Is a birthday really a birthday without a slice of stellar celebratory cake?
Itâs time to step up your confectionery game and look beyond the grocery store sheet cake. Vancouver is home to many talented pastry chefs, each bringing their own flair to create the ultimate birthday treat.
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Go classic with a layered vanilla funfetti or relive your childhood birthday with an ice cream cake.
If youâre feeling decadent, pop into a patisserie to sample one of their handcrafted multi-layered desserts or keep it casual with some special birthday doughnuts.
Whatever you end up going with â just don’t forget the candles! Here are some awesome places in Vancouver to get awesome birthday cakes.
Trafiq
Trafiqâs multi-layered cakes are loved by Vancouverites and they come in a variety of flavours. Try their signature salted caramel, drizzled with homemade caramel sauce or the carrot cake, which is iced with a decadent cream cheese frosting. Cakes here are so popular that Trafiq usually has a few extras in their cake cooler; so do not fret if you forget to place your birthday order ahead of time.
Address: 4216 Main Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-648-2244
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Cadeaux Bakery
Cadeaux makes some of the most elegant cakes in Vancouver. They look simple from the outside, but the flavours inside are complex and are impeccable. Their most popular dish is the London Fog, which is layers of white vanilla bean cake, white chocolate mousse, milk chocolate earl grey ganache, earl grey tea syrup, and chantilly cream.
Address: 172 Powell Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-608-8889
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Butter Baked Goods
For the ultimate birthday cake hit up Butter Baked Goodsâ gorgeous storefront for their nostalgic Funfetti Cake. This treat is three layers of vanilla sponge, buttercream and lots of rainbow sprinkles. Other classic flavours include chocolate, carrot, and coconut.
Address: 4907 MacKenzie Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-221-4333
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Pink Ribbon Bakery
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This New West bakery does birthdays big. The custom cake shop makes sweets in every shape and size, so if you’re looking for something truly unique you need to check this place out.
Address: 306 6th St #103, New Westminster
Phone: 604525-4588
Thierry
Everything Thierry makes is nothing short of perfection, so when it comes to birthday cakes you can expect the best from this luxurious French patisserie. The passion fruit cake has delicate layers of fruit mousse, white genoise, passion fruit gelee, and French macarons. If youâre into something a little boozier, opt for the stunning black forest cake.
Address: 1059 Alberni Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-608-6870
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Small Victory Bakery
Small Victory is best known for their house-made pastries, but they also make a to-die-for coconut cake, made from moist layers of coconut sponge blanketed with the velvety coconut pudding cream. In the middle of this treat is a surprise layer of crunchy goodness.
Address: 1088 Homer Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-899-8892
Address:Â 3070 Granville Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-742-1737
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Temper Chocolate and Pastry
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Located in Dundarave in West Vancouver, Temper specializes in pastries with a European flair. This spot is best known for its killer cakes, chocolates, and confections.
Address:Â 2409 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
Phone:Â 604-281-1152
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Lâotus Cake Boutique
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Lâotus Cake Boutiques makes the most delicate 15-layer mille crĂȘpe cakes. All are assembled by hand at their Richmond boutique. Between each layer of crĂȘpe is a silky pastry cream and fillings like fresh mango, matcha powder, or sliced strawberries.
Address: 103 – 8580 Cambie Street, Richmond
Phone: 604-285-9925
Purebread
Purebreadâs pastry display is legendary and so are their rustic birthday cakes. Each comes in their numerous classic flavours like the hummingbird, coconut, chocolate, lemon, and carrot.
Address: 159 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-563-8060
Address: 122-4338 Main Street, Whistler
Phone: 604-962-1182
Address: 5 E 5th Avenue, Vancouver
Phone: 604-336-9001
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Cartems Donuts
Description: The only thing better than birthday cakes are Cartems Donuts. Place a special order at the West Pender location for letter shaped donuts that spell out âHappy Birthdayâ in your favourite flavours, which include gluten-free and vegan varieties.
Address: 534 West Pender Street, Vancouver
Phone: 778-708-0996
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Fratelli Bakery
Since 1997 Fratelli has been making the best Italian pastries in Vancouver including their cream puff and Bavarian cream ladened Saint Honore cakes. This spot also has a location in New West.
Address: 1795 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Phone: 604-255-8926
Address: 459 E Columbia Street, New Westminster
Phone: 604-777-2524
Thomas Haas
The handcrafted chocolates and pastries at Thomas Haas are works of art and their cakes are no exception. Choose from a variety of flavours like the exotic milk chocolate passion fruit cake that comes with a layer of refreshing passion fruit cream. For something even more unique pick up a lovely chocolate caramel pecan brownie cake.
Address: 2539 West Broadway Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-736-1848
Address: 998 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver
Phone: 604-924-1847
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LâAtelier Patisserie
This patisserie offers divine creations like the hazelnut cream filled choux pastry, Paris-brest, or the orange matcha cake which contains layers of white chocolate matcha mousse, financier sponge, and passion fruit orange cream.
Address: 120 – 260 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver
Phone: 778-689-0264
True Confections
There is no other cake in Vancouver that can rival True Confections in height. Their towering cake creations come in endless flavours including chocolate raspberry, diplomat, coconut cream, and mocha. If you can’t decide which one you want, all of their scrumptious cakes are available by the slice.
Address: 866 Denman Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-682-1292
Address: 3701 West Broadway, Vancouver
Phone: 604-222-8489
Chez Christophe
For something a little more refined and complex in flavour, check out Chez Christophe in Burnaby Heights. All of their cakes are made with a minimum of three different flavours and textures, and all of them are delicious.
Address: 4717 Hastings Street, Burnaby
Phone: 604-428-4208
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Rain or Shine Ice Cream
You are never too old for ice cream cake and Rain or Shine agrees. You can create your own frozen masterpiece by choosing two of their classic ice cream flavours and a base of either waffle cone crust or chocolate brownies.
Address: 1926 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Phone: 604-428-7246
Address: 3382 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-876-9986
Address:Â 6001 University Boulevard
Phone: 604-620-2004
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