Christmas is here. And we decided to go hunting for the best Christmas treats you can lay your hands on, this festive season. While the Christmas plum cake still rules hearts and palates, we also stumbled upon some exquisite and unique items this year. If you are still in doubt with which bakery or patisserie to hit up for some yummies in the tummy, check out our list and we're sure you'll find what you are looking for to satiate your sweetmeat cravings.
We Heart Sweeties: Christmas Bakeries You Just Can't Miss This Season
Mav's Cakes & Bakes, Bandra
Mav’s bakery at Waroda Road is a hidden gem that doles out a delicious classic Christmas menu every year. Last year, their cake pops, rum balls, and sticky toffee pudding sold like hotcakes. This year, they have brought in a Gingerbread Tiramisu, a Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon and Cream, marzipan, and a lot of other sweet and savory dishes on their Christmas special menu to enthrall your tastebuds!
What To Call For: Gingerbread Tiramisu, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Fruit Mince Pies
Shell Out: INR 500 onward
Merwan's Cake Stop, Multiple Outlets
If you've grown up in Mumbai, there's a slim chance you don't know the excitement of cutting a Merwans cake for your birthday. Merwan's has existed since times immemorial and now boasts of 16 branches all across the city. They have put together some festive treats especially for Christmas - Gingerbread Man cookies, a fancy Xmas chocolate, Gingerbread Man house, and Christmas Stollen Cake. They also do a hamper of all things Christmas for INR 1,500. All you have to do is call them up, and order!
What To Call For: Gingerbread Man house, Christmas Stollen Cake
Shell Out: INR 100 onward
Vienna Bakery, Santacruz
When it comes to Plum cakes, Vienna Bakery does it right, always. Trust them for their signature and rich cakes (INR 140 for 400 grams) that are occasionally topped with marzipans or fondants. You can also call for authentic Christmas treats like milk cream, jujubes, guava cheesecakes, and rose cookies.
What To Call For: Plum Cakes, milk cream, Swiss Rolls
Shell Out: INR 200 onward
Bonnie's Bakery
This Mulund Bakery whips up melt-in-the-mouth cookies and cupcakes. For Christmas, trust them with the rich plum cakes. A bar costs INR 225. They're also making Gingerbread cookies and biscottis, rum balls and so much more. If you also need festive cakes, we can vouch for the heavenly taste they have!
What To Call For: Plum Cakes, cookies, festive cakes
Shell Out: INR 300 onward
The Conscious Baker, Chembur
The Conscious Baker has whipped up a wide selection of traditional, yet healthy, Christmas desserts this year. We're digging the Christmas Plum Cake, Sticky Toffee Walnut Pudding, Hot Chocolate Powder, Almond Cranberry Granola, Carrot and Walnut Cake with Cheese Frosting and Mini Mince Fruit Pies. The best part? These desserts are all sugar-free!
What To Call For: Christmas plum cake, apple pies, carrot and walnut cake
Shell Out: INR 400 onward
Theobroma, Multiple Outlets
No dessert or bakery list is complete without mentioning Theos! This year, their Christmas special menu comprises a decadent Christmas cake, mini truffle chocolate boxes, tarts, ginger cookies, danish cookies, and Santa cupcakes. They've also got premium and luxe Christmas hampers with Stollen cakes and dense loaves, along with cupcakes and ginger cookies.
What To Call For: Christmas tarts, truffle chocolates, Santa cupcakes
Shell Out: INR 400 onward
Cocoamaya Patisserie, Andheri
This French patisserie located in Sakinaka has been spreading the love with its delicious creations in the form of cakes, cookies, tarts, macarons, and tea-cakes for quite some time now. Christmas isn't far away and they're already doing what they're best at! Get hold of their handcrafted and specially curated premium Christmas products which include decadent Macarons, Choux, Cookies & Christmas cakes. There are six macaron flavors on offer: coffee, dark chocolate, Nutella, sea salt caramel, mint, and ginger bread.
What To Call For: Old Fashioned Christmas Cake (INR 750 for one-half kg)
Shell Out: INR 250 onward
Flurys, Navi Mumbai
Kolkata's iconic Flurys has a branch in Navi Mumbai's Seawoods, and it has a Christmas foods menu that lets you choose and customize a Christmas hamper according to your choices. It is divided into sections - you get a choice in cakes, puddings and pies, Christmas breads, cookies, chocolates, mousses, and pastries. The cakes section is elaborate for obvious reasons, (their Xmas cakes are among the best in the city) - be it a typical plum cake, a dundee cake, a yule log, or an almond iced cake, they have it all. Don't forget to taste their rum balls while you're gobbling desserts.
What To Call For: Plum cake, yule log, rum balls, ginger cookies, chocolate pudding
Shell Out: INR 300 onward
Pro-Tip
Some of the bakeries from this list will only start stocking up on Christmas special desserts from the 13th or the 15th of December. Make sure you call the bakeries up before placing your orders.
