The best part about having a birthday party is the cake. And even though cake is something that WILL get eaten up even if it is at its worst, it always helps to buy one of the cakes that are beautiful and delicate and squidgy and luscious and light.
Use this guide to locate the top ten Delhi bakeries, all of them selling the richest, creamiest sweetest puffs of joy imaginable.
Wenger’s Pastry
This place needs no introduction, as Wenger’s is widely regarded as the best bakery shop in Delhi, it is the most popular one too. Known for its super-delicious desserts, it also sells savouries, and the foccacia bread, and olive-dusted garlic bread are to die for.
Although the shop has no seating, the air conditioned parlour with its ample space, and sweet aroma complements the confections.
The quality is excellent and prices are at uber-affordable too.
P.S. If you are placing an order for your special birthday cake, make sure you place it at least 24 hrs before the delivery date.
Location: A-16, Connaught Place, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 400 (approx.)
Sweet Nothings by Avanti Mathur
Sweet Nothings by Avanti Mathur is another most popular bakery shop in Delhi. This bakery is known for its custom-made cakes.
The place remains open from 10:30 am to 6 pm. If you are ordering a cake from this bakery shop, it is advisable to order at least 1-2 days before the date of delivery.
Location: Shahpur Jat, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 800 (approx.)
L’Opera French Bakery
L’Opéra is a high-end French pastry & bakery shop. It is famous for the luscious thick, rich yet light products. This bakery has won several prestigious awards such as the Best City Bakery and the Best Dessert & Coffee Shop.
Location: 9-A, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 1000 (approx.)
Elma’s Bakery
Elma’s Bakery is popular known for home-baked fresh breads and cakes. The shop serves a variety of fresh bakery products – cakes, breads, pastries, muffins and much more. The rates are very reasonable and the quality of the bakery products is great. It isn’t just the cakes that they are famous for, this place has some amazing desserts to offer too.
Location: 31, 2nd Floor, T.L.R., Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 2000 (approx.)
The Cakewalk Café
If you are looking for simple, aromatic, fresh tasting, homemade cakes, then the cakewalk café is the place for you. This bakery has one of the largest varieties of bakery products in the city. The prices are decent and the owners self check each of the products’ quality everyday.
Location: Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 300 (approx.)
Dolce Amante
If you are looking for some mouth watering savouries and delicacies then this the best place for you.
The brownies here are soft, and the batter is luscious, it is not too sweet, not too sharp – perfectly in balance with its surroundings.
Location:- G-43, Green Park Main Market, Green Park, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 1000 (approx.)
The Sinful Spoon
Specialising in party and wedding cakes, this place has everything from three-tiered wedding cakes to marscapone tiramisus. The cakes here are not only soft and spongy but they maintain a perfect texture at all temperatures too. Right on balance of dark and milk chocolate in their Silk Chocolate cheese cake is surely worth the indulgence.
Location: 53, Sector 17/A, Sector 17, Gurgaon
Starting Price: Rs. 200 (approx.)
Sidewalk – Hyatt Regency
Located inside Hyatt regency, this tiny pastry place truly lives up to the establishment’s repute. And along with the terrific cakes, it also offers you a stellar variety of doughnuts. Moreover, their truffles are silky, delicious, crunchy – just terrific.
Location: Hyatt Regency, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi
Starting Price: Rs. 1200 (approx.)
The CUPnCAKE Factory
Why not try something new and chic this birthday, and have tiers of individual cupcakes instead of one big one? *All the cool kids are doing it.
Location: 25, Ground Floor, Ninex City Mart Mall, Sohna Road, Gurgaon
Starting Price: Rs.300 (approx.)
Mad Batter
As the name suggests, the cakes at this place are madly tasty and they take orders for all the occasions. This Bakery is especially for vegetarian people, you will get such amazing veg cakes that will amaze you how veg cakes can be so soft and moist. It is best known for its chocolate jars and cookies.
Location: 10 North Right, DLF Farms, Chhatarpur, New Delhi
Cake Price Starting At: Rs. 600 (approx.)
Ordering a nice birthday cake is no more a cumbersome task to think of best. Giving yourself a leverage to savour the range of succulent bakery stuff even without a birthday is also not a bad idea. Spell your stressed days backwards.