Best Cake in Beijing?

[vanwilder331]

I would like to get advice on where do they make the best cakes in Beijing.

All suggestions are more than welcome!

Thanks in advance!

[redmini]

western style cakes right?

Tous Les Jours (i know they have a shop in Wudaokou) has amaaazing cheesecakes.. be it baked, mocha, new york etc.

tastes like the best of them back home.

[adrianlondon]

Korean made New York cheesecake in a French bakery? How cosmopolitan!

Kimchi dans mon cheesecake? Fagetaboutit!

(Tous Les Jours is a Korean company.)

[redmini]

wow no kidding. haha korean?

have you tasted their breads and cakes though? really really good.. a friend (who is parisien) actually said she had her best croissant in beijing there.

[vanwilder331]

Any other suggestions from sweet lovers??

[galaygobi]

for just the wudaokou area i find cafe bros to be a lot better than any of the other bakeries in the area... yes it is another korean rendition of a bakery/restaurant, but the cakes are a lot better than the competition.

warning though, the cakes are extremely rich. i've had the cheesecakes and chocolate mousse cake and had to accompany each slice with water in the litres.

btw, cafe bros is 2 doors down from mcdonalds at huaqingjiayuan in wudaokou.

[Kiwijes]

I cannot for the life of me remember the name (or even the street) but they do some pretty yummy cakes in a little bakery across the road from the Qianmen Jianguo Hotel.

[venture160]

there is a chain store in Beijing called WeiDuoMei （味多美), decent cakes and not too expensive.

If you are looking for real western cakes, try some of the bakeries listed in the back of thatsbj. Lots of expensive options.

there are also alot of internet companies in beijing that offer online cakes, they even deliver, my offices gets cakes from "waffle boy". I think its called 瓦富伙子 or something.

[Benjin]

Comptoirs de France - Fapai 1855 - is the unique french bakery in Beijing.

I meet with owner and the french chef, they were really nice and there cakes are amazing.

I always go to the shop in Ritan park next to the Jenny lou's but they have 6 shops in Beijing.

Check the web site: www.comptoirsdefrance.com

[roddy]

Hmmmm . . . .

Anyway, as this has been bumped, 21cake.com and if you like your cakes cuppy, cupcakes from the Lollipop Bakery.

[Brian US]

On the subject of Western cakes, why are they so expensive in China? Seems like every mall has a bakery for 100+ kuai cakes in Beijing. Is it taking advantage of the fact most people don't have an oven? I cringed when my classmates at BLCU got together and decided we should get a cake EVERY time someone had a birthday.

Where is the cheapest cake in Beijing? (For my roommate's birthday I bought a 2.5 kuai sponge cake and put some candles on it...he appreciated the thought)

[zerolife]

@Brian US

I know that little backery inside Tsinghua University had cakes that were significantly below 100 kuai. That was four years ago so not sure how much they raised the price. At least there cake are comparable with most of the more expensive places outside the campus. They were located inside the supermarket closest to the dorms (not the new supermarket in the basement of the chinese language building).

[Zach_Attack]

The Fat bunny bakery the girl who cooks them is Swedish she does amazing things her name is Ida

[zhouhaochen]

Cafe Konstanz on Lucky Street for European style cakes, beats anything else in East Asia!

[Piertommaso87]

Have you ever heard of Cheese Home (起司家) in Zhangzizhonglu? Check in out, they have the best cheesecakes in Beijing if you ask me. I'm Italian and their Tiramisù is as good as my mother's! Just couldn't believe it. Chocolate banana and apple cinnamon cakes were just heavenly. I think ingredients make the big difference. They don't use chinese cream but import it from New Zealand, together with Vanilla from Madagascar and chocolate from Belgium (as proudly stated on their menù XD ). They also serve a very good coffee from Rickshaw Roasters, a local roasting based in 798 Art District. They also serve rice pizza (interesting concept) and salads in huge bowls. At lunch time expect the place to be very super crowded! Check it out