Pu'uwai Aloha Bakery

How beautiful my baby's 1st birthday cake turned out! We chose the delicious lilikoi frosting/cake. Franceska made the full moon on my cake glow 😍. Because the cake had to have real sugar for the textures, Franceska also made a coconut sugar vanilla cupcake so that my baby can have as the bigger cake was for photos and for us adults. She did a beautiful job!

I'm always rooting for Pu'uwai Aloha because they make the most delicious GF baked goods, they are local and woman-owned. I have always tried to give them business over the years...when they were at the Kakaako Farmers Market, and at their former location on Lusitania St. I hope the new location on Smith St. Works out. Finally a location where the parking is decent and there is more accessibility over a few days of the week.

Franceska was super helpful the other day as I needed to get a last-minute “Frozen” cake for my daughter’s birthday! She came through in the clutch and made us a beautiful blue cake which was delicious (I then added an Elsa figurine of my own). It tasted way better than cakes that have dairy in them (regular grocery store cakes taste pretty artificial and too sweet, in my opinion). There was so much attention to detail in the cake from the ingredients to the exterior. I would definitely get another cake from here in the future!

So happy this dedicated gluten free bakery exists! Franceska and her team are so welcoming and explain everything well. They seem to have a standard set of fan favorites like the cinnamon roll and coffee cake, and then fun daily specials to switch things up. My husband has celiac so we love going here to get a sweet treat and coffee on the weekend. We paid a few bucks to park in the lot right across the street for ease, but there is some free street parking as well.

As a gluten-free bride, I wanted a wedding cake that I could enjoybut also one that my guests would love, and of course, it had to be cutie! Pu'uwai Aloha Bakery absolutely delivered. The cake was exactly what I had hoped for, and everyone kept telling me how delicious it was! I personally loved it and thoroughly enjoyed every bite. Their team was so kind, and I’m genuinely so grateful to them. In the chaos of wedding planning, I accidentally ordered the cake for the wrong day but they were incredibly quick, accommodating, and so nice about the mix-up. They made sure I had my cake on the correct day, and it all worked out perfectly. Thank you all so much!