The best birthday cakes and cake shops in Hong Kong
Let them eat cake! These are Hong Kong’s most popular cake shops for birthday cakes and more.Whether for a birthday or special celebration, we all love a gorgeous, delicious cake now and then. We’ve rounded up the crème de la creme of places to get the tastiest cakes in the city; you can thank us later…
Vive Cake Boutique
Founded in 2014 by Vivien Lau, Vive Cake Boutique is a renowned cake shop specialising in creating exquisite cakes, cupcakes, sweets, and cookies. Not only are their creations visually stunning, but they are also incredibly delicious!
The unique and imaginative cakes offered by Vive Cake Boutique have attracted a large following, especially among celebrities. Cakes are adorned with soft, pastel hues, featuring whimsical themes and distinctive designs such as pirate’s treasure hunt, unicorns, and ice cream.
The boutique’s famous ‘Uni-cone’ cake showcases an inverted ice cream cone on top, resembling a unicorn’s horn, with macarons and colourful sprinkles. Another crowd favourite is the ‘Let Them Be Little’ cake, which features a fondant icing rainbow over clouds and surprises customers with a centre filled with star-shaped confetti.
Vive Cake Boutique’s chiffon cake collection has garnered significant popularity, with an airy texture and wholesome ingredients. The team recently introduced a ‘Taro Chiffon’ cake filled with taro cream and paste.
Vive Cake Boutique offers personalised cakes for birthday celebrations and baby showers. Follow their Instagram, filled with stunning creations to ignite your imagination. Delivery and collection are available.
Vive Cake Boutique, 9/F, 1001 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, 2337 2055.
Butterfly Patisserie at Rosewood Hong Kong
The Butterfly Patisserie at Rosewood Hong Kong offers an exquisite selection of homemade cakes that are designed to please the senses. These cakes are skillfully made by the talented pastry chefs in-house and can be personalised for special occasions. The popular Millefeuille collection, featuring layers of flaky puff pastry, is available in various sizes and flavours like dark chocolate, salted caramel, and vanilla. Additionally, the patisserie offers Seasonal Fruit Tarts (pictured) that are perfect for parties. Apart from cakes, the patisserie also serves exquisite chocolates, pastries, handcrafted gelato, and delightful seasonal desserts. Delivery can be arranged, but we recommend stopping by the hotel and collecting your treats in person – the patisserie is truly stunning.
Butterfly Patisserie, Rosewood Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, 3891 8888
Butter
Initially established as an online cake shop, Butter started by offering a variety of popular whole cakes from Black Sheep Restaurants, including Motorino’s New York Cheesecake and La Vache! ‘s Lemon Meringue Tart. In 2019, Chef Karys Plaxe joined the team, bringing her expertise in international bakeries and Michelin-starred pastry programs. Chef Karys incorporated classic American baking techniques into Butter’s offerings, introducing nostalgic Americana pies and cakes like her mother’s Apple Pie and the beloved Pineapple Upside-down Cake.
Customers can order whole cakes for delivery or pick up from the Staunton Street cake shop, and those celebrating at Black Sheep Restaurants can order a personalised Butter cake without any cake-cutting charge. Butter can custom-create any cake you can dream up – even offering a Stazione Novella’s Peanut Butter Puppy Cake – because your best friend deserves a birthday cake whether they have two legs or four! Butter is located in Soho and has a pop-up at K11 MUSEA. Custom cakes require a lead time of at least four days. Delivery to certain areas of Hong Kong Island is $40.
Butter, 34B Staunton Street, Soho
The Mandarin Cake Shop
The Mandarin Cake Shop, renowned for its decadent cakes, chocolates, and patisseries, has satisfied Hong Kong’s sweet cravings for over four decades. The shop has become a customer favourite with its iconic 1963 Cheesecake and fragrant Rose Jam, made from fresh rose petals. In addition to these signature items, The Mandarin Cake Shop offers a variety of other delectable treats, including mille feuille, opera cake, and cream cakes. We love the Black Forest Cake with dark chocolate mousse, brandy cherry, chocolate sponge cake and cream mousse. The Mandarin Cake Shop also boasts a pastry kitchen and a unique chocolate factory, which Executive Pastry Chef Paul Chan oversees.
The Mandarin Cake Shop, M/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Rd Central, Central, 2522 0111
Complete Deelite
The team at Complete Deelite have been baking specialty cakes since 2004 and have earned brownie points with kids across Hong Kong for their eye-catching and imaginative designs, including superheroes, pirates and Star Wars characters. Beautifully themed cakes-to-go can be ordered with six hours’ notice while the team insist that the sky’s the limit with custom cake options from a piñata smash birthday cake filled with surprise treats to a cake resembling the family pet. Complete Deelite also offers kids and adults baking and decorating parties and summer camps for kids with the option to bake cupcakes, cake pops and ice cream drip cakes at their cosy shop in Central.
Complete Deelite, 3/F On Lan Centre, 11-15 On Lan Street, Central, 3167 7022
Lady M
Lady M is a New York City luxury confection brand with over 50 boutiques worldwide. It is most famous for creating Signature Mille Crêpes, an elegant cake with no less than twenty paper-thin handmade crêpes layered with pastry cream. This cake is surprisingly light and irresistible. Lady M skilfully combines French pastry techniques with Japanese sensibilities, resulting in delicate cakes that are sweet and perfect for every occasion. The Rose Mille Crepes consists of paper-thin handmade crepes layered with rose flavour infused pastry cream, garnished with sweet rose jelly and edible rose petals.
Lady M, IFC, 2865 1099 & Times Square, 3586 0368 & more
Lead image courtesy of VIVE Cake Boutique.
The Cakery
The Cakery is a vegan bakery that promotes a healthier lifestyle by using natural sugars, good fats, and proteins in its cakes to increase their nutritional value. This allows you to enjoy your favourite desserts guilt-free. Its products are organic, sugar-free, gluten-free, and vegan-friendly and carefully crafted to provide a balanced macronutrient profile and essential nutrients. The Cakery offers a variety of animal-themed, vintage (pictured), cotton, and cheesecakes for a delightful birthday treat, along with a selection of beautiful cupcakes. Orders over $700 include free delivery to Hong Kong Island.
Stores are at The Landmark, Pacific Place, The Southside, and Taikoo Place.
Phoenix Sweets
Founded in 2013 by Ms. Phoenix Hui, Phoenix Sweets is a renowned custom cake brand situated in Hong Kong. Under the guidance of its founder, Phoenix Hui, the business has flourished from its humble beginnings as an online venture. The delightful buttercream and fondant cakes are in various playful designs catering to children’s preferences, such as dinosaurs, little cars, mermaids, and happy monsters. Additionally, some cakes offer the option of a cupcake tower, adding an extra touch of grandeur to any occasion.
Elite Industrial Centre, 883 Cheung Sha Wan Rd, Cheung Sha Wan, 3686 0915 (noon-7pm only)
