Dutch Oven Bakery

Dutch Oven… Dutch Oven… I like you but your cookies are crispy. Too crispy.
There’s a general consensus on your Unilocal reviews — most being that your products taste stale or commercial. I would agree that these cookies have been left out for a minute, and it doesn’t have to be like that.
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Really good honey glazed muffins here! If you haven’t tried them yet, you’ve got to!
Ask for David and tell him Rita says Hi!

The worst bakery I’ve ever been to omg $ 6 for an old brownie and a nasty Apple croissant save your money my kids can bake better lol…

Have to admit to only being at the bakery one time as I am brand new to the area. I stopped about 10 on Sunday morning on a whim. I was most pleasantly surprised. I loved the small glazed cinnamon twirls (my description) and I took home a bran muffin that I ate this morning. I will try the honey muffins on my next trip and there will definitely be a next trip! The older gentleman working was definitely more congenial than the younger one but I will win them both over with my sunny personality and return business.

My workplace celebrates birthdays three times a year (four months at a time) and for the past year I have been the one who orders the cake. Yesterday we celebrated everyone with birthdays in May — August and EVERYONE came in and told me how wonderful the cake was.
The Dutch Oven has been in Altadena for as long as I can remember; my mom got our birthday cakes there. I ordered a cake there for her 80^th birthday and they scanned a picture and put it on the cake! Mom was blown away.

Hate to slam a small, local business, but this place was just plain awful. I was surprised at the wide selection of muffins and other baked breads when I walked in. Unfortunately, like some other reviewers commented, the muffins taste awfully commercial, almost like they were baked somewhere else. The chocolate chip muffin was a plain muffin with chocolate chips on top… and the banana muffin was the same tasting muffin with walnuts on top. Hmmm.
The date bread and zucchinni bread came wrapped in saran wrap and refrigerated which I thought was weird. I had a bite of both and they were hard and stale, like they’d been baked a week ago.

This is Altadena’s most successful retail African-​American owned business. Dave and his sons make great PRODUCT. I particularly enjoy the honey bran muffins. Dave took the place over from two little old German ladies and had the good sense 30 years ago to keep making what they made and add his own on top. If you are looking for sinful delights of the flesh this is the place.
BTW back in the day when she was a semi has been I had breakfast here often with Donna Summers and before he was famous, Dennis Haysburt. Still see «Hollywood people» running in for goodies/

Caution: Do not order the chocolate chip cookies here. They taste like cardboard and old cardboard at that. Perhaps the muffins are better…

Came here for the Bean Pies had the right consistency and taste pretty good I got a mini pie.
So I read some of the other reviews regarding their service… YUP interesting at best. Don’t come here expecting to be knocked off of your feet with Customer Service however as Bean Pies are hard to come by you have arrived at the right place.
They sell other cakes, muffins and croissants even. My impression when I first walked in was not one of cleanliness and the person at the counter wasn’t very friendly but I’m glad I came and probably will return if I need Bean Pies again.
Respectfully Reviewed

I’m so glad that Unilocal pointed me to this bakery in Altadena! The Lemon Honey Muffins are my personal favorite. But, every variety of Honey Muffin is delicious. The Karo Cake with Pecans was super yummy.
The shop is kind of small and it looked like they are doing some work on the interior the last time I was there. The man working behind the counter is friendly and informative.
Seating is limited to a table or two out front. So, I usually plan on doing take-​out here.

I came here on a quest, a quest to find bread. When I came in I was so shocked to find that a bakery did not have any bread! WHAT!
I decided that I wouldn’t let that stop me from having a snack. I bought a blueberry muffin and a honey cake.
Now I love bakeries, I love pastries, and I love sweets. The honey cake was just too much for me. It was like eating a mouth full of sugar on top, followed by an overly moist cake (and yes cake can be too moist). I was so sad. I couldn’t even finish it.
I decided to try my blueberry muffin. It was ok. It wasn’t the best muffin I have had, and like another reviewer put it, it looked and tasted like a Costco or other generic brand store muffin.
I also found the service to be a bit off putting. Bakeries are warm happy places. This place felt dirty and unwelcoming.
I’m also not health ratings snob, but when a bakery gets a B rating, it raises some questions.
When I’m on the hunt for some baked goods I think I’ll pass on here.

I like to support local businesses, but was greatly disappointed by this bakery. In addition to some homemade items, they sell muffins and some other baked goods that were obviously made elsewhere like Costco. I decided to get a couple of baked goods that were «day old». Big mistake. It was as if they had been sitting on the counter for a week.
Wish I could offer a better review.

Disclaimer: Suppress your fart jokes. I know full well what this bakery is called. This review is for an extremely important type of food. Like Gir, of Invader Zim fame, I am a robot, ERM, gal that really loves her Muffins !
I was ignorant of this bakery’s existence during my first stint living in Altadena. Upon moving back 11 years later, I was gratefully introduced. My brother comes to visit one morning, bearing a box of muffins. After an eating frenzy and countless yummy sounds I asked something like «Holy muffin wrappers Batman ! Where in the ever living hell did you get these!?»
Dutch Oven has been an Altadena staple for ages, and was started by Mr. David (insert last name here), and he still works the counter in the morning, plus baking the daily treats. This man has certainly put a lot of thought into his recipes, and a ton of hard work into his business. Whenever I’ve gone in he’s be very warm and welcoming. Early in the morning I need to be met with a positive attitude, being so very far from a morning person — David has always delivered.
If you’re tired of the common muffin varieties: Bran, lemon poppyseed, and blueberry, let your mind be blown by the variety of muffins that are nestled behind the bakery glass. *Note: Their bran, lemon poppyseed, and blueberry muffins are *awesome*; I enjoyed the lemon poppyseed just last week.
If you love your honey, look forward to plenty muffins with it as a primary ingredient. For example: Honey blueberry, lemon, bran, and pineapple. Yeah, I said it, pineapple. You can always just get a honey muffin if you want to try one of their most popular items.
It’s always disappointing when the muffin top is wonderful and the bottom dry and sad. Not so here ! Moist bases, and large tops with the perfect baked rim. I still haven’t tried all the flavors but have happily devoured: Kiwi, strawberry, honey pineapple, lemon poppyseed, apple cinnamon, blueberry, and banana nut.
These muffins aren’t skimpy either. At $ 2 a pop, even I can afford them. This makes me a happy, happy, lady. Warning try not to get addicted.

We had been wanting to stop by this longtime local bakery and today’s Altadena Cash Mob gave us the perfect kick in the pants. We were greeted by the elder Mr. Davis who was pleasant and answered all our questions.
I opted for a turkey and cheese croissant which he warmed up for me. It was still warm when we arrived home to eat. I didn’t think to ask what type of cheese but gathered it was a light swiss. The croissant was far superior to the mass produced ones at Starbucks or Whole Foods and I enjoyed the whole thing. Flaky, buttery, flavorful. In fact, it was large enough that I am still full now, a good 3 ½ hrs after eating it.
My husband opted for an apple turnover. The crust was pie-​like but a bit denser. Good flavor inside and out.
My 5 yr old son opted for a cinnamon roll that was as big as his face. The outer-​most ring was a bit dry but as you moved toward the center it was more moist. He could only eat ½ of it, so the other half will serve as round 2 tomorrow morning.
My husband got a coffee, hazelnut, which he enjoyed and we picked up some treats for the weekend (sprinkle cookie, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate/​chocolate cookie (which my son devoured with lunch), a brownie, and a cherry turnover for me). We haven’t tried the rest, yet.
As a life long Pasadena native who moved to Altadena a year ago, I love supporting our local businesses.
I would have given them 5 stars if they’d upgrade the seating in the front so we could enjoy our food there instead of taking it home.

My first time here, I was put off a little by the grumpy attitude of the young guy behind the counter. Whatever bro, I’m hungry so give me one of those bear claws.
Hmmmm. That was very tasty. Long as you keep making these grubilicious bears claws, you can be as grumpy as you want. I’ll get over it, trust.
I’ve gone back repeatedly since then, and found the attitude to be a lot better. And I found a new love in my life, the honey lemon muffins. Just the right mixture of textures, not too sweet and with a nice lemon flavor. Get one of those in the morning, along with some good coffee, and your day is gonna be alright.

yay for street parking!
david jr. and sr. are super friendly and said we couldn’t go wrong with any of the upside down honey muffins
they were right! i like the fluffy muffin texture wrapped in a crunchy glaze
the cranberry muffin was pretty standard… overall they weren’t too sweet, and makes a good breakfast or snack

I’ve been on a sweet potato pie mission for probably a year now… The Dutch Oven has been a bookmark for that long! Finally, the perfect opportunity arose… I got to go in there, and ended up buying much more than SPP… (Who knows how long it would be until I could venture in again?!)
Of course I got the sweet potato pie. It was good, but I have nothing to compare it to to be able to claim it is the best, so we’ll leave it as «good». Its size was not that of a normal pie, but a smaller size perfect for sharing with someone deemed worthy. :)
I also tried the macaroon & oatmeal macaroon (not sure of the exact ingredients, but they’re darker, delicious, and right next to the macaroons). Those were well made and delicious.
Reading so much about the honey cakes inspired me to try one, but that ended up being a failure because I got a bran one (which I normally love) but it was filled with raisins, which I’m allergic to! So sad! I did try a little bite of it though, and I have to say, it was too sweet for my taste.
I love vegetable-​infused bread almost as much as I love root-​infused pie, so the zucchini bread was a no-​brainer. Unexpectedly, this was THE BEST zucchini bread I’ve had in my life. Personally, I’m not a fan of dense moist bread, and this one was the perfect median between that and too dry and crumby… The twenty minutes I spent savoring that bread will be one of my fondest memories… :D
I’m trying to figure out how to get over there more often for that beautiful zucchini bread… Maybe I’ll start going hiking in the foothills around there more for a good excuse. :)
Note: They accept credit cards on orders over $ 5 (which is not hard to accomplish — my order for two people was about $ 18).

I stumbled onto this place, while my boyfriend went shopping across the street at the grocery store across the street. I was on a mission, looking for a brownie, having ridden 40 miles on PCH that morning.
I walked in there and although it’s not fancy, they sure bake some great goodies! I didn’t find my brownie, but they had various pound cakes, danishes, cinnamon buns, cookies and cobblers.
I bought $ 8 worth of pastries, including a bag of day-​old danishes for $ 1.50 (still great after 2 days!), a half dozen cookies (crispy, not soft), a slice of lemon pound cake and a honey pineapple cake, which was to DIE for! The outside was crispy and sweet, with a soft inside. That was my favorite!
The lemon pound cake was also very good — very lemony. For the cookies, I got chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and some kind of cranberry, which was a bit too sweet for me.
I can’t wait to go here again!

So as soon as I moved to this town I had to try this place with 3 Five Star Reviews!!! I was expecting magic and all I got was a relatively dry «Sock it to me» cake which was just Meh. I think it may have been all the guilt of losing a bunch of weight and then carbing out on this thing that was not super satifying and just bleh. Needless to say I decided not to come back for a while because it just wasn’t all that magical to me.
I must say that may have just been a badly wrapped slice of cake because just last week I returned.
You see I have been running early in the morning either at the gym or around the rosebowl training for the Firecracker 10K and the
5K which afterward there is nothing like a nice sweet with some coffee. They are open at 5 a.m. which means freshly baked goodies and hot coffee. Over the last few weeks I have had the Turkey and Jack Cheese croissant, Ham and Cheese croissant, cinnamon roll, honey blueberry muffin and strawberry blueberry muffin. These have all been 5 star flavors!!! I particularly like the honey muffins with their gooey and sugary carmalized outter and soft warm center.
I will continue coming here now in the mornings and hope that all the work I put in running with the
will cancel it all out.

The best bakery evah! So I’ve been going here for years now but I really wanted to be able to try a ton of what he has baking in order to Unilocal them sweetly!
So the first baked good I had here was his red velvet cake. It was for my birthday and I was impressed with how moist it was. The frosting wasn’t overpowering at all, which is very important for me.
The second was his honeycakes. Now this item comes in a few different flavors but for me it had to be lemon. I ordered a bunch for my boyfriends birthday. In testing them out I discovered that they had a crunchy hard layer of honey on the top. It was so yummy that I asked him how he made honeycakes. he just smiled and said that their creation was by accident but they were so good he kept the recipe and they are the favorites there. He did tell me that they were made with real lemon juice and so I asked him if he could take the lemon flavor up a notch to almost tingly. He told me, «Any more lemon and the whole cake wouldn’t rise» hrmmmm… interesting.
The day I picked up the honeycakes I also ordered his sweet potato& bean pies. I was very curious about the bean pie. He had an almost devious expression when offering it to me. i took them home and shared them with my son. The sweet potato pie was perfect! Not too sweet, just right with a flaky crust. But the bean pie was the hit! Not sure what was in it but it was very close to the flavor of a pecan pie.
My next visit will be for the cobbler. I am a huge fan of cobbler and have been to a few local spots to compare them to. Peach will be my main focus but I am willing to try all of them ;)
This is a family owned business way up on the hill in Altadena and he even has a lovely picture of his Mother on the wall behind him. Coffee & other drinks are available to help wash down his delectables.