Baking Arts

Gio Cake Shop

Brazilian confections, from glamorous cakes to bonbons to breakfast Bundts, fill the cases at a café in Harrison as well as the needs of pastry chef Giovanna Valente’s broad customer base.

by Andy Clurfeld, August 2026

**Clockwise from left: Giovanna Valente, Brigadeiros, Flan/dulce de leche.**

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GIO CAKE SHOP, 111 Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard South, Harrison. 973-204-6205. Follow on Instagram @giodocinhos.