Make My Cake, a Harlem-based bakery which expanded to the Upper West Side in 2018, has shut its doors. (Thanks to Amelia Gewirtz for the tip and photo.) The retail space at 775 Columbus Avenue, between 97th and 98th streets, is now available for lease.
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Make My Cake can still be found at its two locations in Harlem: 121 St. Nicholas Avenue at 116th Street and 2380 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard at 139th Street.
The bakery’s confections are inspired both by southern cooking and soulful Harlem recipes, with popular options including its red velvet cake and sweet potato cheesecake. Make My Cake also bakes cookies, cupcakes, pies and pastries.
This is the latest in a string of changes within the Columbus Square complex.
The previous tenant at 775 Columbus Avenue was Crumbs Bake Shop, an Upper West Side original (2003) which recently announced a come back after closing its last location in 2016. “Keeping up with the habits of today’s consumers, CRUMBS cupcakes and their new cookie jar line will ship directly to doorsteps nationwide through the company’s website, with same day delivery available where the CRUMBS story began in NYC through UberEats, GrubHub, Doordash, Seamless and Postmates through a partnership with REEF Kitchens,” reads an early November press release.
Hello …. I believe that Make My Cake is no longer on 116th & St. Nicholas…hasn’t been there for a while.
I really wanted to support Make My Cake, but their confections were mostly dry and mediocre at best. Too bad
Make My Cake is no longer at either location noted in this article. Both locations, the one on 116th in St. Nicholas and on 139th on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd are closed. Make my Cake is only open at the most recent location 125th Street between Convent/St. Nicholas and Amsterdam.
Ugh. This is terrible news. Make My Cake is a wonderful, family-owned bakery and was the best for freshly made birthday cakes in the area. Their red velvet cake is a showstopper. Its owner, Aliyah, did a German Chocolate Cake Throwdown against Bobby Flay. I guess we are stuck with chain bakeries in the hood (aside from the Silver Moon, which is more about bread than cake).
You are not stuck with chain bakeries in Harlem.
I keep texting the Columbus square realtors asking for a salad restaurant lol