakes for the taste and the price! But for little kids’ birthdays, the designs are just mediocre. So I have ordered edible frosting images of popular kids characters, personalized with my son’s name. I receive them in the mail, buy a costco cake (plain white), and pop the image right on. They always fit the party theme and people do not realize that they are coscto cakes–but they still rave about the taste. I just thought I would share this idea for people planning a kid’s party and trying to fit a theme.

45. 45 Helen // 2009.09.23 at 10:32 am

    I was wondering about the size of Costco’s half-sheet cake. The May 2009 Connection magazine says that it is 10 x 14 inches. But it is definitely larger than that. Costco doesn’t provide the size, only the number of people the cake will feed. Has anyone actually measured that cake?

46. 46 Jana // 2009.09.23 at 1:07 pm

    Helen, I believe the cakes are 12 x 16…not for sure…but pretty sure. When we score the cake, it is a 2 x 2 piece. It serves 48 so 8 x 2 is 16 and 6 x 2 is 12. That’s how I got 12 x 16.
    The comment about expiration dates…we have a shelf life of 3 days on our cakes to guarantee quality, the date on the cake isn’t an expiration date, it’s a sell by date. The cake will be good for about 4 days after the date that’s on it. You can also freeze the cakes for up to 30 days.
    Our new designs start around October 12. Some of the new designs are: Catapiller, over the hill, baby carriage, tennis, clown, new christmas designs, beach theme, and a crown with a tiara. We are getting rid of the princess, stork, and umbrella designs.

47. 47 Helen // 2009.09.23 at 4:26 pm

    Jana,

    Thank you so much for this information! Iordered a half-sheet cake for 24 people, and now I am starting to get concerned that it might be too small… even if the pieces are 2 x 4. Does Costco bakery offer only half-sheet cakes? Or do they do 3/4 sheet or the whole sheet cake? I don’t recall seeing the whole sheet cakes in the refrigerator section. I wonder if the whole sheet cake comes in one box – I assume it should… what would be its size then 24 x 16?

    Too bad I won’t be able to get the new design now I thin the caterpillar one should be really cute.

48. 48 Jana // 2009.09.23 at 6:21 pm

    We only do 1/2 sheets but you could always get 2 of them. It’s still cheaper to do it that way than to order a full sheet from some where else.

49. 49 Rene from NY // 2009.09.23 at 8:26 pm

    Hi just came back from another office birthday party. My coworker loved cheesecakes. The cheesecakes were decorated by blueberries. We also had costco veggi and fruitplatter, and costco rollups and pizzza., beverages from costco.

    Also all paper products were from costco.

    If you need a last minutes party – costcco is great for pickuping up items.

50. 50 Rene from NY // 2009.10.04 at 7:44 pm

    Jana I will miss the stork and princess design. The stork design was cute for baby showers. The princess design great for my daughter

51. 51 martha // 2009.11.12 at 10:44 pm

    im small and i make better cakes then that i have past 4 courses and im waiting for the 5th course i also know how to make icing and fondont i do flowers like roses those cakes are BORING needs more decorations you guys shoud work on that

52. 52 Justin Parmalee // 2009.11.13 at 9:33 am

    Costco cakes are the best! I only have one suggestion, Costco should make their white buttercream and chocolate buttercream frostings as optional fillings too in addition to the mousse so that the cakes would not have to be refrigerated. The buttercream icings make great fillings and since the cakes don’t have to be refrigerated, it makes for a much easier time to store and serve them, especially in the summertime!

53. 53 Marisa // 2009.11.29 at 10:45 pm

    Hi. I was wondering if Costo would print me edible images (from a picture that I supply) and sell me just the edible image. I am currently going through various websites to have this done and like to add the images on to my own cakes and goodies. Is there anyone that knows if they would do this, or who I have to speak to to have it done? Thanks!

54. 54 Lu // 2009.12.08 at 10:47 pm

    I have family members who have worked in Costco bakeries. Costco’s products are great because they’re REAL……butter,eggs, etc. and fresh everyday! As a baker myself, I couldn’t come close to their prices……even have cheated and decorated Costco cakes for clients (client knew what they were getting). Just order the cake frostedl/filled without decoration/piping. Super cakes and holiday pies!!!!

55. 55 costco austin // 2009.12.11 at 1:08 pm

    Costco bakery has delicious food and great people to serve you. Please follow our tweets for the well run bakery in Austin, Texas at 4301 West William Cannon Drive. Our twitter account is http://twitter.com/costcoaustin

56. 56 Nancy // 2009.12.31 at 12:14 am

    Nice comments, again. I posted a while back. I am one of the decorators. martha, our designs may be a little boring, and mediocre in elaboration, but they are designed that way so we can produce the cakes from start to finish in about 5 minutes. Any more detail and we would have to charge more.

    Marisa, as far as I know, none of the warehouses have the printing machines for edible images. Take a look at http://www.icingimages.com. They sell edible images from your photo.

    Justin, you are always welcome to order a cake filled with either of the buttercreams. We don’t keep them in stock because we are promoting the fillings, but you can always order it like that.

57. 57 Nancy // 2009.12.31 at 12:19 am

    One more thing, I wanted to second what Jana said about the code dates. It is not an expiration date. We get that question all the time. Most of our products have a very short shelf life so that you are always buying fresh and it will stay fresher longer after you get it home. It is simply the date where we no longer consider it of it’s freshest quality and have to pull it from the shelf. It does not say “this cake will self destruct in 3 days”. Cakes are good for at least a week, or more under proper refrigeration.

58. 58 Deb. // 2010.01.19 at 11:39 am

    Ever since the Costco Chocolate Cake (as pictured) 3 days ago, I’ve been literaly dreaming about it! I could live on it!!! It’s soooo delicious! Costco and everything in it totally RULES!!!

59. 59 Theresa // 2010.01.24 at 5:40 pm

    The wedding planners tell you that not everyone will want cake…. Not true with Costco cakes. We served 3 of them at our wedding in 2004, with 150 people in attendance (white with heart designs in various filling/cake combinations). The only other cake or desert there was the little topper (we had to buy elsewhere) for the anniversary cake. There were only a couple of pieces left over for us to take to the honeymoon suite! … Thank God… the cake makes a wonderful breakfast treat

60. 60 Gabby // 2010.02.11 at 11:44 pm

    hahaha I was looking for something completely different and stumbled upon this website…I thought it was so funny that there is an actual website based on costco cakes and I only find this funny because my sister and one of my coworkers are constantly talking about how much they LOVE costco cakes…:) I have to tell them that others are just as obsessed as they are. They are always on diets but have agreed that after this diet they are going to buy a whole cake just for themselves, each one starting on each side and meeting in the middle, lol.

61. 61 Tammy // 2010.03.25 at 12:12 pm

    Does anyone remember the Costco cake with WHIPPED CREAM frosting? They no longer make it in St. Louis and we are looking for the recipe? Any ideas??

62. 62 Ryan // 2010.03.31 at 2:09 pm

    I love(d) the All American Chocolate Cake. It is honestly the best cake I have ever had. The cake part is so moist then add the frosting and its just chocolate goodness… not even really a cake anymore.

    I’ve bought the cake about a dozen times between Los Angeles, CA and Orem, UT. It has always been GREAT until the last 2 times in the last couple months. The frosting still seems the same but the cake part is not NEARLY as moist as it has been in the past. Its still a decent chocolate cake… but I don’t typically like chocolate cake except for this one.

    Has something with the recipe or the way its prepared/stored changed?

63. 63 Kimberly // 2010.04.01 at 5:19 am

    Is that the big, tall chocolate cake that is round? Dave drools over that often. That’s disappointing that it’s been dry lately. Maybe they were trying out different providers of flour or other ingredients. Hopefully, they’ll go back to the more moisty version.

64. 64 Kitt // 2010.04.28 at 1:38 am

    Wow. There sure are a lot of people who like Costco cakes!

    I ran across this site while researching wedding cakes; I want a carrot sheet cake decorated with a bunch of frosting flowers and leaves, like an abundant garden. (I’m a beekeeper, so I plan to add little spun-sugar bees.)

    How much latitude do the Costco decorators have in decorating? Does that sound like something they could do? I would be so happy if I could get a nice Costco cake.

    Thanks!

65. 65 Charlie // 2010.04.29 at 12:10 pm

    Hopefully nothing has changed with the Costco cakes, (other than the new and improved design selection). Tried to order a chocolate cake with the strawberry mousse filling, however it’s now unavailable in the Los Angeles area. Can’t even get a chocolate cake w/ white frosting, as my five year old requested for the birthday party. I just hope they haven’t changed the way they are making them, or the ‘freshness’ factor. Looking forward to the ‘Princess Crown/Wand’ decor, which we will add additional Disney Princess toppers from last year’s bakery cake.

66. 66 Renae // 2010.04.30 at 9:44 am

    I’m helping my daughter with wedding plans, and was thrilled to see the posts of people using Costco cakes! Has anyone purchased them and then stacked about three of them? I know you would probably need to use cardboard or something like that in between the layers . . . any thoughts on that? Thanks, Costco cake decorators! Love, love love your bakery!

67. 67 Brittney from Aloha, OR // 2010.05.01 at 7:01 pm

    Hello,

    Another cake decorator from Costco looking for comments on our cakes, gotta say this site is great! Thanks so much for all the compliments, comments, and suggestions. I’ll try to answer some more of your questions…

    Ryan – Something has changed about our All American round chocolate cake; although its not the ingredients. We used to bake the round cakes in tin pans and have gone to paper instead. It is easier to get a consistant sized layer this way, although I did not realize it may have changed the quality of the cake itself. Thank you for pointing it out, I will have to do a little investigating on my own. Other than that nothing is different about the way we make the cakes. It may also have been that you happened to pick up the cake on days it had been overbaked. Its not a common thing but does happen.

    Kitt – Sounds like an adorable cake and I know the decorators I work with as well as myself would love to do it for you. However, we are limited by what our managers allow as far as creativity. I’ve worked in 3 different Costco locations under several different managers and the best advice I can give you is to talk to the decorators at the store you plan to order it from. They’ll be able to tell you whether or not its possible at thier store and how creative they can be in the time we have for each cake. At our store we love stuff like this because it gives us something ‘fun’ to do

    Charlie – Costco recently rolled out a new order form that they felt would simplify the ordering process (and makes the order form on this site outdated by the way). However, this does not mean that you cannot modify your order as you always have. In fact, you can still get strawberry mouse, carrot cake with apricot filling (or chocolate cake if you prefer), chocolate cakes iced in white icing, cream cheese icing, or any other combination you are used to ordering. We want to make your 5 year old happy too! Write in what you want on the order form or talk to the decorators at your store for how to go about ordering what you want. I do hope you get this in time for the party

    Renae – Thanks and we love our loyal shoppers! I can’t tell you how much it means to me to know a site like this exists and see all the wonderful things you appreciate about our cakes And to answer your question, we stack cakes all the time. I would not go more than 4 high for a long period of time, but I’ve stacked more than that for short trips and it has been no problem. The boxes are sturdy; just be sure to stack them evenly on top of one another so the corners line up and they’re quite stable.

    Hope that helps! I really appreciate all the comments and please let us know what we could do to make things even better for you

68. 68 yolanda // 2010.05.07 at 10:40 pm

    I attended a wedding last weekend. The costco cupcakes were ordered with not confetti. The bride decorated the costco cupcakes with fresh strawberries and blue berries and the chocolate cupcakes had chocolate curls. She used a vegetable peeler to make thin chcolate curls from a Toblar bar. The cupcakes were displayed on a cupcake display tree. It looks very elegant.

    You can be creative with the costco cakes.

69. 69 Roe // 2010.05.14 at 7:53 pm

    Does Costco make mini cupcakes?

70. 70 AZ_Justin // 2010.05.14 at 9:09 pm

    We got the strawberry cheesecake a few weeks ago. Oh my, it was fantastic. The best part was we ended up freezing most of it in plastic containers and it was just as good thawed out. We have also purchased the cupcakes for our sons birthday parties and they are always a hit. Such a fantastic value. Well done Costco bakers!!

71. 71 Kimberly // 2010.05.18 at 1:16 am

    I’ve never seen mini cupcakes in the Costco Bakery area, unfortunately. As good as the jumbo sized ones are, they are a bit enormous. It would be nice if they made a small version, plus that would be great for parties.

72. 72 Nid // 2010.05.25 at 11:02 am

    Does anyone know the dimensions of costco cupcakes? I am trying to buy favor boxes to give out at my daughter’s birthday party. Want to get the right size.

73. 73 Emily (Bentobloggy) // 2010.05.25 at 7:24 pm

    Nid – they are HUGE cupcakes, much bigger than standard sized. I believe they are called “Jumbo” if you’re looking for boxes.

74. 74 Kimberly // 2010.05.26 at 3:48 am

    I don’t have exact measurements for the cupcakes but I’d have to guess they are somewhere around 4 – 5 inches in diameter. As Emily said, they are *huge*!

75. 75 Yolanda from Henderson, NV // 2010.05.26 at 11:13 am

    Just returned from a small wedding? The bride and groom don’t like cakes. They had 3 plain cheesecakes- first cake was decorated with Strawberries, 2nd cake with rasberry and 3rd cake with blueberry. It looked wonderful. They catered the whole wedding from the Costco deli section and beverages. The wedding including bride and groom, plus venue (held at his mom’s home) and reception under $1,000.

76. 76 Yolanda from Henderson, NV // 2010.05.26 at 11:17 am

    costco cake decorators can we still order the apricot or strawberry filling. I noticed they are not on the new cake order form. Costco cake decorators you are the best. I love your pumpkin pies, holiday peppermint bark and cookies, and all items you bake.

77. 77 Brittney from Aloha, OR // 2010.05.27 at 8:54 am

    Thanks Yolanda, and we think you are the best!

    The company line is that you can still get the apricot and strawberry fillings in our cakes – for now. They changed the order forms because they are planning to get rid of those choices. But we are supposed to be able to give it to you for a while since the change was so recent. Go ahead and write in what you want on the order form, or talk to the decorators at your store.

    Yes, the cupcakes are huge! They are actually supposed to serve 2 and they are the same size as our muffins.

78. 78 Sharon // 2010.05.27 at 5:41 pm

    I’m ordering a cake for my daughter’s birthday. Two questions:

    1. I’m ordering chocolate cake but should I go with chocolate mousse filling or strawberry filling?

    2. I’m having them frost it was just white buttercream–no design. I’ll be using an edible image design (Wizard of Oz). I know one previous commenter has done this. Do I need to refrigerate the cake after putting the design on or will the cake be okay out at room temp for an hour or so?

79. 79 Brittney from Aloha, OR // 2010.05.28 at 8:55 am

    Hi Sharon, thanks for choosing us for your daughters birthday! I’ll try to answer your questions..

    1. Chocolate mousse or strawberry? Both are excellent fillings so its difficult to say either way! Really it comes down to personal choice; which is your or your daughters most preferred. The other factor I like to consider is how diverse the people who will be eating the cake are. Sometimes its better to go with a more “standard” filling, like the chocolate mousse, because most people (or children) would eat it.

    2. The cake will be fine to leave out for a bit. Overnight you would want to be sure to keep it refridgerated, but if you will be serving it the same day it won’t be an issue.

    Hope that helps!

80. 80 Alida // 2010.05.29 at 6:57 am

    My mom and I stopped by the bakery at the Portland, OR Costco location hoping to order my wedding cakes. We were told flat out that the bakery was not able to do mixed flavors (ie, no chocolate cake with white or cream cheese frosting– if you want chocolate cake you get chocolate filling and chocolate frosting– Death By Cocoa!). You have no idea how disappointed we were! (Okay, maybe you do)

    My family is HUGE and we were hoping to have enough cake for everyone, not just for the reception but for the evening family party after the wedding.

    Is it still possible to get the ‘customized’ cakes at the Portland, OR or Vancouver, WA locations? I’ll haul my Mom in first thing on Tuesday to make the order. We need the cakes for June 26th.

    I’m wanting:
    a standard carrot cake : carrot cake, apricot filling, cream cheese frosting (NO frosted carrots on my wedding cake, k-thx, lol!)
    and a white cake with strawberry filling and white frosting (I’d kiss someone for raspberry tho!)

81. 81 Brittney from Aloha, OR // 2010.05.29 at 9:35 pm

    Alida,

    I’m so sorry you had such a disappointing experience! To be honest, I am not a big fan of the new cake program myself..

    Unfortunantly communication can be somewhat lacking going from corporate to management to employee, which is likely why you were told they could not do those combinations anymore. This IS the plan, however, so its also possible that they decided to just skip the interim process of hand-writing orders and cut off all options now. I do hope you filled out a comment card on your way out of the store? I am hoping with enough member pressure on corporate that they will bring the options back!

    You can get your cakes, I personally know of three stores in your area that will do it. If you can get out to Tigard, Aloha, or the Hillsboro store (and I’d recommend Aloha!) you can still get the customized cakes. I’m not sure on Vancouver. Until your post I was assuming that all Costco bakeries were still taking the customized orders, as that was what we were told to do by the big managers up North I would call and ask – try to talk to a manager.

    Hope that helps and thanks for thinking of us for your wedding! Congrats!

82. 82 Unpure // 2010.05.29 at 11:26 pm

    It amazes me that people eat Costco cakes and call them food. There is almost nothing real in the long incomprehensible list of ingredients.

83. 83 Alida // 2010.05.30 at 2:48 am

    Phooey– all those locations are definitely out of the way. The wedding is in Troutdale, so the Portland/Vancouver locations are really the only ones I can work with. My aunt works at the Portland location, though, so I’ll email/call her and ask her to check with bakery personally. They might be more willing to do a ‘custom’ cake if a Costco employee is making the special requests.

    The gal at the Portland location seemed in a pretty big hurry. They were labeling pies/tarts/whatever those things were and sliding them onto racks as fast as they could go– she didn’t even give me time to say the cakes were for June. I suspect she thought I was looking for Memorial Day cakes or something.

84. 84 Renae // 2010.05.31 at 12:22 am

    Does anyone know the dimensions of a typical Costco cake? We need to have a board that will fit two of them side by side, to make it look like one, and then one of top of them, for a wedding cake. And will Costco leave off any colored decorations, so we can have just the white frosting and nothing else? Thanks for your input!

85. 85 yolanda // 2010.05.31 at 3:34 pm

    Renae-

    Attended wedding where the bride and groom ordered two costco cates white with lattice designs. There names printed in burgundy. They used a vintage topper for the cakes and around the cake deep red tulle was wraped near the cakes. They put the cakes side by side lengthwise and also added rose petals around the cake.

    My friend – the bride showed the costco decorator the color of her wedding. They matched it as close as possible with the limited color frostings they had.

    also, all the food was from coscto – veggie and fruits, pizzas, turkey rolls etc. and beverages. Talk to the bakery manger.

86. 86 ana // 2010.06.07 at 11:17 am

    im another fan of costco’s… love their products!

    i know this is difficult but i do wish they had a little flexibility with the designs on the cake. like if i had a simple motif/picture i wanted, they could try to make that on the cake. i love the quality of the cakes and my daughter is turning one soon, she is going to have a vanilla (white) cake with the strawberry mousse filling. i know my guests will love it.

87. 87 Yolanda // 2010.06.16 at 9:35 pm

    The costco bakery manager is flexible. Talk too them. I ordered the costco graduation cake but did not want the roses on the lower side because I am adding a diploma an and my son’t school mascot decorations. They were flexible.

    Also they can write a message on the cheesecakes . The costco bakery staff is very accomodating. Again , talk to the manager.

88. 88 Alida // 2010.06.17 at 1:59 am

    I lucked out!

    I had my Costco Insider (aka Aunt) inquire with the bakery. Got my cakes ordered last week (one standard carrot cake, sans frosting carrots and almonds, and a white/strawberry/white).

    Apparently Little Miss Snippy was just having a bad day (Friday morning before Memorial Day, go-figure) and has since had her behavior corrected.

    I had a raspberry cheesecake for my March birthday one year. That was the best birthday cake ever– and the best part was getting to have leftover cheesecake for breakfast for two weeks!

89. 89 Rob // 2010.06.17 at 9:56 pm

    So today I go in to my local Costco to order a cake for my son’s 2nd birthday this Saturday. I had hoped to get some kind of Wiggles decoration on there and I attached some pics with a caption “If you can put any Wiggles decoration from these pic on the cake that would be great. Otherwise, please do the Clown”. Some manager lady was watching me and she goes “Sir, you can’t put that in the box” Then explains that the decorators aren’t allowed to deviate at all from the dozen cakes in the pics and the three cake options (vanilla, chocolate, carrot). Also, my request for berry filling wouldn’t be done and I would be disappointed. Granted, she was a floor manager and not the bakery manager so who knows. What’s the best thing to do… talk to the bakery manager or one of the bakery people and see what they say… if it’s doable?

90. 90 Alida // 2010.06.17 at 11:29 pm

    Definitely talk to the bakery manager.

    Costco is trying to go strictly three varieties (bland, carrot, or chocolate overkill) to cut down on ‘production time’. Honestly, I think they’re cutting they’re shooting themselves in the foot this time. I can understand not taking requests for custom decorations, but how much time do they really use grabbing a different tub of filling or frosting? Being able to mix n match the flavors was half the appeal of the Costco cake!

    Unless this move shaves dollars off the cost of the cake for the consumers, this is a bad move, Costco.

91. 91 Jewels // 2010.06.25 at 4:32 pm

    Hello – does anyone know where I can get images of the designs costco offers?
    I am thinking of doing the over the hill AND a music cake but have no idea what they look like.
    Going to the store today just isnt an option since my costco lets me fax the order in.

    Thanks so much!
    Julie

92. 92 Kimberly // 2010.06.29 at 5:50 am

    Julie, I don’t know where you can see the designs without going to the store. It would be great if they would have a photo gallery at Costco.com, but they don’t, unfortunately. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help!

93. 93 yolanda from NV // 2010.06.29 at 10:35 am

    Check photo gallery such as flicker.com, photobucket.com. type costco sheet cakes, costco wedding cakes, costco baby shower cakes. You can some designs other costco cake buyers purchased for an event.

    I attended a party last night. They put the costco mini cinnamon buns on a lollipop stick. The stick is inserted sideways on the bun to look like a lollipop. They had costco chocolate chip cookies, lemon bites etc. The usual fruit and veggie platters, and ruby sliders and turkey rollups.

94. 94 Kimberly // 2010.06.30 at 4:23 am

    Jule, I just published a post that is all about the Costco cake designs with lots of pictures. It’s probably too late, but if you haven’t gotten the cakes yet, then at least you’ll know what they will look like when you pick them up! Here’s the link: http://addictedtocostco.com/2010/06/30/images-of-costco-cake-designs/

95. 95 scott // 2010.07.05 at 2:58 pm

    My family has loved Costco cakes ever since they came into this area. They WERE always moist, and the frostings/fillings quality and not sugar overloaded lard like a grocery store cake. Sadly, the days of great cakes seem to have come to an end. Our favorite filling was called ‘CHEESECAKE MOUSSE’ and is no longer available. The new ‘Vanilla Cheese Cake’ filling is just tasteless sugary lard that doesn’t even begin to have a cream cheese flavor. To make matters worse, the cake was a bit dry and not at all like previous cakes. It was, at best, on the level of a grocery store birthday cake. I would say 80 percent of what we served was 1/2 eaten and then thrown away. I called my local Costco and spoke to a manager who seemed pretty bored and could have cared less.

96. 96 Alida // 2010.07.06 at 6:02 pm

    Scott~

    They’ll have a much harder time not caring when you’re standing there in the warehouse right next to their order booth, demanding to have your complaint heard, while potential cake buyers get to listen/see how they respond.

    I think we need to start a petition or ‘letter from the fans’ to let Costco know they’re making a mistake with this ‘no options’ plan.

97. 97 sharon // 2010.07.07 at 8:56 am

    The carrot cake at Costco is to die for…I’ve never taste a carrrot cake like that, my co-worker brought it in for a retirement party. But I can’t view it on-line. I’ll join Costco just for that. Presently with Sam’s club.

98. 98 yolanda fron NV // 2010.07.07 at 11:59 pm

    Kim-

    Thank you for posting the cake pictures. That will help when I decide to buy a cake for an event.

99. 99 zlee // 2010.07.12 at 11:14 am

    During St. Patty’s day, my local costco had mint-flavored cupcakes (not sure if it was mint buttercream or if they actually put mint flavoring into the chocolate cake mix?). Is this an option for sheet cakes too, or am I out of luck?

100. 100 Kimberly // 2010.07.13 at 3:00 am

     This sounds like a totally seasonal thing to me and definitely is not on the usual Costco bakery cake choices, at least not that I’ve ever seen.

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     [...] of the friendly Costco Bakery folks commented (on Costco Bakery Makes an Excellent Cake) a while back that the sheet cake and cupcake order form for the US had been updated, so the one I [...]

102. 102 Lori // 2010.07.15 at 8:57 pm

     This cake comment string has gotten nuts! My two cents about the Costco cakes is the price, getting your money’s worth because I was just looking at the 1/2 sheet Carrot cakes at Fred Meyer’s bakery in Spokane and they are about 10 square inches smaller, and charging $27.99!! The carrot cakes at our Valley location are 18.99 the best deal and for a party coming up for a carrot cake nut I can’t pass it up. I love the Caterpillar design they offer and he’s turning 33 but what the heck. Silly guys can have silly cakes.

103. 103 yolanda NV // 2010.07.15 at 10:49 pm

     This thread could go on and on! I just love costco cakes!

     This weekend attended another wedding. The wedding was held at courthouse. All costco cakes. They had several platters on silver cake trays. The red velvet, coconut cake, chocolate cake with fresh flowers on top and ribbons added on the sides.

104. 104 Amanda // 2010.07.27 at 12:19 am

     Anyone HAVE the recipe for Costco’s Buttercream frosting that they would like to share?

105. 105 Costco Lover in Santa Cruz, CA // 2010.07.28 at 10:00 am

     I see that out of over 100 comments, only 2 were negative regarding Costco cakes.

     I am among the fans of Costco cakes. They are VERY reasonably priced! True, they might not be as amazing as a ‘bakery’ cake, or have the same variety of decorating, but I’d rather be a little limited and have money left in my pocket. A supermarket sheet cake is half the size (or so it seems) and 30-50% higher in price, and not any better.

     Even if you have some left over, and don’t have room in the freezer, you have made everyone happy with generous pieces of yummy cake and spent less money, so it doesn’t ‘hurt’ so much if you end up throwing the rest away. You’re still ahead of the game.

     Go, Costco!!

106. 106 midge cox // 2010.08.04 at 7:01 pm

     can you get the red velvet cake with chocolate frosting in the sheet cake?

107. 107 Alida // 2010.08.05 at 1:41 am

     Midge~

     Custom Request Cakes? Not if Costco can help it. They’ve gone/are going to an entirely ‘no options’ system. That means what they are offering is
     white cake/ vanilla cheesecake filling/ white frosting
     chocolate cake/ chocolate mouse/ chocolate frosting (aka death by chocolate)
     carrot cake/ apricot filling/ cream cheese frosting (almond slivers hopefully still optional)

     I’m thinking the only way to get red velvet cake with chocolate frosting would be to buy the RV and scrape the frosting off, then replace with a tub of Pillsbury chocolate frosting, or homemade.

     All~ I think we should get membership badges and be the Costco Cake Quality Control Squad (ie C2QC Squad) and have the Bakery Department quaking in fear when they get word we’re on the prowl for poor quality cake and crappy customer service.

108. 108 DC // 2010.08.06 at 2:52 pm

     Customer Request Cakes are gone is confirmed. They’ve gone to a no option system
     white cake/ vanilla cheesecake filling/ white frosting
     chocolate cake/ chocolate mouse/ chocolate frosting

     People start complaining now by writing to corporate and letting the store managers know that you don’t like the choices and not a happy member.

109. 109 Alida // 2010.08.07 at 1:16 am

     We should each print out this webpage and send them all the comments on their cakes, so they understand we aren’t just whining about the fact we can’t get strawberry filling with our chocolate cake anymore. We’re serious about loving their cakes and insist they continue to live up to our expectations.

     Wait– that list doesn’t have carrot cake on it— ARE THEY INSANE?! How am I supposed to have a birthday without my birthday carrot cake?! They’re messing with tradition here!

     I’m going to ask my Aunt if there is an insider address to send complaints to to make sure they are received by the right people!

110. 110 Kimberly // 2010.08.07 at 2:13 am

     Alida, if you go to the latest post I’ve written about the new Costco order forms, you’ll see that the US Costco locations are still making the carrot cakes. So, it’s okay, your birthday celebration can continue.

111. 111 Kimberly // 2010.08.07 at 2:16 am

     I’ve been thinking that perhaps I should set up a petition that folks can sign regarding the new stripped down choices. Does anyone have any thoughts about that? I thought that maybe if we demonstrated that a number of people from all over the US are disappointed in the changes and want at least a few choices to maintain, they would see that it isn’t great for customer service.

     Does anyone, aside from me, think this might be a good idea?

112. 112 Jana // 2010.08.13 at 9:04 pm

     Hi everyone, I’m a cake decorator at a Costco location and I am very truly sorry that you guys are not getting the type of cake you want. I think it comes down to your personal location, because at my store, I will accomodate any request that is reasonable. I let members choose their fillings with what ever cake, etc. As far as different designs go, I will do it if I feel comfortable doing it but I won’t do anything that is copyright, meaning Wiggles, Elmo, Thomas the train, etc. There is a big fine involved for copyright so that is why Costco doesn’t do copyrights. The only thing I can recommend you do is, at the front of each store, there is a comment box. Put in your comment because believe it or not, Jim Sinegal (CEO) gets sent every message from those boxes!!! Hope this helps.

113. 113 Chanin // 2010.08.15 at 12:35 am

     what ever happened to the Peanut Butter cookies?? The last time I had them was back in 2004 I think. They ALWAYS have Oatmeal Raisin and Chocolate Chip but have NEVER seen the peanut butter ones. Every time I’m in Costco I take the time to stop by the comment box and request them, but I guess there’s not enough requests for them or something. They were soooooo good !!!

114. 114 Kimberly // 2010.08.16 at 3:12 am

     @Chanin, I don’t know what happened to the peanut butter cookies but I’d love for those to be a bakery option now. I love peanut butter cookies! Maybe the price of peanut butter went up? Or, possibly it has to do with making cookies with peanuts since there are so many people with peanut allergies?

115. 115 Sarah // 2010.08.24 at 12:43 am

     Hi, I will be getting a cake for my son’s 3rd birthday in the next 2 weeks & after reading every comment on this page, I’m sad to not have the options to pick and choose fillings. I will say tho, thanks to the advice from the bakers on here, I will definitely still ask. Never hurts right? My question is regarding the edible pictures you can order. How exactly does that work…and do they even come out well? Would I just be better off getting a crazy load of berries to offset the chocolate madness???? Ideas would be great! Thank you so very much!
     Sarah in Tigard, OR

116. 116 yolanda from las Vegas // 2010.08.25 at 6:55 pm

     Kimberly-

     I read on the other thread they will be discontinuing cupcakes and carrot cakes. Can any costco decorator verify this. Their carrot cakes and cupakes are delicious.

     Costco cake decorators please keep us updated. Costco bakers and decorators are the best.

     I will only buy costco cakes for birthdays, office parties or any special celebrations.

     Thanks.

117. 117 yolanda // 2010.08.30 at 8:32 pm

     costco will not be offering the carrot cake sheet cake or cupcakes. I will miss them. They are my favorite. one of the bakery staff mentioned they may offer standard size cupcakes in the future. The new order form only shows white cake filled with vanilla cheesecake mousse and convered with buttercrearm. Second cake choice is chocolate with chocolate mousse filling and covered with chocolate buttercrea. The bakery staff at the store I visited stated I have the option to switch the fillings. Any decorator verify these why carrot cake is now smaller size round version for $12.99. I saw the round carrot cakes next to the red velvet cakes. Why the change?

     Also why were the muffin size cupcakes no longer available? They were great for kids parties. Also are there any new cake designs coming up?

     Thank you for your comments.

118. 118 yolanda // 2010.08.30 at 8:33 pm

     I love costco bakery. Costco cake decorators and bakery staff make the best cookies, cakes, breads, muffins!

119. 119 tina // 2010.08.31 at 11:06 am

     Partially Hydrogenated Cakes? no thanks

120. 120 yolanda // 2010.08.31 at 8:52 pm

     Just had the carrot cake it is wonderful. I also made ice cream sandwiches. Take the chocolate chip cookies and fill it with vanilla ice cream. Now i have to run 5 miles tomorrow!

121. 121 Eva Dickson // 2010.09.01 at 5:58 am

     Our family loves Costco’s cakes too. My fav is the white with the creamcheese filling. Whishing I could duplicate their awesome flavor in a buttercream frosting at home.
     I wanted to share…When my hubby and I married 13.5 years ago, we had NO budget for the wedding and did a whole lot of DIY. one of the things I did was decorate my own wedding cake the morning of our wedding. But time and money were very short. So I got two Costco cakes, one vanilla with the cream cheese mousse filling and the other chocolate with the white buttercream frosting and chocoalte mousse filling. When I ordered the cakes I asked the Costco bakers if I could order both cakes with just their boarder and nothing else as decorations. They were curious but when I told them it was for a wedding they were very accomadating. I also bought a thrd cake from a well known local baker as the “anniversary” cake. At the time, Costco didn’t have round cakes.
     So, on our wedding day, I took both of the Costco cakes and slid them together side to side, laying one cardboard over the top of the other to butt them right up next to the other. Then I took a pedistool and stacked the third cake in the middle leaving room underneath. I then decorated the cake with fresh spring flowers from, where else? Costco!! Later that night when the cake came out our guests loved how pretty the cake was, but they were amazed when we cut into it and they found both Chocolate and Vanilla cake!!
     We then did this again for our niece’s wedding reception where, once again, everyone was delighted with the cake. I’m decorating cakes on my own now, but I would do this again in a heart beat!! Not many people can say they had a beautiful AND tastey wedding cake for under $50

122. 122 Eva Dickson // 2010.09.01 at 6:02 am

     Forgot to mention above: When I decorated the cakes with the fresh flowers, I used the flowers underneath the pedistool to “hide” the seam between the two cakes Successfully hiding the fact that there were indeed two cakes under there!

123. 123 yolanda // 2010.09.01 at 9:44 am

     I attended a retirement party. They used a costco cake with the boquet design-no roses. in white. The writing was in red. The cake had decoration-poker chips, gold coins, slot machines, cards, fake money-Las Vegas theme.

     We should start a blog or someone start a blog sharing how you decorate costco sheet cakes or any cakes. Anyone interested? I am not whiz.

124. 124 yolanda // 2010.09.01 at 9:44 am

     I meant computer literate.

125. 125 yolanda // 2010.09.01 at 9:46 am

     Costco please bring the carrot sheet cake back -we love it! Any costco decorators will they have the seasonal designs for Halloween and Christmas?

126. 126 yolanda // 2010.09.15 at 10:32 am

     Hello!

     Any costco cake decorators know if the carrot cake will be back next year? Again, I will miss the cupcakes too.

127. 127 Helen // 2010.09.20 at 10:15 am

     I heard that Costco might be introducing smaller versions of cupcakes, not the muffin-sized cupcakes they stopped making this month. The sheet carrot cake is no longer available. I heard from one of the bakery workers that if you request to add strawberries to the vanilla mousse filling, they would do that. Another person told me that they would not do that. The only option seems to be to switch the chocolate and vanilla fillings or leave the cakes exactly as they appear on the order form.

128. 128 Jana // 2010.09.20 at 5:59 pm

     yolanda – we will be having our seasonal designs for halloween and christmas…they are the same from last year. About the carrot cakes…my guess on that decision is based on sales. I know at our store, we didn’t sell that many carrot sheet cakes because it was just too big, since we have switched to the smaller round ones, our sales have increased. That is just my assumption. As far as the cupcakes, I have no idea why they took them away. I haven’t heard anything about getting smaller ones. I really doubt that we would get small ones because that would mean we would have to get all new muffin pans to bake them in because our muffins are big like the cupcakes were.

129. 129 Kimberly // 2010.09.21 at 6:53 am

     I just can’t believe that Costco stopped making the cupcakes. I loved those! And we would often buy those instead of the cakes because they were really easy to freeze and deal with for our little family of two.

130. 130 yolanda // 2010.09.29 at 7:30 pm

     Costco addicts which do you prefer”:

     White cake with chocolate mousse or

     chocolate cake with vanilla cream cheese frosting.

     I’m trying to decide what to bring for a party.

131. 131 amy // 2010.09.29 at 7:30 pm

     Costco addicts which do you prefer”:

     White cake with chocolate mousse or

     chocolate cake with vanilla cream cheese frosting.

     I’m trying to decide what to bring for a party.

132. 132 April // 2010.10.17 at 2:59 pm

     Do they do this cake in the pictures in the uk ?

133. 133 CostcoDecorator // 2010.10.18 at 5:31 pm

     Just some info for you..the order form you have linked is out of date..that is from 2 yrs ago…we have brand new ones. ..and we no longer do 1/2 carrot cakes and cupcakes…why , we have no clue. Sorry folks

134. 134 Kimberly // 2010.10.19 at 2:43 am

     Yes, this post is from early 2009, so that’s how old the order form is. However, I did a post another post a few months ago (see comment #110 above) with the new order form at that time, but it still had cupcakes on it, which I think they’re not selling now. So, I need to get yet another copy of the order form posted.

135. 135 Kimberly // 2010.10.19 at 2:46 am

     @April, You can see the UK order form that I have put up on the site in mid-July here. It lists the designs and the one in the photo on this post would be the chocolate bouquet, I’m pretty sure. However, it might be slightly different since the one pictured on this post is from the US.

136. 136 eric // 2011.01.02 at 10:38 am

     i never tried a costco cake before.

137. 137 Fran // 2011.03.06 at 7:43 pm

     I like their cakes also but at some of their stores you can purchase bettercreme ( not buttercream) from them. This is a product that they make their icing with i am told.

138. 138 sam // 2011.03.26 at 9:34 am

     I bought a round carrot cake with what might have been lemon filling – couldn’t tell. It was terrible enough that even the children wouldn’t eat it. Ended up throwing it out. Huge chunks of carrot rounds, almost like it didn’t have enough cake just too big carrot pieces. I got it in Orland Park IL. Drove too far to take it back. First time we had a complaint about bakery goods at Costco.
     I want to get a birthday sheet cake (carrot) but I am afraid that judging from the 2010 comments and my experience in 2010 that the cakes are no longer as excellent as they used to be. What do you think?

139. 139 lalita // 2011.04.16 at 1:07 am

     Per one of the comments by cake decorater. Cakes have no lard but vegetable shortening. In other words – have trans fats.
     If that intrepretation is correct . Costco cakes are inexpensive, taste good , fresh, but not Good for Health.
     I wonder how much trans fats in each cake?

140. 140 Jane // 2011.05.04 at 12:42 pm

     which do you prefer:

     White cake with chocolate mousse or

     chocolate cake with vanilla cream cheese.

     my daughters’ bday is coming up and i cant decide.

141. 141 eli // 2011.05.09 at 10:53 pm

     my co-workers call these “jesus cakes”- cause only jesus would make something sooo delicious.

142. 142 Nicole // 2011.05.24 at 5:41 pm

     im thinking about ordering a vanilla cake with strawberry mouse filling for a graduation party, has anybody had that kind of cake??? if so, are they good, and would u reccomand a different tyoe ( other than chocolate, im not a fan of chocolate anything)

143. 143 AZ Cake Decorator // 2011.05.24 at 10:42 pm

     Hey Costco fans, I am also a proud Costco cake decorator! I’m not sure why I am Google-ing Costco cakes on my day off, but I ran across this site and really appreciate all the comments and compliments from Costco cake-eaters everywhere! It really makes our day when our members share their love for our products. I thought I’d put in my 2 cents as users like Nancy and Jana have been very helpful to you all.
     I’ve worked in the bakery for 8 years now and our cake program has changed quite a bit since I started. I’ve noticed that Costco constantly modifies and re-modifies itself so that we can always be carrying the all around best and most popular products at any given time. I think this is the reason why our newest cake order form is so simplified; we offer our two best and most popular cake combinations, as well as simple and generic designs. Although they made the order form quicker and easier to fill out, most locations will still let you switch up the fillings and icings by request, as long as you clearly specify on the order form. Some locations vary, so be sure to check with the Costco bakery you order from.
     Unfortunately they did away with the cupcakes and carrot sheet cakes within this past year. We are not really sure why they do away with certain products at different times. I too, am heartbroken over the cupcakes, I brought those to dozens of parties! I’m assuming it has to do with sales not being up to par, member input, and cost-effectiveness. We, as well as our managers, really have no say in the matter, so I always recommend that members write their thoughts on the “Tell us what you think” suggestion cards located towards the front of every warehouse. Those get forwarded on to corporate where all the changes and decisions take place. I know of many products that have been brought back and taken away based on member feedback.
     I will try to get a current order form on here soon. The Costco website really does not go into detail with any of its fresh food departments. I’m assuming this has to do with the ever-changing rotation of products, and the fact that not every product is offered in every location in every state and region. Instead, the website recommends that you visit your nearest Costco to see its current selections.
     As of now, most warehouses only accept in-store orders. Some stores I have worked at accept faxed orders, but I highly suggest allowing for more than 24 hours notice and calling to confirm we received the fax at least a day after you fax it. None of the bakeries have fax machines, so the faxed order usually does not make its way back to the bakery the same day.
     None of the warehouses accept phone orders, mainly because of the high volume of orders and to avoid discrepancies. Like Nancy calculated earlier, we could easily spend a good 5 hours on the phone taking orders. In order to keep our prices low and our products stocked up, we have to maintain a highly efficient and productive crew.
     As an update: we are currently switching over to all trans fat free mousses and icings. Most warehouses have completed this transition, for those of you concerned about the trans fat content of the cakes.
     For those of you wondering about designs and other customizations, we are very limited on how much we can branch out from the cakes you see displayed and pictured. As you will notice, the designs are simple, and the piped borders and cake backgrounds all remain the color of whichever icing you chose: white or chocolate buttercream. Like the decorators stated earlier, in order to keep up with demand, we are required to produce each cake in an average of 5-10 minutes from start to finish, so we really can’t accept customizations that would take us longer to complete than the designs we already offer. In addition, the designs we offer set us apart as “Costco cakes,” as people recognize our cakes no matter where they are. We use specific stencils for each design, that way the decorations remain consistent with all Costco’s. Unfortunately we don’t have the equipment to airbrush the cakes a different color, nor make edible images. All of our designs are hand-drawn, so we would be more than happy to customize the colors of the decorations (for example, pink balloons, a yellow dinosaur), but that’s about as far as we can go color-wise.
     As far as cakes go, we keep everything pretty simple so we can be as c0st-efficient as possible and pass those savings onto y0u. Although they are simple, they are absolutely fantastic, which is why we are able to charge half the price of a cake half its size (and not even half as delicious) anywhere else
     Well I just wrote a novel but I tried to cover the “FAQ’s” in detail. I’ll start checking up on this site in order to answer any other questions or concerns. Thanks again everyone for your business and praise!

144. 144 Cindy Kates // 2011.05.26 at 2:02 pm

     I love Costco cakes!!!! And the Costco in Vancouver, does allow you to mix your flavors and fillings. I have done so in the past and recently did so in April to celebrate my Granddaughters birthday. She loved it and so did everyone else. I would like to say thank you to the Costco bakers. You rock!!! The cakes I have gotten are moist, sweet but not too sweet and are good several days later. Thank you again for all your hard work it shows.

145. 145 Kimberly // 2011.05.27 at 1:42 am

     @AZ Cake Decorator – Thanks for taking the time to share all of that information with everyone. It’s nice to know that there is at least a bit of flexibility too. It’s also good to know what the situation is for faxing in a cake order, as in don’t do it.

     I’d really appreciate it if you could email me (kimberly@addictedtocostco.com) a copy of the new US cake order form. I couldn’t believe it when Costco changed the form almost immediately after I had updated the one on here last year.

146. 146 kayla // 2011.05.28 at 1:18 am

     AZ Cake Decorator,
     would the decorators be allowed to put some chocolate shavings like the one found in the round chocolate cake on the sheet cake too?

147. 147 AZ Cake Decorator // 2011.05.28 at 6:01 pm

     Kimberly, I will definitely send you a copy of the order form. I think it would be helpful if people had an idea of what we offer before coming into the store. You are correct, they have changed the order forms quite a few times over the past couple of years, it’s very frustrating! While the new order form has increased productivity somewhat, I was very disappointed that they keep narrowing down the options, so I try to always inform people that we are flexible.

     Kayla, I asked my manager today about the chocolate shavings. Unfortunately, that is not something we are allowed to do Legally, we are not allowed to add anything to our products that is not already included on its ingredients label. The other reason is because of the high cost of the chocolate. Its cost is incorporated into the All American cake, but not into the sheet cakes. I’m very sorry!

148. 148 kayla // 2011.06.07 at 1:33 am

     AZ Cake Decorator,
     thanks for finding out about the shavings.. one more question, if i buy one of those edible cake toppers.. do you think the bakers would put it on for me? i am a little nervous to do it myself..

149. 149 AZ Cake Decorator // 2011.06.13 at 10:57 pm

     Hi Kayla,
     Unfortunately we are unable to bring anything from outside the bakery/warehouse and apply it to any of our products. Since we don’t make the edible images, chances are the bakery staff has no experience applying them either. I know I’ve never used one before, so I would be as much a novice as you! I’m sure you could google advice on how to apply them or ask the place that prints it for you for tips. We would be happy to leave room for you to apply it at home, as long as you specify it’s dimensions on the order form. Sorry we are not able to apply it for you good luck!

150. 150 MARGARET // 2011.06.15 at 11:46 am

     hi could you tell me if you have any pictures you could email me of the cakes you make as i am looking for a cake for my husbands 50th suppries birthday party in Oct but will need a sponge cake or cakes for about 150 people

     Mrs Ryan

151. 151 Nicole // 2011.06.15 at 8:56 pm

     Hi, I was wondering if there was any way you could get my the Nutrition info for a costco cake. It is the chocoalte cake with vanilla icing and chocolate mousse filling. I saw you had similar NI for it but I would like to be pretty exact if possible. Thanks so much!

152. 152 AZ Cake Decorator // 2011.06.15 at 11:10 pm

     Margaret, about halfway up this page, (comment 94), Kimberly posted a link to the designs we offer. The only picture that’s outdated is the cupcakes, which have been discontinued. As far as I know, all the US locations do these designs. We can customize the colors of the decorations and change the writing on any of those cakes. Enjoy!

     Nicole, I will work on getting current nutrition info on the cakes. I know you can call 1(800)774-2678 to get info on any of our products. I just tried to call but they are closed. Their hours are M-F 6am-6pm and 8am-5pm on weekends. I start my vacation tomorrow but I can look into it further when return if you have no luck

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154. 154 Nicole // 2011.06.16 at 5:29 pm

     thank u sooo much i was in charge of bringing a cake to school for our graduation for about 40 people……. there were NO LEFTOVERS !!!! some people even asked for secounds…… I just wish i could have a 2nd

155. 155 Kimberly // 2011.06.17 at 3:17 am

     Those cakes are still a huge deal, even at $17.99. Though, I still can’t believe they discontinued the cupcakes; they were my favorite.

156. 156 Kimberly // 2011.06.17 at 4:40 am

     @Nicole – I’ve been meaning to try to update and flesh out the nutrition information, so I’ll work on that for the next week (hopefully).

157. 157 chris // 2011.06.20 at 2:02 pm

     Too lalita’s comment on our icings….they are now made with tff or tans fat free shortening…..I know this because I mix for Costco in Merced..thanks for all the lovely and thoughtful comments on our products from everyone….a lot of work goes into preparing these products from start to finish. The carrot cakes are supposed to have those whole pieces of carrot that’s just the way we are told to mix them….mix on too high a speed or for too long and the carrots become too shredded….unless I misunderstood you and it was apricot filling not lemon….that wouldn’t taste very good..

158. 158 Becky Hall // 2011.06.26 at 9:24 pm

     So glad to hear that you have updated everything to be trans-fat free. My son LOVES his Costco cakes! We’ve been addicted to them for years, and get them for all of our family birthdays, graduations, showers, etc. Had my sister not given my daughter a wedding cake for her nuptials last year, I probably would have gotten Costco cakes for the reception, as some here have done. I was actually searching for Costco cakes to look up the nutrional info., and was happy to see that almost the last post was inquiring the same, Ha! Looking forward to that info. as soon as you can post it. And thanks in advance!

159. 159 Brian // 2011.07.11 at 1:47 pm

     LOVE THEIR CAKES!!! But I have to admit I’m very disappointed that they do not sell 1/4 sheet cakes. We are a very health conscious and small family. A 1/2 sheet cake is WAY TOO MUCH cake. Sure we can freeze it and postpone the calories for a later date, or even bring it to work so others can enjoy. But I’m not in the business of buying something and always having to give it away. This is more on principle. I wish Costco was more focused on needs of people who just simply want a 1/4 sheet cake. Its not rocekt science. Very disappointed in them.

     Still going to buy it because we love the cake, but still highly annoyed.

160. 160 Leslie // 2011.07.29 at 12:19 pm

     I’m afraid that Costco cakes USED to be delicious…. unfortunately I tried one yesterday, and it was awful. Incredibly dry & dense, with sickeningly sweet frosting. It was the white cake with vanilla filling. I was really disappointed. I think they changed their recipe – now it tastes like every other grocery store cake. Safeway makes a far better cake, in fact. It’s a lighter texture, and they offer the option of whipped cream frosting, which I love. It’s worth paying more.

     What happened, Costco???

161. 161 Amazed // 2011.08.07 at 11:27 am

     Brian, I understand what you’re saying about not wanting to waste part of your purchase by giving it away. But, think of it like this: if you bought a 1/4 sheet cake at a grocery store, you’d pay about the same as if you buy a 1/2 sheet cake at Costco. So, at Costco you’re getting WAY more than you paid for. Go ahead and let others at work enjoy the leftovers and they’ll appreciate you! Or, just freeze the leftovers and eat it yourself.

162. 162 Hmmm // 2011.09.21 at 5:58 pm

     Brian…gotta say it. Costco is a wholesale bulk supplier. Of course they only sell 1/2 sheet cakes. They only sell 4.5lb round cakes and huge cheesecakes and pies. That is what they do.

163. 163 isabella // 2011.10.02 at 8:57 am

     I read this forum. Thank you costco decorators for the information.

     Kimberly or anyone can please post updated costco cake designs. Costco cake decorators you are the best- the cakes, muffins, cookies and pastries are the best. Looking forward to the costco pumpkin pie.

164. 164 Jackie // 2011.10.22 at 4:36 pm

     Does costco offer any gluten free cake or bakery items?

165. 165 Robin from Orlando // 2011.10.23 at 12:51 am

     I’ve seen two types of GF Cracker/chip but I haven’t noticed any GF baked goods.

166. 166 Kimberly // 2011.10.25 at 6:08 am

     @Jackie – I don’t know that they make any gluten free bakery items. However, that doesn’t mean that they don’t carry someone else’s products that are free of gluten. But that would definitely depend on the individual stores, I’m sure.

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168. 168 Nikki // 2011.11.13 at 11:48 am

     Is the delicious Costco cupcakes returning? I noticed cupcakes at the bakery section last week? Any Costco cake decorators have any inside news?

     I love Costco cakes, muffins, and pastries. I hope the cupcakes return. Our office staff looked forward to cupcakes during office holiday parties.

     Costco cake decorators you rock and are the best!

169. 169 Julie Claflin // 2011.12.03 at 1:10 am

     Was at Costco in Coon Rapids, MN today looking for the apricot mousse carrot cake. Was told that as of January, corporate has done away with the apricot and strawberry mousse filling and will not be doing them anymore. They did have vanilla mousse filling with white and chocolate cake but heart was set on apricot. Oh well. All good things come to an end too soon. I could see this ending if there was no call for it but that doesn’t seem to be the case according to what I am reading here.

170. 170 marie // 2011.12.12 at 9:35 pm

     what about refrigeration for the sheet cakes? I am having a party for 3 hours and wonder how soon i could set out the cake. Would it be ok to put it out 2 hours ahead as the refrigerator space is limited?

171. 171 Kimberly // 2011.12.13 at 9:52 am

     @Marie – I’ll be honest, I’ve left my sheet cakes from Costco out on my countertop for at least 24 hours without a change in their tastiness. I didn’t have fridge space to keep the whole cake in there, so I left it out and it was fine. Really tasty, as usual.

172. 172 Heather // 2011.12.29 at 2:17 pm

     Former Teacher and now Stay at Home Mom and Wife…I LOVE LOVE LOVE Costco cakes and cupcakes! I used to tell my students to bring in Costco cakes or cupcakes for birthdays, I also used to by a sheet cake for my students at the end of the year. Now, as a Mom, I get their cakes for my boys parties.

     I love to bake, but sometimes there is just too much to do, so Costco is a great option!

173. 173 Randy // 2011.12.31 at 11:35 am

     If you think the generic cakes you buy without ordering are good, order one special and pick it up early in the day. In almost all cases, the cake was still warm when I got it.

174. 174 Grigoris // 2012.01.10 at 10:16 am

     I love these cakes! its tradition for us to order one for every one of our birthdays! so tasty!

     what size are they does any one know? I found some star wars icing and it would be nice to purchase to eat with the cake..