Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop

WOW The ITALIAN RUM CAKE!!! This cake was amazing!! My Mom has loved Italian Rum Cake and it has been near impossible to find one UNTIL NOW! I was googling and came upon Vaccaro’s in Baltimore.I saw they shipped and since I didn’t feel like road tripping to get my Mom a huge surprise. .I tried ordering online but came upon a glitch in their online ordering (which they are apparently aware of) they ended up calling me back on Monday morning to complete the order (give them payment) I placed the order and they shipped it. One day later the cake arrived (carefully packaged surrounded by ice packs and in dry ice) the cake is shipped FULLY FROZEN so needed to wait a good while for it to fully defrost but as it was defrosting you could begin smelling the rum. It even had the green and red cherries like my Mom remembered from the classic Italian Rum Cakes she enjoyed years ago. This cake did not disappoint. This was our first time ordering but I promise it will not be our last.

Pastry and dessert lovers far and wide with a sweet tooth; unite and don’t pass this spot up! Just so much to choose from! They had everything from cannolis, cookies, pastries, coffee and ice cream. I believe they had breakfast sandwiches too! Just too much to pick and choose from. We ordered the 3 pack of cannolis, some lemon cookies, strawberry and raspberry cookies, pastries with custard (because they were recommended by not one but 2 patrons in line) and a rainbow cookie that my husband adored and was angry that we did not get more. Pricing was reasonable. Street parking. Nice large establishment. Customer service was amazing this past Sunday morning. We shall certainly come back.

Visited during a quiet afternoon for coffee. Beautiful display of desserts, cookies and gelato. Paid less than $5 for a 16 oz cappuccino- best priced espresso drink in the city. Left with my afternoon coffee drink and 2 cannolies which were delicious! Staff super friendly. Will definitely be back!! Perfect place for after dinner dessert or Valentine's day treats.