The Pastry Garden - Poughkeepsie

I bought a vegan vanilla cake, and while both the cake and the icing were quite tasty, the icing-to-cake ratio was off. It was a three-layer cake, but there was definitely too much icing. The cake layers were quite thin, and the icing between them was very thick, which resulted in an excessively sweet cake.

I purchased a vegan vanilla cake, and while both the cake and the frosting were delicious, the icing-to-cake ratio was a bit off. The cake had three layers, but there was way too much frosting. The layers of cake were quite thin, and the frosting between them was very thick, resulting in an overly sweet dessert!

The best cake in the area, without a doubt. The pastries are gorgeous, and they offer a wide selection of brownies.

The presentation of the 50th birthday cake was exceptional, and the taste of the cake was outstanding. I highly recommend this restaurant.

Was stunned to discover my Napoleon wasn't fresh!!!!! My daughter from upstate NY is being treated at Sloan Kettering in NYC, I currently live just north of New Haven in Connecticut so the Poughkeepsie area has become a meeting point for use when she has appointments. Today we peeked in The Pastry Garden window just had to go in to treat ourselves because everything looked so amazing. I settled on a napoleon, a treat I haven't had in a while. I considered having a bite before I hit the road to go home but because fresh naploeons can be so deliciously messy I opted to wait until I got home. It was a 2 hr drive home and I was so ready for a bite of pure heaven. I'm not a fan.of the thick icing on top so I was going to scrape it off amazingly the icing came off in one big piece I felt a little deflated thinking that's not typical of a fresh pastry. But when I started to eat it I discovered it was still slightly frozen, like a real icy bite in the center. Not only was it not fresh, the puff pastry was not flaky at all, it just seamed firm stale. The creamy filling had a good taste and the thin layer of raspberry filling in the bottom layer was a pleasant surprise but overall it was still very disappointing due to the quality of the puff pastry from being frozen for who knows how long. We will never again stop in there to treat ourselves, I will say all the desserts look amazing, too bad there's no guarantee what you buy will be fresh. Its a shame for a place that seems a bit upscale to sell such a disappointing product. I haven't had that kind of experience at a real bakery in all my 62 yrs. Shame on them!