Mother Mcdowell's Sugar Free Bakery in Oakland

I ordered a cake for my dad's birthday and cupcakes for my god-mother.  I read all the reviews and was hopeful but honestly not expecting the best.  I was shocked and amazed at how delicious these desserts were.  It was nothing less than magical.  My family has a number of great cooks and bakers and we have no idea how Mother McDowell's got these cakes to taste so good.  I was so impressed that I plan to order my cakes from these guys from now on, and I l...

Delicious!!! And I can eat sugar..... There's absolutely no artificial after taste like with most sugarfree desserts. Mr. Mcdowell is very nice and holds great conversation. He'll tell you About any of the desserts. Today is my mothers birthday. I picked up a Carrot cake and a banana pound cake. The carrot cake was flavorful and moist. chopped nuts and NO raisins. Had the perfect spice content and the frosting was pretty good too. Ive never had any good sugarfree desserts. This will be hard to beat. I want to try his other desserts like the apple turnovers and the chocolate cake

OH MY GOD! FINALLY! If ever you have had to TRY to look for a sugar free dessert....sugar free anything really, but especially a sugar free dessert, you know you're going to have to deal with a few issues.   Like first of all, where can I even go?  I had previously looked for a fresh, sugar free cake, and got tired of calling bakery after bakery (sometimes being laughed at), and getting the same answer: No, we don't make anything sugar free. Then, I turned to grocery stores...which was also quite a hunt, but finally found a few options.  But of course, it was not fresh, there were only a few options, and of course THE BIGGEST HURDLE: it didn't taste that great....or that good really.  And even that one store I was getting them from stopped selling sugar free desserts! Fast forward to 2015....today, this very day.  I figured I'd give it one last shot, so I turned to Yelp.  I typed Sugar Free but before I hit enter I noticed sugar free bakery as an option, so I clicked it. BAM!  First search result (under results for near SF,CA)  was Mother McDowell'...