Fordham Cake Walk: Two Bakeries, One Sweet Comparison
The whole point is a side-by-side sweet comparison, two Fordham Road bakeries a block apart, one dealing in moist strawberry cake and the other in milk-soaked tres leches, a short indoor crawl for one shared slice at a time.
🗺️ Follow the two counter route
💵 Start with cash at Perez
Start at Perez Bakery at 2 PM, when the counter is open and the afternoon rush is still manageable. Bring cash, since the bakery does not list card payment, and ask what is ready by the slice before considering a custom cake. The draw is its moist cake and strawberry filling, backed by a 4.1 rating from 174 reviews. Set a firm first portion, because the second tasting is only a couple of minutes away on Fordham Road.
🥛 Compare the soak at Capy
Leave Perez and continue east on Fordham Road for roughly 0.1 miles to Capy Tres Leches Cake. The counter stays open until 8 PM, one hour later than Perez, which leaves the sequence some breathing room. Compare the classic milk soaked cake with one flavored variation, or switch to flan if the first stop covered cake. Prices sit at a mid-priced level, no reservation is indicated, and one shared slice keeps the tasting focused before the walk back.
🚶 Mind the one-block transfer
This compact indoor tasting works on Wednesday from 2 PM, with both bakeries open throughout the suggested window. Start west at Perez for the cash only constraint, then move east to Capy, where the later closing time protects the finish. The transfer is about 0.1 miles on the same corridor, and the route needs no transit or reservation. Rain only affects the brief sidewalk segment, then retrace Fordham Road after the second counter.
